Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
STATE HOUSE.
Arrangements for Funeral Of Councillor
--- E. Dudley Freeman.
A Travelling Man Asks Question pi,ficu,, "a
Answer.

'o'N e eoi'ectlon of relics of III.
past wars ana TO look at the pictures nf
the great men hung about the w.us
Ihese pictures are both modern ana a.,
cient, perhaps the most ancient he;r., ~.
fones oi General George Washington ana
General Knox. The most moder, 80
perhaps the ones of James G. Rlaina ona
Lot NJ Morrill, the latter being y fna -,
| painting. oi'
! WHICH OIL these men represented in tha
pictures Is to your mind the preatast 80
All! ne asked man who was passine
iHe man was not one who had passed
Hluch tifne IN studying the pictures and
| though ne had hundreds OF times passad
| through the rotunda. he could NOT rel,
ihore tilah three or four of the pictures
hahSlhs ABOUT the wall. His first GLANCE
| feNeaieu the picture of James G. Blaine
anu also the buSt of the same oraa,
statesman. With the true loyalty of an
augusta citizen he replied quickly. as
'hough ne hau before given the matter
great consideration, Il think there is M
/ oouot tnat James G. Blaine was tho
greatest man of all, though possihly
there may be some who. in their tin,o
were considered the equal if not far s,,
perior, to the great Maine statesman"
The travelling man took issue at once
and he declared that Daniel Webster wac
| far the superior of Blaine in every wav
The Augusta man said that was merely
matter of opinion. but Augusta citizens
would never admit anything of the sorr
for knowing the man, they knew how
| powerful a leader and statesman Rla;na
was.
q linz, ~.
| pictures of Abraham Lincoln and George
washington VINO look down from great
| frames upon those who pass beneath
tnem, representing mighty example for
the young men who are entering politics
/ Inc man of the grip sack, said he had no
DOUBT some would say they We're far
greater than Blaine or Webster, but he
sad. their greatest virtue and in ia It
the greater part of their power, was in
their honesty. In that they doubtless ex-
| Gel all Others
| Il shall chose Lot NJ. Morrill, as the
man upon whom Maine men will in after
years look upon with the greatest vene-
| ration, he continued
| 1t was a broad subject for discussion,
| and to tell the merits and dement's of
| each and every man whose likeness
hangs in the large rotunda, would take
many days, and then no two people would
be apt to guess exactly alike. There is
| food for thought in it, though
a. ID. McFaul, the successors to Repre-
sentative Pattangall from the Machas
class, was at the State House. Thursday.
making his first call upon the scenes of
his labors for the first three months of
1899
| Representative F. f. Guernsey of Do
ver, was at the State House, Thursday
calling upon friends, and making new
! ones.
| Arrangements have been made for the
Governor and Council to attend the fu-
neral of the late Hon. f. Dudley Free
| man which will be held at the Congre-
gational church in Yarmouth, this after
noon at 2.30. The State officials will also
largely attend. The Augusta party will
leave on the 10 o'clock train, this morn
| ing and so to Portland where Councillor
Spotford has arranged for them to dine
| and be driven to the Grand Trunk sta
ton where they will take a train that
will place them in Yarmouth in time for
the funeral.
The State House flag was at half mast,
! Thursday, in respect to the memory OF
1.-The late Councillor E. Dudley Freeman.
/ Charles Weymouth of the State House
force, who has been unable to work for
several months on account of illness, was
back at his old place running the eleva-
tor, Thursday.
State Librarian Carver ard his assist
ant, E w. Emery, will miss the late
Councillor Freeman as much as any 9TH
ers in the State House. Mr.. Freeman
was the chairman of the committee Of
State library, and an excellent chairman
he made He was unusually well edu-
Gated, and by travel had acquired an edu-
cation that was of itself marvellous IN
addition to his college education. He was
a great assistant in advising about the
purchase of books. He was greatly III
terested in genealogy and history and his
advice in the purchase of books on thes"
topics was Of great value, and is partly
accountable for the good collection that
can now be seen at the library.
The two following companies filed GER
tificates of Incorporation, Thursday:
G. NJ and III. I. Plummer has been or
eanized at Portland for the purpose OF
the manufacture and sale of plumber $
supplies with $4,000 capital, stock oi
which $50 is, paid IN The officers as rar1 are
land Ne. treasurer, Charles NJ. T.
Steele of Portland. Me- Certificate ap-
proved, November 20, 1898.
Eagle Heel Company has been organ
lied AT SacO for the purpose of the man.
ufacture and sale of boot heels and or
machinery for their manufaet9arne san i Watd ,sa
in The dfticers are: President, Frank
Mcdonald of Medford, Mass. treasurer
Anthony b. Palmer of Maiden. Mass. Mass
Certificate approved, November A'' 1890
One Of PortIands Victims Known in Augusta
The only person SO far as known
who was in the wreck of the Portland