Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-19

lion Of the State proved that be u not sec
tional candidate, but the choice of the people
Df Maine
No higher tribute was ever paid . candi-
late By those who have known him ~ . boy
and man. than that Of the Aroostook delegA-
ton many Of whom journeyed nearly four
hundred miles across the State to join in be-
slowing upon Mr.. Burleigh the unanimous
vote of that county: and the sentiment of its /
people was well voiced by the eloquent and
able speech of Mr.. Powers
Bangor has reason to be gratiied that it !
has stood in harmony with so large a msjori- /
~ of the people of its section. thus main /
tanning its time-honorel position in the poll /
tics of the State; while Penobscot county |
can point with pride TO the largest vote and
the largest majority for Burleigh given by |
any county in the State.
Mr. Burleigh is recognized by all men a. a
gentleman of the highest integrity, of proved /
executive ability, aud of remarkable popu-
larity. He is a republican of sterling quail
ty, and will make an honored gallant and
successful leader. -
The nomination has been most auspiciously
made, and the active work of the campaign
il now in order. As the friends of Mr.. Bur-
leigh have made no attacks upon other can
diiaies, they can afford to overlook the in
Justice that has been done by some of the
over-zealous champions of his competitors,
and the watchword henceforsh will be unity,
energy and victory.
Bangor Wing
The two great parties have now placed their
gubernatorial candidates in the field and
have made a declaration Of principles upon
which the campaign will be contested with
the people acting the jury TO decide in
favor of one or the other. Mr.. Putnam
stands upon platform that endorses the ef
forts of the democrats in Congress to pass
the Mills bill and the course of the admins
tration in sacrificing the rights of American
fishermen. Mr.. Burleigh stands upon
platform that repudiates the free trade doc:
trine supported by President Cleveland,
urges the defeat of the Mills bill and de-
nounces the fishery surrender for which the
administration is responsible. These are
practical questions in which the people OF
Maine have vital interest. The distress
ing effects of the Mills bill should it be-
come Law are we'll understood by the vot-
ers of this State. 1t would mean disaster to
the lumbermen, ruinous conn etition for the
laborers. These are but few of the bad eff
fects of the bill yet the democratic convention
warmly approves i, and invites the people of
Maine to endorse it by voting for Mr.. Put
nam. We have already called attention to
the shameful manner in which the admins
tration has treated the fishermen of this and
other New England States, yet the democrat
ic party not only endorses the surrender but
dominates one of the ''negOtiators' as its
| standard bearer. Thus these issues that d.
vide the parties in this State are clearly
drawn, Mr.. Burleigh representing protection
to Maine people against Canadian cOmDeti-
ton, and intolerance; Mr.. Putnam the free
trade Mills bill and complete surrender of
he interests of our fishermen. The people
should study these declarations of principles
thoroughly. The more the two platforms
are compared. the clearer it will become that
| to vote the democratic ticket this fall is to
vote for policy absolutely hostile to all of
Names great industries. The republican
platform is sound in every plank. There is
no poor material in it.
Lewiston journal June 18th.
| The Republican State Convention, held at
Portland Tuesday. was the largest gathering
of this character ever had in Maine. About
wy WV ""'' pi""s"'c" ""D 'NPANNN"s~e'
and the interest in the gubernatorial nomina-
ton unusually intense. Three excellent
Republcans-Gov. Marble, Mr.. Burleigh
and Mr. Cleaves--had been pressed for the
nomination by their respective friends. and
in every town delegates had been chosen at
large Republican caucuses, and in large
| number of cases after warm contest. AS
each OF the candidates was conceded to be
well htted for the position, and OF exception
| al character, the contest was in the main one
of personal preferences of Individual Re
arction an The nnsuccessful candidates for
the nomination. Whatever disappointments
there may be-as there always must be
where several persons strive for the same
position-yet in this contest, warm as it has
been. there will be far less of unpleasant
| feeling to overcome than is frequently the
case in contests where personal elimination
and recrimination have been INDUCED in.
| Hon. Edwin c. Burleigh, of Bangor, the
nominee of the convention-is so well known
to the people of the State, that he needs no
introduction. He has served as Land Agent,
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