Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-02
THIRD DISTRICT POLITICS.
II Belongs 70 kennebee.
TWs.eryille Sentinel

The Republican congressional combat
des ms Ia his district. Fsom this ufae
on astii the peoIle settle il the eanras, i'll
be &C ira, tns il should not De bitter Bar Of
. character 10 give sid kaa comfort to the
common enemy. Whatever fosiosiE ssy
candidate may have. il ought IL be eoncee-
ed st the outset that the c.aim OF hsnneese
county TO the next congressman 10 grounded
ufoa soiid iesson. Ii has Always been the
policy cfhoh psrsiss 10 siye esch county
its fair shars Of congressional representa-
rien. ] hat share has Aisays been appof-
toned according 10 the size, population and
business importance Of the counties and
should obviously Aiso bear some relation to
the couEty's ca3tineent Of votes upol which
the election depends.
kennebec car have the next congress
man. Its claim il 90 just that it cannot be
successfuliy resisted. Ii is BY far the
most important county 10 the district in
population, valuation and Repahacanism
Ii hes more than one-third of the entire
population Of the whole district. more than
40 Per cent. Of it, valuation and contains
larger msj GRITTY Of Republican voters
than all the rest OF the district and yet,
fer seventeen .eafs il has not been scc1rd-
ed lhe congressional nomination. During
that yeriod every other county in The 6is-
trict has had its menb " Of Congress; Som-
erect for six years; Waldo for sigh, years
and Hancock for two years, the latter
county also having furnished . United
Statss senator for twelve successive yesrs
In fact DO county 10 the State, so popuious
ss Kennebec. has ever been % long, nor,
We think, half % long, withous claiming or
having the member Of Congress, tlnce
Msine Was State. IL not Ksnnebec then
justly entitled to the ntxi nomiaatiot
Certainly Of all the counties, Waldo hiss
the least claim to the Republican nomins-
ton. With less than half the population
ard ore .hiid the valuation Of X snnebeo,
q the fAsI election that county threw =
msj JYiiy Of 394 votes sgAiuss the RepuoIi-
can candidate, while Kenpebec county came
IN with rouad 2s00 M )r.ty for the RspUo-
lican candidate for governor. We will no,
further sDaiyza that vote at present. We
claim that the nomination belongs now to
Ksnnebec county sss question Of fairness,
justice and usage. laying the question Of
av,i ability and fllness Of candidates aside.
When it comes to that question, We think
ksnnebec will have no reAson to blush.
But We sometimes hear IL said that il the
other districts continue their present repre-
sentatives in Congress this district shonld
also do 90. What have the other districts
to do With this? Such reason why Ken
nebsc should longer yield her Just claim 10
too pueriie for consideration. 1. 10 :
reason that ring might urge but has no
foundation 10 the best int. rests Of the
people. We believe that Kenuebec
will claim its rights and 1t must be presumed
lhst every candidate from this county is
sincsre 10 bis own personal aspirations. II
our claim 10 asserted and tensciously mxia-
tAiped il must be successful, for no uu-
pref adics Republican in the district can
deny its justice. Let kennebec Rspubl-
cans pull together in this important crisis
IF her history.