Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-12-19
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A Csnnunirafisn Frsn Nr. Goddard.
70 the Edsssr sf tie Ks.sesee Journal;
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Hrask z Roberts sens the following isst<f
/ 10 se-iYs Republicans shroash II tie State
| Of Mime, sad is 10 proeAbis shas. - Re-
publican orgsn, veu recsived this nosics
| Bsusswicx. Maine, Dsc- Z, issi.
NJ Dea, Ssr:
Tas exseative comnitsse Of the State
I.essus Of T. pablicsn Clubs desires shsf 3
Rspasisesn Club shsu,d be osssnixed 10
ysn. ices.isy, If, IN yea, jaissuens, is viii
assiss Tie party II you spcsose, vii yea
eiease asd ID the vcsk:
Tbe erss stsp voad be TO circulate .
paper for signatures, beaded BY erlsf
dselArssioa of tusensiens, something axe
tie fsiioviug;
We the uadersigned, R.pueiicAns OF
-, believing that The principals OF
Re pabsicAnism caa be further sdvsoeed
and ihs harm my and strength Of the party
Promoted by the essknizxiioa OF pefna-
nsns RspabIicsn cub il this lccaitty, pro
psse to meet q - on - evesiaz.
far The parpsse Of forming saca clah-n
a frsIn Of eorssl,lsian Aad py laws should
be prspsr.d--sbe simpler uhe bsster-to
submit at that meeting, sfses which. psf-
nsneni osgsoiEx ioa could be efsetsd.
The primary sjscs OF The elu' should Re
70 enroll sn 3e its msme ests 81, z,od Re-
pabiic.n. in yo1r lociiiiy, particularly the
younx mse jast about TO exercise for the
asss time the rishs Of safrazs.
For further particulars or information,
apply to
FRANK f RozsRTs,
Secretary state ReIubAcaa League OF
Msiae-
The portions omitted from the letter ars
rsga,diog future work ia the clubs, which
fsr ohvioas rea,ons should not BE- pub
llshea
Us Friday afternoon, the llth inst, |
consulted with tuo or three active Republi-
can workers. sDd on Saturday at late hour
personally circulated . call in the sxsct
form a. given 10 the body of the letter. |
obtained some so sigassdres without
t'subie. invited esch man 10 mee, st my
flee ths. evening. Some promised 10 be
,here, and others ssid ,hst whssever action
se tcoz would be perfectly satisfactory.
Accordingly the meeting wss held and
officers selected from msn known IS active
Republicans workers whose Repu blicsDism,
cleAa record . sGd persoosl popularity cou'd
DOT be i'm mpe.chsd or criticized Strictly fol |
10 wing ths s1ggestioas Of the letter. 9
block form Of . constitution aud bylS~s
wss submitted to that NEE ing aud
approved. II was referred to the executive
committee for compietion, and 10 it II Il |
distinctly stated that the present roll OF offi !
GERS is but the provisional forms ion OF the |
club. And that the annual election shall be
held in the middle Of February. The form
of the call, inviting every Republican In
Augusta to lia, was written, and has since
appeared III your valuable psper. Our
oIly reason for haste was the ambitious
de sire TO have Augusta lead in this move
men,, and 20 form the II rst club under this
cal. TIE club is to meet Saturday night
and to hesr the report Of the executive
committee of the constitution and bylaws
which are 10 be submitted.
TIE criticism so freely made thst plh-
lie call should have been given for Q mass
meeting 10 wi hout justice. There has
never been 3 political C ub ia this city or
any o:her city, no STOCK company, no tfe
e CINE company, in fact no popular organ
IL .tiou which has not been formed in K
4 :tly the same manner that this club was
Il is we'll known fact TO every organizer,
political, rel lgious, or business, shst pro-
visionai formation is peces.ary TO get an
orgsni cation into working order, and that
il dis-at sfsction exists regatding the IN
cumoent Of any flee, it is easily remsdied
At the fl ct annual election
So TAR 40 the officers and members of the
club is concerned. there never vas or never
Il bs word said regarding the personal
preferences OF any menb r or { I'll ,er 10
regard 10 the Congressional candidates,
and the matter wSa never C sdered. uu'il
sugges ed, i,erated and reiterated in the
cDlamns OF the JOURNAL. To this very day,
no lIvIpg man, woman or child can ssy how
many members Of the orgaoiz .tion, or how
many of its fficers favor eli her Governor
Burleiah, Mr.. msniey, Mr.. Miihken. Mr..
Wlsseli, or sny other candidate for Goa
grees; and statements such as that nine out
Of the thirteen officers are for one csndi-
date. may or may not be true. We know
nothing about it. and care nothing shout it,
There is nothing 10 the whole action of
this cub which we in sny way regret Had
you not as paper attacked this orgsnizt-
ton, there wound never have been q word
of criticism or i'll feeling, and to this day
there is not man in the city of Augusta
that ~ili venture to say that had the quss-
ton been left TO the 1900 Republicans in
this city at mass meeting, better or
wiper selection o, officers as whole could
have been made, We regret that we are
obliged to make this public statement, but
yrur open charge Of tsctionslism in the
formation Of 20 itical club. whose sole
purp ,.e is for participation in the piesi-
Dental csmpiig1, demand. that We do SO.
Ia closing mis- letter, would respect
fully ask you II lend the aid Of the
JOURNAL to the noble work undertaken by
this ciup, and as you have given prominent
portion to an adverse criticism Of the
PJr land Press, that you will append to this
letter the enclosed letter ard editorial COM
ment of ihs; paper published 10 todays
edition. Very respectfully yours,
A. M. GODDARD.
Chairman Executive Com Blaine Repub-
lic,n Club.
TAs the communication of Mr. Goddard
to tbe Portland Pres, covers the same
ground az the above commuuication and as
its chief points are fully SUMMARY d inl an
ed tori.l which We publish elsewhere in
our columns. it will be unnecessary to re-