Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-11
WANT OFFICE.
Candidates Whose Names Will
Grace Official Ballots.
CompIete and Accurate List of Nomi-
nees of All Parties.
Maine Citizens Who Ask the Suffrages
of the People.

Herewith will be found a true ana
accurate list Of all the candidates NOM
mated for State and county offices by
tho various political parties of the State
NJ Maine. to be voted for by the people
on Monday, Sept. s. The list is COM
Mite transcript of the nomination
hook for the year 1902, which may be
found in the office of the secretary Of
state, and which was closed, yester-
dav. in compliance with the law passed
nv the Legislature of 1901.
In nearly every county in the State
there are four tickets in the field, Re
publican, Democratic, Prohibition and
eociaIist, although in some instances
the nominees Of one party are endorsed
by some other party. Of course the
Republicans and Democrats present
complete tickets in every county. The
former have candidates for the Legis-
lature in every representative district
hut in eight districts the Democrats
have filed no nomination papers.
As will be seen, the Prohibitionists
and the Socialists have not presented q
complete ticket in all the counties, nor
in all the representative classes. 1t will
be noticed, however, by those CONVEX
SAINT with the history of these parties
that they have nominated a larger
number Of candidates this year than
ever before.
The Democrats have filed no nominal
tons for representative in eight of the
Legislative districts, as follows:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT comprising the
towns Of Littleton, Monticello, Smyrna,
Ludlow and New Limerick and the
plantations Of Hammond, Merrill and
Moro: district comprising the towns of
Sherman. Island Falls, Oakfield, Dyer
Brook. Hersey. Benedicta and Crystal
and the plantations of Silver Ridge and
Macwahoc.
Observation-Disclosures comprising the
towns of Lubec and Prescott; district
comprising East Machias, Marshfield
Crawford. Marion, Whiting, Dennys-
vile. Edmunds and No. IA Plantation:
district comprising Harrington, Colurn-
bia. Columbia Falls and Addison.
York-District composed of the towns
of WATERFORD Shapleigh and Limerick:
district of Sanford; district made up of
Kittery and Eliot.
Cumberland county names the Iarg-
est number of candidates for county
Offices and for the Legislature of any
county in the State. There are IS cam
didates for the Maine Senate; two for
clerk of courts; two for county attor-
ney; two for judge Of probate; four for
sheriff: four each for county commits
sioner and for county treasurer. and
three for register of deeds. Portland
has q candidates for the Legislature,
seven Republicans, seven Democrats,
seven Prohbitionists and six Socialists.
In all, there will be on the ballot to
be used by the voters Of Portland ut
the September election, the names Of
81 candidates for office. This ballot
viii be the largest to be used in the
State.
only two county tickets are present.
ed to the voters of Franklin county,
the Republican and the Democratic. AS
result there will be but 20 different
names on the official ballot in that
county.
In Kennebec county the ballot for
augusta and Waterville will only con-
tam three party groups, the Socialists
nor having made any nominations. The
ballot for these cities will contain 30
inherent names. In all the other towns
IN the county the ballot will contain IS
inherent names, with the exception of
une towns comprising the Sidney Leg
N'atiVe class. where n Prohibtionist is
running for the Legislature.
Ine journal is satisfied that the fol-
lowing is the only authentic list of can
u'uates placed in nomination for State
congressional, county and legislative
oH'ces that has been prepared: