Daily Kennebec Journal

The Boston Journal, speaking of the Greenback candidate for Congress in this district says, "Mr. Philbrick was formerly a republican, but became disgruntled about a Post Office appointment in 1868. He has been a member of both branches of the Legislature, of the Executive Council, and a Bank Examiner. In 1872 he supported Mr. Greeley. For two or three years he had no political status until the Greenback movement struck Maine. This offered him an opportunity, and he became the head of the movement in Somerset county. He is particularly fitted for the leadership of the party declaring war on National Banks by being a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Skowhegan, of which he was formerly cashier. He is a very good accountant, but has no enthusiasm, no elements of popularity, and no aptitude as a political leader. He is about the last man in Maine to claim the votes of laboring men."