Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-29

the early morning train, TO-DAY, ana at
early morning train, today, and at
once opened headquarters at the Ban
| por House. AS predicted in last night 8
| dispatch his room was next that of Col.
| Prescott. bringing all three of the can
l didates in a line, Immediately after the
! arrival of the gentleman from Poland
| some enc. with an idea to the htness
of things. seeing the row OF signs read
ing: -
| COBB HEADQUARTERS.
"pRESCOTT HEADQUARTERS
| "FERNALD HEADQUARTERS"
Named that particular corridor
governors Row." 1t went and from
that time until the present 1t has been
J officially designated as such; continu-
| ing until after the fun is over tomor-
| row it will be so known.
Hut to get back to Mr.. Fernald and
his people. 1t was forlorn around the
Bangor House all the morning, so far
az they were concerned. Mr.. Fernald
and Mr.. Hiram w. Kicker Git might
have been Mr.. Ed. Kicker, they look
so much alike) were both in the office
shaking hands with their friends and
enemies politically speaking. of
course) and wearing smiling coun-
tenanceS.
Talking with the Journal reporter,
tonight. Mr.. Fernald said that he was
very sanguine and that he shouldn't
give I'D the ship until the last shot in
| the locker was gone, or until she set
| tied under the wave of the inrushinS
Cobb tide. He wasn't going to exactly
do 1.-The boy stood OH the burning deck"
hut no
| propose to admit defeat until convinc-
ed by the ballot.
Honestly" said he, Il don't expect
to see a choice on the first ballot"
Mr.. Fernald is nothing if not hope
| full.
| Still it must be confessed that but
few people share in his opinion as to
the first ballot. 1t is pretty generally
| agreed tonight that there won't be
but one and that Cobb has it all his
own way.
| This afternoon, bunch Of about 200
rooters and delegates from Franklin
| county. and way stations. came over
wearing corn cOlored badges and say
| ing things about Fernald chances. 1t
must be admitted, however. that they
| didn't shout very loud after they had
| been here a short time.
| 1t appeared as though something in
the atmosphere had subduing effect
upon them.
| No wonder. As has been stated Fer
maid will be nominated by Hon. Jesse
M. Libby, of Mechanics Falls, and
| Hon. James S. Wright of South Paris,
will second the nomination.
/
Col. Prescott was here, last night,
| az is well known. He stuck close to
| his quarters all day and is doing the
| same. tonight He had a lonesome sort
| of time, it must be admitted. To be
| sure there were many callers, but 1t
| was noticeable that Cobb buttons pre-
dominated. But with all the visitors
| there was not so much enthusiasm as
might have been expected, especially
| after the special train from York coun-
| ty. bringing about 200 howlers(O and
| Painchauds Band of Biddeford arriv-
ed. That bunch meant well, but evil
| IDENTIFY lost heart.
COMPARED to the Cobb crowds they
were like picnic of the pupils Of a
deaf and dumb school.
| Not exactly meaning that they had
/ no VOICE, Uul lIldl loI tlt tliiiC ptii'p
they were not using them to any great
extent and when they did they were
not putting them above the ordinary
conversational tones.
| Naturally this made it rather sedate
| in the middle room of Governor
Row." Still the colonel kept his pleas
| ant smile on and looked happy. We'll
| he might, for he had had pleasant calls
| from both his opponents and had re-
| turned them, while the Cobb followers
had been in and shook hands with him
explaining that they didn't have any
particular grudge against him-they
simply wished their man to win anC
| were going in to make him do it.
Colonel Prescott's name will be pre-
scented by Hon. James o. Bradbury OF
Saco. but it is not settled who viii
second it.
At all the headquarters there are ci-
CARS and buttons to supply all demands
| while each one of the rooms has a lib
eral supply of Poland Spring water.
| 1t has been much asked would Beal
and Wood go into the convention. II
now seems certain that Mr.. Wood will
| but Beal is problematical. Hon. Leroy
T. Carleton of Winthrop. will present
the name of his friend and fellowtOwns-
man. while il Beal's name is put before
the gathering it will be done by James
Rice, a young lawyer of this city.
The Augusta delegation arrived, this
afternoon, though a few came on the
morning train. They are happy and
confident of victory. tomorrow. They
are quartered at the different hotels
and boarding houses.
Bangor is no place for man with a
nervous temperament tonight. That
is to say. Bangor hotels are not. Lots
of poor unsophisticated mortals are,
however. endeavoring to store up the
proverbable forty winks'' along the
corridors of the hotels. 1t is hard
job, though. even to the oldest cam
paigner. There have been noisy con-
ventions before, but this comes close to
being the limit. There is noise, noise