Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-14
STATE HOUSE.
Names Presidential Electors
Meet and Organize.
Will Vote, Iotay, for Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
Gossip Of the iesislau IRE Recess al The Capitol
Departments.

The meeting Of the Board Of Electors
of President and Vice President. of the
State Of Maine. was held in the Senate
chamber, Saturday afternoon, Tor the
purpose of organization. j. ". Wake
field Of Bath, was not present on &C
count OF the storm. but L telegram
from hlm was read stating that he
hoped to be present. Monday. The fol-
lowing electors were present: Joseph
.. Smith of Skowhegan, George T.
Wescott OF Portland, Charles F. Libby
of Portland. Fred Atwood Of Winter
pert. and Almon y. FoEg Of IIouiton
Hon. Joseph q. Smith called the
me Getting to order as temporary chair
man, and made the following brief re-
marks:
conference.-the are summoned by tho
Governor of the State in accordance
with the expressed wishes Of $500 OF
the sturdy and intelligent voters Of
Maine. TO assemble in this historic
chamber and perform a pleasant duty
ON Monday next. representatives of
-, 0000o0 people. of l5.G00. Geo voters in
* states, will cast their ballots for the
men of their party's choice for Presi-
dent and Vice President Of this. the
greatest country under the light of the
sun. 1t viii then be our duty-and high
priVilege-to cast the vote of Maine
and III doing so are in no doubt in re-
gard to the men we. as representatives
of Maine for this purpose, are expected
20 vate for. The voters of Maine have
given us instructions which we can
not misunderstood and they are such
that We take the highest satisfaction
in obeying them.
In voting for the Republican candi-
date for the highest office on earth we
are assured beyond peradventure that
we are not embarking upon an expert
ment. His four years of arduouS pub
lie service under exceptionally trying
circumstances. with his previous
lengthy term of public service. state
and national, and in the army of the
Union with the pronounced success
that has invariably attended this man
of destiny, eliminates the element of
uncertainty and experiment. In voting
for William Mckinley for President
we shall vote for man tried and true
worthy and well qualified. Furthermore.
gentlemen. when we cast our vote for
the Republican nominee for Vice Pres
dent. we may be assured that his Sc
lection for that high office by the great
Philadelphia convention was one it
was impossible not 70 make. Theodore
Roosevelt is a man in whom the peo-
pie implicitly believe, whose pluck
ard energy they admire, and who has
adorned every public place to which he
n.t- 10 al.
he will fill the position of President of
the Senate With the rare tact. great
ability and high acceptance Of that
prince OF presiding officers, yhe
honorcd and beloved son Of Maine,
the present President of the Senate pro
tempOre, Senator Frye. 1t would he
unreasonable 10 expect this, and no
Maine man would admit it. But he
will fill the place with credit and wher-
ever he may be he will be himself-thc
fearless, the strenuous Teddy Roose-
welt. Since the Republican party be
came a national power, Republicans of
Maine have commissioned its electoral
board to assemble here and vote for
Republican standard bearers They
have done this during a period Of "A
years, without a skip or a break Surely
Maine has been steadfastly Republican,
and it is likely to round out = century
Of such steadfastness.
The electoral board Of our State cor
responding as it does to the number
Of Maine Congressional delegation. is
not a large one. 1t numbers but six,
and this number. small as it is, was
held by Il majority of the census COM
mittee OF the House at Washington to
be too large: but thanks to our irwin
| chile senators ana representatives, this
number will remain intact for another
decade at least. 1t is q grand thing
| to have full-siZed, brainy, energetic.
plucky men in Congress. Maine has had
| such men there. has them now. and
| knows how to keep them there. Long
! live Names delegation a. Washington.
Each member thereof is to be congr2t-
ulated. and Maine is to be congratu-
lated on having such men at the front.
Prayer was offered by Rev. II. T..
Dunnack of Augusta. and the com
mittce on credentials, Messrs- ATWOOD,
Wescott ana Fogg. reported that
Joseph O. Smith. George 7. Wescott.
Charles F. Libby. James w. Wakefield,
Fred Atwood and Almon II. Fogg were
duly elected electors of President ana
Vice President of the United States FOR
the State of Maine and that all We're
present excepting Hon. James ~
Wakefield of Bath. The members pre-
sent were sworn in by A. d. Russell OF
Augusta.
The board then proceeded to the cleo
ton of officers Charles F. Libby was
elected president and s. j. Chadbourhe
secretary Col. T.. G. Stevens OF Chei-
sea was elected messenger and Rev II
f. Dunnack chaplain.
To fill the vacancy caused by the ap-
senCe of J. w. Wakefield. Joseph r.
Alexander of Richmond, was elected II
accordance with the law Of the stare
The board adjourned to meet at > a. NJ
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