The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-27
BANGOR POLITICS.
Old Difference Over the Legislative
Ticket Not Healed But There is Grim
Determination to Finish the Lnnatic
Asylum.
Bangor News.)

For long time past it has been gener'
ally understood that F. o. BeaI, Frederic
81. Parkhurst and Fred A. Porter would
again be candidates for the legislature
this year. These three composed the in
dependent ticket that ran against Isaiah
K. Stetson, Charles S. Pearl and Joab W.
Palmer, the regular Republican ticket in
1896, having been nominated in general
caucus and petitioned upon the ballot.
The report that Messrs. Beal, Park
hurst and Porter would be candidates for
nomination this year was published some
time ago and was accepted as a fact. Now
they have individually announced their
candidacy. On Monday Mr.. Porter told
a News reporter that he was candidate,
Mr. Beal had already declared himself,
and on Tuesday Mr.. Parkhurst said that
he was in the field.
There have been rumors OF compromise
between the Beal and Stetson factions to
the effect that Beal and Parkhurst would
run on a ticket with Col. Stetson. This
announcement is said to have recently
been made by high official of the state,
but Messrs. Beal, Parkhurst and Porter
all eInphatically declare that they will
make no trade whateyer-that they WI
go in on their own hook, and that In this
fight, "every tub must stand on Its own
bottom" They say that they would have
everything to lose and nothing to gain by
such an arrangement with Col. Stetson,
and that they have no idea Of going into
it.tgG
/ The great thing to be accomplished in
the next legislature will be to secure an
appropriation for tine completion OF the
Eastern Maine Hospital for the Insane, In
Bangor, and the Beal people argue that,
according to past experience, Col Stetson
would not be of mach help in that dlrec-
ton. In any event, should they be nom1-
mated and elected, they want all the
credit should they succeed and are Will.
ing to shoulder all the blame in case OF
failure through their fault. They expect
that it win be difficult to get the appro-
priation anyway, snow that the cry OF
economy has been raised and with SO
many other demands upon the treasury.
Col. Stetson told the News on Tuesday
that he would be q candidate himself, but
that he would not speak for his colleagues
of 1896, Messrs. Pearl and Palmer. That
Col. Stetson will be q candidate u.s., OF
course, no news, seeing that he was long
since announced as candidate LOT
Speaker of the House. Mr.. Palmer told
the reporter that he had nothing to say at
this time-he would not say whether he
would or would not be candidate. In
political circles 1t is understood that Mr..
Palmer is In Augusta, so that he could
not be interviewed, but it is believed that
he will be in the field. 1t is usual to re-
turn representatives for a second term,
and that is one reason for the assumption
that Messrs. Pearl and Palmer will again
be candidates. A'sN
From all appearances then, it will be
the fame tickets over again.
AS to the method of nomination, 1t IS
likely that candidates will be chosen by
direct vote in ward caucuses, in accord
ance with the wish of the voters of the
city as expressed at last springs election.
The Beal men prefer assgeneral caucus, al
though MIR. Parkhurst thinks that it would
be good idea to use the check list and
have each ward vote by itself-in different
sections of the hail.
Col. Stetson said last night that the
incoming city committee would undoubt-
eddy decide upon ward cauouses and q
direct vote, and that the check list would
be used If necessary. In such a caucus he
is willing to take his chances with the
others. The three men getting the highest
vote would be the party candidates; and
every man would have to look out for
himself.
1t is understood that Alderman George
T, Cameron of ward four is also a candi-
date for nomination for the legislature.