The independent-reporter., 1910-05-05
JUDGE POWERS IS
SENATOR
Democratic Except in
His Politics
HonltDn Believes in Him and With
Good Reason.

of Sam e. Conner appeared recently I
in the Lewiston Journal:
Warmth is not lacking in the hand /
shake you get when you enter the Of
flee of Senator-to-be Frederick A.
Powers. 1t is cordial and is accom- /
panied by a hearty howdy-do and an
invitation to make yourself comfort |
able.
If you've expected to find a luxur |
ious place, a room of couches, splen- |
daily upholstered furniture of the |
richest sort, disappointment is your
lot. 1t is not there. Instead there is
a moderate sized office, with plain,
substantial equipment. workable
place Everything there is for use,
not ornamentation. On one side is
bookcase filled with law books, while
across the room from it, is another,
though smaller, the contents of which
also are works of law. On the floor
by the big case is a pile of congress
sonal records, showing that the oc-
cupant of the apartment manages to
keep in touch with happenings in
Washington. In the centre, between
the two large windows is big fiat
topped desk. Desk of busy work
ing man. Letters. newspapers, books
and documents are scattered over 1t.
At one side sits the man whom all
Aroostook county believes will sue
ceed Senator Hale in the United
States senate. Opposite him is his
stenographer and her typewriter. She
is busy. In fact 1t is hive of industry.
The cozy fire burns in the open CRATE
of the Franklin heater and the great
wood box is filled with clear white
birch and beech wood giving a home
like look.
Here Powers is found by those who
come to discuss his political canvass
or other business. Here Judge Pow
ers directs his campaign.
Here in this Office from nine in the
morning until five in the afternoon.
with but an hour for lunch, Judge
Powers works, works, works, and
then works.
In the morning there is the CORES
pondence to be cared for. This is a
considerable matter, for there are
two mails to be looked after; that
which arrives the preceding night
and that of the very early morning.
Every letter is read carefully. 1t
makes no difference whether it be
from a plain everyday tiller of the
soil, mechanic or man supposed
to be of great political influence, and
letters come from all of these, each
is given the same attention and to
each is made careful reply cover
ing the information sought or thank
ing for that which is conveyed by the
writer. No letter is turned over to
clerk to be answered, not one is pass
ed to the stenographer with the in
structions to say thank you or no, or
yes, but each has a separately and
personally dictated reply. That
means work.
Then the papers must be read.
Judge Powers does this himself. Some
men employ a clerk to do this. This
clerk clips such articles as he thinks
are of value. 1t Isn't so here. Mr..
Powers does his own reading, as well
as his own thinking.
At the end of a day in this office
you are forced to wonder how in the
world he ever manages to turn off SO
much work in the time consumed and
still find time to stop and chat with
all those who call, for he can always
apparently stop and talk, whether 1t
be for an hour or only fraction of
IL. beSl Vi dll, Ht Hbftl piONS IhO
slightest sign of impatience with the
long winded caller or any other.
In some places in Maine the asser-
ton is made that this gentleman will
not be the next United States sena-
tor HoIlton is not one of them.
1t Is of no consequence what the
political professions OF a Houlton
man may be. whether his leaning is
-. 70 Iaet
cracy, he stoutly assures you that
Fred Powers is going to win this
fight. He means and believes it,
which is the strongest proof of the
high regard which Houlton has for
this gentleman.
This regard for him is not new. II
has not sprung up since he became
candidate for the senatorship.
Houlton has long thought well of
him, as has the county. Away back
in 1885, a quarter of century ago
Houlton sent him to the legisla-
ture. They returned him two years
later and then the county made him
one of its delegation to the State
senate When his name was men
TONED for the attorney generalship, |
every man jack of them in Aroostook /
took off his coat and went to work.
Houlton and all Aroostook county !
admres and believes in Mr.. Powers.
And they all know him. 1t would |
astonish the average man to see the
number of everyday chaps who drop |
into his office during the course of
the day 10 see him and open up with
a familiar How aryer, Fred?" His
reply is always to Bill, George, Joe
or John as the case may be. Men
like that win freely. Fred Powers
has done II here in Aroostook, just
as he Is, today. by his aggressiveness
against the interests" and their meth
DDS, winning friends throughout all
Maine.
In the English language there is a
single word which means much. 1t
is the word SQUARE.
Up here, where they've known him
longest, before they've talked five
minutes on the subject of Frederick
A. Powers, candidate for United
States senator, the people always
say; Hes square"
It is a recommendation which is
worth a whole lot of political infiu-
ence for it is the opinion of his people 1
and they are not liable to give it un-
less it Is deserved 1t wouldn't be
a had nlatform unon which to make n