Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-30

Judge Fred F. Lawrence of Skowhe-
gan has already been appointed private
secretary to Governor-elect Haines and
Miss Georgia A. Fales Of WaterVille
will be mis- stenographer. It is thought
that George w. Leadbetter of Roekland
will be retained as messenger to the
Governor and Council.
The New Legislature.
The oath of office will be administer
ed at 10 A. NJ, Thursday, to Governor
elect William ~ Haines of WaterVllle,
his inaugural address delivered ana
the state officers chosen in joint con-
vention. Then the 10th Legislature
will be ready for the business of the
session, which il is predicted will not
| be as long as either of the two pre-
ceeding ones but will be a very busy
| one Many of the measures which are
! to come up before this session are said
| TO be already drafted and ready for
| presentation Early action in some
| form or another will undoubtedly be
1 taken upon the 100 measures referred
| to this Legislature from the preceding
one.
Five members of the Senate of 1913
| served in the regular session OF 1911.
They are Carl f.. Milliken of Island
Falls, Fl. NJ Moulton of Cumberland,
Leslie Roynton of jefferson. Albert j.
Stearns of Norway and Herbert ii.
Allan of Dennysville. Cecil f. Clark
of Hollis represented York county at
the special session of 1912. Wilmington
T.. Reynolds of Winslow was member
of the Senate of 1909. Eight members
of the Senate have seen previous SER
vice in the House. They are David
r Hastings of Auburn Frank A. Mo-
rey of Lewiston, speaker of the House
of 1911: Ira c. Hersey of Houlton, Re
publican floor leader in the House two
wears ago; Edward w. Murphy and
Edward F. Flaherty of Portland; Ar
thur b. Packard of Rockport; Forrest
II. Colby of Bingham and George G.
Emery of Sanford. Among the new
men in the Senate who are likely to be
heard from as soon as the session is
well under way are Joseph w. Allen of
Mt Vernon, Frank l.. Dutton of Au-
gusta, Taber D. Bailey of Bangor, No
BILE Maxwell of Richmond and Aaron
b. Cole of Eliot. Taking it altogether,
the Senate is a much stronger body
than two years ago and even more
lively and spirited debates may be eX-
pected in the upper branch than in the
lower.
The Androscoggin county delegation
in the House has several who have
seen previous service III that branch.
A. w Plummer Of Lisbon was a MEM
Der of the last Legislature, while Rich
ard T. Leader and Albert ID. Morneau
were members of the House of 1907.
Roscoe c. Reynolds served in the Sen
ate in the special session of 1912. Au-
gust Peterson of New Sweden. Del
mont Emerson of Island Falls and
Trenie eye of Fort Kent are among
those of the Aroostook county delega-
ton who have seen previous service.
There are several familiar faces in
the Cumberland county delegation,
who repeat from two years ago. in
Guiding Alvah Snow of Brunswick,
Seth f. Clark. Thomas J. Hogan and
James II. Kelleher of Portland; Will
bur +. Dresser of South Portland. j.
Ernest LeBel and John Clark Scates
of Westbrook. Harry b. Austin of
Philips, bread of girth and with face
as smiling as of yore, comes back from
Franklin county while over in Han
cock county John a. Peters of ELS
worth has been returned and will like
ly be speaker. Mcbride of Mt Des
ert and Hartman of Stonington, the
hero of the herring fisheries fight, also
repeat from Hancock county.
In Kennebec county Jules Gamache
of Watervile has seen service in the
regular session of 1911 and his colleague
Cornelius Kelleher was present at the
special session, 1912 Elmer e. New
bert of Augusta was a member of the
Legislature of 1907 and will be one of
the most eloquent speakers of the
present session.
Clacs Boman of Vinalhaven is the
only member of the Knox county del
egation to return from the last session,
while entirely new faces will be seen
from Lincoln county. Quinn of Milli-
nockett, member of the House of 1909.
defeated in 1911, comes back again in
1913 to join the Penobscot delegation.
Farnham of Bath is serving a second
term from Sagadahoc county and John
r. Trimhle comes back to the Assem-
bly, again from Calais. DescoteauX of
Biddeford, Merrill of Buxton and .
Mitchell of Kittery form a triumvirate