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The "Draft" machinery was soon set in motion. Chairmen of local Boards were: T. D. Elliott, Laconia; A. W. Chandler, Con- way; Edward H. Lord, Keene; George W. Brown, Berlin;
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Joseph P. Huckins, Plymouth; George W. Currier, Nashua; Charles S. Emerson, Milford; James F. Brennan, Peterboro; Allen M. Wilson, Manchester; Thomas H. Madigan, Man- chester; Harry C. Jones, Manchester; George A. S. Kimball, Concord; Thomas F. Clifford, Franklin; Ceylon Spinney and William E. Marvin, Portsmouth; Herbert L. Grinnell, Derry; Edward G. Young and Arthur G. Whittemore, Dover; and Albert I. Barton, Croydon.
In New Hampshire 95,158 men were registered.
The New Hampshire men were allocated to many different military units on land and sea, hence they cannot be traced as a State group.
Before the Armistice came 42 American Divisions had been trained and sent over. Forty per cent of the Io3rd Infantry, 26th Division, were from New Hampshire. It had the hardest combat service at Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Argonne. New Hampshire troops were on many fronts and saw much ac- tive service. They spent considerable time in the Toul sector, saw hard fighting in the battles of the Somme, Cambria, Amiens, Soissons, the Marne, Champagne; took an active part in much of the fighting around Picardy, Lys, Rheims and the siege over the Ypres-Lys and Sedan-Mezieres railroad and played a telling part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
The Casualties. Our State had 230 men killed in action, 76 died of wounds, 315 died of disease, 5 were suicides, 5 drowned, 22 were killed in accidents, 7 were lost at sea, I was murdered, and 36 were recorded as "missing" (not deserters). These figures are from our New Hampshire records. The War Department records give New Hampshire's total casualties at 1,254, and 258 deaths in battle.
The State House Memorial tablet at Concord, however, con- tains the names of these 697.
They were our noblest and bravest sons. It is not meet to dis- criminate. Each and every one of them could do no more to serve their country. They gave their lives.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OFFICERS IN THE WORLD WAR.
N EW Hampshire had the following Brigadier Generals in the World War: Winfield S. Edgerly, Farmington; Wil- liam M. Fassett, Nashua; Harry Taylor, Portsmouth (French Legion D'Honneur) ; and Theodore A. Bingham, Con- cord (French Legion D'Honneur ) .
The State furnished these Colonels: Michael J. Barry, Con- cord; Salmon F. Dutton, Keene; George V. Fiske, Manchester ; Michael J. Healey, Manchester; Charles A. Hunt, Nashua; Wil- liam E. Hunt, Nashua; Richard Park, Warren; Irving W. Rand, Portsmouth; Albert L. Rhoades, Nashua; and George M. Rus- sell, Plymouth; Daniel H. Gienty, Concord.
The Lieutenant Colonels Were: Frank D. Applin, Keene; Ray L. Avery, Manchester; Leonard L. Barrett, Clare- mont; Charles J. Browne, Concord; Clark P. Chandler, Concord; Oscar F. Cole, Berlin; Carlton R. Metcalf, Concord; Carroll W. Neal, Concord; Frederick Perkins, Manchester; Robert H. Rolfe, Concord; Homer B. Smith, Lancaster; William E. Sul- livan, Nashua; Robert M. Thornburgh, Cornish; Herbert E. Tutherly, Claremont; Russell Wilkins, Concord; James B. Woodman, Franklin.
The Majors Were : Frank J. Abbott, Manchester; Robert A. Alton, Nashua ; Percy Bartlett, Hanover; Dr. Ernest L. Bell, Plymouth; Albert E. Brownrigg, Nashua; Charles W. Bundy, Nashua; Orville E. Cain, Keene; Daniel R. Chase, Lebanon; Gerald Chittenden, Concord; Everett Collins, Nashua; Charles E. Condon, Nashua; Eugene S. Daniel, Greenland; John A. Drew, Rumney; John P. Edgerly, Gilmanton; Harold C. Fel- lows, Gilford; Robert J. Granes, Concord; Noel E. Guillet, Manchester; Willis B. Hayes, Laconia; Frank B. Hills, Peter- boro; George D. Holland, Concord; Robert W. Holmes, Keene; Chauncey B. Hoyt, Portsmouth; Gordon F. Hull, Hanover;
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Patrick J. Hurley, Lancaster; Ralph G. Hurlin, Antrim; Edward N. Jerry, Concord; Hiram L. Johnson, Franconia; Ralph H. Kellar, Keene; Dr. John G. W. Knowlton, Exeter; Frank Knox, Manchester; Clarence B. Laffin, Gorham; Oscar G. Logarquist, Manchester; Neil E. Loynachan, Manchester; Clarence E. Mar- den, Concord; Clinton J. Masseck, Lehman W. Miller, Concord; Ganzalo C. Munaz, Center Harbor; Robert C. Murchie, Con- cord; Carl C. Oakes, Lisbon; John C. O'Connor, Manchester; Joseph Odlin, Andover; George Osgood, New Hampton; Curtis H. Page, Andover; Russell B. Patterson, Concord; Harlow S. Pearson, Hanover; James J. Powers, Manchester; Clarence E. Rexford, Concord; George A. Richter, Berlin; Edward C. Rose, Concord; Charles E. Scorer, Concord; Eugene T. Sherburne, Manchester; Harold E. Small, Nashua; Leslie W. Snow, Rochester; Oramel H. Stanley, Concord; Reginald C. Steven- son, Exeter; Henry L. Stickney, Manchester; Amos G. Straw, Manchester; William P. Straw, Manchester; Berrell L. Talbot, Milford; John W. Tarnosky, Milford; George L. Taylor, Alstead Center; Gordon B. Underwood, Manchester; Charles S. Walker, Keene; Dr. Wallace D. Walker, Portsmouth; Dr. George W. Watson, Manchester; Charles S. Wentworth, Rye; Arthur F. Wheat, Manchester; Nehemiah O. Whitford, Warner; Owen V. Wilcomb, Weirs; George C. Wilkins, Manchester; Mason J. Young, Concord.
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CITATIONS IN THE WORLD WAR.
T HE Roll of Honor. The names of those who gave all on the battlefield are chiseled in granite in every home city, town, village and hamlet. These names we read daily as we go to and fro and point them out to all-and will continue to do so as long as we live. Their heroism and sacrifices are an in- spiration and a warning for all time to come.
Congressional Medal of Honor. This medal was awarded to George Dilboy of Keene for special bravery at Belleau Woods on July 18, 1918, fighting until he died.
Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded as follows: Dr. Robert O. Blood, Concord; John S. Bruce, Franklin; James S. Butler, Keene; William J. Cahill, Manchester; Eliot A. Carter, Nashua; Henry A. Cheney, Bow; Andrew F. Connell, Rochester; Odilon Custeau, John P. Diggins, Nashua; William T. Hanley, Berlin ; Lynn H. Harriman, Ernest A. S. Harrington, Windham; Herbert E. Kendall, Wolfboro; Donald R. McIntyre, Manchester; August J. Massicotte, Franklin; Arthur Paradis, Nashua; Joseph H. Roberge, Manchester; Ernest P. Runnells, Concord; Earl R. Vinall, Meredith; Arthur J. Winslow, Harris- ville.
Peter J. O'Malley and John J. Reilly were both given the Croix de Guerre by General Edwards; Charles W. Ames, Peter- boro; Dalton F. Ayer, Marlow; Dr. Ernest L. Bell, Plymouth (an old Dartmouth football guard) ; George L. Blossom, Con- cord; Arthur Bouley, Nashua; Charles F. Bowen, Manchester ; Bishop Brown, Winfred O. Brown, Littleton; Robert G. Cady, Keene; Orville E. Cain, since Mayor of Keene; James E. Coffey, Nashua; Oscar P. Cole (State Senator), Berlin; Adelard E. Cote, Derry; Charles Cote, Nashua; Arthur J. Coyle, Concord; Harold K. Davison, Woodsville (now Councillor) ; Amedie Deschenes, Nashua; Ervin T. Drake, Franklin; Robert Aiken
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Drake, Franklin; Harold F. Eadie, Tilton; William M. Fassett, Nashua; James M. Faulkner, Keene; Harold E. Fife, Man- chester; Kenneth E. Fuller, Exeter; Emil J. Gariepy, Archie B. Giles, Sidney J. Green, Munsonville; Richard S. Hevenor, Win- field S. Hilton, Antrim; Edwin H. Hobbs, Hampton; Elmer E. Hogman, Amherst; Earl B. Holbrook, Litchfield; William H. Holland, Charles Hollinshead (deceased), Derry; Charles A. Hunt, Andrew Jackson, Lisbon (Croix de Guerre presented at Concord by Governor Bartlett) ; Clarence N. James, Franklin; Frederick Jones, Reeds Ferry; Guy E. Kidder, Amherst; Chester L. Kingsbury, Keene; William L. Koob, Sunapee; Frank C. Kurtz, Exeter; Alfred A. LePage, Berlin; Clarence E. Marden, Concord; Clinton J. Masseck, Weirs; William E. Nash, Con- cord; Leonidas A. Noel, Berlin; Donald Ordway, Dover; Albert Ostberg, Nashua; Lansing M. Paine, Durham; Robert C. Paradise, Dover; Harry Parker, Nashua; Philip B. Paul, Fitz- william; Frederick B. Perkins, Manchester; Murray 'S. Plant, Bethlehem; Louis M. Quirin, Manchester; Thomas J. Quirk, Manchester; Gordon B. Reese, Milford; Maurice H. Roberts, Derry; Delphi Rodier, Nashua; Robert H. Rolfe, Concord; William H. Root, Claremont ; Edward M. Ross, Lebanon; Ernest E. Ross, Milford; Ellsworth P. Runnells, Concord; George M. Russell, Emmett R. Sloane, Berlin; Guy D. Tibbetts, Benning- ton; Abbott Treadwell, Concord; Bertrand E. Tremblay, Man- chester; Miss Anne Upham, Keene; Dr. Jerome P. Webster, Edward T. William, Farmington; John J. Whyte, Berlin.
Citations : Leon Blanchette, David H. Boland, Walter J. Boardman, Arthur Bridau, Salvatore Castratrao, Fred H. Chase, Frederick J. Chenette, John J. Cloman, Philias Cote, Allen S. Crew, William H. Dobbins, John H. Field, Daniel C. J. Hall, Thomas P. Hardy, Everett M. Heath, Christos N. Kalivas, Alejzy Kubicki, Henry J. LeClair, Herne J. L'Heureux, Perley C. Martin, George A. Mundt, Clarence Northrop, Ben Nudd, Louis Rayno, Roger W. Spaulding, Edward J. Sullivan, Charles H. Williams. /
After the soldiers had departed for the front, the State seemed
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deserted, but another line of service remained for the people at home, and that was to assist the Federal Government in general economic and social ways to win the war. A "Committee of Safety" was made up of very substantial citizens headed by John B. Jameson of Concord. "The National Food Administration" was represented in our State by Huntley N. Spaulding, and the "Coal Administration" by former Governor Charles M. Floyd. Production in agriculture was speeded up by the efforts of the New Hampshire College officials.
Governor Keyes, after a successful administration as Gover- nor, was elected to the U. S. Senate and his successor took up the work of getting the soldiers home, and reconstruction.
CHAPTER XXXV
THE ELECTION OF BARTLETT, GOVERNOR, MOSES AND KEYES, UNITED STATES SENATORS (1918). THE WORLD WAR ARMISTICE. THE STATE SOLDIERS' BONUS. THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. THE NEW SCHOOL LAW. STATE RATIFIES WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE, AND NATIONAL PROHIBITION. STATE REFORMS. PRESI- DENT WILSON'S RETURN FROM FRANCE.
S YINCE the great Senator, Jacob H. Gallinger, had passed away, and Irving W. Drew, by appointment of Governor Keyes, was serving as Senator temporarily, and the term of Senator Henry F. Hollis was expiring, two U. S. Senators and a Governor were to be chosen at the same election-an unusual coincidence.
The Governorship was won by John H. Bartlett of Ports- mouth, no competitor entering against him in the Republican Primaries. The vote at the election was: Bartlett, 38,465; Nathaniel E. Martin (D) of Concord 32,605.
Governor Henry W. Keyes won the Republican Primary nomination over former Governor Rolland H. Spaulding, after a hard campaign, by the narrow margin of 292 votes. This contest was for the six-year term to succeed Senator Hollis.
The nomination for the two-year term, to complete the un- expired term of the late Senator Gallinger, was made in a Con- vention of Republican Delegates, and not by a Primary Election. In this Convention George H. Moses, former Ambassador to Greece, defeated former Governor Rolland H. Spaulding.
The Senatorial election results were: Henry W. Keyes, 37,783 to former Congressman Eugene E. Reed, Democratic nominee, 32,763; and George H. Moses, 35,528 to John B. Jameson, the Democratic nominee, 34,458. Senator Moses' term began at
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once since it was to fill a vacancy, while Senator Keyes' term began March 4, 1919, from which fact Moses became the "Senior" Senator.
For Congress the results were: First District, Sherman E. Burroughs (R) 18,658, William N. Rogers (D) 17,122, and in the Second District, Edward H. Wason, 19,343, Harry F. Lake of Concord, 14,923.
The Councillors elected were the following outstanding men: Gen. John H. Brown of Concord; Arthur G. Whittemore of Dover; Windsor H. Goodnow, Keene; Stephen W. Clow of Wolfboro and John G. Welpley of Manchester. Arthur P. Morrill was President of the Senate and C. W. Tobey, Speaker.
The World War Armistice came just seven days after the State Election or on November 11, 1918. Senator Moses often averred that the Kaiser surrendered on account of the New Hampshire election.
Governor Bartlett began preliminary work before his inaugu- ration, selecting Committees to study problems which were pressing.
A reform was sadly needed in the public school system of the State. This reform is now known as the "Great School Law of 1919." Up to this time in New Hampshire each town had such schools, and only such schools, as its own citizens were finan- cially able to provide. The policy of having the State contribute funds to equalize school opportunities had never been tried. Governor Bartlett made it his premier issue. He maintained that the school opportunities in poor towns were "disgracefully" in- adequate, many having as few as 16 to 20 weeks of "schooling" in a year, held in unsanitary buildings and often taught by un- qualified teachers, paid poor wages, while fortunate towns and cities had 36 weeks of good schools in a year, held in adequate quarters, taught by qualified teachers, decently paid. The Governor laid down the principle that public school education should no longer be dependent on the resources of each locality, that the State owed a duty to children to equalize school op- portunities for the poor and rich towns alike.
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To accomplish this objective the Governor organized a group of educators and outstanding leaders outside the Legislature, headed by General Frank S. Streeter, a Dartmouth College Trustee, Dr. Ernest M. Hopkins, President of that great insti- tution, Judge John E. Young, Ralph D. Payne and Judge Frank J. Peaslee as advisors and sponsors, to whom he has always ex- pressed appreciation for drafting and pushing the Bill which was passed after vigorous effort.
While financial aid to poor towns was the high point of the Legislative battle, there was a sort of "home rule" opposition to the "supervisory" and "Americanization" phases of the new law. The reform was influential in other States.
The first State Board of Education appointed by the Governor consisted of General Streeter of Concord, Chairman; Ralph D. Payne, the well-known author of Durham; Honorable Thomas W. Fry, Claremont; Wilfred J. Lessard, a French-American at- torney of Manchester; and the Honorable John C. Hutchins of Stratford. The present membership of the Board, after twenty years of successful operation, follows: Orton B. Brown, Chair- man, of Berlin; Joseph W. Epply, Margaret S. Goodnow, Alice S. Harriman, Robert T. Kingsbury, Adolphe L. Robert and James A. Wellman-all outstanding citizens.
Ernest W. Butterfield was chosen by the first Board as the "Commissioner of Education." He had been acting as "Super- intendent" under the old order. Commissioner Butterfield favored the passage of the law and was efficient in putting it into operation. He has since been succeeded by an equally able and tactful executive in Dr. James N. Pringle.
The entire area of the State was divided by the new law into 50 Supervisory Districts, and a trained School Supervisor put in charge of each District.
In addition to such District Supervisors, there are "Field Workers." At present they are: Russell H. Leavitt, High School Agent; Phila M. Griffin, Elementary School Agent; Paul E. Farnum, Administrative Field Agent; Elizabeth M. Murphy, Supervisor of Health; Verna Payson, Supervisor of Home Eco-
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nomics; Earl H. Little, Supervisor of Agriculture; Wallace D. Black, Supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation; Howard E. Swain, Supervisor of Trades and Industries; Curtis R. Bresna- han, Inspector of Child Welfare; and Christopher J. Pollard, In- spector of Child Labor.
The first State official in New Hampshire (1846) who had a limited jurisdiction over Schools was Charles B. Haddock, called a "Commissioner of Common Schools." His duties were ad- visory. His successor was Richard S. Rust.
After that the State had "Secretaries" of "Boards of Educa- tion." These Secretaries were: John S. Woodman (1850), Hall Roberts, King S. Hall, Jonathan Tunney, James W. Patterson (later U. S. Senator), William D. Knapp, John Wingate, Roger M. Sargent, Charles A. Downs, George W. Cate, and Roger M. Sargent.
Later the State had a "State Board of Education" with a "Superintendent of Public Instruction," the line of succession being: Amos Hadley, Anthony C. Hardy, John W. Simonds (1874), Charles A. Downs, James W. Patterson, Fred Gowing, Channing Folsom, H. C. Morrison, Ernest W. Butterfield. But still it was the "town system" with the State furnishing only one Superintendent with one office at Concord. They doubtless did as good work as possible under the regime of "every town for itself," a majority having inadequate funds. The new law pro- duced an "equalized system" with adequate funds so that New Hampshire now has conspicuously good schools.
Getting the Boys Home. Each transport of soldiers that returned from the War scenes in France via Boston Harbor was greeted by a New England welcoming Committee, consisting of the then six New England Governors, viz: Milliken of Maine; Bartlett of New Hampshire; Clement of Vermont; Coolidge of Massachusetts; Beekman of Rhode Island and Holcomb of Con- necticut. They sailed out of Boston Harbor to meet the trans- ports. Many wives of returning soldiers accompanied them. These returning "Buddies" were not only made welcome, but individual effort was made to see that they not only got home,
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but also got into their pre-War jobs. This kind of aid was con- stant for two years after the Armistice. The Committee also greeted President Wilson on his return from France.
Major Frank J. Abbott, a brave soldier, having been chosen Commander of the New Hampshire Department of the Amer- ican Legion, was recommended to Governor Bartlett for appoint- ment as his Adjutant General in place of the then incumbent, Charles W. Howard who did not serve in the War. The Gover- nor made the appointment but was blocked in this by a political maneuver, resulting in an adverse decision by the Supreme Court on a technicality, a case of "machine" politics again.
Soldiers' Bonus. On recommendation of Governor Bartlett, an appropriation of $2,100,000 for a Soldiers' Bonus of $100 each was made, and, accompanied with an engraved certificate of service and appreciation, signed by the Governor, was speedily mailed to each soldier and sailor who served in the War. The number of men so aided was found to be 19,425, thus making a total of $1,942,500. Bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 were issued. They were fully paid in four years. A beautiful tablet was set up in the State House, containing the names of all, who, serving from New Hampshire, died in the military, naval or auxiliary forces of the United States. James E. French, the famed "watch-dog" was not mean when it came to soldiers.
The Reform School. Governor Bartlett personally in- vestigated a charge of brutal "flogging" of minor children in the "Reform School" at Manchester. He found proof of the same and discontinued it.
Memorial Bridge at Portsmouth. Another objective of the Bartlett Administration was to properly memorialize the soldiers and sailors of the World War. This was done by erect- ing a Memorial Bridge to take the place of an old toll span across the Piscataqua River. It was built at a cost of $500,000 for New Hampshire, the same amount for Maine, and a like amount for the Federal Government. A Commission to build the Bridge consisted of: Governor Bartlett, Governor Milliken of Maine, and Secretaries of the Navy-Daniels and Denby. The struc-
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ture was completed for less than the three appropriations, and a small portion of the funds were turned back. It was opened for public use on August 4th, 1924, when Fred H. Brown was Governor. Governor Bartlett, as he resided in Portsmouth, acted throughout as the agent of the Commissioners.
One problem of the Legislature of 1919 was to eliminate a powerful State Commission of five members which, by machine- schemed laws, had gradually stripped the Governors of the State of all economic power, and responsibility. It controlled, inde- pendently of the Governor, the finances and business of all the State institutions. The system was wrong although the mem- bers were honorable. In its place, under the new law, was set up a system of separate unpaid Commissions, one for each State institution, under the Governor, composed of one member of the Governor's Council, and a body of representative citizens, ap- pointed by the Governor and Council to take a closer interest in the business and also the inmates of the institutions. This plan has been retained to the present time. The members of the old monopalistic board were: Benjamin W. Couch of Concord, Chairman; John G. M. Glessner of Bethlehem; Marcel Theriault of Nashua; Edgar J. Knowlton of Manchester and Henry W. Boutwell. This change was enacted after a bitter fight against the "machine." Dr. C. P. Bancroft cooperated with the new board at the State Hospital.
Suffrage for Women. On August 13th, 1919, Governor Bartlett, sensing the importance of speedily settling the long agitated question of woman's suffrage, moving against "ma- chine" opposition, called a special session of the Legislature to vote on the Federal Amendment. In the Governor's message he said in part:
"The granting of real citizenship to women has been de- layed too long already. The delay is increasingly ag- gravating an already disturbed public mind. By holding this special session and acting favorably on this question, we may be the means of cutting short that delay by four years for the women of many States as well as our own."
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The legislature speedily ratified the woman suffrage Amend- ment and adjourned in one day. The Federal Amendment adopting prohibition was also ratified by the Legislature during the Bartlett Administration.
CHAPTER XXXVI
PRESIDENT HARDING. GOVERNOR ALBERT O. BROWN.
MOSES RE-ELECTED SENATOR. GOVERNOR BART- LETT'S U. S. APPOINTMENTS. MORRIS UNITED
STATES JUDGE. JEWETT, SPAULDING AND HALL
NAVAL OFFICERS. FRED H. BROWN, GOVERNOR. PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION BLOCKED BY POLITICS. ROGERS SUCCEEDS BURROUGHS IN CONGRESS. HINK- LEY SUCCEEDS YOUNG AS ATTORNEY-GENERAL. SUL- LIVAN SUCCEEDS DONAHUE AS INSURANCE COMMIS- SIONER.
W ARREN G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge were elected President and Vice-President respectively over Cox and F. D. Roosevelt. The New Hampshire vote was 95,196 to 62,662. The League of Nations, a policy created by President Wilson, was the main issue and it failed.
Albert O. Brown, Governor. In 1920 Albert O. Brown (R) of Manchester, won the nomination for Governor over his Democratic opponent, Charles E. Tilton (D) of Tilton.
Senator George H. Moses, having served his short two-year term, and having been re-nominated in a sharp contest with Huntley N. Spaulding, was re-elected U. S. Senator over Ray- mond B. Stevens.
The President of the State Senate was Leslie P. Snow of Rochester, and the Speaker, Fred A. Jones of Lebanon.
The Governor's Council consisted of: Charles W. Barnes of Lyme; Albert Hislop, Ex-Mayor of Portsmouth; George E. Truedell Ex-Mayor of Manchester; George L. Sadler of Nashua ; and Fred S. Roberts of Laconia. Congressman Wason (R) and Burroughs (R) were re-elected.
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Governor A. O. Brown was one of the State's outstanding men, a widely-known lawyer, banker and financier, and he conducted the State's business conscientiously and economically. As a Trustee of Dartmouth College for years, his interest in education was known throughout the State. In his will he made a large bequest to Dartmouth College, and to his old "Prep" school- Coe's Academy at Northwood. He died March 28, 1937.
Governor A. O. Brown was President of a session of the State Constitutional Convention which assembled while he was Chief Executive. Edwin C. Bean of Belmont continued as the able Secretary of State, and John W. Plummer of Concord as State Treasurer. Leslie P. Snow, the President of the Senate, resigned to accept an appointment from Governor Brown as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Governor A. O. Brown and his Staff were guests of Senator Moses in Washington, D. C., at the inauguration of President Harding. In his Administration a Board of Publicity was created.
During Governor A. O. Brown's term, President Harding visited New Hampshire and was sumptuously entertained by Secretary Weeks at Lancaster, assisted by Senators Moses and Keyes. All New Hampshire turned out to see him.
A legislative enactment which the members of the State Board of Education believed to be "destructive economy," led four of the five members to resign out of protest. Governor Brown re- luctantly accepted their resignations. However, he named Huntley N. Spaulding, Chairman; Alice S. Harriman, Orton B. Brown and Merrill Mason. Mr. Lessard did not resign. Spaulding gave much time to this work.
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