Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-30

party and excused it on the ground of
the general spirit of the time. He intro
lduced Mayor Plaisted amid great burst
of applause as the man whose jurisdic-
ton is Augusta and the hearts of his
many friends
| 1T is good to get home,'' replied Mayo
Plaisted, after going up and down the
State and looking into the faces of the
| citizens in other parts of the State.
| Augusta, here she stands" he contin-
ued The best city in which a man can
make his home. The home of the best
men and the purest women in the whole
State. The Board of Trade has done much
because of the men in the Board of
Trade n-
| He stated that he was proud of the fact
that the State House was here for all
time, anchored SO firmly that it could not
be pulled up by any, revolution, political
or otherwise. Il love you. Augusta"
were his closing words after heartfelt
eulogy of the Capital City.
| The toastmaster caused a ripple of
laughter to run around the table when
he introduced Alderman Williamson as
| a knight of the round table and the
roundest knight of this table, and then
asked him to speak upon Legislation.
| Alderman Williamson quoted friend
of his as saying that this was going to
| be one of the finest Legislatures the State
|had ever seen because there were but few
LAWYERS in it and what there were didn't
know enough to do any harm
He praised the efforts OF Charles
Hichborn in behalf of the new State
House. declaring that he found it a
dilapidated ruin and made it a thing
of beauty and the pride of the whole
State. He Suggested that the Board
of Trade might act as an intermediary
in furnishing the State House until an
| appropriation was made for furnish
| ings adequate to the new building.
He also suggested that the Board of
| Trade might investigate the demand
which he had heard made for annual
sessions of the Legislature. which
would mean so much for Augusta.
caucus law properly enforced in this
city was another piece of legislation
which the board might investigate.
Frank G. harrington spoke in be-
half of Y NJ. C. A. building for Au-
1
life of Augusta was well taken care
of but that there was no suitable pro-
vision for the welfare of the boys and
younger men. He advocated a mod
ern Y. NJ. c. A. building with baths,
gymnasium, reading room, etc, and
dormitories in which the young men
might find homes. Augusta was the
only capital city that he knew of
| which did not have any Y. NJ. G. A.
building. He cited the Y. M. G. A.
buildings in Portland. Bath. Rockland,
Rockport and elsewhere and the Rail-
road Y NJ. G. A. building to be erect
ed in Waterville. as examples of what
had been done in other Maine cities.
| The speaker declared that the bust
ness men of Augusta felt the need of
such an institution and that the young
men also desired it.
| The speaker favored a Y. M. c. A.
building open to everyone rather than
a country club room as had been Sug-
gested by some. The Board of Trade
| would not have any more fitting
| movement to its name than a Y. NJ.
c. A. building erected for the youth
of the city
| The greetings of the sister city of
| Watervilie were conveyed by Hon.
Charles F. Johnson. The POSTMASTER
alluded to his first meeting with Mr.
johnson in baseball uniforms with a
gorgeous red hat at Sucker Point"
| Winslow. MIR. johnson had been a
good ball player ever since and he
believed that ne was on the point of
making "a far hit" The speaker
then introduced Mr.. Johnson amid ap-
plause as "our next senator"
| Mr. Johnson began by alluding to
Augustus loyalty when the question
of removing the State Home was agi-
tated. He congratulated Augusta up-
ION her beautiful public buildings, the
library. the new postoffice, beautiful
public building, and,-the superb State
House browning the Capitol hill upon
which Augustus mayor would take
his seat as governor next January.
| 1T is the men 1 meet here and
your good fellowship and public spir
1t that makes Augusta said the
speaker. He called the attention of his
hearers to what was being done in
the conservation of the water power
of the Kennebec and making the
| fiowage more uniform.
He favored an increase in the five
per cent. debt limits of cities under
certain, restrictions made by the Leg
islature SO that they would not be