Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-10

of approval. repeated again and again. re-
echoing the words of the gentlemen who pre-
sented our iavorite candidates name l wish
you could have listened to the speech of en-
dorsement made by the Hon. s. W. Mat
news OF Aroostook county, who fortunately
Tor US. with US tonight. wish you could
nave heard the one grand shout, making the
welkin ring, when the chairman of the conveu.
uon announced that out of total of 1854
votes, Ss2 had been cast for Hon. Joseph Rob-
inson Bodwel. Applause Above the din
so sweet to the Hslloweli delegates, l think
you would have heard, with me, the click!
chck OF a Thousand granite cutting ham,
mers, beating out upon the granite blocks of
the hsiloweli hills the smea and amen! in
approval OF the work of that assembly. And
why notf The man who establishes a large
industry, even where he imports his raw ma
terial, his skilled labor, his elaborate labor
saving machinery, is called q benefactor of
the place where he lives. But when man,
as Mr.. Bodwell has done, making the ever
lasting hills furnish him raw material nj the
bidding, ands &cing in the hands of his
workmen simply an edged tool and a square,
establishes vast business enterprise whose
products rival the famous gold mines of the
West-he becomes in double sense a bene-
factor OF his State and his fellowmen. You
NAV search every city and hamlet for repre-
sentative business men. am not using fall
some fisttery. In that list, our dintinguished
citizen VIII stand prominent-as an employer
of labor, and true friend of working men.
Let US remember for the moment that Mr..
Bodwell employs at the present time thou
sand workmen In different parts of this State
slone-thst his brain power and business
ssgaclty have furnished millions of dollars
distributed among its workmen. Then the
| nm ,,N. ~.
ing men of every country afford to exercise
most liberal generosity in the treatment Of
this good friendp'
Mr.. Marston concluded with an eloquent
peroration in which he extended congratula-
tion to Mr.. Bodwell, and assured him of the
support and the confidence Of the people of
Hallowell, and was loudly cheered at the
close.
In response Mr.. Bodwell addressed the
people as follows:
Mr.. Bcdwell's Address.
FELLOW CIIIzENs-I thank you most
heartily for this token of your friendship
towards me and for this manifestation Of
you approval OF the action of the convention
which had nominated me as their candidate
| io' po'eiuo. VI tnie cAatts touilHB 10 me
as this nomination does, without any effort
~ ,a.a ~ ra,. 80, " 80 ~, u.'" -" "e
great source of satisfaction to me that l see
SO many of my fellow townsmen here tonight
to congratulate me upon this occasion. l
| fully appreciate the honor which you have
paid me and heartily thank YOU who have
manifested 80 much interest in my uomina-
tion. Your coming here tonight gives me
special qualification and confidence in your
good will, for see among you many who have
spent years in our employ. | trust that no
act of mine will ever cause less friendship
than exists between us tonight, and while
you have not perhaps been so prominently
before the public as myself yet you are no
less deserving of the public consideration
and respect. To you all, fellow-ci,izens, l
wish to express again my sincere thanks for
the kindness and friendship which YOU have
ever shown towards me since | have been
n"""S s'u. ..e, n ."a' y"u I",e "ss'o"ea o,
they are rendered me so generously 1 cannot
but accept them and in doing so | feel a still
greater responsibility resting upon me should
| be elected Governor, being mindful that an
office is not nm homer to any man unless the
man can honor the office. And now, trusting
that yea will be generous in your judgment
| OF mNsetI, again tnaUk you anu nlu you "
hearty welcome here tonight.
Han ~ Mo,,h.ws
of Caribou, was introduced. He was from
Aroostook county, he said, from the woods
in the most norlherly part of the State He
was native or fenoDscot county 10 whlch
ne was cohneG.eu oy ,ne c'osea ues, M nu'
IN sa,,,;na 90 ~ uhom he shouid .un,ort
Out of 90 Aroostook delegates all but had
favored the Halioweil gentleman. Mr.; Bod.
wen mao come up ron 'ne io~er Ws'ks Oh
and for,une He had nor been edua,ed in
the colleges but in that higher and better
school of experience and the laboring man
Wouiu uehsn' " ,o!. nono. nun WI, "aansN'
t;on and could assure tbe neonle that the
nominee would fill the Gubernatorial chair.
Applause].
A. N. Spear, Esq,
of Gardiner. was introduced and spoke in
telling manner. He tended his coDqratula-