Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-05-25
TO BE HELD IN ELLSWORTH ON
THURSDAY, JUNE 2.
LIKELY TO BE EXCITING SOME OF
THE DELEGATEs-sKETC OF
THE CANDIDATES.

Ellsworth comes next with fourteen--two
less than she had two years ago; then
comes Bucksport with seven.
The county committee viii be In SEES.
sion in Hancock hail at O'CLOCK on the
morning OF the convention to receive the
credentials OF delegates.
The committee is composed OF the fol-
| lowing: DR.. X. l.. GrindIe, Mt. Desert,
| chairman; John o. Whitney, Ellsworth,
secretary; f. r. SpofJrd, Deer Isle; E. s.
| Clark. Bar Harbor, P. P. Gilmore, Bucks
port, o. l. Tapiey, Brooksville, 8. s.
Scammon, franklin, Z. N. Osgood, Surry.
The Convention will be called to order
at 10 O'Clock by DR.. Grindie. 1t is ex-
| pected that Charles b. P:neo, OF Bar Har.
Dor, will preside.
| FOR SENATORS.
Hon. E. S. Clark, OF Bar Harbor, is a
1 candidate for re- denomination for senator
from the eastern part OF the county. He
has no opponent, and will doubtless be
nominated by reclamation.
| In the western section there are two
cand p. Mills, of Stoning-
| ton, member OF the last legislature, and
1 William A. Walker, of Castine.
Mr.. Mills is rising young attorney;
| he Is at present student in the law office
| OF LittleiieIds, OF Rock land.
Mr.. Walker has never held county
office. He is proprietor OF the we'll
known Acadian hotel at Castiue.
Both candidates are hard at work, and
spirited contest may be looked for.
FOR SHERIFF.
| The contest for the nomination TOR
sheriff promises to be an interesting one.
There are three. candidates- How,rd +.
Whitcomb, the presen. incum bent, who
Is serving his second term; Rev. s. l..
Hanscom, OF Bar Hsrbor, who failed to
secure the nomination two years ago, and
ran independently, aud WAS defeated ut
the polls; Ailsrd staples, of Csstiue, at
preeent deputy sheriff.
| Mr.. Hanscom has announced that II he
Is defeated in convention tnis year
he will not ruu ON an independent ticx.t.
| -Ex-Sherin L. r. Hooper has also an
nounceds bis candidacy, but the an.
nouncsment does not appear to be taken
seriously. Hooper LETT the county about
a year ago, and is now living In Sheridan,
Aroostook county.
/ - EoR REGISTER OF PROBATE.
There are three candidates for the Office
ofregister Of probate-Cspt. Charles p.
Dorr, the present Incumbent, Timothy r.
Mahoney and Melvin 3. Smith, all of
Ellsworth. Capt. Dorr has held the office
for twenty nine years. Hsis one-armed
veteran Of the Civil war.
/ Mr.. Mshoney Is chairman of the repub-
llcsn city committee of Ellsworth. He
has served 10 the city government a.
alderman; has been = member OF the
board OF registration, and is serving his
second term as city treasurer.
Mr.. Smith, like Capt. Dorr, Is q veteran
| OF the Civil war. He has always been a
staunch republican, but has never held
public Office.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Greatly to the surprise of his friends,
County Commissioned Perry w. Richard
son has declined to be a candidate for re-
| nomination, and his withdrawal has
| brought into the field an unusually large
I
Two, however, had announced them
selves before Mr.. Richardson Withdrew
Capt. Samuel Oscar Moore, of Goulds-
boro, and B. j. Whitmore,. of Verona,
The others are NJ. l.. Allen, of Mt. Desert,
Luther A. Leach and G. kaym Joy, OF
Bar Harbor, Capt. o. w. Foss, of Han
cock, and FL. t. Siisby, OF Aurora. And
1t is limited that there will be an eighth
candidate before the day of the cenven-
| ton.
! Capt. Moore was the first in the field.
He has always been a republican. His
first vote was cast in 1860 for Abraham
Lincoln. In 1861 he enlisted in the navy
from which he was honorsbly discharged
in 1853.
| He followed the sea for thirty four
years, twenty-one as captain. In 1888 he
left the sea. He served on the Goulds-
boro board OF selectmen in 1890. In 1895
he represented his district in the State
legislature. He is a member of the d.
L. Weare post, G. A. Il.
| Mr.. Whitmore is an active business
man, prominent in local affairs In the
vicinity OF Bueksport.
| NJ. Il. Allen is a well known business
man OF Mt. Desert, and has q strong
following on the western side of the
island.
Messrs. Leach and Joy have been prom
inent in Bar Harbor politics.
| Capt. Foss Is a well-known master mari
ner. He declined to enter the field until
after Mr.. Richardson withdrew.