Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-01
Form Club to
Boost Candidacy
of John Nelson


In a most gratifying manner Monday
evening when representative
ering OF ths business men OF the cry
organized a club to be known as me
First John +. Nelson Club Tnis iitie
WAC adopted with the emphasis on the
word First" because Mr. Nels"h
friends wanted to have the hohof U
having his home town organize the
frat club to work for him during 'he
coming campaign. in which he ~ 10
no a candidate for representative 70
the United States Congress.
The meeting took place In the Alder
mems room at CITY hail. }. H""aro
WEIGH was elected chairman OF lhe
meeting and nSde stirring speech
IN favor OF Mr.. Nelson's caroldacE'
rvrjl Joly was elected secretary OF the
meeting and the following oIi1cers were
elected: President, Arthur J. koterts'
nre.jaent Of COLBY College; lst VICE
nreetdent. j. Howard WEIGH; qua vice
rresidcnt some woman to be elected
nv the Republican city committee; 3rd
vice president. Cecil NJ. Dage"'t' ~"
vice president, some woman 10 o7
elected by the Republican city com
,oittce; secretary. Cyril NJ. Jolly; treas
urcr. DR.. Achilles Jolly.
The campaign committee CONSISTS
of Frank f. Haines. chairman; George
r. yose. Clinton H. eoodhue, Carron
y. Perkins. Frank II. Lessor. 1hofiiaS
Wee ks. DR.. John TowndOohn II. Elder
pr. .. T. Hill. DR.. l.. g. Bunker. Ihcre
ne nm ttGs OF
10 to be appointed by the Women
Republican committee Those men
who will handle the financing or TIE
campaign will be William j. l-ansan'
Frank Austin. Herbert y. Holland
Frank Redington and DR. J. F. HILL
The mcetins was most enthusiastic.
The prevailing sentiment seemed 10
be that John f. Nelson would receive
. big majority in this town and IN
fact that he would receive all the Re-
publican votes in Waterville.
Candidate Nelson was called upon
for a speech and was greeted win
spplause. He referred to his early lie
and associations in WaterviIle ana
sald that his youthful ambition back
in tho DAYS Of Seth l.. Millikcn. was
that sometime he might run Tor Con-
gress. In the years past he worked
for Senator BUrleigh OF kennebec
county, for Forrest Goodwin OF Somer-
got and for John Peters Of Hancock
with zeal and he now feels that as
kennebec is to have candidate that
1T might well be man who was porn.
reared and who has always lived IN
that county. His opponent for the Of
fee, Blaine Viles of Augusta, moved
to/kennebec county from Somerset.
Mr.. Nelson said that he had a real
ambition to represent the common
people in Congress, the people from
whom he sprung and among whom
he always lived and worked.-the
people to whom the rearing and edu-
eating Of a family means a matter
OF sacrifice and denial. The people
of Waterville. owed him nothing. he
said, but he owed them debt which
ne was always ready to acknowledge
and hoped some time to pay.
President Arthur J. Roberts also
spoke briefly and said he could see
no reason why John Nelson shouldn't
get every vote in Waterville and add
ed that it ought to be n privilege for
Waterville peopel to vote for a man
OF Mr.. Nelson's attainments and
ability. which had been gained In a
great part by his early struggles for
an education Mr.. Nelson Is a Colby
graduate in the class OF '0S and at
that time President Roberts was a
professor.
If the sentiment OF this first
meeting is eny criterion, John f..
Nelson will attain the goal OF his
ambition with flying colorA.
Among those present were: J.
Howard Welch. Cecil NJ Dnggett.
Edgar J. Brown, Harry +. Green.
Harry Mckenzie, William J.. Brown.
Orlando Mckechnie. Frank w.
Smith. +. d. Robinson. Frank f.
Haines, Luke Ivers Carroll n. Per
klns. r. II. Peacock. Thomas N.
Weeks, L. G. Bunker. c. f. r.
Walker, George T.. Vose, Willard b.
Arnold. Harry s. Vose, Fred Fl. Rose.
j. II. DcOrsay, G. A. Cornforth,
Charles w. Mccain. r. II. Lessor,
A. Raymond Sanborn. G.. j. Gustaf-
son. Frank =. Higgins NJ. 3. Good
rich. A. J. Roberts, DR.. A. Jolly. r. C.
Wardwell, Carl Green, George
Johnston. Robert wentworth. Her.
bert G. Libby. Fred ID. Lunt, Wilbur
G. Lunt. w. J. Lanienn. J. Fred Hill,
"A. 3. Holland. l.. II. Austin, Cyril
NJ. Jolly, John T.. Russell, Carl
Meader. William II. Porter, William
Spiiler.