The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-03-31
SOMERSET REPORTED LOST TO
HALE.
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OH. III tHe fllIbHelu uisliiNt 'SOl &c
H. Morse will be the candidate for
representative. He Is lawyer and
he has the whole town OF Pittsfeld
behind him In his declaration that he
shall vote for Powers. The wooden
manufacturers here are with Powers
to man.
The men who are being talked of
for nomination to the Senate are A.
p Howes of Palmyra, Edward n.
Merrill OF Skowhegan, and DR.. S. F.
Green of Scion. These men have
written letters to the newspapers
showing where they may be found.
Forrest H. Colby of Bingham Is an
employe of the big pulp company. He
hasn't declared himself as a candidate
as yet but is being talked of. II he
should come out for the nomination
and hope to win he must, so they
claim, announce that he Is against
Hale Mr.. Colby's associations are
not such that he would do this unless
he recognized the pressure of public
sentiment unfayorable to Hale's cleo
ton.
There are three or four candidates
for the nomination to the Legislature
from Skowhegan. They are George
w. Cover, former county attorney;
Roland T. Patten, former member of
the Legislature; w. P. Ordway and
Maj. ]. w. Fogler. These men have
all declared themselves in open let
ters as being for Powers.
Other men in Skowhegan who are
working for Powers and are making
no bones about it are S. j. Walton
formerly of the Governors council, l..
l.. Walton, Judge Danforth. A. X. But
Ter and E. c. Butler, Bin w. Page,
Clyde Smith, Charles r. Cook, presi-
dent of the bank. Col A. w. Blunt
and scores of others.
In the Hartland-St. Adams class,
Milton Merrill of st. Adams has al
ways been the political boss. He has
run things with high hand, SO 1t Is
said, and may try to do so this year.
OF course Mr.. Merrill, who has had all
kinds of jobs and has never until now
| been out of public Office, is for Hale.
But the folks in Hartland and st. AL
bans are not and Mr.. Merrill has been
losing much of his influence of late
years since his actions as a lobbyist
at the last Legislature have become
known A. w. Miller of Hartland and
w. A. Bigelow. deputy sheriff of St
Adams, are out against Hale and
with them are many of the younger
Republicans.
Madison is the home of the great
pulp mills and the pulp mill owners
still believe that Senator Hale has
served them we'll and that they arc IN
debted to him for the tariff protection
of the Payne-Aldrich bill.
his by the way Is said here to be
something of bluff. Because 1t mus
trates well the tactics Senator Hale
has been using to convince people OF
! this State of his influence and useful
ness it should be told When the re-
vision of the tariff began Senator Hale
began writing the pulp mill men that
their cause was absolutely hopeless.
/ Like a doctor who wishes to give the
impression that he can perform won
derful cures the senator made the
case look rs bad as ever it could be.
The pulp mill men believed this
condition of affairs prevailed. They
besought Senator Hale to stand fast
and fight their battle and he said he
would. He also wrote them that he
was the only salvation they had and
that he was making the fight almost
alone, forgetting to say much about
Senator Frye who likewise engaged in
battling for the protection of Maine
industry. Senator Hale also neglected
to give the names of any of the other
powerful forces he had aligned with
him in making this fight Day by day
the letters poured in upon the pulp
mill people telling how fie eely the
battle waged They implored Senator
Hale 10 stand pat, to fight ii to the
last ditch and he said he would. One
of the pulp mill men in WaterVille
said that he got so many letters from
Hale about this fight that he looked
for the daily reports as regularly as
he looked for his morning newspaper.
At last the fight was won. The glory
of it was all claimed by Senator Hale
and for this reason The pulp mill peo
pie are all roofing for Hale wherever
they go. Perhaps some other man
might have made as hard fight and
made it as successfully. So Madison
may be one of the doubtful towns in
Somerset and about the only one
there is there. But the Republicans
in this representative district do not
all live in Madison and they are not
all pulp magnates. Maynard Patter-
son is going to the Legislature from
Scion in this district and hasn't COM
mitted himself as to the senatorial
matter. G.. o. Small, an attorney;
Bernard Gibbs, +. l.. Perkins a Sc
lectman; Frank l.. Powers, chairman
of the Somerset county committee;
Frank l.. Harding, a deputy sheriff;
T. A. Gilman, w. b. Brown, DR. W.
g. Miliken and great many others
are out for Powers in this district So
it wouldn't seem improbable that this
district would send a Powers man to
the Legislature.
In the Fairfield district, which
George II. Weeks. speaker of the
House. represented in the last Legs-
latnre, the Powers sentiment is
strong Weeks is for Hale in recogni-
ton of the senator's assistance in
making him speaker last year The
representative this time will come
from Mercer.
Fred Bunker of the Norridgewock
and Arson class is a candidate for the
Legislature and is said to be naturally
inclined to support Hale. But the
leading Republicans in this district
are for Powers and they say Mr. Bun
ker will have to declare himself
against Hale or he can't be nominated.
Bingham. which Forrest H. Colby
represented in the last Legislature,
has made no selection of its candi-