Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-15
The Man fer the Party.
FHalioveli Register. I

Gsveraer Rnslsigh t6li coatieass hii
long lead in ihs Conxsefsaoasl contest IN
this district. He 10 gaining ground every.
sbere despite TIE tf,rts Of his opponents
to stem the tide Of popular favor that has
sss 90 strongly in his direction. The pes-
pie are with the Governor. They sdnife
his sturdy manhood, his temperate hsbits.
his clean reeord. and uocemrramisirg in-
tsgrity. They knor BY experience that
Governor BuYleigh never ssys apythir {
that he does not mean; never makes any
promises that be does not keep. There 10
nothing af the 1ieksser in his make up. No
pubic fficisl has ever been 90 conspicu-
ously free from suspicion Of this kind
There 10 no necessity for Governor Bur
leigh 10 70 sround the State sounding his
ovn praises, or eadesvorineto free himself
from aoy suspicion Of political double
dealing. No such suspc, has ever rest
cd upon him and the epic are too veil
acquainted with him to ,. qiire suy eeriifi-
cave Of character in his beaalf. His Whole
public career has been Jursued With
an eye single to the public welfare. His
appointments TO public place have been
made with rare good judgment and without
any breath Of political ehicanery resting
uFuu dmuLk All uItu AplNauttu
TO cffeesby Governor Burieigh there 10 not
one sho can say that either dire city or in
directly were any pledges Of political iup-
port sxaeted from him, sr that the Governor
ever referred or even hinted at anything Of
the kind to any candidate for . political
office in his gift.
No man today in public life in this State
10 more free than he ffcm suspicion Of this
character. He has never permitted the in
nuendoes Of cpponeats TO affect, in the
slightest degree, his ightforwsrd course
Of action. He mas been too broad man
to be reached BY this species Of political
manipulation. and the people admire him
because Of that fact The Governor tas
acted from frs. to last with the earnest de-
sire to take such action upon all matters
that come before him As would best pro-
mote the public welfare. Looking At il
solely from the narrow standpoint OF a
small politician il is plain TO see where he
has often pursued this course to his own
personal disadvantage. The public service.
however, has been The gamer, and the
everyday Intelligent citizens OF the State
have not failed to see and appreciate the
broad minded, courageous and unseltish
ceurs 4.'oi.their chief executive fact that
wss sho~n by his ability to lead bis parry,
in an oh-ysAr election, 10 victory even
more pronounced in It's splendid proper
lions, than the one which first elected him
to the biahestssotiice in the gift of his State.
1t 10 because Governor Busleigh 10 broad
enough TO rise above petty politics that he
az Joys today such general popularity among
the people Of his Stkts. They know that
he has been the real Governor Of Maine,
and that il be succeeds in his present
aspirations be will be the real congrsssma
from the Third District. As such, his past
record will betsuficient guarantee that he
will not farm out The patronage Of ths
office among 4 few Spstiy leaders in the
various counties.
The whole tendency Of modern times is
towards indspendel cs Of political action in
the selection Of candidates. The psoplc
are not willing to be led about by the nose.
They are coming more to have settled per-
sonal convictions Of their own and TO stand
up for them More and more have they
grown to despise that class Of men who. for
official place and power. have been willing
to give away its substance. 1t 10 because
the people of the Third Congressional
District have seen enough Of Edwin
C. Burleigh to know that he is
man who would rather never
have ofilce.at all than to sccept it under
such humiliatipg conditions, that they are
for him TODAY with an enthusiasm and per-
sonsl devotion that hiss rarely been accord
ed public man in this S.Ste. The Cover
nor is in this fight 10 win. The highest in
terests of the Repr blicsn party in the
Third District demand that he should be its
next candidate for Congress. As 3 candi-
date he has always impaired strength to
bis ticket, and snch are the men whom the
party will want at the front when Maine
leads 0 # in the great presidential contest of
1899.