Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-24
Various interpretations
Of Maine Election
Meaning Heard in
Washington
But All Parties Convinced that
The Only Way to Win the
Other State Elections Is by
Hard WOrk-House Orators
Largely Held to the Congress
sional Grindstone by the EN-
barge That Means a Fine of
$21 Day

/ III congress can now SIT Dack and take
things easily during the weeks of the
Congressional contest. Others are
scurrying home to their campaigns or
| fidgeting around Washington If it is
| announcement for them to get away.
But all political troubles have depart
| ed from the Maine six. They have
little to think about but their official
! duties. If recess of Congress comes
along in October, as is not improbable,
the Maine six can go back home and
enjoy the glories of the late autumn in
the Pine Tree State.
The outcome of the voting in Maine
| has stimulated candidates for Con-
| gress in other states. Democrats and
| Republicans alike, seeing how close
| the result was in Maine, are applying
! the lesson to their own constituencies
If Maine had had a Republican land
slide or Democratic landslide, there
| would have been despair on one side
| and tremendous. jubilant confidence on
the other side. Now everybody sees
that the campaign must be hard
fought through to the end. House or
ators are not going forth in any great
numbers for the embargo on absentees
continues. That means fine of S20.54
a day, the amount of Congressman's
salary, If he is not present to answer
the roll CALL
This does not apply to the Senate,
of course. That dignfied body would
tolerate nothing of the kind. Senators
do not even have to request leaves of
absence when they desire to be away
| from Washington. They simply pack
up and go and return when it suits
their convenience. But business is
conducted much differently in the
! House than in the Senate and the
| House exercises more discipline over
its membership.
Senator johnson of Maine, will be
meeting with the finance committee
| shortly in elaboration over the war
revenue bill. AS soon as the measure
is passed in the House, the finance.
committee will go over 1t carefully
and, perhaps. grant hearings to those
| who wish to express views.
The Republican members of the
| House returning from their homes in
Maine have been warmly congratulate
ed. There is much satisfaction in the
party that the Pine Tree State voters
insisted upon keeping Representative
| Kinds, Peters and Guernsey in service.
Representative Kinds was the first to
return. He was met on every side by
the glad hand. 1t was reported here
| at first that he had been defeated.
Probably lot of Democrats as well
| as the Republicans were sgratified that
| this proved untrue. Many of his old
Democratic friends in the House want
| to see Asher Kinds stay right where
he is for a good long while. He is cap
able of splendid service here for Maine
| and is fully disposed to render it.
| Poor health has crippled Mr.. Kinds
| efforts for the last two years. He has
been unable to do anything like as
| much as he was disposed to do, hav-
ing been compelled to pay much at
| tention to regaining his strength. He
| started off brilliantly at his first term
| in the House and his intense applica-
| ton to his official duties, on top of
| the arduous work performed over a
series of years as House parliamenta-
| rian broke his strength. He is now
| lc oking better than ever since his long
| illness and is gradually getting back
/ to his old form. He will not undertake
| his full quota of work for while, but
| in the course of some months hopes
| to be quite as strong as he ever was.
| Representative Peters, of the Third
| district, Is the newest of the Maine
| congressman in Washington service.
/ He has small opportunity thus far to
| show at Washington what he can do.
| but has made an excellent impress
| sion and the way is now clear for him
! to build up q career here. If the next
| House happens to be Republican, Mr..
| Peters will have good opportunities.
| He manifested a disposition to look
| closely after the interests of his con-
stituents and during the few months
| he has been at Washington occupied
| himself successfully with numerous
matters Of public business. In any
event he will have better committee
| assignments in the next Congress and
| committee assignments measure in no
small part a new congressman's OPP
portunity for usefulness. Mr. Peters
chief complaint here has been there
was so little to keep him busy, but
| that is the complaint of many a rep
resentative of the minority party He
has already made number Of influ
entail friends in the Senate and House.
Representative Guernsey is the dean
of the Maine delegation in the House,
although the youngest In years. He is
especially we'll established, has very
good committee assignments and finds
himself in an excellent position to
grow into usefulness. Should the
House become Republican soon, Mr..
Guernsey would almost certainly find
himself the chairman of a desirable
committee, perhaps of the committee
| on territories on which he has per-
formed a deal of work in recent years
that has been. worth while.
Indeed the Republican party of
| Maine is strongly represented in the
National House. as far as three of it's
four districts are concerned. The three
are all comparatively young men and
| all Of the calibre to make an influential
| trio, rejecting great credit upon the
old state The voters are to be con-
graduated that they have kept in mind
| the good old idea about the import
| ance of not changing congressman at
washington any oftener than is abso-