The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-05
The Seventy-secOnd Maine
Legislature COnvenes.

Legislature COnvenes.
The Two Bodies Organize. State omcers
are Elected and Hon. VIM. T. Cobb il In
Rugnrated Governor.
All roads led to Augusta the first DAY 9
of this week, and the usual large number
OF citizens OF Maine assembled there to
take part In or witness the organization
of the legislature, the choice of State
officers and the Inauguration of Governor
Cobb.
At the Republican legislative caucus.
Tuesday evening, Hon Forrest Good win
of Skowhegan was nominated for pres
dent by reclamation Kendall NJ. Dun
bar for secretary, Frank q. Harrington
for asst secretary, hafles Il. Eougiey
for messenger.
In the House, Merrill n Drew of
Portland was nominated for Speaker, re-
ceiving 90 of the 1913 votes thrown. 4.
Nj. Thompson of Augusta was nominated
for Jerk and Harry Coolidge, Esq. Of
Pitts6eld for assistant Clerk.
In the Democratic Caucus, Hon. l.. NJ.
Staples of Knox county WAS nominated
for president of the Senate, and Hon
Charles r. johnson of Watervlle for
speaker of the House.
A meeting of the Republican State
Committee was held in the judiciary
committee room at 4 o'clock, Tuesday
afternoon, at which the following mem
bers were present: Charles M Moses,
Saco; II. <. Hamlin. Ellsworth; A. r..
Nickerson, Boothbay Harbor; F. NJ.
Simpson, Bangor; K. NJ. Johnston.
Brownville; &. NJ. Blanchard, Wilton
5. NJ. Carter, Auburn; George G
Weeks, Fairfield; A. L Brown, Belfast
&. A Murchie, Calais; ". 5. Clark,
Houlton; NJ. S. Bird, Rockland; Byron
Boyd, Augusta. The session was a
very brief one, only routine of business
being transacted. The following officers
were reelected: F 81 simpson, chair
man; Byron Boyd, secretary; Charles Il
HichboIn, treasurer
The pamphlet containing the bio
graphical sketches of the members of
the Legislature which Howard Owen of
Augusta has prepared at each session
for over 30 years is more attractively
gotten up this year than ever before
L is of Sc pages. is printed on heavier
paper and the portraits which are added
to the sketches make them of much
more interest and value
On Wednesday the Legislature or.
ganized by choice of officers nominated
at Republican caucuses, Tuesday even
ing
"Wednesday evening tbs Republican
Joint caucus of the two branches n0mi
mated the following officers which were
duly elected Thursday morning:
Secretary of State, Byron Boyd OF
Augusta
State Treasurer, OramandeI Smith OF
Litchfeld
Attorney General, Hannibal E. Hamlir
of Ellsworth.
State Printer, c. B. Burleigh of Au
gusta
State Binder, W. Il. Reid of Augusta
state Assessor, George Pottle OF
Lewiston.
Commissioner of Agriculture, A W
Gilman of Foxcroft.
Members of Executive Council, Geo
d. Bisbee of Rumford, Cyrus n
Blanchard of Wilton, Thurston s. Burns
ariscotta, Albert Pierce of Frankfort,
N. NJ Jones of Lincoln, and Geo A.
Murche of Calais.
Eugene Hale for u. S. Senator.
Senator Hale appeared and accepted
the nomination with brief remarks.
In the contested cases in this caucus
Byron Boyd received 90 votes for sec
Rotary of State, W. ). Cotton, So; HAM.
bal K. Hamlin received 1875 votes for At
torney general, Bertram L. Smith, 25
Clarence b Burlegh received 112 fu1
State printer, r. b Nichols 25; ". II.
Reid received 80 votes for State binder
George d. Loring ~
The Democratic joint caucus made
nominations as follows:
secretary of state-E S. Fosset, Port
land
Attorney General-Samuel w. Gould
Skowhegan.
state Treasurer--J S. P. Fl. Wilson,
Auburn
State Printer yrus w. Davis, Wa.
terville.
State Binder-Fred w. Plaisted Au
gusta
State Assessor George Pottle, Lew
stOn.
Executive Councilols-1st District,
Bertram q. McIutire Waterford; I'd
District, Chas f Gupill Portland; 3rd
District, Leonard h. Brown, Farming
ton; 4th District, Everett harrington,
Waldoboro; 9Th District, Hiram p Far
low, Belmont; 9th District, Cornelius
Murphy, Old Town; 7th District, Albert
Farnsworth, Pembroke
l. NJ. staples of Washington, was
nominated for United States senator
Commissioner of agriculture
diah Gardner ROckland.
Governor Cobb was inaugnrated this,