The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-05-14


senatorial candidate to submit list
favorable to his nomination. Ballots
had been prepared under this agree
ment as follows:
Merrill Delegates Niles Delegates
K. l.. Mitchell l.. L. Walton
J. y. Packard l.. Goodwin
:. II. bradbury ". II. NHde~
John &. Griffin l.. L. laniOflh
Lewis Anderson j, l. tn hOdeau
Geo. W. Nash Marx savage
Wumont Is. Whittier b. living Rec
Edward Leach Ihoma, @. Lord
Everett I.-OOudrlch =. II. BfadharN
Frank H.IenneH Nuar. 6.
William Paine Chas. H.. COOK
And upon his motion it Was voted
to choose them in that manner
1t was voted that a committee of
three be chosen to receive, sort and
count votes and that the chairman,
MIR. Blunt, be one of them. Under
this motion Darius Bunker was Sc
lected by Mr.. Merrill and W. II.
Mildes by Mr.. Viles. The result was
as follows:
Whole number of votes, 676
Necessary for a choice, 339
For delegates favorable to Z.
P. Viles, 246
For delegates favorable to Z.
n. Merrill, 430
S. j. Walton then called attention
to the fact that there were several
Skowhegan Republicans who were
candidates for the Office of Sheriff and
suggested that ballot be taken to
indicate the preference of the caucus
between them. This proposition was
supported also by Lewis Anderson
and motion TO that effect prevailed.
Printed ballots for the three SkoWhe-
gan candidates for sheriff were then
distributed and the result Of the bal
loting was as follows:
Whole number of votes, sol
For Leslie E. Jacobs, 30
For Nahum s. Steward, POS
For David w. Lewis, So
On announcement of the above
result Mr.. Lewis withdrew from the
field and asked that his support be
given Mr.. Jacobs.
j. Walton then asked the caucus
express its preference between the
several Skowhegan gentleman who
were candidates for the Republican
nomination for the Office of County
Commissioner and the motion was
passed without opposition. The
three gentlemen referred to, Chas.
II. Gardiner, Herbert Wentworth and
A. Z. Jewett, each made a brief
speech in which they set fourth the
reasons for their candidacy. In the
balloting which followed, Mr.. Jewett
received the highest number of votes,
and each of the other two candidates
immediately moved that the prefer
hn
The detailed vote on the candidates
for County Commissioner was as
follows:
Whole number of votes, 308
For Albert E. Jewett, 166
For Herbert Wentworth, IS
For Chas. II. Gardiner, "a
1t was voted upon motion of E. \.
Merrill seconded by A. E. Jewett
that the delegation be empowered to
fill any and all vacancies in its mem
bership. 1t was then voted that the
chair appoint a committee of three
to choose a town committee for the
for the years of 1909 and 1910.
The chair appointed E. N. Merrill,
Forrest Goodwin and l.. l.. Walton
and, after a brief conference, they
reported the following: Geo. W.
Cover, Chas. L. Young, j. w. Blunt,
E. f. Merrill, A. E. Jewett, Herbert
Wentworth and Allie Lewia.
On motion of Forrest Goodwin the
caucus voted to instruct the Skowhe-
gan delegation to the county con
vention to support Fred F. Lawrence
for the Office of County attorney, and
on motion of S. j. Walton the same
vote was passed with reference to
the candidacy of Nathan Fowler for
Register of Probate.
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