Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-16

| were present from all parts of Maine, in
Guiding besides nearly every proninent
Republican Of this city.
Among those present from out of towr
were Charles J. Mari. Hiram ". Nc
Dougnll aud Alono Il. Nickerson South
west Harbor; James \. Reed, Deering
Tobias l.. Eastman Fryeburg; Winthrop
9. Fogg, Frt eport; Richard +, Chalk. Old
Orchard; jules s Bourbon. Biddeford
Adelbert c. Chute and Charles B Wood
| man, Westbrook; Hon. LlcwelIyn Powers.
Houlton, Justin NJ. Leavitt, Buxton
James W. LiUtletield Saco; Joseph W.
Reed, South Windham; Albert G. Blunt.
Skowhegau; Mayor Charles A Milliken,
Abel ID. Russell, Byron Boyd, Charles ".
Jones, Gen. W 5. Choate. W. II. Viii
liams, Hon. f. NJ. Simpson, Col \. :.
burlington, W. \. Ncwcombe, Ewing W
Hamlen. W. +. :. Whitman, b. W.
Carlow and NJ. 5. Campbell, Au-
gusta John II. Rcmscy, George A..
sanford, Hon. James W. Wake
field, George \. Hunt, Hiram A. Hughes.
Roswell c. Harris, Hon John Patten,
Hon. John H. Kimball Edward Kimball,
John ". Ballow, ex-Mayor Fritz H.
rwitchell Col j. Frank Hayden, George
Doolcy. Oscar +. Williams, Samuel S.
Jordan, Franklin ?. Sprague, of Bath
Frank E. Southland, Walter S Gldden
Hon. George A. Moulton, Jr., of Bath /;
Hon. Albert a. Bureigh Houlton; Henry
Fl. Chamberlain. Bristol; George Bliss.
Waldoboro; Elbridge A. Thomson.
Dover; Wainwright Gushing, Foxcroft :;
Hon. Albert r. Savage Auburn; Hutson
B. Saunders, Ellsworth; c. +. Townsend,
q. l.. Thompson. Barrett Potter f. c.
Webb, r. A. Crawford, f. +. Roberts, r.
W. Eaton, l.. ID. Snow, l.. Smith, J. H.
Fiske, f. S. Bodwell, H A. Stetson. o.
7. Despeaux, r. p. Eaton, of Brunswick;
John Harper, Lewiston; S. H. Kendall.
Biddelord; Elbridge Lord, Westbrook :;
Gen. George l.. Beal, Norway; Il. S.
Burns, Westbrook w. T. Emmons, Saco:
j. NJ. Libby, Mechanic Falls; f. p. Moore,
Deering; Joel Wilbur, Avon; Stanley
Plummer, Dexter; o. B. Clason, A. NJ.
Spear, Gardiner; c. NJ. Moses, Biddeford :;
j. N. Dcering, Saco; ". r. Haines, Water
VILE; G. H. Adams, limerick; N. S. Pur-
ington. Bowdoin; S. w. Carr. Bowdoin-
ham; Horace Mitchell, Kittery; E. B.
Mallett, Freeport; Edward Harding, Cor
ham; G. b. Remission, Boothbay.
Our large City hall was filled by promi
ncnt Maine men who had assembled to
give expression to the earnest enthusiasm
and ardent support that Maine Republi-
cans intend to give for Hon. Thomas B.
Reed when the great. struggle for the
Presidency shall take place at St. Louis
The members of the club already humble
over 500. The following report of the
is sufficient evidence Of the
enthusiasm and Importance
OF the occasion.
Colonel Thomas P. Shaw, secretary of
the committee called the meeting to or
der and then called President George
Libby Of the Lincoln Club, to the chair,
to serve as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Libby expressed thanks for the dis
honor of being selected to pre-
side over the deliberations at this time
He said that he saw before him men who
had voted for Abraham Lincoln, Zap
plause) and men who were going to vote
for and elect as President, their dis |
tinguished fellow citizen, Hon. Thomas
B. Reed tGreat applause). He spoke of
the objects Of the club.
Mr.. W. G. Soule Of Portland, moved