The Portland daily press., 1895-06-29
THE POLITICAL POT.
Is Commencing to Boil Furiously in the
Kennebec Valley.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss,l

Augusta, June 2S. 1t will not be many
moons before Augusta and in fact all
Kennebec county will be thrown into a
regular tumult of political strife. AL
though the race for the governorship be-
tween the Hon. Llewellyn Powers from
far away Houlton, in Aroostook's sandy
soil, and DR.. John F. Hill, the well
known publisher and real estate owner of
this city, is being talked about to such
extent in and around Names capital, vet
when the contest for high sheriff in this
county comes to the front, the man who
is .humorously inclined, can call the
sheriff contest a sort of side show, so to
speak, to the Hill-Powers gubernatorial
circus
The sheriff contest will surely come,
and when it does materialize it will be
with no easy force. All the cities in the
county have candidates with the excep-
ton of Gardiner. The present sheriff,
Edgar e. Norton, came from that beauti-
full, enterprising, carnival city on the
west bank of the turbulent Kennebec,
and it is not supposed that municipality
will be selfish enough to want the office
again.
In the capital city, Deputy Sheriff
chess board as candidate. For several
years Captain Morse was the city marshal
of Augusta, performing the duties of the
office with signal ability. During the
last two years he has filled the office of
deputy sheriff with great satisfaction
Captain Morse is eminently qualified to
perform the important and responsible
position for which he has aspirations
Down in Hallowell the city marshal of
that city is a candidate. Mr.. Maddox
came very near capturing the plum three
years ago, and his many friends say he
will surely ''get there this time. The
friends of Mr.. Maddox claim that he re-
tired at the last convention in favor of
Sheriff Norton at the last convention
and that as Gardiner has no candidate for
the office, it is no more than just and
right that the delegates from the carnival
city should use all their influence and
throw all their votes in favor of Hal
lowells city marshal.
Waterville has candidate in the per-
son of City Marshal Andrew IL. Nc
Fadden. Mr.. McFadden is strong in all
the qualities that go to make up Che ideal
sheriff, and it is intimated by those who
know that when the heats are trotted and
the final winner is announced, Water
ville's city marshal will by no means be
distanced. Incidentally, Marshal Nc
Fadden is son of ex-Sheriff Charles r.
MCH tuuSll, WHO WIS Drought lnGO pTOMl-
nence all over the state a few years ago
by his connection with the famous Burns
original package case. Mr. McFadden,
while high sheriff of thisfcounty seized
some liquors from Burns which were in
the original package. For a long time
the case was in the courts and M cF'adden
was reimbursed by the last legislature for
the expenses which he incurred at the
several trials. Burns is now in Kennebec
JAIL having failed to furnish $40, 900
bonds for an assault with intent to kill
his brother-in-law, Harry r. Hopkins,
last Monday. The Augusta and Hallowell
candidates claim that Waterville should
not have the Office, as all the sheriffs for
the past several years, with the exception
of Sheriff Norton, have come from that
vicinity.
Other candidates for the office are
Deputy Sheriffs Wallace Berry ofa Win
throp, Llewellyns Tibbetts of Belgrade
and Hiram Gilman of Mt. Vernon. All
have strong, followers in their respective
towns and will try their best to win.
There is sure to be lively fight for
nomination to the office, nomination
being equivalent to an election. But time
will tell