The Republican journal., 1901-02-07

warmed DV rduldlOTS, anu contain every
thing needed for comfort. We can GER
| tainly 'look down" on the less favored
ones who have sighed for ''cot''-and
got it.
A visit to the State House is first in
order; and what a fine place it has got
to be. Architecturally the building is
all that could be desired, and each year
sees decided improvement in the in
interior Our people may well feel
proud of the rotunda with its cases of
battle flags on each side and the portraits
of Names governors looking down
from the walls. Among the recent adj
ditions to this gallery are portraits of
our former and much-loved fellow citi-
zen, Hon. VIM. G.. Crosby, and of our
present Governor, Hon. John F. Hill.
The Senate chamber has had some new
furniture since our last visit and is a
very handsome room. The prevailing
colors are terra Gotta and green. The
walls, ceiling and woodwork are in terra
Gotta, and the carpet and upholstery in
green. The rich stained glass windows
represent Names industries-ice cut
ting, fishing, manufactures, ETC. On
the right of the Presidents desk is the
coat of arms of Maine, and on the left
that Of the United States. Around the
walls near the ceiling, at regular inter
walls, are laurel wreaths in green, en-
closing a gilt star. The room is light
ed by electric lights on the walls, singly
and in clusters, and they also shine out
from the ceiling like jewels. The
woodwork harmonizes with the general
color scheme, and even the blotters on the
desks of the Senators are light shade
of green. The necessarily more spacious
hall of the House of Representatives is,
as one Of the visitors remarked, more
Democratic in appearance. The House
was not in session that afternoon, but
we found Hon. Fred S. Walls, represen-
tative from Vinalhaven, in his seat;
and close by was Representative M. c.
Hill of Belfast; both ready to greet
and serve all who hail from Waldo
county. II there is anything you
want to know about men or meas
ures at Augusta you need not go
farther than Fred or "Mell." Rep
resentative and Mrs. Walls are at
the Augusta House, which is also the
stopping place Of our Senator, Hon.
Albert Pierce, who has entered upon his
second term with the experience gained
in the last Legislature, added to ability,
industry and an earnest desire to rem
der his constituents good service We
were sorry not to have met the other
members of the Waldo delegation, but
had little opportunity to look them up.
Fortune favored us in finding Cover
nor Hill in his room at the State House
and able to spare the time for social
cali. While, like his predecessors, he is
no doubt subjected to many callers who
have axes to grind or favors to ask, he
made no complaint on that score, but
expressed the pleasure it gave him to
have SO many visitors from all parts of
tie State who came only to offer con-
CALCULATIONS and extend good wishes.
Certainly he is worthy of them; and
Maine is to be congratulated on having
as her chief executive a young man of
such fine abilities, pleasing presence and
whose life is without stain. Nome
hold him in higher regard than his
friends in the Maine Press Association,
of which he has been an active member
for twenty-one years; and he and Hon.
S. w. Lane, Mayor of Augusta, answer
ed at the roll-call Wednesday evening
Adjoining the Governors room is the
desk of Miss EvaL .Shorey ,stenographer
to the Executive Council, daughter of
Mayor H. L. Shorey of the Bridgton
News, and worthy daughter of a
worthy sire. Miss Shorey is not only
an expert stenographer but can do good
work with her pen. She contributed