Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-26
CAPITAL CHAT.
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of Richmond in that State. There is
one other Allen in the House but he
comes from Kentucky and as his name
is Henry and the Maine Aliens name
is Amos the kentuckian comes second.
Governor Burleigh, too, is called early
on the roll. mis- name beginning with
the second letter of the alphabet but as
a matter of fact there are AZ other
representatives whose name precede
his. Elmer ]. Burkett, brilliant
young Republican from Lincoln, Nebr.,
the home of William j. Bryan, comes
just before Governor Burleigh and
just after him comes Albert S. Burle-
son, very entertaining young Demo-
crat from Texas who has Maine
man as his law partner and who is
very fond of Maine people.
Mr.. Littlefield is the 174th on the list
of members of the House, almost half
way down the list and he has to wait a
long while for the clerk to reach his
name. Just before him is John S. Lit
tie, a Democrat from Arkansas, and
just after him Leonidas f. Livingston,
veteran Democrat who represents
the City of Atlanta in Congress and
who is the ranking Democratic MEM
her of the committee on appropriations.
Governor Powers is the last of the
Maine quartette to be called, being
SiXty-One names lower than Mr.
Littlefield. There is another Powers
in the House, Samuel l.. of Massachu-
sets, but he comes after Llewellyn.
The two names in front of Governor
Powers are Rufus X. Polk, a Demo-
crat from Pennsylvania, who was
bora in Tennessee, who served in the
Spanish American war as an officer
and who is a kinsman of President
Folk. and Edward w. Pou of North
Carolina. Mr.. Pou is an amiable
young Democrat who is serving his
first term and the other day made
maiden speech on the tariff. He has as
short name as any other member of
the House. there being a St Louis
Representative named Joy and a New
York Representative named Ray. Mr.
Pou proEounces his name as though it
We're spelled Pugh.
The Marine Hospital service in this
city keeps a close tab on contagious
diseases in Maine, and not only there
but in every state in the Union. A
u.
Edward NJ. Small, acting assistant sur
gcon of the United States Marine Hos
pital service, details the discovery of a
case of smallpox a few weeks ago at
Lynnfield, N. B., few miles above ST.
Stephen. Two suspects were under
observation there for some time. Dr.
M. l.. Young. an assistant surgeon of
the same service gives a report of his
careful inspection of travellers passing
NdnceborO. During some of the re-
cent weeks DR.. Young reports that in
seven days he has inspected approx
mately 200 passengers and vaccinated
over 30 people. not to mention the dis
Infection of many pieces of baggage.
OF course long before these reports
reach Washington, the surgeons of
the Marine Hospital service are
actively watching every development |
in contagious disease along the Maine |
border. Their conclusions are general |
ly reported to Washington by WIRE |
when the cases are important, and di-
rections given as to the policy to be !
pursued.
Senator Hale, who has had charge
of the legislative, executive and judicial |
bill in the Senate for |
several years. will give that task up |
this year to Senator Cullom of Ill. But |
instead of having the legislative bill in |
charge Senator Hale will have the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill |
to look out for, which is a new task for |
him. The legislative bill will probably |
occupy some time in the Senate this |
week. or early next week. Although |
Senator Cullom is chairman of the !
Foreign Affairs Committee it was de- |
cided for some reason to allow Sena- |
tor Hale to conduct the bill, which |
deals with the officers under the foreign |
service.