The Somerset reporter., 1891-12-17
Justly Belongs to Kennebec

Editors of the Kennehec journal
Nv. h to join most heartily with Il
in urging the clsim that the next con-
tessman fr IN tie Tn ri District n 1nid
IN ali jlst CO and fairness he thken fria
X uuebec county | confess | do not set
how any OF our neighbours In this District
csn successfully deny the righ' OF nne
bee county to representation in the Nat.
ional House OF Representatives 1t has
now been seventeen Years since the great
banner Republican county Of Matte has
had representative in the lower house
of Congress. During these long years
she has never failed to give big Republi-
can msjOrties to the party candidate and
on at least one occasion saved the district
to the Republican party. In these inter-
veuing years all the other counties have
been represented in the National House
Hancock certainly does not appear to
have any prior claims tn this position,
least OF all the city Of Ellsworth which
has been most Literally used in the matter
of represt ntatOn in Congress ard has at
the present time one of It's citiz ns In the
United States Senate Previous to Mr..
Hal - advancement to The III per House
of Congress lie served in the Na'o al
Hou g of Representatives, from lists to
1873, period Of Zen Years. l. may be
said that for portion of this time Had.
cock county was not in the Third ID strict
This is so but what d II renee does il
make? The fact remains that II ncock
Iuuly was represented il the l. wer
House Of Congress for Il whole decade
prios 20 $50 sud that il l. sill repre-. ent-
Ell in the higher branch Of that bady by a
ii Zen OF L ls"orth. In be fac of
these facts what possible 81 i'm TIA, Han
cock county, least of all The Ellsworth to
further representation in Congress? As
a life long citizen of old Kcnnebee c0un-
ty which during all these ytars has bren
giving Republican msj )rities most Of til
time twice or more larger than hot Of
Hancock county | confess | BIN naHle
tp 5 {. Having been USED with tie u
inc st magnaui nifty by Kenrebec county III
years past, 1t seems To me hat At thi-
time instead Of CRASHING for more, Han
cock should come forward and freely and
cordially concede to k-nnetec county the
representation thai is jus ly her duo.
| Hancock csn we'll tske lessen ffna
Somerset which having heer gwen x
wears of rtpr scnlalill in The lower hau-e
ffcely comedies that i is kenHebec'. Turn
Surely Waldo county has DO fur h., r
claims. The average length of service Of
these who have represented the sec lon Of
Name now comprised in the Third Di,
trict in years past Is less than * years
When the contest was be we,n Mr. Lind.
sey OF Somerset county aud he present
Incumbent the opponents of the formti
gentleman asserted with cansiderahle
vehemsnce that he had all adv served
more tnan the average length # time and
mad no further claims upon The party
Ihis view of the matter prevailed and MI
Linsdsey was defeated. Ii Mr.. Lit disc,
had no further claims upon his party ID
1882 after he served In the Nationa
House six years, how much less CLAIM
will Mr.. Milliken have in 1892, after b,
has served ten years, a whole decad., q
OF nearly twice the average length of ser
vice OF men who have represented thi
district in years past. Surely the Repub
llcan party has been more than generou.
to the present incumbent.
believe that Gov ernor Burleigh fur
nishes the party at this juncture with tb
strongest possible candidacy. He is
kennebec man and what Is better still
combines IN remarkable and conspicu
Gus degree all the elements of politica
strength. His strong stand for the equa
zitlon OF taxation and for other project
dear to the hearts Of the agriculture
classes has made him stronger with tn
farmers than any other man who has bee,
named for the place. His advocacy O
the Australian ballot, and other measure
urged by working men have made hiI
exceedingly strong with the labor organ
izstions while his outspoken, unswery
ing temperance record has made hin
strong with people every where who be
lleve IN the suppression of the rum traffic
Governor Burleigh is man of great nat
ural ability. More than that he is mos
untiring worker, a man of the people, q
all times socessible to the people; a ma
upright and clean in all the relations O
lie. l am confident that the Republican
Will make no mistake in nominating sue
man for Congress and in this 1 feel
voice the sentiment OF large portion q
the Republication rank and file Ia thi
district.
REPUBLICAN FARMER.
Mt. Vernon, Dec. 5, 1891.