The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
WALDO COUNTY OPPOSED

| ''s@OO OVOtNu
To The Removal OF the State Capital to
Portland.
The Kennebec journal is publishing let
ters of protest from all over Maine against
the removal of the State Capital to Portland.
Following are protests from Waldo county:
BELFAST. H. B. Toothaker, master
Equity Grange, 1906, writes: II am not in
favor of moving the capital to Portland,
and among the people of this town ind
not one in favor of such step. l 90 not
think they would be willing to bear any al
ditiOnal burden which the building of a
Edward Evans, member OF the executive
committee of the Maine State Grange,
writes: 81 am not in favor OF moving the
State capital to Portland and l am very
sure that there is no sentiment IN my town
in favor of such move. l do not think the
people of my town would be willing to see
the States money spent in this way and L
consider it entirely uncalled for at this
| time"
Orrin J. Dickey writes: "a remon-
STRANGE is being circulated around the city
which asks that the State capital should
not be removed from Augusta to any other
point. The petition is receiving generous
| signatures and the desire OF the residents
OF this section seems to be to the effect that
1t should not be removed. While bangor
| would naturally be the choice OF Belfast
residents providing that change was
necessary. the voters do not favor
change"
| BELMONT. L. f. Alenwood, town clerk,
writes that he is opposed to the removal OF
| the capital and that he finds no sentiment
| among the people of his town favorable of
q adj hat
| is i'll circulation there and is being general
ly signed by the citizens.
| BROOKS. NJ. S. Stiles, former county
| commissioner, writes that he does not favor
abandoning the present capitol and build
ing new one in Portland; that there is NO
sentiment in favor of such project in his
| town, and that he does not think the tax
payers would be willing to stand for it.
| o. b. Dow, master of the Morning Light
| Grange, writes: 81 am not in favor of
making change of the capital. l do not
find any sentiment among the people of
this locality in favor of capital removal.
Indeed, l have not the least hesitation in
saying that l no not believe the project
would find single supporter among the
taxpayers of this vicinity"
w. E.. Gould, lecturer Of Star of
Progress Grange, writes: 81 am opposed
| to changing the capital of the State to Port
! Z.
| All those have talked with are against it,"
BURNHAM. F. A. Bachelor, town treas
urer and master of Sebasticook Grange, re-
| plying to the same questions, writes: "We
| do not want it moved"
CENTER MoNTvILLE. NJ. NJ. Wentworth,
master of Union Harvest Grange, writes:
81 have talked with quite number of men
here, and they are all against moving the
capital to Portland. We have a remon-
STRANGE here against doing so and have
| quite lot of SgnerS to it and will send it
| to our representative the first of the week" :"
G. A. Goodwin writes: 'No, l do not
J favor moving the State capital to Portland
! and L find no sentiment for it here. As to
the people being willing to see such an ex-
penditure of the States money, my answer
is no, a thousand times no."
FRANKFORT. ". w. Clark, chairman of
the board of selectmen, 1905, writes: 81 am
not in favor of moving the capital. There
is no sentiment whatever for such action
among the people Of this town, neither do
they want any additional taxes"
| F. E. Stevens, member of the board of Sc
| lectmen, writes that he is opposed to NOV
ing the capital to Portland. That he finds
no sentiment favorable to such action
among the people of his town, and that he
is very sure they would not be willing to
|
entail upon them.
FREEDOM d. r. McGray, master of
Freedom Grange, writes that he is opposed
to abandoning the present capital and build
ing new one in Portland II fall" he
| says, "to find a single man in my locality
that favors the removal
Allen Goodwin, secretary of the Union
Harvest Grange, writes: 81 am very much
opposed TO moving the capital to Portland,
and find no sentiment here in favor of do
| ing so. l do not know of a person in our
town who does favor it,
b. f. Foster, ex-cOunty attorney, writes ::
81 am not in favor of abandoning the pres
ent State capital, | do not know of d person
in my town who is in favor of such a remOv-
al, but many who are opposed. There are
many needed improvements that ought to
| be made in our towns, better roads, better
schO0lhOuSeS and longer school terms. In
my Judgment the people are not in favor of
changing the capital"
| IsLEsBoRo. Austin Trim, chairman of
the selectmen, writes: "We are in favor of
| the State capital remaining where it is now
and shall send a strong remOnStrance to the
Legislature against any change. Ii it was
necessary to move it at all we should be u
favor of moving it to Bangor"
| JACKSON. F. Ii. Brown, master Star of
Progress Grange in 1906, and chairman of
| school committee, writes: SIN answer to
your letter received a few days since l will
say | do not favor leaving the present State
capital and do not find any sentiment in
favor of such removal among the people.
do not think the citizens of this town are
willing that the public money should be
spent in building new State House,
| KNOX. C. L. Vose, chairman of the Sc
lectmen, writes: "No sir, l do not favor
giving up Augusta as the capital and build
ing State House in Portland. There is
no sentiment here in favor of such a
change"
LIBERTY. c. L. Atkinson, master of
Georges River Grange in 1906, writes that
he is most emphatically opposed to moving
the State capital to Portland, and that he
finds no sentiment favorable to such action
among the citizens Of his town, and that
they would not be willing to bear their
share OF the burden of expense it would i'm
pose upon them.
Arthur V. Martin, master of South
Montville Grange, 1906, writes: 81 can
see no good reason for changing the capital
from Augusta, neither do l think the peo-
pie of this town would favor such a
change"
W. j. Knowlton writes: 81 am not in ia
v0r Of changing the capital and do not
know OF anybody here who is in favor of
it,"
G. Ii. Cargill, town clerk, writes that he
| is opposed to the capital removal and does