Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-11

Who can do better than this Tor
a record of constancy in employment!
Fifty years ago Thomas Kennedy coih-
menced work for William Hill, then OF
Fall River. When Mr.. Hill came back
to North Berwick in 1859 Mr.. Kennedy
came, too, and with the exception OF
a few months when he had the west
ern fever, he has been i'm the employ Oh
Mr.. Hill or his daughter, Mrs. u. a.
Hurd, ever since. In all that time ne
has been most faithful In every way
esteemed and respected by all who
know him.
The opponents of Mr.. Cobb compla-
Gently put all uninstructed delegates
in their own columns in their tables
of prospective delegates. There is no
reason to doubt, however, but what the
popular Rockland candidate will have
his share of them. The indications are
that those instructed for him Will be
quite numerous enough to insure his
nomination.
Aroostook Republicans: In measure
the enterprise and thrift, the spirit OF
progress and advancement, of u town
is manifested by it's clcanly and neat
appearance. No better advertisement
could any place receive than to have
it's streets and it's sidewalks, its lawns
and yards, kept in a neat and tidy ap-
pcarance. To no better advantage can
time and money be expended than in
the establishment of town, village ana
house grounds. Every attention gwen
to the adOrning and beautifying oil
homes, public buildings, squares and
streets is productive of far-reaching re-
suits. A stranger coming into Il town
and seeing the streets and yards free
from all rubbish, dirt, pieces of paper,
etc. at once is favOrabIy impressed
with the neatness and general care and
interest taken by its citizens.
The Portland Press has been looking
up the matter and does not see why
there is need of worrying over any dan
ger that the members of the Maine Ma
tiOnal Guard will be disenfranchised
through being at the war manOeuvreS
in Virginia in September. 1t says:
why will not section 4, article IL, OF
the State constitution come into play
here? That was an amendment made
in 1864 for the particular benefit OF
Maine men absent in the field of war.
1t provides that citizens of the State
absent therefrom in the military ser
vice of the United States or of this
State, and not in the regular army of
the United States, being otherwise
qualified electors, shall be allowed to
vote for Governor, senators and repre-
SentativeS, on the second Monday OF
September annually thereafter forever
Chat is, after the election in the year
1S64c, III the manner herein provided.
On the day of the election a poll shall
be opened at every place without this
State where regiment, battalion,
company, or detachment, of not less
than twenty soldiers from the State of
Maine, may be found or stationed, and
cvefy citizen of said State of the age of
tWenty-One years, in such military ser
vice, shall be entitled to vote as aforc-
said; and he shall be considered as vnt-
ing in the city, town, plantation. and
county in this State where he resided
when he entered the service Then fol-
low minute directions for taking, sort
ing, counting and declaring the rVtes.
Supplementary statutes allow such sol
diers to vote for Presidential electors,
members of the Legislature and county
Offices also. Since the Civil War there
has been no occasion for making use of
this provision of the constitution and
laws and it had become almost forgot
ten. Never having been abolished, It
is in full force and effect and it comes
into play neatly in the present case. It
was based of course on the unassail-
able ground that no citizen should he
,lsfranrhised through teing away from
home in the line of military duty. There
appears then to be no ground to worry
on account of the war manOeuvreS."