Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-21
Judge Newell Is
Choice Three Tickets
in Lewiston Election

Lewiston, Feb. 19-With election
day only three weeks off the politi-
cal situation here is far from settled.
Going a step further it would hardly
be safe to say that the formality of
counting the ballots will decide the
issue, inasmuch as State Senator
Parent has asserted that he will
protest the legality of the caucuses
held in certain wards here this week,
when the Democratic element We're
also placed on the Republican States
Parent declares that citizen of one
faith cannot legally participate in
caucus held by another party.
One thing appears certain, and that
is that Judge William H.. Newell will
undoubtedly be Lewiston's next
mayor. He has been named to head
the partisan, and Republican
Democratic tickets and to date his
only opponent is Mr.. Parent, the lat
ter running on an Independence Cit
izcn ticket. Since the judge went
into the Republican field the other
evening and captured the mayoralty
nomination from Mir. Parent, it APP
pears evident that the latter has
very little chance of 'defeating Mr..
Newell When one takes into con-
sderatlon that Mr.. Newell hereto
fore has been aligned with the Dem
ccratic forces and Mr.. Parent has
been a staunch Republican and is at
the present time serving Lewiston as
G. O. z. senator, Newelrs Popularity
can be easily sized up.
The non partisan ticket, launched
originally by the local Chamber of
Commerce, is by no means favored
by all the citiZ, rs of the Spindle
City, and if a strong Independent
ticket by any chance had been made
up it doubtless would have been
given considerable support, but with
only two candidates i'll the field,
Newell looks lise 1901 shot with
the political book makers. The real
fun, however, will be in the fight
for aldermanic positions with Ward
Seven again predicted to furnish the
battle-ground.
At present there are two who aspire
to represent that section of the city.
Martin F. Kerrigan and James u.
Scannell, the former on the Democratic
and the other on the Non-Partisan and
Republican tickets. If the fight were
to be settled between these two, ker-
rigan perhaps would get majority,
but there is rumor in circulation
tonight that a dark horse will soon be
trotted out by the Franco-Americans.
Since Kerrigan and Scannell could
hut &c, ,oto
as Franco-Amcrican candidate would
undoubtedly receive the bulk of sup
port from his compatriots, his de-
cision t orun would appear sufficient
to award him the seat hands down.
While the Franco-American entry
feature has not as yet been publicly
announced, man in position to know
has reported that it would be no sur
prise to him If Napoleon Coulombe
would soon announce his candidacy
Mr.. Coulombe has served Lewiston as
representative to the State Legisla-
ture and is at present holding a minor
municipal office. Last spring about
1900 votes were cast in Ward Seven,
half Of them being Franco-American.
Coulombe's name would be equivalent
to a, bombshell in the political muddle
at this stage Of the game and would
rival the strength of a Big Bertha on
inaugural day. With the Franco
Americans already being assured of
representatives from Wards -Four, Five
and Six, Coulombe would be regarded
as a life saver among a few of the
Franco Office seekers. In
cidentally, Mr.. Coulombe might upset
few of the pre-arranged plans whereby
some of those now in office would con-
tinue to hold over.
Getting a line on the balance Of
power in the next administration is
about as easy task as filing an in
come tax return to novice. But at
any rate there is bound to be some in
teresting developments in the political
line before the final gun is tired
Portland Sunday Telegram.