Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-14
H.sW. Severance Wants to Be
Collector at Honolulu.
Representative Loud Will Again Pre-
sent His Postal Bill to House.
Congressman Burleish Secures Buoys ior
Gi'key Harbor, West Penebscot.

One OF hhein US Hon. Joseph II
Manley, chairman of the Republican
State committee >nd secretary of the
National Republican committee. and
the other is H. W. Severance. a resi-.
dent of San Francisco. Mr.. Severance
Is especially an interest ting man to Au-
guslta people for his father, Is,ther
llVed in Augusta. held many important
pubic ofhces, and died there, January
20, 1879. He was an editor by profess
sion, having been born at Montague,
Mass. Oct. %, 1897. He followed the
printers trade, working at Peterboro
N. Y, Washington, Philadelphia. and
several other cities but located in An
,gusta. an 1926. when he established the
kennebec journal. He served in the
State Legislature in 1S3O-31, in the
State Senate in 1885. and again in the
Legislature in 1892. He was in Con-
gress in 1891, having been elected as
a Wing, and in 1850. was appointed
United States minister to the Sandwich
islands, the same office that Hon. John
l.. Stevens of Augusta, subsequently
held. Mr.. Severance retained that DO
sition for four years. The late James
G. Blaine published memoir of him in
1885,
l. The son, now in Washington, is pref
ty we'll known i'm Augusta. He visited
there and at other points I'm Maine,
last summer. but has resided for many
years i'm San Francisco, where he has
had no insignificant career. For sew
eral years he was United States con-
sui at Honolulu and for II years he
represented the Hawaiian government
as consular agent ait San Francisco.
Mr. Severance was a candidate for
minister to Hawaii, two years ago, but
the post was given to MIR. Harold Sew
all OF Maine. Now he comes to Wash
ing ton, trying for the position of col
hector of customs at Honolulu. He has
excellent backing from the business
| men of the Pacific coast, to all of whom
he is well known. Further Mr.. Sever
ance has the backing of Senator George
c. Perkins of California, Who was born
| at Kennebunkport. Me. 1T should be
remembered that Congress is expected
| to provide soon territorial form of
government for the Hawaiian dslanis.
Then there will be several federal Off
ces to be filed. Mr.. Severance would
| Like the office of collector of customs.
on account of his Familiarity with that
branch of federal service, but he is will
| ling to take some other thing that is
| equally good.
Hon. Joseph H. Manley usually
| comes to Washington about this time
of year, but he comes this time on
special business in connection with the
postal service. Augusta people will
probably remember that Representa-
| tive Eugene Lord of California. who is
| chairman of the House committee on
post offices and postroads, and author
| of the Well-known measure, which
| bears his name, to restrict the amount
| of second-class mail matter, paid a
Visit to Augusta, last summer. He is
one of commission that has been in
veistigating the postal service. spec
| ial committee is now at work to deter
mine whether the railroads of the coun-
| try are receiving too much for trans
| porting the mails. The inquiry does
net pertain to Maine particularly, but
| the Maine roads are much interested
because they annually receive large
sums for carrying mail. Mr.. Manley
MAS summoned before the committee,
which is now sitting in the room Of
I
and post RAIDS, to represent the case of
| certain Maine roads, one of them UNI
derstood to be the Maine Central, of
which he is director. His testimony
about the cost of transporting mails
! in Maine will be heard at length before
he returns. This subject is discussed
annually when the post office appropfl-
alton bill comes up in the House ahc
Senate. If it is found that the rail-
roads are receiving too much money Tor
the service an attempt wall be nnaue l"
reduce the compensation. Mr.. Mfiailey
will also have an opportunity TO talk
over the situat ton With the Repuiollcail
| leaders, He knows adj OF them Well
and is quite as welcome about tine cap
itol as any member of House on Senate,
however distinguished he may De.
In this connection might be mention
ed "a statement 10y Representative Louu
THAT he intends to take UP again. this
winter, the bill to restrict the amount
of setond- class matter. Thls DILL DIS
presented to the House. last WINTER
affected vitality the interests OF many
Augusta people and the large pupllsh-
ars There vigorously fought it. A vote
was reached laying the measure upon
the table. However, MI Louu saiu
that he had reached an amicable agree
ment with the publishers at Augusta
and at ether points i'm Maine so ehat
| they would not longer antagonnze th1
bill He refused to state for plhoiica-
ZION what the agreement was. Never
theless the prospect Of having the olll
taken up at this session of Congress IS
rather remote because there is a great
deal of important business to dispose
of before March 4, that will nave flsaiL
of way over that measure.
The United States fish comanlssloi
snent something like $4,000 IN Maine
lasr wear. for the propagation OF hsh'
mostly trout and salmon. There are
nav three stations in the State, Whefe
6sh are hatched-Grand Lake stream
craig Brook. and Green Lake statlon'
The most money. $7o36.s9, is spent on
the hatchery ait Craig Brook. one Oh
+he decidedly interesting items IN tnese
expenditures is the amount Nhat II
costs for fish food The little hsh are
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