Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-19

( next Governor, is nearer to Boston to-
{ day than it was to Bangor a quarter
/ Of century ago. Her acreage, almost
equal TO that of the Commonwealth q
Massachusetts, is to be stripped of its
forests and brought under cultivation
/ The days of Names poverty have
gone by, She has enough TO make her
comfortable. but of course she wants
more
Hannibal Hamlin, Names great
son. blessed be his memory; said that
Maine was a good state in which TO
raise rocks and men. There is no state
in the Union. however commanding in
population. or wealth,o or location, that
has so impressed its ideas upon ma
| tional legislation as the State of Maine
When Hamlin and Fessenden. Morrill,
and Blaine. died, they said the State Of
Maine had got done making political
history; that the wave of her political
power in national councils had ebbed:
but Maine men are still ON deck. One
| wears the ermine of the Chief Justice
| Of the Supreme Court of the United
| States-the highest place of judicial
| honor and power in this country: an
| other presides pro tenn in the Senate:
another guides the House of Represen-
| tatives. and his mighty brain will
guide the Ship of State in 1897 A we'll
meaning but slip shod clergyman
| snatched the presidency from the
| State of Maine in 1884 by the slightest
! of majorities; but that kind of history
| viii not repeat itself again The stall
wart Reed will be President in 1891.
| our public men have been the pride
| Of the State and the admiration OF the
! country
| And how singular it is that We have
| a large number left who are Yet TO
| climb the political tree and pluck from
| its topmost braches.
Cheap transportation is the great
factor in building the material inter-
ests of the State. 1t creates and pre-
serves. The railroad mind of the coun-
| try has changed on the subject of
| cheap transportation in the last few
years, as the greater carriage evens up
the profit in many ways
| Some would build up the State in
one way. and some in another. How
ever much we differ as to methods. we
nave a common purpose-the develop
| ment of the State of Maine.
| How can this be done? 1t can be
done through the public spirit enter
prise and energy of the broadminded
| and progressive men of the State: such
| men as compose this body-men who
can create public sentiment and pro-
mote public spirit. Such men can and
Will solve the industrial problems as
| they rise, and keep the fulness of the
tide rolling on. 1t is for them to point
| out the paths through which Maine,
| shall reach its fulness in industriat
problems. Such is the mission of the
advanced men of our generation.
1t is said that all men are created
| equal-they may be equal at the mo-
| mcnt of birth, but never afterwards.
Among the grades of men there are
two eNtremes-those who smother en-
| tefprise; development and ambition
and those who reach out and reveal
the future and grasp essential things.
| IL Is the latter who herald the day OF
progress and lead the march of inn
| provement
| The industrial DEVELOPMENT of the
state is to be guided by its broad
| minded men. men of genius. Its mis-
sion must be wrought out by it's active
men OF affairs. AS few men control
the policy of the government. so few
men control the policy of the State.
There must be confidence: the ma
tonal lesson of the past three years
teaches us that the greatest prosperity
may swiftly become paralyzed by dis
trust. Confidence is credit Prosper
ity and progress are built on credit.
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