Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-16
THIRD DISTRICT POLITICS.
About Congressmen
Wstefvilis Sentinel.

Edit6T Of me Sentinel:
That the people Of the Third Congfes-
sisnal District vArt char &c Of represent
alive seems we'll settled. that 10 too sp.
parelt to be disputed. The fact that the
Hon. Joseph Il. Msnley has announced
himself to be . csndidste for the nomina-
ton shows saAs Republican voiess are look
ing for somebody besides Mr.. MiIlikeu to
vote for. Mr.. Msnley nas been too long
Of the head of the party and 10 too ssga-
cious polif IA 70 offer himself % . car-
oida.e il he did not hnsv thai there vas .
deep seated opposition among the voters to
Mr., MiIiiksn and . vidsspresd deisrmioa-
ton 10 the party not 10 support him for
another term; that Speaker Wisveii il
SEEKING toe nomination 10 very significant
A. 10 the opinion OF fIsbcoek couniy Re-
publicsns about running M MiiiiGs q
sgain; and more siguiacAa. than al! the
rest Of the sigHs IL the popular dsifs towards
Governor Burleish.
That either Of these thfee men would
ably fill the place no one can doubt. The
important q aession 10 which enc would il be
most prudent for the party to nominate, IL
either, which one has the elements Of VOTE
getting in the highest cegrees IL must be
remembered that our next State election
.ili be held under the secre. bsllo: system
where every voter can express his honest
choice witt q 1t fear Of the whip Of bosses
and ,eYrif ID BY the eye Of the rirg spy.
This system vAs established q the demand
Of the people. IL was forced from tie
Legi,Iaiure in the iotefss Of political
iberiy. Unoer is p,ctsction that liberty
gill be exercised for an honest txp,es
sion Of the peoples will IT the polls
Ut Z. fall. Wisdom and good politics there
fore demand that each party shsll uomina e
its best, eieansst and most available mep,
otherwise IL may expect bad tipover,
through the secrst I < preston OF the viii
Of the voters. When 9 man o6ers himself
for support for tice bis antecedeGts should
be & leading test Of bis fitness as . vote
drawer How vi his car d dacy be re-
gafded by the body Of The voters, the tax
tefor mefs, the fsrmsfs. the saf veterans,
the temperance people, the great ma ori'y
who believe in personal purity OF character
and clean political Management? These are
questions that will not be suppressed BY
machine palitics this year. A caucus may
be carried By packir Z, bus an election can
not be 30 carried under the secret ballot.
Is will not do for Republicans TO count tao
confidently on their former msJ critics 10
this disiric; aud take load Iney cannot
carry. A b I'd or weak nomination may up
set it all The figures Of the last Con-
gressional election are full OF warning.
More than 800 Republicans. who came to
The polls, repudiAted Mr.. Milliken by oper =
ly scratching his name from the ballot. IL
10 generally believed that with &c ret bsi-
lot he would have been defeated. No
Republican An regard the probability Of =
Democratic Congressman from the kenne-
bee district with pleasure. In fact Mr.
Mlliiken has long been lessening quaDti-
ty among the people. Mr.. Manley nor
Mr.. WisweIl have never been tested before
the people Of the district - vote getters.
Inst either you'd run much better than
Mr.. Milhken is very likely. 1t 10 genera
ly conceded that kenpebec has her inL.
log this time, 90 that Mr.. Wiswell is hardly
to be though. of. Mr.. Msnley has no! been
tried s. . vote winner. Governor Bufleigh
has been tried by this test twice. the first
time showing great strength and the last
time developing q popularity among the
voters without parallel in this State.
Here are the figures showing what the
voters of the Third District thought Of
Governor Bufleish as compared with Mr..
Milliken for high office at the last election.
The significant figures for le four counties
Of this district were as follows: