Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-03
FOR THE CAMPAIGN,
Movement on Foot for Org IN cation
Of Republican Club in Augusta.
Project Is to Have Club Composed Of Younu
men-Good Thing.

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present time until the first Tuesday il
| November the country will resounL
with the din and tunult Of politics,
the stump orators from every stat,
and territory in the Union win how
vocifeN~usl* for their candidates: the
various fife and drum corps viii only
make the noise noisicr; the bands will
play their most popular and lively airs;
the name of VIM. Mckinley, from the
to the skies, as well as the Boy Ora
tor of the Platte"
The orators from the cotton fields of
Georgia, from the blizzartious Dakotas,
from the fine summer climate of far
off California, and last but by no
means least, from the pnc-cl hills
Of Maine, will ere long hold mass meet
ings and cxpound the doctrines of their
party; politics and principles in all
their forms and phases will be ex-
planned to the multitudcs by the polit-
zeal spellbindcrs; Garret A. Hobart of
New Jersey, as well as Arthur Sewall
of Maine, and the Hon. Tom Watson
of South Carolina will he held up 10
the people of this land as models of
honor and integrity; fireworks will
burn. the cannon will boom and one
Of the greatest campaigns in the his
tory of the land of the free and the
home of the brave viii be in vogue
y prominent politician in CONVERSE
ton with "A journal reporter, Satur-
day, said it would be an excellent idea
to have a Republican campaign club
in the city. In the days that have
gone by in previous campaigns, Re
publican clubs have, to use a slang
expression, cut lots of ice" in cam
paigns and have been a potent factor
in determining the result.
\ movement Is now On foot among
some If the young mon OF the city
for the purpose Of forming such a
club. This is indeed movement
which should be heartily commended
by all. y number Of such organiza-
tions instituted here for the good Of
The cause would arouse popular en-
thusiasm fer the coming campaign.
Rallies. torchlight PROFESSIONS, ana
similar demonstrations would be Il
feature in the presidential battle as
IN times past, and thc sooner some
systematic effort Of this SORT is in
stituted the better it viii be all
around
Let somebody SGT the bali III motion
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Professor j. Alden Smith, the dis
tiuguished mining engineer ana met
allurgist who died suddenly Whilt
in the mountains Of Colo
RADIO, was born in kennchec county
May ~. 1880 At the age of II years
he entered the office of the Hallowell
Gazette to learn the printing trade.
and after spending three years there
was apprenticed 10 a wooden manu-
facturer. At the age Of 20 he took up
stone cutting at which he worked for
four years and then drifted back tol
the printing business, establishing a
job office in Lewiston. Having an in
tense interest in metallurgy he took
up these studies early in life and ac-
quired much local celebrity. This led
70 his being sent to Colorado in 1864.
by a party of capitalists To look intol
mining properties. He became ena
mored of the country and decided to
settle there and he fixed his residence
in Gilpcn county He was at once
offered the responsible position of min
ing editor of the Miners Register. and
in a short time made it the first au
thority on the mineral resources of
this country. Later, he opened an as
lay office. which was provided with q |
complete laboratory for the assay and
analysis of minerals. For the sue
"ccding 10 years. his time was wholly
occupied with assaying. the eXamina
ton of mines. and the study of the
different mineral belts throughout the
state. finally extending these re-
searches to Utah. Nevada and Cali
fornia. In 1874 he was appointed
superintendent Of the American mine.
in Boulder county. in which position
he remained, with great profit to tho
oWncrs. until the fall of 1879, when he
resigned. He then went to Denver
aud. in connection with Gen. Frank
Hall, opened an agency for the cNclu-
SiNc business of examining and re
porting upon mines. Throughout his
career Mr.. Smith by his integrity and
wide reputation as a scientist. secured
tho respect of the best citizens of the
country. In 1872 the office of terrific
rial GcoloGist was created by the Leg
islature and rendered him by the Gov
crnor. He had many friends in Lew
iston. and. if we remember Alright, was
a relative of the late -. w. Wiggin of
decentralization Journal.
Miss Bertha l.. Randall. manager of
the Postal Telegraph Cos. Augusta
office. has returned from a months
visit to friends in Madison and vicin-
ity.