Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-05


New England. He had been part
ner with his father. a former speaker
of the House for 12-years, and had
tried many important causes.
He came. Mr.. Gillin declared, from
the second largest county in the
State, county which had never
been lost by the Republicans when
they. elected governor. In 1917 he
was a. candidate. for this office and,
on the sixth ballot, lacked but one
ballot of enough. to VIM s~
Referring to one of the fundamental
reasons for the desire Of Penobscot
to have the exalted position of Attor-
ney General go to the man whose
cause he was championing, Senator
Gillin spoke of the invaluable. work
performed in years past for the Re-
publican party by this native son and
OF his father before him. The
speaker grew eloquent when he told
the assembled lawmakers that
though Penobscot had been. one of the
bulwarks Of the party for years. she
had not had an Attorney General for
half century and, amid a storm of
applause. Mr.. Gilh presented the
name of Raymond vFellows of Ban
gor.
Representative George A. Phillips
of Bar Harbor spoke of the wonderful
work done by Mr.. Fellows when asso-
ciated with him in the rescue work
at the deplOrable ferry accident at
Mount Desert some years ago. The
Bar Harbor man said that Mr.. Fell
lows admirable work in this tragic
emergency made him his friends for
life and he seconded his nomination.
In brief hut eloquent speech SEN
ator Frederic o. Eaton of Oxford
presented the name of Frederick r.
Dyer for the position of attorney gen.
eral. Senator Eaton told of Mr..
Dyer's unquestioned ability as a
member of the profession of the law
and of his unimpeachable character.
The speaker racited the claims of Ok
ford for the support of the joint con-
vention in nominating Mr.. Dyer and
he was followed by Representative
Robert H. Dram of Bristol, who call
ed upon the convention in the name
of Lincoln county to support the ia
vorite son of Oxford.
In a ringing speech, in which he
laid aside the claims of Somerset
county and called upon the members
of the joint convention to look upon
the unquestioned ability of his can
didate, Representative Clyde Fl.
Smith of Skowhegan nominated Fred
r. Lawrence, assistant attorney gen.
eral, for the position at the head of
the department and produced a paper
containing the support of the depart
ments Of the State House for his
candidate. Representative Benedict
f. Maher of Augusta seconded the
nomination OF Mr.. Lawrence in a
brief but eloquent address in which
he referred to Mr.. Lawrence as one of
the best lawyers in Maine and writer
or marked ability in matters of law.
Rep. Hodgdon c. Buzzell of Bel
fast placed the name of Walter
Cowan of Hallowell in nomination
for the Office of attorney general
Rep. BuzzelI said that he would like
to present the name of Republican
for this office.
There are no bad Republicans:
they are all good Republicans and
they are all great" said Rep. Buz-
Zell.
The candidate whose name I will
present was born in Somerset county,
was educated in the counties of An
droscoggin and Aroostook, moved to
Waldo county. Of which county he
became prosecuting officer and is
now a resident of Kennebec county,"
continued Rep. Buzzell.
HE has performed his mission
well and it gives me great pleasure in
presenting the name of Walter c..
Cowan of Hallowell"
Rep. Frederick W. Hinckley of
South Portland presented the name
of Ransford w. Shaw of Portland for
the office of attorney general. This
is Shaw's only chance" said Rep.
Hinckley. HE is so years of age a
man of experience, no man has done
more work for the Republican party
than he and for 25 years the name of
Shaw has been feared by every at
torney in the State"
The nomination of Fred r. Dyer
was seconded by Representative
George c. Wing. Jr., of Auburn and
Senator Rodney I. Thompson of
Knox, while the nomination of Walter
A. Cowan was seconded by Senator
James J. Clement of Waldo and Rep.