Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-04
BALLOTS SENT OUT.
Nearly Every Town in the State Has
Now Acknowledged Receipt.
Supt. Stetson in Aroostook Grange Note S
and Other Capitol Gossip.

ton have been printed and distribu-
of Secretary of State Fessenden, and is
a task that needs the utmost care and
attention to detail.
The American Express Company is
the medium through WHICH the ballots
are distributed, and a receipt is re-
quired from the secretary of State from
each voting district to assure him that
the ballots have reached their destina
ton and are in the hands of proper
officers.
At the secretary of States officer, out
of the SIS cities. towns and plantations
in the State, but 80 have failed to re-
spond. The dilinquents at the present
time will however send in their names
at a later date. When the fact is taken
into consideration that many of the
towns and plantations are beyond all
railroad communication and that the
ballots are handed to the town clerk by
special delivery, it is no wonder that
but SO of the town clerks have failed to
come to time.
| 1t is not always the illeterate people
who make the defective ballot at any
| election by making the wrong marks
| but the man that knows it all The
ignorant voter will just as sure as there
| is a star in the heavens ask his well-in-
| formed neighbor just how to make his
marks and therefore very seldom gets
| left in casting his vote on election days.
| On the other hand the man that
knows it all makes the mistake He
believes that he can go to the polls and
cast his ballot without there being any
thing wrong in marking. But he cam
| not. a majority of the defective bal
| lots that are made are from men who
know it air and who surely ought to
know better.
| Deputy Secretary of State Russell
was at the Lewiston fair. Wednesday.
While taking in the sights of the great
|
schoolmate from Franklin county, a
man who from boy believed in Demo-
cratic principles, in the party of Jeffer-
| son.
But this year he has changed. Mr..
Russell was somewhat surprised to say
| the least. when the man sauntered up
IA, Il 10
| longer will vote the Democratic ticket
l will in the coming elections cast my
| ballots for Powers, Mckinley and gold.
| cannot stand the principles of Popo-
cratic Democracy as it is at the present
time
State Superintendent of Schools Stet-
son is in Aroostook county, in the NADIA
| waska district, visiting the various IN
situations of learning in that locality
with the intention of giving the people
a better understanding of the school
laws of the State and for the purpose
Of awakening a new interest.
The greater part Of the students al
the schools in the Madawaska district
are of the French nationality. Prof
Stetson will labor among them during
the month Of September
State Master Wiggin of the Maine
Grange has returned from a little in
spection tour. In company With M
tional Master Brigham of Ohio, the
Bangor fair was visited. After the
great Eastern Maine was over the two
gentlemen visited Bar Harbor the fol-
lowing Monday; they were at Oakland,
Wednesday; at Hayden lake in Somer
set county, Thursday; at Old Orchard,
Friday; and at Turner, Friday.
Monday. Col. Brigham attended the
meeting of the rural school superin-
tendents at the State House and Tues
day, in company with Master Wiggin
he attended the Lewiston fair, viewing
the great Grange parade
Mr. Wiggin speaks in the highest
words of praise of the great parade and
said he was immensely pleased with it.
National Master Brigham has gone to
New Hampshire and will work among
the people of that State for while. In
fact, he will confine his operations to
New England during the present month.
The following new corporation has
filed it's certificate with the secretary |
Of State:
The Nova Manufacturing and Min |
ing Company, organized at Portland,
for the purpose of manufacturing, sell
ing and leasing mining machinery, with
81, 800, 900 capital stock of which $50 is
paid in The officers are: President, |
Stilman d. Walker of Concord, N. H.;
treasurer, Chas J. Pillsbury of Boston,
Mass.
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