Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-11
Presidential. Electors Meet
Saturday and Organize.
Party Of Legislators Pays Visit
To The National Home.
american Institute Of instruction
Will Meet at castine.

fSrhc PRESIDENTIAL electors met at L.
ussSaturday in. the Senate chamber.
6reflnization was effected with Charles
HfRandall of Portland as chairman.
dns Of the electors, Benjamin F.
cseaves of Biddeford, was absent and
kendall NJ. Dunbar of Damariscottal
was chosen to fiji the vacancy. Charles
r. Lovejoy was chosen messenger for
tho electors The electors will meet
again at 30 today at which time they
will cast their electoral vote for Pres
ident aud Vice President of the United
states and make out the necessary re-
turns OF their work. One of the ciec-
tors will at the meeting today be chos-
en- a messenger to take the vote of the
Maine electors to Washington.
A party of the legislators, who re-
NAMED in the city after the adjourn
ment Thursday, visited the National
Home Saturday. Representatives Big
new Of Greenville and Hamlin of Orne-
Vale were the principal movers in tho
party. They found much to interest
them about the Home and the deer in
the park came in for considerable at
tcntion on the part of the Piscataqui:;
county members of the party, who
mentally compared them with the deer
of their own county.
Supt Payson Smith of the public
schools of Maine arrived home Satur
dav night from Boston, where he has
been in attendance at a meeting OF
the directors of the American Institute
6aniln1 thr
directors at this meeting to hold the
next meeting of the institute at CaStine
the week Of July jth. The American In
sttute OF instruction is the oldest
teachers organization in the country.
being nearly 100 years old. Most of its
members belong in New England with
a small number in the Canadian prov
inces It's membership includes all
classes of people Interested in educa-
ton. The last meeting of the organiZa-
ton was held in Burlington, VT, and
the one previous to that in Montreal.
Supt Smith is much pleased at secur-
ing the meeting for Castine as a num-
Der of cities outside of Maine expressed
a desire to entertain the next meeting
of the organization.
Governor Bert M. Fernald passed
Sunday at his home in Poland. He will
=. return to Augusta Tuesday as q num-
Der of matters demand his attention
before the rnassembling of the Legisa
ture on Wednesday.
1AH resignation has been received at
the office of Adjutant General Farnham
nf Ejrct I IL, Mi.honJ I NIpIy nnIl,rf1 n
Co L., First Regiment. n. G. S. NJ.
Portland. The resignation is rendered
on account of business reasons. which
make Lieut.. Mckeough unable to at
tend to his duties as an officer of the
Guard, and has been accepted and Il
discharge granted Lieut.. MckCOugh, t.
date from Jan. 8. A special election t'
fill the vacancy will be ordered at an
carly date.
Two 5S-hOur bills will probably b,
presented to the Legislature this week.
both providing that women and chill
drcn shall not be required to work for
a greater number of hours per week
One will be presented by Representa-
tive Frost of Lewiston and the Other
by Representative Beal of Auburn, tho
president of the Maine Federation OF
Labor.
Hardly a day passes now but what
ne or more representatives call at the
department for the purpose o
having Il resolve drawn in favor Z"
some bridge. Two years ago the high
way department was new and the lcSis-
lators had hardly begun to realize that
there was a highway department. but
this year its existence Is well known
aud members of both branches wht
have legislation to introduce connected
with that department now call for in
and advice.
The following visitors at the State
House have registered during the past
week at the fish and game department:
Charles A. Maxwell. Portland: Mortl-
hier Wakefield, Manchester; III. j. Mel
san FARMLAND. Irn T. Gatchpl1 Wins