The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-05-15
Maine Men at the National
Capital

Capital
Probable Promotion OF Carter B. Keene,
Gov. Burleiah's Office Open. Representa-
tive Guernsey Protests.
Correspondence Bangor Commercially
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 9Th. POST
master Gen. Burleson's purpose, as
already furecasted, to nominate Carter B.
Keene as director of the postal savings
banks, promises to be best recognition
of Maine Democrats than has yet been
under this administration. Mr.. Keene,
now chief postoffice inspector and a
native of Freedom, Me-, has been in the
postal service for nearly 20 years and a
most efficient official. Postmaster Gen.
Hitchcock promoted him 10 be chief
inspector, few days before the Demo-
cratic administration came in. 1t was
splendid acknowledgment of Mr. Keene's
services and yet was not without some
embarrassment to him. Although the
Maine man came to Washington during
the second Cleveland ADMINISTRATION as a
Democrat and has been Democrat ever
since. all during the Republican regime.
Mr.. Hitchcock presumed to fill an jmpor-
tant office in the department when it
might have been more courteous to
allow the vacancy to remain till after
Mr.. Burleson came in.
There were other officials of the de-
partment whom Mr.. Hitchcock promoted
under like embarrassing circumstances
to themselves. Some of them the new
postmaster general has felt called upon
to denote. He had no intention of such
action, however. in the case of Mr.
Keene. in whose integrity and ability he
has full confidence. He has been plan
ming to do something better for Mr.
Keene than to keep him in the office of
chief Inspector, to which Postmaster
Gen. Hitchcock assigned him. For the
Office of chief inspector pays $4,000 a
year salary, while the head place over
the postal savings bank system pays
S., 600 a year and is one of the most
desirable positions in the postal service.
Sen johnson and Rep McGlIicuddy
are both friends of Mr.. Keene and were
ready to stand behind him if he needed
political influence. He is very we'll
known in Washington, where he has
made many friends and there is very
general satisfaction here that Mr.. Keene
has been promoted twice of late in the
postal service.
BURLEIGH'S OFFICE OPEN.
Sec. Burleigh's secretary, Robert A.
Cony of Augusta, has come to Washing
ton and opened the junior senator's Office
in the Senate Office building. There has
been considerable correspondence from
Maine of late, to which Sen. Burleigh
could pay scant attention because of his
illness in Baltimore. Reports from that
city are that he Is progressing favorabiy
and should be able to come to Washing
ton IN something like fortnight. This
will be in advance of the consideration of
the Underwood tariff bill by the Senate.
Rep. Goodwin of Skowhegan is getting
along very happily in his new position.
He found not a few old friends around
the Embellishments and Republicans,
who were here % years ago, when he
was an officer of the House under Speak
er Reed. One Of these was Charles r.
Crisp of Americas. Ga. Mr.. Crisp is
now a representative in Congress. When
Mr. Goodwin was here originally it was
in the 5lst Congress. The succeeding,
or SD Congress, was Democratic and
under his father, the late Speaker Crisp,
Mr.. Crisp took up the duties Mr.. Good
win had performed under Speaker Reed.
Mr.. Goodwin remained in Washington
for some weeks during the first session
of the SD Congress to instruct Mr..
Crisp in his work.
1t IS noteworthy that the three men
whom Speaker Reed brought here from
Maine as officials at his desk and also of
the rules committee of the House all
subsequently became representatives.
These We're Amos L. Allen, who was
secretary of the rules committee, and
afterwards for many years representa-
tive in congress from the first district.
Asher Kinds, the present representative
from the first district, and Mr. Goodwin,
now representing the Third Maine dis
trict.
Ex-senator Hale, of Maine, is still ins
Washington. Although his health is not
as robust as in former years he is quite
we'll and able to be out of doors consider
ably.
DAVIS S PLACE UNCERTAIN.
The fight over the colectorship of In
ternal Revenue Tor the district which
comprises Maine, New Hampshire al
Vermont, is very unsettled. Sen. John
son and Rep. McGilicuddy are doing all
they can for Cyrus W. Davis, of Water
vile. The New Hampshire Democrats
in congress Zone senator and two repre-
sentatives) are working with all heir
might for some New Hampshire Demo-
crat and claiming that the place belongs
to them because New Hampshire pays
about 10 per cent. of the revenue collect
ed in the entire district.
MAINE AVE. IN WASHINGTON NO HONOR
TO STATE.
If a grateful government desires to
honor great State like Maine it must
not do so by naming after it three
blocks-long avenue in an obscure part
of the national capital. This view is
taken by Rep. Guernsey of Maine, who
has asked Congress to instruct the COM
missioners of the District of Columbia
to "strike from the list Of avenues the
name of that thoroughfare lying between
Third and Sixth streets, southwest, and
bearing the name of his State.
81 don't care what they call the ave-
nue." said Mr.. Guernsey with some as