Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
AUGUSTA OFFICE OF WESTERN union HAS
EXPANDED RAPIDLY PAST SEVERAL YEARS
TO NAME DELEGATES
n. Y. DEMOCRATIC
MEET AT LEWISTON

It is announced here that there
will be no formal speaking at the
Democratic State convention which
will be held at Lewiston. March II.
except by Hon. Fulton ]. Redman
of Ellsworth. the temporary chair.
man of the convention, and United
States Senator Thomas E. Carraway.
of Arkansas. who will speak in the
afternoon. But of course. IL some
one of the delegates should ask E:x-
Attorney General William r. Pat
tangall Of this city, who will be a
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor to speak. he will
probably do so.
The convention will elect eight
delegates at large, four of whom
shall be women. to the national con-
vention, which will be held at New
York. City in June. as well as eight
alternates at large, four OF whom
will also be women. But each or
these delegates at large will have
bat one half 4 vote in the conven-
ton. The idea of the double rep
resentation in the delegation at large.
half OF which delegation shall be
women. is in accordance with a vote
passed by the committee on resolu-
lions of the Democratic National
Committee of which United States
Senator Carter H. Glass of Virginia
was the chairman and Ex-Congress-
man Daniel j. McGillicuddy of Lew
iston, the Maine member OF the
Democratic National Committee, was
a member.
The convention will therefore elect
eight delegates and eight alternates
at large and eight district delegates
and eight district alternates. Each
district will elect two delegates and
two alternates at large and two dis
trict delegates and two district al
ternates.
The names Of the following are
suggested as delegates to the Ma
tional convention by Congressional
districts:
First District-Leonard A. Pierce.
Joseph e. +. Connolly, Mrs. Oakley
G. Curtis, Walter G. Davis. Frank IL.
Haskell, Charles l.. Donohue. Will
liam NJ. Ingraham, DR.. John w.
Comedian and Mrs. Alexander Skill
lin of Portland, DR.. w. ]. Maybury.
Walter ]. Gilpatric and c. Wallace
Harmon of Saco. Mrs. Thomas f.
Locke and Charles r. Read of Bid
deford, and Miss Lillian Odlorne
of Brunswick.
Second District-Daniel j. Nc
Gillicuddy. Mrs. Lucy ]. Dosaunler,
Louis ]. Brann, Frank A. Morey.
Mrs. Ruth Coffin. and Mrs. w. II.
Newell of Lewiston, Obadiah Gard
ner of Rockland. James II. PERKINS
of Boothbay Harbor, Ralph .. Dale
of Bath. Mrs. Charles y. Creighton
and Mrs. Richard @. Elliott OF
Thomaston. Mrs II. +. Goss of Au-
burn. Frank r. Jackson~of Gray and
Miss Maud Thurston of Bethel.
Third District-Mrs. William r.
Pattangall, Ernest J.. Mclean and
William r. Pattangall of Augusta,
Leon O. Tebbetts and Mrs. Leon O.
Tebbetts of Waterville. Mrs. Frank
w. Burnham of .Milbridge, Mrs.
Frank r. Madden and Mrs. Lila
Friend of Skowhe gan, Oscar II. Dun
bar of Macllias, Edward Chase of
Barring. Roy II. Fernald of Winter
port, Maurice c. Lord and Austin w.
Heating of Belfast. Silas T. Iawry or
Fairfield, Mrs William Quimby and
/, w. S. Moore Of Bar Harbor. Mrs.
Herbert II. Allan of Dennsyville,
Miss Helen Hanson Of Calais, Mrs.
Guy Twombley OF Monroe. Fulton
]. Redman of Ellsworth and Miss
Mary Mcdonald of Machias
+ curtin CdSAi NN L.
, Strickland. Mrs. Frederick w. Hill.
Terrence =. Towle, and Clinton {.
Stevens of Bangor. w. II. Water
house of Old Town, Capt. Percy a.
Hasty of Dexter. Leon G. c. Brown
of Milo. Mrs. Bertha Campbell and
Mrs Blanche Brown of Dover-FoX-
croft, Mrs l.. L. ROSS, John s. Will
liams and Mrs. John s. Williams of
Gulford, Harry A. Saunders of
Greenvi!le, Asa A. Bishop of Pressure
Isle, O. l.. Reyes of Caribou. Winfield
s. Brown of Mars Hill, Mrs. Kate
Estes of Fort Fairfield, and Thomas
V. Doherty. Aaron A. Putnum and
James c. Madigan of Houlton.
The delegates at large to the
Democratic national convention at
san francisco four years ago were
the late EX-Gov. Oakley G. Curtis OF
Portland EX-Congressman Daniel j.
McGillicuddy of Lewiston. Bertrand
G.. McIntire of Norway and ExAt-
torney General William r. Pattan-
gall OF Augusta.
The Democratic State committee
will be in session in Lewiston City
hall at . +. NJ, on Tuesday. March
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