Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-04
Maine Boys Wanted in the
Marine Corps.
All Eyes Turned Toward Today's EIec-
ton in Oregon.
UafaIierins Faith in Mckinley Will Be Shown
in Philadelphia.

Htdt y VI tfln' corps. ana WHO COMES
from Watcrvlle. Maine. has just re-
turned from 4 trip t Boston. He had
intended to make the trip down to
Portland for the purpose Of looking
after some recruiting in the Pine Tree
state. Instead of that however, Cen
eral Heywp : mt some of his recruit
ing officers down to Maine. ana an
effort will be made to enlist some
marines from among the Maine boys.
The recruiting officers will visit the
coast cities chiefly. The onlistm hts
from tn Pine Tree State have always
been very satisfactory for the young
men from there make very good
marines.
At tn" present time the marine corps
has the most efficient soldiers in the
service. They excel in their discipline
ana in their sOldierly qualities the en-
listed men Of the army and enlisted
men " the navy. There are a great
many attractions Tor service III the
marine corps which are not possessed
by the army. because the marines have
service. not only on land at the various
naval stations. but also aboard ships
ana in all quarters of the globe. They
perform a sort Of police duty on board
the warships. ana keep order among
the jack tars. General Haywood has
enlisted only good men in the marine
corps and has refused to fill the corps
up To the limit because he wished t.
have good material and to get only
such material as would be a credit to
the entire organization.
The Maine members Of Congress are
all looking forward now To speedy de-
partures from Washington. The tenn
pcrlture mas been rising here Of late,
as the summer approaches. ana as the
press dispatches hav- announced,
there will b. 4 vigorous effort made to
get away from Washington next week.
senator Hale. as chairman Of the
naval committee OF the Senate. has
been wrestling strongly with the naval
appropriation bill I'd have the differ
enccs adjusted. which will make il
possible, to send that bill to the Presi-
dent for signature This always
proves To BE- one NJ the dbsta cles to al
jpurnmert. The senator ana TIL. other
cnnfervts TN the bill have made excel
lent progress. although there are other
matters which may delay Congress
here after "Wednesday next If the adj
joUrnment is Mt reached by Wednes-
day il looks as though il might not be
reached till Saturday. and possibly not
until the following Monday. Repre-
sentative Allen will go direct to Old
Orchard. where he generally lives the
most of the time during the summer.
He is planning FIR Il very active cam
pIign in the first district. \ number
Of speakers of national prominence will
go down there to encourage the Re
publicans To turn out and make a big
showing in September.
Maine will not be the first State to
vote. but Oregon, the election to be
held in oregon next Monday Republic
cans are naturally watching the fight
there with great deal Of interest. At
present there are two Republican rep
resentatives from the State. Mr..
Tongue ana Mr.. Moody Mr. Moody
was elected by about FIVE thousand
majority. and Mr. Tongue BY only
frW hundred. Both of these men have
strong hopes that the state will vote
Republican next Monday. but there
has been great deal of apathy in the
campaign. ana no one can ten lust
what that means until the votes are
actually cast. There seems Ia be little
doubt that Mr.. Moody will b. re-
elected. but Mr. Tongue is not 50
sure. y big vote in the state would
give the Republican leaders here who
are preparing to get into the cam
paign, great deal of confidence.
y considerable number of Washington
correspondents go over to Philadelphia
in a few days to inspect the convention
nail there ana To dine with the mayor
They are thus given an opportunity to
see the preparations that have been made
for the national convention. in which
Honorable Joseph II. Maulcy of Angus
IA, has had a very active part and on
which he has been engaged for two or
three months The outlook is from
Washington standpoint that The ronven-
ton will he Il very enthusiastic one ana
that IL Will emphasize in a mastery fash
ion the unfaltering faith Of the Republic
cans in President Mckinley's adminstra-
ton.
Representative Rurleigh has received
notice from First Assistant Postmaster
Perry ). Heath that the fourth -clIss post
office ut Charlottesville has been discnn-
tinued. ana that the star route between
Gardiner ana Charlottesville has also been
This is because Of the eS-
Establishment Of a rural free delivery route
out Of Gardiner. notice Of which has also
been formally issued by the postofiice dc-
partment.
Governor Burlegh has also been in
formed by the first assistant postmaster
general that the free delivery service at
Bar Harbor. Maine cannot be established
until June 18th There has been some lc-
lay on account Of the selection OF letter
The delay. however. is not ma
terial. because the service will be in full
operation when the summer travel To
that resort mas begun.
Minister w. W. Thomas, Jr.. of Port
land. Maine who came to this country
from Sweden a few days ago. has been
in Was hington. where he paid
his respects to the President and met
many of his old time friends. before pro-
ceeding home II Maine. He has been in
vited 10 participate in the anniversary
of the Swedish colony in Aroostook coun-
ty which he established ~ years ago.
chief Justice Fuller of the supreme
court who Is a native of Augusta. Maine
has recently renewed his fight against the
Of street railway in front
of his residence in this city. The inter-
esting phase of il is that the chief JUS
tice appealed to senators to assist him
i'm CARRYING the day. Up to date he has
succeeded and there is some probability
that he will succeed in delaying the
building OF the road for some months, as
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