The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-13
Candidate Allen Makes
a Ten-Strike.
Frye and Littlefield to Lend a
Hand Ia the Game.
ESPECIAL TO 1Hn rnEssJ

Sanford. October 12.-Anybody who
has had the impression that there ia to
be no display of energy In this congress
! sional campaign, and that the strong sup
port MIR. Reed SO long had from the par
ty leaders throughout the the Wester n
half of the district is not being fully &C.
koorded Candidate Amos L. Allen, shonld
have looked In on the assembIage in the
Sanford Opera house today.
Five days ago printed circular bear.
ing the names Of Chairman James K.
Hewey and Score tary Willis L. Emmons
Of the Republican county committee was
issued. announcing that meeting of the
committee would be held In Sanford to-
day for the purpose Of advice and con-
sultation as to the present campaign"
| Copies Of the circular were sent to many
prominent Republicans of the county,
who were invited to attend this meeting
and talk matters over with the commit
tea.
In addition to the members of the
county committee. about leo prominent
members of the party, representing every
one of the 20 towns, were present. 1t
tseemed more like a county convention
than purely informal meeting, for a
better looking, more ear nest and more
harmonious body of Republicans never
came together In the county.
Chairman Hewey called them to order,
defined the committss's object in invit-
ing company to It's meeting, and after
giving them some little advice as to what
should be done toward getting out the
full party strength at the polls, called for
reports from the various towns.
The names of the towns were called,
in alphabetical order, and somebody re-
sponded in every case. Acton first gave a
favorable report, through two of its town
committeeman. DIR. Lander and several
others spoke of Alfred's interest In the
campaign, and pledged an unusually
large majority for Mr.. A lien, its honored
| townsman.
| Blddeford was we'll represented the
nesting, and DIR. Purcell, Col. c. II.
Prescott, City Marshal Charles b. Har-
mon, Factory Inspector @. e. Atwood,
George b. Andrews, Recorder George
Emery. Lawyer f. w. Hovey and Deputy
Sheriff Ia J. Renouf. were called upon, in
turn, and asked to state their opinion of
the outlook in Biddeford. They all
agreed that. while political matters have
been somewhat mixed In that hustllnQ
metropolis, the Republican party Is bet.
ter organized there now than 1t has been
in years. in better shape to work, and
that s.smal majority for the Republican
nominee can be positively counted on In
the coming contest in that city.
Among those who reported for the other
towns in the county were: j. w. Clark.
Dayton; Frank Staples, +. j. Keefe,
MIR. Athorn and Mr.. Bartlett, Eliot; Cy-
I'll p. Harmon, Representative Clark,
County Commissioner Hobson, Edward
Burnham, Hollis; Frank ]. Leavitt,
Capt. j. Il. Warren, Buxton; Horace
Mitchell, MIR. Favour, Kittery; Sidney
Il. Fuller, Parker C. Wiggin. Mr.. Moore,
| kennebunk; p. A. Twambley, Post
master Bletoher. Capt. Joseph Jeffrey,
Kennebunpkort; Stephen ID. Lord, Mr..
Chamberlain, Mr.. Kenney, Lebanon; S.
W. Hobson. Limington; County Treas
urer Adams, Limerick; Al @, Mitchell,
Newfeld; Postmaster Hill, Frank B. Col
| ley, Old Orchard; ex-Mayor Willis L.
Emmons, Saco; Harry b. Aver, South
Berwick; William Wells. +. k. Rankin,
Hon. George Goodwin, Wells; Mr.. Evans
Editor Twalnblsy of the York Trans
cript, York.
| All of the reports were favorable. In
several instances mention was made of
some local party disafiection which had
existed prior to the convention. or dating
back to the last municipal campaign. but
the parties reporting expressed the belief
that the troubled waters would bs su tic
iently quieted by election day to insure
Republican victory thersin. Many spoke
very Enthusiastically OF what Mr.. Allen
had done for their towns, during his long
association with Congressman Reed, and
of the party faith In his ability and de-
sire to faithfully serve the district
| Candidate Allen was invited to address
the meeting. He responded to the request
and, as was the case In the district CON-
vention in Portland, he NOE only made
the party representatives present feel that
no mistake had been made In nominating
him for Congressman. but created
among them an enthusiasm that will
make itself felt throughout the county
! and win votes for him on election day.
de said he could not begin to ex-
press his appreciation Of the honor oon-