Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-12
REPUBLICANS OF
ANDR0SC0CCIN IN
HAPPY M EXITING
AT LAKE AUBURN
Sentiment of County Is
More Strongly Repub-
lican than for Years
Informal Talks, Clam Bake and
Comparison of Notes Make
for Optimistic Affair with 800
Present

Lewiston, Me. July 11.-(SpeciaD.
The Republicans of Androscoggin
county got together today. They as
sembled for a general good time at
Lake Auburn, there enjoyed a tooth
some clam bake, compared notes ami
got lines on the coming campaign.
They found, after many informal
talks, that the Republican sentiment
throughout the county is the best i
pect for victory in September was
never better.
This meeting was not supposed =
be rally. 1t was a gathering of the
candidates and committeeman to talk
over things. When the announcements
were sent out, 1t was not expected
there would be more than a hundred
in attendance. There was some sur
prise, then, when it was found that
over 500 gathered to be in on tn"
conference and to learn what was go
ing on. Incidentally, the men from all
parts of AndrOscOggin wished to get
together and tell how good the pros
poets for success in the election an
peared. In the 300 men Who assembled.
were many who had previously been
members Of the Progressive party.
They were loud in their expressions
of endorsement, not only Of Charles
Evans Hughes. but of the Republican
candidates throughout the State ana
of the Republican party platform.
The meeting following on the heels
of the mammoth flag raising at Rum
ford Falls the night before, proved
better than anything else that the
Republicans and Progressives are now
one and that they are working for
one common end.
The candidates for State offices as
we'll as those who have been nomi
mated for county Offices We're out IN
force at this meeting. Among them
We're Frederick Hale Of Portland,
nominated at the primaries for United
States senator: Hon. Bert NJ. F'ernald
of Poland, who is candidate for the
senatorial nomination. to succeed the
late Edwin G. Burleigh Hon. Carl =.
Milliken. candidate for Governor;
Wallace Fl. White, Jr.. Of Lewiston,
candidate for Congress in the Second
district; Ferd f. Stevens of Auburn,
candidate for sheriff of Androscoggin
county; Donald C. Garcelon and Or.
Charles f. Williams, candidates for
representatives from Auburn, Fred
Leavitt of Turner, candidate for coun-
~ commissioner: L. A. Jack Of Lisbon
Falls, candidate for county attorney:
Ralph w. Crockett of Lewiston, can
didate for judge of probate Frank
10. burlington of Mechanic Falls, can
didate for representative.
Among the other well-known Repuh-
lican workers in the county and State
in attendance We're Hon. Frank j.
Ham of Augusta, chairman of the
State committee; Robert ]. Hodgson of
Lewiston, member of the State com
mittee from Ardroscoggin county: Guy
H. Sturgis of Portland. member of the
State committee from Cumberland
county; Major f. F.. Philbrook Of Port
land, chairman of the Cumberland
county committee: Thomas Jenkins,
former representative from Wales
Hon Timothy F. Callahan, former
State auditor; Eugene c. Libby of Au-
burn. secretary of the Maine State
Grange; Hon. Charles S. Stetson Of
Greene. former master of the Maine
State Grange; Gen. H. NJ. Spra que,
secretary of the Lewiston city commit
tee and former adjutant general of the
State: Hon. John P. Swazey of Can
ton, former congressman from the sec
ond district: Hon. George c. Webber
of Auburn, nominated by the Progress
sives for the United States Senate; Ed
gar r. Parent of Lewiston, former
Progressive State committeeman from
Andrcscoggin, and other members of
the Progressive party were in attend
ance to lend their support.
Mr.. Hodgson presided and the six
speeches given were of the machine
gun variety: short and sharp with a
whole lot Of punch to them. Mr.. Milli-
ken referred to the great good accom-
plished in the recent primary cam
paign in getting the various candidates
for Office out into the open and giving
them a chance to become acquainted
with the rank and file of the party.
The primary campaign is bound to
be a great factor in the success that
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