Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-07

addressed the Senate as follows:
Fellow Senators: Allow me to eX-
tend to you my sincere thanks for this
great honor conferred upon me. /
| have no speech to make; / have no ad-
vice to give. l feel that as president
| of this body | am rather a servant
| than a leader or adviser. l feel that /
| am weak and not able to perform the
| duties of this office without assistance,
! and [ enter upon these duties with a
| full sense and knowledge of my weak
| ness. But l know you all, the most
| of you personally. l know that you
are strong, kind and inddTsent and l
know that when l am in doubt and per-
nleXity willing hands will be stretched
out to help me over the hard places
| 1t is with this belief and assurance
| that l now accept this high position
to which you have raised. Senators,
the chairawaits your pleasure.
On motion by Mr.. Maxwell of An
Maxwell of Androscoggin, Hurd of
York and Wyman of Washington a
committee to receive, sort and count
votes for secretary of the Senate, and
the vote being taken Kendall M. Dun
bar received the whole number of
votes cast, 80 and was declared duly
elected secretary for 1897 and '9S.
On motion by Mr.. Clason of Kenne-
bee, that senator was appointed by the
president to conduct the secretary
elect to the council chamber for the
purpose of taking and subscribing the
necessary oaths to qualify him to en-
ter upon the discharge of his official
duties.
Mr.. ClaSon subsequently reported
that he had attended to the duty as
signed him, and that Kendall NJ. Dun
bar had. before the Governor and
Council. taken and subscribed the nee
essary oaths to qualify him to enter
upon the discharge of his official dut-
les.
Whereupon. Mr. Dunbar entered
upon the discharge of his official dut-
les.
On motion by Mr.. Walls of Knox,
that gentleman with Messrs. Witham
of Cumberland and Poor of Oxford,
were appointed a committee to re-
ceive, sort and count votes for
assistant secretary of the Senate. On
the vote being taken A. X. Butler of
Pennington. was found to have re-
ceived the whole number of votes
cast. 2S, and was declared duly elected
as assistant secretary of the Senate.
Mr.. Butler subsequently appeared.
and took and subscribed to the oaths
of Office before Abel d. Russell. Esq,
authorized by dedimus protestatem.
On motion by Mr.. Hargraves of York,
that senator with Messrs. Sharp of
Aroostook and Simpson of hancock,
were appointed a committee to receive,
sort and count votes for messenger,
and the vote being taken Charles H.
the whole number of votes cast, 80, and
was thereupon declared duly elected
messenger of the Senate.
On motion by Mr.. Simpson of Han
cock. that senator with Messrs. Roberts
of Oxford. and Pike of York, were APP
pointed committee to receive, sort
and count votes for assistant messen-
ger, and the vote being taken they re-
ported that j. f. Ashford had received
the whole number of votes cast. 80. and
he was declared duly elected assistant
messenger of the Senate.
On motion by Mr.. Morrill, of Cumber-
land. that senator with Messrs. Hnkley
of Franklin, and Billings of Waldo,
We're appointed committee to receive.
SORT and count votes for folder, and the
vote being taken it was found that A.
e. r. Chadbourne has received the
whole number of votes cast, 20. and he
droscoggin, the chair appointed Messrs.
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