The Republican journal., 1903-07-02
A Personal Note from ]. 0. johnson.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL:
wish to thank you, and througnth columns
OF your paper to thank all my friends
throughout the State for their generous
support in my efforts to obtain the position
of inspector of steamboats, for inland wa
ters. wish particularly to tina X the peo-
pie of Waldo county, who know me best,
for their earnest wishes for my success, and
| for the hearty grasp of the hand-particu-
larly the old veterans, who We'd with each
other in their God-speeds for my success
and for their heartfelt sympathy for me
in my defeat
have many letters Of enquiry as to the
reason for my being turned down. My an
swer at this time is this: do not know;
but am free to state that one Of the things
which caused my ship to be stranded was
by reason of false lights along the shore.
All l can do now is to give some of the
names of my supporters. My list is so long,
and so strong, that my only fear is that
may trespass unduly upon your time and
space. Every name / have is above the
average. did not seek large number of
names, but the names of representative men
of the Republican party.
1 presented letters from congressman c.
E. Littlefield and E. c. Burleigh, Gen. J. L.
Chamberlain, Ex-Governor of Maine, Ex-
Governors Connor, Robie and Cleaves, Chief
Justice Wiswell, Associate Justices White
house and Peabody, Judge o. q. Hall of the
Superior Court at Augusta, Gen. c. F. Mat
tocks. Judge of Probate for Cumberland
county, Attorney General Geo. NJ. Seiders,
Hon. Seth L. Larrabee, Ex-Speaker of the
Maine House, Ex-Judge EnOch Foster Hon.
Fred E. Richards, Rev. DIR. ID. S. Burrage,
Representatives Edward SWEET and Morrill,
n. Drew, all of Portland, Senator Thurston
Burnes of Westbrook, Ex-Senators C. B.
Mallett of Freeport and Mathew Morrill, of
Gray
Judge H. II. Burbank of Saco, Judges
Mitchell and Smith, Hon. Moses Spofford,
NJ O. StimsOn and all the business men of
Kittery Foreside and the Navy Yard, in
Guiding about twenty veterans.
Judge George f. Wing and the following
named gentlemen of the city of Auburn:
George C. Clark, President of the Board of
Trade, Mayor Eveleth, Postmaster Lowell:
Dr. Sturgis, Ex-Mayor, Sheriff Cummings,
Ex-Sheriff Major B. j. Hill, Representative
Ansel Briggs, County Commissioners Pen
ley and Parks, Register of Deeds w. B.
Beale, and about forty others OF the busi-
ness men and best citizens of Auburn.
Judge Franklin M. bruce and Hon. John
F. Lamb, president of the Board of Trade
of Lewiston, and several others.
Col Henry G. Staples, business partner
of Gov. Hill, Hon. c. E. Nash and Hon.
Samuel w. Lane, Ex-Mayor of Augusta,
Col Allen, Major Smith and Postmaster L.
b. Hill, Togus.
Judge Frank Shaw, Hon. p. S. Heald, J.
L. Merrick, Dept. Com. G. A. r., f. A.
Lovejoy and others, Waterville. d. B.
Parsons, NJ. d., Major A. r. Small, Dunn
Edge Co., Oakland, Senators Alden and
Libby, Representative Thompson, Lectur-
er State Grange, China, Clerk of Courts j
f. Knowlton, Register of Deeds William
Campbell, Register of Probate Chas. Dorr,
Ellsworth, Speaker Fellows Bucksport.
Senator Clark, Bar Harbor, Representatives
Tapley of BrookSville and Foss of Han
cock, Capt. r. B. Brown and others of Cas-
tine, Fred Wright, Collector of the port of
Rockland, W. 0. Fuller, Postmaster, Gen.
Cilley, Hon. f. A. Butler, Hon. f. X.
Gould, Ex-Mayor of Rockland, Ex-Judge of
Probate, {. E. Merservy, Judge Campbell
and large number of citizens, including
Arthur Lttlefeld, lillman Smith, warden
OF the State Prison, Thomaston.
Senator Luther Mattocks, Boothbay, Sena-
tor John S. Hyde, Representative Harold
NJ. Sewall, Hon. John o. Shaw, Collector
Moulton, Postmaster Hewes, Hon. Seth
7. Snipe and others of Bath.
Senator PhilbrOok and others of Oxford
County. Senator Forrest Goodwin, Hon.
Joseph 0. Smith, Col. Dyer, Rev. Dr.. Spen-
Ger, Skowhegan; Senator Bryant, Hon.
William Dobson, Postmaster Murray, DR.. E.
A. Porter and others of Phtstield
The Senator and Representatives from
Franklin Co.; one Senator and four Repre-
sentatives from PenobscOt County, the home
of one of the candidates, Senator Pike and
two Representatives from Washington
NOuutS, Vic uOHO VI eAAo oNSSSSoAuA St~AANA-
date; the senator from Piscataquis; three
Senators and four Representatives from
Aroostook County, and many others.
In other words, l had nineteen of the 30
Republican Senators and about fifty of the
members of the House, including such men
as Speaker Fellows, Arthur Littlefield Of
Rockland, Harold M. Sewall Of Bath, NJ.
N. Drew and Hon. Edward SWEET of
Portland; and last, but not least, had
the solid support of Waldo County, all
the County officers, the Senator and he six
Representatives, Collector of the Port of
Belfast, the postmaster, mayor, editor Of
The Journal, and about 50veterans, headed
by Capt. n Smart of Swanville, and in
dividual letters from Hon. A. E. Nickerson,
Ex-Rep Fl. r. Dawson, and many others
whom was unable to meet.
This list was presented to one Of our hon
ored ex-Governors, who said that while he
had seen bigger list he had never seen
stronger list of names presented to any
Governor. Every man on it stood for some
thing. There was not plain John Smith
on it, Every man had an annex, if no more
than postmaster of country town, he
publican selectman or member of a Republi-
can county or town committee; and yet L