Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-03
THE MINORITY
Goes Through the Form
Of Nominations.
Sheriff PenneII Named as Can.
didate For Senator.
Other Democrats Selected to be
Voted For Today.

| rcSentatiVe.i gathered IN the Senate
! chamber last evening and nominated
candidates for taitcd States senator.
| secretary of St2tc, State treasurer. at
torney general. commissioner Of agri-
| culture and seven candidates for the
Executive Council.
Chairman Everett l.. TLiloun of the
caucus comnittc" called the caucus Ia
| url": ANA requested j. Il. Mullen of
Bangor to preside. Albert II. Morncau
| Of Lewiston was elected secretary.
| Immediately upon organization the
ZION. Luther Il. Moore of Sacn adj
dressed the chair and in the following
/ words placed the name of William NJ.
| PenneI OF Portland before the caucus
| as It candidate for The nomination Tor
, United States scnat tor.
Mr.. chairn,an-ln nominating Il
candidate. FOR the high office of United
States senator. | think we all believe
it should be one of the representative
men Of the State, i Democrat whose
judgment is ripe. who has tact who
| has courage. Mho has ability, who has
the confidence of the peOpla-a man
| who has accomplished sonethins---;l
man vino has been tried in the lii" Of
our campaigns and has Won results.
! The First District has such a man,
q man whose personality has been
/ more within the attention Of the PEG
! pie of the State for the last four wears
than any other. in my Opinion-a man
who has the ability. who has the tact
tie judgment. and above all the cour-
age to fill the office as We'll as it has
been filled by any representative of
this State in that high Office.
1t has been said in discussing this
candidate that he is only sheriff. -
That is true. Sentlemen; but he is a
sheriff. and Il Democratic sheriff; and
we have a precedent for nominating
sheriffs to high places in the Demo-
cratic party. The only Democratic
President chosen in this country in
the last 30 years was also Il sheriff;
and that question was raised agains.
him in his canvass for Office. but the
people thought it was time to elect a
sheriff to that high Office. The people
now, if they could vo,e for a United
States senator in this state. would be
glad to eject Il sheriff as 4 United
states senator. In behalf of CumDer-
land and York counties: and believe
in behalf OF tn" Derilhcracy of the
State, | name as you'll c;iidi,latc for
United States senator William l..
Pencil Of Brunswick. :,
The Hon. I-inhlcy NJ Staples Of
Knox. Sill.1 s'ki!lin Of Falmouth and
Fred II. Strickland of Bangor Second-
ed the nomination of Mr. Pcnnell.
Albert +. Murneau of, Lewiston next
SnrlJra1 ~
and presented the name of the Hon.
William II. Newell of Lewiston as an
other candidate for United States sea-
ator. Mr.. Morncau's nominating
speech was as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen: Per-
haps it is a task which should be left
TO Older mon, and perhaps to those
NOR" experienced also; but still 7 take
IL upon my shoulders to present a
name for the office of United States
senator. The Democratic party is NOT
alien" party. but also Il family: and
gentlemen. let us distribute these hon
orT equally. Cumberland was glad to
nave Il candidate for President of the
Senate; kenn"bcr also was glad to
hay" Il candidat" for Sneaker Of thr
House. and also for the Governor of
our state. Gentlemen. Hancock Should
not be forgotten. We have a man in
Lewiston who is widely known
Throughout the State, a man that was
cl"ct2i in AniroscoSgin county when
the rest of them wcrc Republicans. lie
Won 4 victory for our part: Gentle
hcn. this man. if nominated. would
also have carried the Second Congress
Sjnn1l iii II rif.f nf .lr 4 r;.-
great pleasure t. present to you the
name Of Hon. William H. Newell of
Lewiston.
DR.. NJ. o. Edwards of Lewiston Sec
ondcd the nomination of Judge Newell
Tie rising vote resulted in the candi-
date from Cumberland receiving 81
votes and the man from Lewiston 49,
On motion of DR.. NJ. o. Edwards the
vote was made unanimous.
DR.. G. G. Weld of Old Town NOM
mated for secretary of State Ralph p
Plaistcd of Bangor. George Tolman of
Portland nominated Edgar +. Fossett
of Portland for the same office, but
when the vote was taken the member
from Portland was found to be the
only man who had voted for Mr.. Fos-
setn and he promptly moved that the
nomination be made unanimous
Reuel ]. Noyes of Augusta present
ed the name of Thomas J. Lynch of
Augusta as Il candidate for the nomi-
nation for State treasurer The nCmi-
nation was seconded by Elmer f. New
bert of Augusta. There being no other
Nh. Lynch was nominated
by reclamation.
The Hon. Job II. Montgomery of
KEoX nominated Joseph f. Moore of
ThOmastOn for the position of attorney
general Nathaniel g. Walker nominat-
cd and Edward F. Flaherty of Port
land seconded the nomination OF
George F. Haley CT Biddeford for the
Office Of attorney general. Mr. Haley
received 20 votes and Mr.. Moore Il.
Albert J. SkidmOre of Liberty pre-
scented the name of s. w. Shibles of
Morrill, for the nomination for COM
missioner of agriculture and the NOM
nation was made by acclamation.
The chairman had now reached the
nomination for State binder and it was
voted that it was the sense of the eau
Gus that that Office should be abolished