The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-29
The Last Tribute.


A large concourse of public men, 4,
well as citizens of Belfast and Other
parts of Maine, and friends OF the de
ceased, paid their last tribute Of respect
Thursday, 10 the late seth l.. Milliken
who for more than a fourteen years a,
the successor Of James G.. Blaine, rep
resented his section OF the State in TIT
national Congress.
The funeral was held At : o'clock
Many who had known the dead Con
gresham since boyhood, and other,
who had been in Congress with him al
" ashington, followed the body from The
church to the grave. The body lay il
state at the Uniyersalist church, during
the forenoon, but owing to the limited
capacity of the edlice, it was removed
to the Unitarian church. 1t was guard
ed all night by a number of veteran sol
diers, who were comrades of Mr.. Mill
ken. Many people viewed the body
during the morning hours.
Ia the funeral procession were old
soldiers, hundreds of citizens and many
prominent men. Among the latter
were Senators Hale of Maine; Gallinger
of New Hampshire; and Carter, OF
Montana; Congressman Boutelle OF
Maine; Terry, of Arkansas; Shannon, OF
New York city; skinner, of North
Carolina Hilborn of California; Hicks
of Pennsylvania; Weymouth, of Massa.
chusetts; Dinsmore, of Arkansas; Con.
gresham and Mrs. Sterling, of Illinois
Sergeant alarms Price and his assist
ant, Joseph L. White; Thomas E
Hopkins, department commander of the
&. A. L. of the District of Columbia.
Among others present were Governor
Llewellyn Powers, oX-Goy. Burleigh
Secretary of State Byron Boyd, Hon. Z
O. Yickery, Mayor Choate, OF Augusta
A. NJ. Spear, Gardiner; Sheriff Viles,
Forrest Goodwin, Skowhegan; STATE
prison warden Smith; eXPostmastel
Dunn, Waterville; State Senator Clas-
son, Gardiner; eX-State Senator a. r.
Nickerson, Boothbay; II. W Mayo, OF
the Governors Council; Attorney Gen.
eral Hanes; S. j. Chadbourne, assistant
secretary of state; 0. A. Murray, Pitts
field Postmaster Lynch, Augusta; 7. j.
Young of Scion.
During the procession all the bells in
the city toled and all the flags were at
half mast The pail bearers were DR.
d. 2. Flanders, A. a. HoWes, Edward
Sibley, A. j. Hartman, l.. Z. Mcdonald
and George K. Johnson The intermen
was at Grove Cemetery.
"ln prohibitory Augusta we have tn,
spectacle of police officers calling at III,
grog shops and notifying the proprietor
that they mustn't sell liquor after min,
O'Clock at night, or on Sunday! VIVA
a roaring tarce-what Il humlialins
speetacle,' Thus reflects the Main,
Farmer and with good reason. This j.
the same way the police authorities trieC
TO do it here a year ago. It's make
shift and poor apology for enforcement
of the law. If the authorities can pre-
vent selling nights, they can the rest o
the time, If it is IN evil to have liquo
selling going on nights it is the balanc,
of the week. If it is the duty of thu
authorities to enforce the law any por
tion of the time it i their duty to do i
the whole OF the time. They make
distinction the l3w does not make anC
advance the theory that they are abov,
law, Nheu they are creature, OF law, Of
ought to be.
The Boston Globe and Springfield Re
publican indulge he theory that Harolr
NJ. Sewall was appointed minister tC
Hawaii 10y President Mckinley to pay Z
political debt. This is preposterous
Sewall went to st. Louis rs Reed dele,
gate. He made some speeches in the
Maine campaign bur his speeches or IN
lluence in Maine did not materially affect
the result in the State and We doubt il
they did in any other state. 1t is prob
able that President Mckinley appointed
Mr.. Sewal because he was strongly rec
commended and urged for the position
and because he believes he will fill it
satisfactorily. If we were seeking for
evidence that the theory of "reward
did not enter into consideration in the
Presidents appointments, we should cite
Mr.. SeWall's as "a case in point.
The town OF Winthrop, serenaded its
highly honored citizen, Hon. Leroy T.
Carleton, recently elected commanded
Of the G. A. L. department of Maine, in
royal style, Thursday evening. The
Winthrop Military band furnished music
for the occasion, assisted by an orehes.
ira and quartette. Albert II. Frost
post, No. ,, 6. A. h. of Winthrop were
present in body euthused with the
spirit of the hour, as were also the pop.
ulace en- masse and all Joined in paving