Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-01-06
HOUSE AND SENATE cAvcuses.
Nominations Made Of Candidates for Various
House and Senate Officers.

| call. Senator Walls of Knox, was made
chairman and Senator Clason of Ken
nebec, acted as secretary.
Senator Savage presented the name
of Albert. r. Day of Penobscot as nom
inee for President of the Senate, and
said:
Mr.. Chairman, rise for the purpose
of putting in nomination for this office
of dignity and Importance, an office
which has been filled by the worthiest
and best of the. citizens of Maine, a
gentleman from Penobscot county
who in all times past has served the
State faithfully, who has long legis-
lative experience, who represented first
his constituency in the House of Rep
resentatives, and in my personal
knowledge represented them well, and
served the State well. Afterwards he
was promoted to a position in the
Council chamber. and in the last Leg
islature was a member of the Senate
~ ILNCA w tlO was d llleIIl-
ber of the. Senate remembers perfectly
well the ability and zeal displayed by
the gentleman as senator He comes
now with the unanimous recommenda-
ton of the incoming Senate for this
position. feel that he will in the
future as he has done in the past per-
form every duty incumbent upon him
with fidelity, ability and zeal, and
therefore it gives me great pleasure to
place in nomination for the position of
President of the next Senate Hon.
Albert r. Day, of Corinna, Penobscot
county, and I move his nomination be
made by acclamation." (Applause)
Senator Engel said: Mr.. Chairman,
it gives me great pleasure to second
the nomination of my friend and col
league, Hon. A. r. Day. I have known
him for several years, and 1 have al
ways found him to be a man of hon.
esty, integrity and ability, a man in
every sense of the word, an American
in the broadest way, a gentleman who
am confident he will give satisfaction
to all, and that when he gets through
evay one of us will be pleased with
his administration as presiding officer
AS / know him to be a man of head, of
heart and of soul. it gives me great
pleasure to second his nomination"
Albert r. Day was thereupon nom
mated by acclamation to the office of
President of the Senate.
Senator Day of Penobscot, placed in
nomination for the position of secre-
tary, Kendall NJ. Dunbar of Dana
riscotta, and said:
Mr. Chairman: 1t gives me great
pleasure to name a man for secretary
OF this Senate who has the entire en-
dorsement of this body, which speaks
louder for him and is a better endorse
nlent than I could possibly put in Ian
guage. 1t gives me pleasure to nonin-
ilC LAOlI. IACliudll OuHOoil VI DdiiI-
ariscotta, and as 1 understand there
is no opposition, move his nomination
by acclamation."
Senator Chamberlain of Lincoln, in
seconding the nomination, said: 1.-The !
office of secretary of the Senate is one
which calls for ability in various di-
rections, for man with a clerical
turn of mind. for man who is quick
and alert to discharge every duty that
most responsible one. 1t gives me
great pleasure to know that we have
at our service a man who can fill and
discharge all these duties to the salts
faction of this Senate. He is a gentle
man who in the past has filled this po-
stion, and therefore comes to us thor
oughly equipped for it's duties. I feel
glad to second his nomination, as he is
a resident of the county from which l
have the honor to come"
Hon. Kendall M. Dunbar was there
upon nominated by acclamation for
the office of secretary of the Senate.
For assistant secretary, Senator Pike |
of York, placed in nomination Frank !
II. Purington of Limington, whom he
referred to as one of the earnest work
ing young Republicans of that county, |
a graduate of one of the State colleges, |
successful school teacher and a law
student, and one who had succeeded |
in everything he had undertaken.
Since York county had never received
an office in the Senate, with the eX-
ception of doorkeeper, he asked this
position in behalf of the young Repub-
licans of that county.
Senator Hinkley of Franklin, nomin-
ated Amos K. Butler, as a gentleman
of ability, of integrity and worth, who
had educated himself by his zeal, and
by his untiring effort had been ad-
mitted to the bar as an attorney. AS
Franklin county had never had an