The Portland daily press., 1895-02-26
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
Storm Centre Will Be About the Gus
tom House for Few Days.


Great Number of Candidates for Deputy
ColIectorship-CiviI Service Rules
Applied to Other Emp1oyesA Quiet
City Election Prophesied-Curious Sit
uatIon in Regard to Mrs. Hunts Nom
ination.
4 The storm centre of local politics for the
next few days will be at the Custom House.
Collector John W. Deering is expected to
assume the reins of power on Friday. Then
what will he do? Or course he must appoint
deputy collector, and there are no lack of
candidates. especially from York county.
Here are some of them: j. W. Meserve, Bar
Mills; E. C. Moody. of York; Fred Wiggin,
of Saco; Ed. Stone, of Biddefold; 9. II.
Reed, of Biddeford; Ferguson Haines. of
Saco; Harry V. Moore, of South Berwick;
Joseph A. MCGOWAN of Portland; Charles
S Deake of Portland; V. G. Wilson OF Port
land; Charles W. Roberts of Portland: and
Arthur L. Farnsworth of Portland.
Excepting the deputy collector Mr.. Deer
ing will not have great amount of patron
age at his disposal. The gradual extension
of the civil service rules has Topped of
place after place. until the only places now
outside the classified service are he deputy
collector. engineer and two janitors. The
inspectors. clerks, weigher and gauger. and
store keepers have been under civil service
rules for some time; and within a few
months further extension took in the fol-
lowing subordinate officers: Two boatmel,
hraa +ob n Lob ~
the appra iser's department and laborer
and marker in the weigher and gaugers de-
partment.
But while these people are under the civil
service rules, the collector finds no trouble
in removing any or all at his pleasure. He
need not even assign reasons. But he can
not fill the places with whom he pleases.
The new appointees must come from those
who have passed the civil service examina-
tions and are on the classified lists. The
next examination for inspectors, clerks,
weigher and guager and store keepers will
take place at the Custom House on the
second day of April. The examining board
are Charles W. Roberts and Lyman P.
Sturtevant. two Republicans. and Everett
Rust and Nathan W. Allen, two Democrats.
A quiet city election and small vote is
prophesied by some of the local politicians.
About 140 new names have been added to
the registration lists. The board will be in
session today until p. M, and tomorrow
until y. m. Those whose names are not
on the lists should take advantage these
two remaining days.
William B. Hodgkins. Malachy Craven and
Lawrence Newell were made citizens by
Judge Bonney Monday.
There is sharp contest for election to
the place of city assessor, which will be left
vacant by the expiration of the term of
Assessor Arthur L. Farnsworth. The new
assessor must be Republican. The follow
ing are mentioned as candidates: Augustus
F. Gerrish, Arthur NJ. sawyer. Edwin A
Leighton, Walter L.. Lefavor. aoratio X.
Colesworthy, George W. Beale, John R.
Prince and Albert Ii. Purington.
The n omination of Mrs. George S. Hunt
as candidate for the school board in Ward
six, will introduce some complications in
the oficialal ballot. Mrs. Hunt has been
nominated by nomination paper, and also
by the Prohibitionists in their regular
caucus. So he1 name will appear on the
ballot in two places: in the third column
which is given to the Prohibition ticket
and in a fourth column which is occupied
by Mrs. Hunts name alone. This arrange
ment calls for careful consideration on the
part of those who wish TO vote for Mrs.
Hunt, it they do not want to spoil their
ballots. A mark in the square above Mrs.
Hunts column will De vote for her alone
and for no other candidate for any office
whatsoever. A mark III the square over the
Prohibition column Will vote for all the
Prohibition candidates and for Mrs. Hunt
The Republican or Democrat who wishes to
vote for Mrs. Hunt and also vote the rest of
his party ticket must ignore her name in
the fourth column. make his mark in the
square over his party column and then
scratch out the name of Mr.. Bradley or Mr.
McQuillan and write in Mrs. Hunts There
is no provision for a cross against any can
didate's name. The only place where a
cross can be placed is in the square at the
top of the column.
The Cape Elizabeth Repub lioans carried
their ticket last spring gloriously. 1t was
an exception to the results of many years.
This spring will see a hard battle to see if
the advantage is to be retained.
The line has gone by when the Democrats
of Deering can nominate candidate for
mayor and have his name go onto the official
ballot. 1t is safe to say that Mr.. Mitchell
will have the field to himself.
BIrs. Hunts Nomination.
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