Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-15
Elections Certain

Tho elections Thursday morning
we're easy ana certain. Each Of the
urre officials elected won on the first
ballot The convention came 10 or
De. a. Ie.l0 and Chairman Hersey be-
gar tho program Of the morning py
stating that the name Of Fortunat
&Ichaud was TO be placed upon the
membership roll of the convention IN
pace VI LeVite Thibodeau in order 40
4mpi, with the similar change ma le
OF me House roll. Sen. Cole appeal
q from this ruling, saving that no
VI, ial notice had been given The con-
yenuon that Fortunat Michaud wa :
ID ;ahe the seat of Leyite Thibodeau.
i DIVISION of the House registered s.
votes to support the chair, 81 to sup
port ine appeal. and the secretary
VS. instructed TO make the chang
On he convention roll as ordered.
Straight Party Vote
The first ballot Of the morning MAS
ne t.y,uth ballot for treasurer Of
STAT The count showed a straight
party vote. &. ballots for f. l.. New
heH >5 for j. W Simpson, and for
Morrill, Drew. The same party vote
W2s registered on the first ballot FOR
attorney general: W. r. Pattangall f
Water,jtl' Democrat. was elected
ever Scott Wilson Of Portland. the re-
firing attorney general, and Irving T.
Vernon e Portland Progressive.
Republican for GuptiIi
". T Curtin uf Topsham received
20 votes On the first ballot for COM
missioner Of agriculture. John \.
Roberts, the retiring commissioner ~,
ana l.. \. Rogers. Progressive. I, l.
Is evident that some Republican de-
.ermIned L. make certain of the cleo
Non Of the Democrat on the first bal
10y IN order that the convention might
lprlfWlth dissolve, allowing the tired
members to go home for much
Aeeuea ,e5j. The Democratic vote Of
= NoGl0 have been sufficient to elect
hr Guptu without the extra RepubH-
can ballot.
The Democratic Checker Game
ma
th' need for the continuance of the
pemoerauc checker game Niles Per
ANS OF Augusta sat in an aisle seat
aHAost IN front Of the ballot box with
-e ollcial Democratic check list and
vas shown each ballot before il was
cop'ea IN the slot by Democrat.
'.'Ae Democratic members who walk
" Gown the middle aisle We're OBJ
"seu 10 stand a little to one side in
"Oer that Mr. Perkins might see the
's"o' box and thus made ii doub.y
"f'aln that the Democratic checker
"%s chec king more than names, he
"ss checking names and ballots. TIL"
s"SeSlng Of the Republican. Thibo-
.qS1 Wednesday. and giving his seat
'he Democrat. Michaud. removed
N'e necessity for the Democratic
.1elAlnS ana il was, so to speak, con
~4ueu Just for fun, just for the sake
checker game during the con-
'H4oA without being out of order
The Predisested Decision
=. many thought Wednesday night that
."e Democratic decision which took
s! Mr.. Thibodeau's seat from him
~ awarded it 10 Mr.. Michaud, his
hehocratic opponent in the Septem-
=, erection, was predigested. and
as a reason the fact that the
ose diagrams furnished to each
na< '''oer Tuesday morning. So hours
=. u.e the decision, showed the name
Nchaud on seat 100 instead of the
-. Ae OF Thibodeau who was at that
sitting there. This incorrect dia-
~. d. was probably made up in error
ugh the mistake of some stenog-
tHpiief and was not an unintentional
.. coast of the Democratic decision -
h. q least such an explanation will
h. made anyway, so it may as we'll
- aleo clerical error now to save
~ democrats the necessity Of an
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