The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21

Augusta, Feb. 20.-Tomorrow IL the
date assigned for the hearing upon the
resubmission resolve introduced In the
Legislature at the beginning OF the ses-
sion by Representative Kelley of Lewis
ton. Immediately after the presentation
OF the resolve, the remonstrants began
to be heard from, and their protests
poured In from all parts OF the state.
Today the friends OF the measure intro
duced the petitions In It's favor, 50 o
them, bearing nearly 5000 names. Ma
t1raIly. there has been much curiosity to
see these petitions, curiosity which has
been heightened by the report that the
names OF many we'll known men would
be found In tho lists. An examination of
the petitions shows that they have been
signed by those whose opinion is worthy
OF careful consideration, While 1t Is
the helief OF course, that the movement
Is doomedsto defeat, there sre among the
petitioners men whose names give 70 this
movement for rasuhmission an impor-
lance which did net attach to the pre-
vious attempt to again place the prohibit
tory amendment to the Constitution be-
fore the people.
The petitions were presented in the
Senate this morning by Mr.. Staples, OF
Knox, The petitions bear the following
endorsements:
+. W. Nichols and thirty-five Others of
Portland +. G.. Staples ana 80 others OF
Old Orchard; Samuel f. Humphrey and
90 others of Bangor; II. J. Brown and
IL others of Springfield; e. Bailey and
SO others OF Mattawamkeag; Fred Emery
Became and 40 other OF Hallowell; III. d.
Sawyer and IA others Of Masardis; l. B.
Isaacs on and SO others Of Lewiston;
Geo. h. johnson and gel others of Belfast
Walter b. Stone and IA others OF Lowell;
W. j. Bradbury and ~ others OF Fair
field; Williston Grinnell ana 81 others
of Camden; Il. 4, Hartweil and 30 others
of Oldtown; Geo. II. Gilman and "a
others OF Houlton; A. III. Goddard and 6s
others Of Augusta; James &c. Fuiler and
nine others of Augusta; Charles q.
Chase and IS others of Portland; Fred
A. Hall and 81 others OF Lewiston; ID.
Fessenden and 81 others OF Lisbon Falls;
L. A. Smith and 10 others of Farming
ton; Ii. b. Austin and ~ others Of Phil
lips; Nj j. McQuirk and 20 others of
Madison; +. S. Paine and 2S others OF
PASSPORT; q. L. Bragg and LOG others OF
Bangor; L. j. Morse and III others OF
Bangor; Edward Corners and 90 others
OF Bangor; Z. NJ. Blanding and n others
of Bangor; Albert ii, Il. Butfum ana 20
others of Lewiston; Harry p. Heed and
81 others OF China; u. N. Clement and
40 others of StAndish; Charles A. Carson
and AZ others OF Randolph; J. w. KIM
ball and 102 others of Bath; Il. q. ThAy-
er and los others OF Wateryille; 81. W
Levensaler and SO others OF Waldoboro;
Robert f. Somers and IL others Of Port
land; Chas. p. Allen and "a others OF
Presque Isle; Geo. p. Dewey and 40
Others of Portland; NJ. S. Goodrich and
4S others of Waterfalls; &c. A. Chase and
"a others of Brownville; Frank e. Gould
and o. others of Milo; Elmer IL. Wood
bury and "A others OF Portland; Fred 3.
Green and so other OF Portland; Isaiah
@. Rich and SO others OF Winterport;
Fred N. Hooper and II others OF Port
land; Rev. Henry Blanchard and 81
others or Portland; Clarence Haywood
and 102 others Of Portland; Ammi
whitney and 30 others OF Portland; f. b.
Purinton and Ga others Of Augusta.
Among the signers In Bangor General
Charles Hamlin, Hon. Louis U. Stearns,
Philo A. Strickland, Thomas White, l..
j. Morse, George W. Vickery. George +.
Dillingham;, Il. Il. Stewart, p. IL.
Gillin, II. W. Aver and q. Is. wyman.
IL is noteworthy that among the Lew.
iston petitioners are agents OF mills
which employ hundreds OF men. On the
Lewiston petitions are the names, among
many others, OF DIR NJ. y. Wedgwood,
the Androspoggin member of the Cover
nor-s Council, Ii. l.. Pratt, agent of the
Bates mills; James A. Walsh, agent OF
the Lewiston Bleachery; Dr. f. W. Rus
sell, Ralph W. Porter, paymaster sof the
Bates mills; John X. Tilton, an oyerseer
Of the Bates, j. Ia. Heed, the present
city solicitor; John A. Finn, q member
Of the Board OF Aldermen and an ex-
president of st. Joseph's Catholic Total
Abstinence society; DR. W. Mebber, K,
z. Longley, +. A. Morey, Andrew ChAD-
lin of the firm OF Bradford, ConaDt 81
Co George W. Cappen, L. J. Murphy,
Edwin Dormack and George A. Drew,
chairman of the Board OF Registration,
The Portland list of signers makes
total Of nearly 500 namesa, as follows
George 4. Means, o. b. Written,
Granville HodRqon, j. Is. Hughes, Il. u.
Stevens. Chas. L. waterhouse, j. NJ.
Bouney, j. W. Westman, j. l.. Hadley,
VIM. II. Ohler, 4 IL. johnson, Il. q.
Young, @. K. Gage, ii. A. Moulton,
W. r. Sawyer. q. X. Anderson, j. A.
Merrill 81 Co., O. Il. Mouleon, Eugene
s. Pendsxter, James Bailey, Joseph r.
Brett, J. II. Gould. Edward A. Hendrick-
son, Geo. S, ii. Mcdowell, Alton 4.
Cropley, Henry Moxeey, X. H. Knight,
Geo. 4. Springer, Chas. q. Chase, r. A.
Leavitt, Edward Crabtree, Il. s. Osgood,
Fred 5. Walker, W. l. waterhouse, X.
ii. BAN, II. p. Knight. NJ. SWEET, j. Il.