Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-08
HON. FRED C. KINSMAN
Of Augusta, President of Presidential
and Vice Presidential Electors of
the State of Maine.

The first meeting of the Presidential
State of Maine was held at o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the Senate
chamber in the State House, with
George G. Emery of Sanford, Fred G.
Kinsman of Augusta. Beecher Put
nam of Houlton and Walter G. Morse
of Rumford present. Herber Gray of
Old Town and Edward p. Kicker of
Poland were absent, the former being
called to New Haven, CT, on business
and Mr. Gray being detained by bus
mess matters.
The meeting was called TO order at
2.15 by Secretary of State John E.
Bunker, who called on Rev. w. f.
Livingston to offer prayer.
Secretary of State Bunker then call
ed tie roll of the electors, those pres
ent responding Present" and Messrs.
Emery, kinsman, Morse and Putnam
were sworn and signed the certifi-
Gates.
The absence Of Messrs. Gray and
Kicker was announced by Secretary
Bunker and nominations for candi-
dates for their successors on the
board of electors was called for.
Elector Fred q. kinsman nominat-
ed Charles p. Barnes of IIOulton to
succeed Herbert Gray and he was
duly elected and sworn.
Elector Fred &. KinSman nominat-
al ,Srill;n,, Dnprovr Ne ba ~,
to succeed Edward p Kicker and he
was duly elected and sworn.
Fred c. Kinsman was nominated by
Mr.. Emery and seconded by Mr. Put
nam as president of the electors and
chairman of this meeting, being duly
elected and sworn, Secretary of State
Bunker relinquishing the duties of
chairman to him, with his cOngratu-
latiOnS.
President kinsman briefly voiced his
thanks for the honor and called for
nominations for a secretary of the
meeting. William r. Roix of Pressure
Isle was nominated by Mr. Putnam
and duly elected and sworn.
No more business appearing for this
meeting, it was adjourned until
O'Clock Monday afternoon al the same
place.
Messenger Charles H. Lovejoy of the
Senate acted as messenger for tie
meeting.
Mondays meeting of the Maine cleo
tors will lie for the purpose Of casting
their votes for candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President of the tinted
States, and as these electors We're
elected on the Republican ticket. their
votes will be cast for Charles r.
Hughes for President and Charles ".
Fairbanks for Vice President.
The statute requires that they vote
by ballot and that three certificates of
all the votes taken by them shall be
made and subscribed to. One shall lie
delivered to the President of the sem
ate ut Washington before the fourth
Monday of January. Another must be
forwarded by postoffice to the Pres
ident of the Senate at Washington,
and the third must be delivered to the
judge of the United States district
court for Maine.
The meeting of the electors Monday
was witnes sed by a small but appre-
ciatiTe audience. Mrs, Bonney. wife
of Speaker Bonney, was an interested
witness of the heStoWal of new hon
ors on her husband and the remainder
of the crowd" consisted Of a few Sen
ate officials and the newspaper men.
assisted and coached by A. L. McFad-
den of Augusta.
The oath administered to each cleo
tor, the chairman and secretary is
simple hut impressive, as is all oaths
Of that character. as follows:
Il tgiving name) do swear that
will support the constitution of the
United States and of this State so
long as I continue as a citizen thereof,
so help me God. | do swear that will
faithfully discharge to the best Of
my ability the duties incumbent upon
me as an elector for President and
Vice President of the United States to
the constitution and laws of this State,
so help me God"
The electors at their meeting on Mon
day will name one of their number to
serve as messenger to deliver their
ballots to the President of the Senate
at Washington.