Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-24
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appropriation for Bucksport harbor
will also be kept on the bill in all
probability. The conferees have had
very hard time arranging their differ
ences of opinion and constant watch
fulness has been necessary in behalf ~
| the Maine items.
The Senate's amendment TO the Mer.
Ger public building bill. reducing the
appropriation for Augusta from $3.50 900
to s12J, 900 according to the best opinion
| here, will not prevail in the measure.
as it becomes law. The reduction was
| entirely unexpected by the friends Of
the Augusta item. The amount Of $50
| 600 was recommended by the treasury
department as necessary for the addi-
ton to the post office and there seemed
no valid reason for cutting il. II is
quite sure that the amount will be re-
stored by the conferees, who Will begin
| their sessions at an early date That TIE
bill may be promptly transmitted to
! the President.
The petition and map from P1stmas-
| ter Lane at Augusta, for the establish
ment Of rural free delivery route out
| Of that city TO VassalbOro. Windsor and
| China. Kennebec county, with Augusta
as the distributing point, has been re-
oeived by eX-Gov. Burleigh and pre-
seuted to the superintendent Of the
ural free delivery division Of the post
Office department, Mr. A. w. Machen.
who writes that the papers will be re-
turned to the special agent in charge IL
the Eastern division for investigation
and report.
lA hpsf i.fe yt nf-tsl s.g-fr
aral. Mr. r. J. Wynne, has notified Gov
rnor Burleigh that a rural free deliv-
ry route viii be established out of
Tho3ndike. Me, on Tuesday, July |.
| Alonzo Coffin, the postmaster at
HhornGike Me, has been notified to that
| feet The new route will serve All
leople. living IN 195 houses. II will b.
| 35s miles long, covering an area Of 10
quare miles.
TeleGTaphic dispatches to this CITY
rom alabama, whittier Representative
-ittlehe!d ana Representative Roberts
| i Massachusetts, 4 native OF Maine
| lave gone to observe the negro on the
| Otton fields, in company with several
| other congressman. indicate that they
ire having q very pleasant visit The
Southerncrs take kindly to Mr.. Little
| leld and applaud his speeches They
make suggestions that such a tower
ng figure as his and such n command
| ing presence, would succeed admira Div
IS il an overseer or the big plantations
md they intimate further that they
you'd like TO have Mr. Littlefield come
Town their way ana settle permanently.
very loyal Maine native has been
lere for some days in the person Of
Ir. James a. Roberts of Buffalo. who
tttained great popularity some years
go as comptroller of New York state
bout the same time that Frank Black.
.lso q native Of Maine was governor.
Goth, by the WAY. are natives of York
ounty.
Mr.. Roberts has been here several
INES this winter watching the progress
Il the Cuban reciprocity legislation.
because Of his interest in beet sugar
actories. re holds some stock in fac
cries in Colorado and is also Interested
n factories near Buffalo. He and Rep
esentative Alexander of Buffalo. Jour
Keyed about the town here together,
unched together in the House restau-
ant and chatted with their old time
friends. They We're classmates at Bow
loin College.
The death Of Justice Andrew c. Brad
COURT, will cause a little delay. PERTAINS.
u the litigation here over the right of
The postoffice department to exclude
certain publications of Maine firms
rom the second-cIass mail. The in
junction cases, instituted some weeks
ago, were before him ana he rendered
one decision only i short time before he
lied
1t is not without interest in Mains
that one of the most active candidates
for his place on the bench is a Repub
lean of Maine descent. Mr.. Ashley M.
Gould, now United States District At
torney for the District of Columbia.
Mr. Gould was born in one Of the
provinces OF Canada, but passed most
Of his younger days in Penobscot
county, where his farGily has been well
known for generations. Mr.. Gould be-
came district attorney only about a
year ago, when his predecessor was
appointed to the District bench. Now
Mr.. Gould wants similar promotion and
therefore he has exceedingly strong
backing. Although essentially a Dis
met Of Columbia man, he IL a legal
resident of the state of Maryland Just
across the District line in Takoma. He
served quite an apprenticeship in the
Maryland Legislature. Of which he
would have been Speaker. had it not
been for treachery in his party and the
combination of one faction with the
Democrats. But for the remainder of
his services in the Legislature he was
the Republican floor leader.
Representative Allen, OF Maine. Il
hard at work these days making codes.
The District Of Columbia committee,
of which he is a member, has had a
long and hard task this session in per-
fecting q code Of laws applicable here.
which was enacted by the last Con-
gress. The work is practically done
by the judiciary subcommittee, of
which Mr.. Allen IS n member. The
work VIII be completed soon and prob
ably presented to the House for an
prevail within five or six days.
Senator Hale is getting ready for a
ong pull and a hard pull with the
naval appropriation bill, which has
Deen sent over to the north end Of the
Capitol by the House. II is large
measure. with a multitude of items of
.t.s,.