Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
BANGOR GOSSIP.
The Great Fight for Sherif's
Berth in PenobsCot.
Sheriff Brown and Chief Of Police Gill
man the Candidates.
Preparing Tor the Ccnsus-Ions Of Registered
Mlil-lCe Wanted.


Few people away from here know Of
the great fight which is going on for
the office Of sheriff between l.. W. Gil
man. the popular and efficient chief of
police. an office which he has held for
Vcral years. and Charles X. Brown,
the present sheriff. The contest is un-
like any that has been held i'll this
county for years and its different
phases are being watched and discuss
ed by politicians all over the eastern
ana northern section Of the state. The
job of being sheriff in this county is
one that a good many men would like
t3 have. but there are only Il few of
them that can get it. 1t is claimed by
people who ought to know that the po-
@ititn is good for $4,000 t. $S00O per
year, according, of course to the mum
her Of prisoners which are confined in
tn. jail. Tho plan in PcnohScpt coun-
~ is to pay the sheriff SO much per
week for boarding the prisoners, but It
never costs the man who holds the Of
fee anywhere near the sum which the
county pays him for each mans board.
The contest between Brown ana Gill
man has been going on for long time
hut il has never Waged 50 warm At any
,tlgc If the game as il has during thr
past Week or IL Il Iys. The Brown mon
u,rvi us to the holding of the cau,uscs
here. claimed that Gilman would not
trry a ward. They said that every
hing was all fixtd for the present
Sheriff but when the votes We're count
.I II .v3- fpiln1 that Gilman hal ear
''rd SlN WardS out ~ "a" seven. IN"
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.-'7 '""' anu lh' ''dS"H why H' ''"
--'t '''iH tH'', - HlS 'tI'''u> say vi
h.'du+e th'N H,N"ied dli 'lItII 'hti ~
.1 getting IN" utI'@it"S III tHt "th"I
wards.
The carrying Wi six of the wards
cave Gilman "a out ~ he ~ delegates
This was big strike for the new man
ana his friends feel thlt he is all right
ma win win out. on the either hand.
Mr.. Brown has q great following in thu
country. He has been working in the
northern ana eastern portions If the
.ouuty for the past year and his sup
utrters say that hn will have such
a.@ support from the towns roundabout
shat his election is certain.
ans II the r@a-t + situation among the
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Sltl1nS on Inc ponce loItt AtluIdlly
worked for HIM They pulled al the
strings they could before the "ard
"arcu1tS Wer' h"ld ahd 'ieE iSuIeu n
prominently ~ the matter 'ha Y aCCor"-
luS T. reports, various Cpiipidii'l9 nav
been made 70 the police examining
board that they were dabbllnS too
much in politics. One p"ilt"ll'th "ehl
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lhe c'uhciiii''h' N"' MIN :
&ate i"' hIo""' IN " 'ii' II 'i' Wv MN 49,
that he pettt' lllIiN
maze m"Nt' III III otne, WIS
better WORK l'I 'rlliildh Il i'e
hold his seat IN lhe Guy t"ui.'il' nv
year ms reuter- dc'oi 'ii7 III
stories t'iu' was ",i'lrH ~
kr"WltdSe 'i 'h'ti 'i'I"l"H vi '-
irlehda ahd v HI 'eSdi.'g" III
the most t'''l9h pIe'e9 ~ ,''.''
VAS ever doh" III Poi''''l ie'i' IL
this city
The police examining board held
meeting. Thursday night. to take ac-
tion IN various complaints which have
baor lodged with that body. The ses-
sion was a secret one and nothing was
.-iven out ~ to what the members Of
tI,o ho,rd did one If them IL author
itv fnr the statement that the matter
/. III ~ thoroughly investigated and If
if turns nut he way people think there
is likely to be some vacancies n the
patrol force.
The busiest office in Bangor at tn"
present time is that # superintendent
uf the eastern Maine census. Elmer L.
Sn,mord Mr.. Spofford. wh1 is we'll
known all over Maine as Il former
member of the Governors Council and
III thp Maine House. seems III hc the
right man in the right place He has
come t. Bangor to begin the work Of
taking thc census fo~ this district thor
.oughIv equipped as to understanding