Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-24
Reportoria| Sketches Of
Life On Capitol Hill.
Good Reading In Milk Mans
Quarterly Bulletin.
tuesdays Nominations By Cover.
nor FernaId.
sTATE HOUSE. CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Tuesday, Aug 80, at 10 A. M.

Persistent devotion to honest work IF
any kind is conducive to a shirt of
Cheerfulness AID for this reason the
workers at III aine House and the State
Capitol Bee Hive, where there arc
many queen bees but no drones. are
happy ana as free from worry as
though the mischievous Democracy so
intent OH vote getting that it will not
stop to always tell the truth. insists
that the state is bankrupt and eyery-
thing gong to horrible, awful smash
by January 1,-unleSS our esteemed
. friends tine Colonel and Patt and Dan
and Mr. Davis Of Waterville and a few
other bright and shining arc lights of
. Democr acy are placed on high to shed
some mysterious not to say miraculous
. light upon the States finances, in
which case Names finances would be
all serene again and nobody would
have to pay taXeS-in your mind,
Meanwhile, however, under the bene-
fcent and experienced and wise as well
as businesSlike administration of Gov.
Fernald and the Republicans, all is 60
ing along smoothly and efficiently from
day to day. f'-s
Instead OF chaos in the treasury de-
partment. the daily balances are in
! creasing as the. revenues of the State
come in. there is plenty of money to
pay the bills and all the bills will be
paid when tie New Year arrives.
But long before January I the cleo
ton will bave occurred and Governor
Fernald and his party will have been
reelected and the Democratic leaders
will laugh and say Eyes it was all
joke. we didn't really mean it.--but we
gave yo'u an awful scare!"
Strange to say though. now some
days be fore election. nobody at Names
Capitol seems to be scared at all over
the Democratic tempest in a tea pot.
Capitol Personals.
Adj. Gent Elliot G. Dill and Cap
tain Robert c. Foster of the Coast Ar
tillery Corps leave Portland this morn
ing to join the Maine Militia at Pine
Camp.
In the treasury all hands are so busy
taking in money and doing their reg
ular work that 1t seems like q big COM
mercial bank with all the cashiers
hustling. State Treasurer Wiswell last
week took some Of his work home with
him and 1aborcd several nights until
midnight.
State Auditor Hatch for few days
has been at home in Portland slightly
Ill but is better and expected at his Of
fee any day now.
Fish ard Game Commissioner Brack-
EFT flew down to Augusta out of the
north woods. where he has been hold
Ing hearings and after dinner Tuesday
few in an auto over to Mt vernon for
another nearing.
We were going to say that Asst.
Supt. of Schools Allan was to jingle
wedding bells today in Brighton. but
he's coming back soon and so well
keep mum.
Attorney General Barnes is back
Il from week enI visit home and in his
Office they're busy over correspondence
relating to public Inheritance taxes.
ATS Pipe.
Years ago when "Alf the Genial.
otherwise nov known as Supt. of Ele-
vators Perkins was landlord of the old
Eureka House. he dug out of the sand
dunes of Popham Beach. an Indian
pipe in an excellent state of preserVa-
ton,
The Journals state House man was
/ then located at Popham Beach. occa-
sionally visiting Bath to get out MS
newspaper AS the Scribe had forgot
ten, hut as Mr.. Perkins yesterday re-
1 called we offered him $500 for that
pipe which "Alf' who was at the time
millionaire hotel man. refused
Supt Perkins finally presented TINS
Indian pipe to former Governor H1ii
and we presume the Governor has the
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