Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Stonlngton Finally Secures a
Shipping Commissioner
through the Persistent Personal e.
forts Of Senator Hale.
General Interest in the APPROACHING
Maine Election.

waiting on the part of the paonIa NJ
~tohington, Maine, the treasury denart
meht has appointed n shipping com.
mission for that place Time ana agair
mao me attention Of the department
peeh brought to the matter ana 10 the
necessity Of such an appointment. in
view q the large and increasing shin
ping interests 1T that seaport. The de-
partment, however, was ALWAYS against
any appointment, under the claim that
There was no law to warrant it. There
were regulations of the department
| mat the officials fell back on to support
| their contentious.
Not TO be outdone Senator Hale finally
SCI about to have those regulations re-
| Eokoi, so far as pertains to the case Of
| Stoningt0n ana At last he has sue
teedcd. The appointment of Mr.. John
| l.. G"ss, 4 prominent resident and
| granite contractor of Stonington, is an
nounced as shipping commissioner
there.
| This instance is typical of the earn
estness with which Senator Hale prose
cutes his WORK before Congress ana be-
| fore the departments in behalf Of con
stituents in Maine. such things as
this" commented Ex-Governor Bur
leigh today. shows the good sense Of
the people of Maine in retaining such
nan as Mr.. Hale in the Senate, where
his usefulness to the State has in
creased many fold with the years of his
service.
"A more loyal man to his State and
MS constituents than Senator Hale
never was sent to Congress from
Maine" added the governor. "He is
buWark Of strength for US. Ills in
liuence in general legislation is very
great but aside from his exacting
labOrs as one of the foremost men Of
the Senate in shaping great measures
and in framing for the Senate several
large supply bills, it is amazing the
time and the energy put in before the
departments. He will go down in his
tory as one of the greatest of the many
able men our State has elected to the
upper branch Of Congress, ana what ]
say relative to Senator Hale is equally
true Of Senator Frye. Only those in
position to know something of their
work ana its results can begin to APP
preciate how much the laborS of these
two able. popular and experienced
Senators mean to our State"
President RnoseV cit has signed the
omnibus claims bill which contained
one Maine claim of interest. This was
Il claim in behalf of George l.. Merrill,
who. was i sergeant in Company r, OF
the Nineteenth Maine regiment, ana
Who was afterwards appointed second
lieutenant. He was ordered down t"
New Orleans, where for thirteen months
he awaited an assignment and during
| that time ne received only the pay of
sergeant instead of the pay of sec
ond lieutenant Mr.. William r. Eustis
of Dixfield, Me. Il cOmrade, wrote to
senator Frye about the ease some two
| wears ago. 1t WAS reported out Of the
senate committee On claims and the
| Sanatc nut il on the omnibus claims
| hin When the measure went into con-
| ference il looked for a time rs though
The Maine claim might be defeated hut
il was pushed through by the CON
fcroes. Before long Mr. Merrill Will
receive $1,000 from tie government, TINS
| sum having been due him for almost
| forty years.
| one other Maine claim, that has
beeu hanging fire here for nearly forty
wears ana that Was put on the omhl-
bus claims bill by Senator Frye was
defeated 1t was the claim of LARA
bee ana Alien, Of Bath. for something
like $I2. coo on account of the conStfuc-
lion of two double cnder gunboats and
belonged to the class of claims known
"a the Selfridgc board claims. Alter Il
long and hard fight the conterees had
tn agree to omit this class of claims as
the House stood out against them
| since then Senator Frye has nitro
duced i bill to pay this amount 10 Mt
Amos l.. Allen, Of Bath, who IS the sur
vivin- partner ~ the firm. They i"sl Z
rreat deal Of money through the fall-
ure of the government TO act promptly
in preparing designs for the boats aho
also through the immense Increase IL
tho cost of labor and material during
the early days of the Civil War.
Now that Oregon has elected two
Republican members of Congress loi
the terms beginning March 4, Repuph
cans here are looking forward 10 'h'
verdict to be given in Maine. B"tt
thn oregon members Were given ma
inrities even beyond what was given III
the same district two years ago, al @
which is regarded as harbinger %
good majorities this fail. me Same
good tidings are expected from Maine
and. if they are forthcoming, 1t VII
give the party great cheer all over the
@nuntrv. as almost surely indicative o.
annroval of the Republican auministra'
ton among the people. Vermont WI
vote a few days before Maine and SIM
lar tidings are expected from the Greer
Mountain state but the campaign Their
IN m of year is generally allowed L
L run itself without any public speaking
worth mentioning.
The Republican executive committee
a in Immediate charge of the congress
I. sional campaign, of which Gov. Bur
!, LEIGH is n member, will hold a meetih
h here, probably next week and talk owe
matters pertaining to headquarters an
different districts, where the vote
Il i1n<eIy to be close. That does not AZ
NV to any of the Maine districts.
n course. There will be supply OIL III
erature and of speakers for Mann
however but the details as TO thos
things Will be decided later. The Con
4 sressional committee looks TO Mar
for n rousing send off in September, 8
erN.