Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-13
CONTESTS
In I hree Senatorial Dis
triCts and More
Than 80 Legislative Glasses
VIII Be Instituted.
Governor and sSenator Gardner at
State Committee Meeting.

That inspection of the ballots cast ii
the election of Sept. 9 will be made in
more than 30 legislative classes
where the Republican majority is moi
over 20, and also in the senatorial dis
tricts in Washington, Hancock and
Waldo counties, with the view to hay
ing contests instituted before the
election committees of the House and
Senate OF the 10th Legislature was
definitely decided at meeting,
Thursday evening, at the Augusta
House of the Democratic State com
mIttee, at which Governor Plaisted
United States Senator Obadiah
Gardner and other prominent Demo
cratic leaders We're present.
Members of the committee state
that they expect. to control the nexi
House and someeof them go SO far as
TO claim that they will win out III
enough contests To give them ma
iority on joint ballot, While the ma
jority on the joint ballot is looked
upon as rainbow chasing by the more
practical members of the committee
The general feeling among many of
the Democrats that they may be able
to put through contests enough TO Sc
cure, House control is evidenced by Il
letter sent out to Democratic members
of the House, Thursday, by Elmer Z.
Newbert of Augusta, the first candi-
date IN the field for Speaker of the
Houses in (which he says: Confident
that the next House of Representa-
tives is Democratic, l have decided to
become candidate fer Speaker and
respectfully solicit your support"
I The members of the State commit
tee present at the meeting We're:
John s. P. H. Wilson Auburn, An
droseoggin county; Frank A. Peabody,
Houlton, Aroostook county; Oscar r.
Wish, Portland, Cumberland county;
Harry b. Brown, Harrington, frank
lin county; Andrew p. HaVey, West
Sullivan, Hancock county; William
p. Hurley, Rockland, Knox county.
Cyrus r. Topper, Boothbay Harbor,
Lincoln county; Bertrand G. McIn-
tire, Waterford. Oxford county; Will
liam +. Gurran. Bangor; Penobscot
county; Daniel II Sheehan. Dover,
Piscataanis county; Ffed W.sHartnett,
Bath. sagadahoe county; A. +. Doni-
gan Bingham, Somerset county,,
Eben Fl Littlefield, Belfast. Waldo
county: Charles T. Read, Biddeford.
York county.
other Democrats present We're:
Governor Frederick w Plaisted. Au-
gusta; United States senator Obadiah
Gardner, Rooklafid: State Auditor La
mont A. stevens. Wells: State Forest
Commissioner Frank L. Mace, Great
Pond; Kingsbury Piper, Fairfield
member of the State Democratic cam
paign headquarters; Willis Y. Patch,
Bangor, member of the Council com
mittee on election returns; Scott Kit
tredge, Roekland, private secretary OF
United states Senator Gardner; Frank
Thompson, Skowhegan; John Clark
Seatss, Westbrook.
The meeting began at about P. M.
and lasted until after midnight. 1t is
said that there was a difference of
opinion among the members of the
committee, a few of them being in IA
vor of accepting defeat as gracefully
as possible misunderstanding to in
stitute many contests, While the ma
jority OF the committee was in favor
of fighting for every inch of advant-
age that could possibly be gained in
any manner.