Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-05
STATE HOUSE,.
legislators Begin to Ar
dre Monday Afternoon.
|Igt,ns for Office On Hand
rio Greet the Arrivals.
.u,,iIIor Contest and Triangular
he. for Attorney GeneraIship.
GATE HOUSE CALENDAR,
My. Meeting Of Governor and Council
y" Monday, Jan. 4, at 4 p. M.

4 Tho men, who are to compose the
9TH legislature, began to arrive Mon
l,s afternoon and still more of them
,,ma in the evening. OF course a large
.rmher Of them Will be quartered at
h, Augusta House, the fine. appoint
i usr,c Of which are revelation to
tbosa gho have not been in the Capt
l 81 city since the last session. The
cc,y and the North will also have
oood share Of legislative visitors and
bs smaller hotels and boarding
sonses will also entertain some of the
1 .ysators The clubs, of which there
have been several in previous sessions,
sill this year so far as known, be linn
ited to one, in the Capt. Clark house.
which will be occupied by w. Fred
Shear Of South Portland and several
/ If the Portland delegation. 1t is I'M
l derstood that the Blaine mansion will
| not be occupied this winter, nor are
I the other houses which have been here
1 ,0tore used for club purposes availa-
M.
/ Although a considerable number Of
{ the legislators arrived upon the scene
sarly they found already camped up
on the ground. smiling and extending
their hands in greeting, numerous as
Grants for state office, all of whom
sem to be confident of landing the
mveted prize. Two contests which
excited much interest Monday are the
| three-cornered race for the attorney
generalshp and the councillor contest
n Cumberland
The second councillor district in
GUIDES only the county of Cumber-
land and more Of the five gentlemen
who are anxious to succeed Hon.
Thurston s. Burns. whose term of Of
fee expires with the outgoing of the
old council, are willing to give up at
the present writing. The fact that all
Iof the five are from the city of Port
.land makes the contest still more eX
citing One Of the aspirants. Samuel d.
Plummer, was early on hand at the
Augusta House and was seen during
the afternoon surrounded by a knot of
Interested sympathizers The other
councillor aspirants from this district.
-James Cunningham. J. Putnam Stev-
ems, Ni!ford G. Chapman and Charles
H Randall all have friends on the
/ Nound working in their behalf
Hon Warren Q. Philbrook of Water
vile and Scott Wilson of Portland, two
o. the candidates for attorney general.
Wtr busy with the legislators during
the afternoon in the interest of their
candidacy. Goth seeming confident of a
successful outcome. Friends of Eertram
l. Smith of Patten, the third aspirant
FIR the Office Of attorney general, Were
in spite Of this confidently predicting
for him a generous support from Pc
nobscct. Piscataquis and Aroostook
counties.
The aspirants for the minor House
and Scnat" positions were also many
Of them present during the afternoon
ger e the House there are two can
1idates, Gen Patrick Hayes of Chel-
sea, who was first doorkeeper in the
I'd legislature. and f. II. Hoar of Ma
ehlas the messenger of two years ago
For the other House positions as fa'
as can be learned there is but one as
prant for each position. They are a
follows: FIRST assistant messenger
William J. Smith. Gardiner: SECOND
assistant messenger. CLYDE h. Scribncr
Wilton; postmaster. Lon NJ. Philbrook
Mt. Vernon; mail carrier. James a
Chase. Litchfeld; first folder, JOSEPH
h Dixon. Eliot: second folder. Chaplf
lydstone, Litchfield; third folder. l.. r
Thornton. IIoulton: first doorkocper
Malry ke&rney. Augusta: second door
Keeper, Harrison w. Cole, Etna.
The candidates for the minor posi-
lions in the Senate. all of whom will
probably be nominated by reclamation
al the Republican caucus this evening