Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-20
IA Former Members
Maine Senate to Re-
turn Coming Session
portland Express)

(POrtlanQ EXpTeSSJ
The next Maine Senate will include
in it's membership IA senators who
have seen previous service In that
body The IA includes Taber u.
Bailey of Bangor who comes back 70
the Senate from Penobscot after hav-
ing served as president Of the upper
branch.
The old senators are Allen. Spen-
Ger and Stevens of York, Eaton of
Oxford, Hall of Franklin, Adams and
harrington of Kennebec, Bemis or
Somerset, Bailey and Morrison OF
Penobscot, Clark of Lincoln, Sargent
of Hancock, and Emery and Putnam
of Washington.
Ten Of the senator's ELECT are MEM
bers of the present House, and two
Ryder Of Piscataquis and Speirs OF
Cumberland have served in other
Houses. The 10 House members who
graduate into the Senate this year are
Brewster, Cram and Hinckley OF
Cumberland, Morneau OF Androscog-
gin. Wadsworth Of Kennebec, Smith
Of Somerset, Croxford of Penobscot.
Wilson of Arooseook.
Five Of the senator's ELECT are
without legislative experience. They
are Kirschner of Androscoggin.
Carleton of Sagadahoc, Elliot of
Knox, Phillips of Hancock and Pow
ers of Aroostook.
The next House will be practically
Of loo
members have been returned. The
old members coming lack next win
ter are Gagne and Mcllheron of Lew
iston, Wing of Auburn, Houghton OF
Fort Fairfield. Burns of Eagle Lake,
Story of Washburn, Rounds of Port
land, Woodruff of Brunswick, Hayes
of Gorham, Plummer Of Bridgton,
Thomas of Chcsterville. Clarke of
StonngtOn, Maher of Augusta. Bart
lett and Belleveau of Watervllle,
Gardner of Gardiner, Rogers of Rock
land. league of Waldoboro, Conant
of Buckficld, Barwise, Chalmers,
Downing and Hodgkins of Bangor,
Newcomb of Newburg, Perkins OF
Orono, Phillips of Orrington, O'Con-
nell Of Millinocket, Crafts Of Gran
VILE, Dain of Bath. Weeks of Fair
fcld, Hollcy of North Arson, Nicker-
son Of Swanville, Baker of Steuben.
Cherry of Passport, F'innell and Ma
deau of Biddeford, Moody of York
and Granville of Parsonsfeld.
According to the unofficial returns
there will be 80 Democrats IN the
House and these members of the min
ority party arc pretty well distributed
over the State. Hancock is the only
county that has no Democrats ana
Androscoggin leads numerically with
six. Knox and Oxford counties Will
be represented by Democratic MAORI
ties, the former having four Demo-
Gratis to one Republican and the break
in the latter being four to three.
Androscoggin is fifty fifty politically.
six Republicans and six Democrats.
The remaining Democratic mem
bors- elect are distributed by counties
as follows: Aroostook, one; Cumber-
land, four; Franklin, one; .kennebec,
three; Penoh3cot, two; Sagadahoc,
one; Somerset. one; Washington,
three; York, four.
The president OF the Senate will be
Mi. Harrington of Augusta. He has
no opposition for that honor. Mr..
Holley of North Arson will be speaker
of the House in all probability. He
has had opposition, but the nominal
ton is generally conceded to him.
The selection of the committee of
course lies with the presiding officers,
but the appointments are governed to
a considerable degree by seniority.
Mr.. harrington is the only member
of the judiciary committee to come
back to the Senate, so he will have
free hand in selecting his chairman.
| Mr.. Buzzell of Waldo will he the sem
ator chosen if seniority prevails, as
/ he is the ranking house members of
the committee to graduate into the
Senate.
Mr.. Hinckley of Cumberland Is the
come a senator.
None of the present members Of the
legal affairs committee has been re-
turned to the Senate. The ranking
member of the House committee to
become a senator is Hussey of Aroos-
took The other House member who
will be senator is Brewster of Port
land.
Eaton of Rumford is the only sena-
tor of the financial affairs committee
to return and he would naturally be
made chairman. Wadsworth of Win
throp is the member of the House
committee who has been promoted to
the Senate.
Msher eff Augusta is the present
chairman of the judiciary committee
from the House and would naturally
succeed himself Wing of Auburn and
Gardiner ave other members who are
coming back. Weeks of Fairfield is
the only member Of House legal af-
fairs committee who will return and
if seniority prevails he will become
chairman.
Phillips of Orrington is the sole
remnant of the House financial affairs
committee and without much oucs-
ton he will be the chairman in the
incoming Legislature.
These are the three committees
which are generally regarded as the
most important