Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-12

! of each party nominating ballots for
every 50 votes and fraction Of so votes
cast by that party in the voting place
or precinct at the next preceding cleo
| ton, city, county, state or national,
corresponding to the election for which
the primary election is to be held, and
for which the ballots are provided.
The names of the offices to be vot-
ed for appear on the ballot in the fol-
lowing order: United States senator,
Governor, State auditor, representative
to Congress, State senators, county at
| torney, clerk of courts, judge OF
| probate. register r. probate, register Of
Deeds, sheriff, county commissioner,
county treasurer and representative to
the Legislature.
| The law requires that the Governor
and Council by the first Tuesday in
! July of each year in which primary
election is held shall open and com
| pare the votes and have them tabu-
lated The law also stipulates that
each successful candidate shall within
seven days from the date of his mott
fication by the secretary Of State that
| he has been dominated file a return OF
his expenditures at the office Of the
secretary of State.
| Four candidates were in the lineup
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor two years ago, Oakley =.
Curtis of Portland, Elmer E. Newbert
of Augusta. Bertrand G. McIntire Of
East Waterford and Peter Charles
Geegan of Van Buren,. A total vote Of
26,35S was polled of which Curtis re-
ceived HIP, carrying the counties Of
Androscoggin. Cumberland, Hancock,
Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc,
Washington and York, Newbert 1883
votes, carrying the counties of kenne-
bee, Knox. Lincoln, Somerset and
Waldo McIntire 1871 votes, carrying
the counties of oxford and Somerset,
and Keegan, 3,2S9 votes, carrying his
own county of Aroostook. J. Edward
Sullivan of Bangor polled 1882 votes
for State auditor in the Democratic
primaries in 1914 against 10,413 for
John f. Bunker of Bar Harbor. The
Republicans in the primary two years
ago, with no contest for Governor or
State auditor, polled 17,493 votes.
| This year the contests for the larger
offices are in the Republican party,
with four candidates for Governor,
three for United States Senator. five
| for Congress in the LIST District and
three for Congress in the I'd District,
SO the vote Of two years ago will
doubtless be considerably increased
| the contests stimulating the various
candidates to get their friends to the
| polls. The last Legislature amended
! the primary law so that the polls will
| remain open in every polling precinct
in the State from noon until o'clock
at night, which will tend, it is be-
lieved. to get out a larger vote. The
former law having the polling places
open from noon until 9 o'clock at night
applied only to places having a popu-
lation Of over 5000.
There is no opposition in the Demo-
cratic primaries to the denomination
of United States Senator Charles F.
Johnson of Waterville. Governor Oak
ley c. Curtis of Portland or State
Auditor J. Edward Sullivan Of Bangor
while there is but one candidate for
Congress in the Isl, I'd and Sd dis
tricts. Two candidates are in the field
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the 4th District, Repre-
sentative Leonard A. Pierce of Houltor
and State Senator John Leary Of
Hampden