Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-29

Hale who was expected to preside having
at the last moment found it impossible
to come here for the purpose, without
neglecting important war measures of
which he has charge in the United States
Senate,
FORTUNATELY, gentlemen. our duty today
is pain and our course clear. There are
no differences to be reeancited aid lilo
contests to bc foDGht out. The Republic
can party of Maine. as one man, demand
At our hands the unanimous rcnomina-
ton of Ilcwellyn Powers for Governor,
and the cordial approval and endorse
ment of a State administration which in
careful. Intelligent, busincss-like. eco
lnomical, ioVel-hcaded ana patriotic con-
duct of the affairs Of ctr State stands
without a subetNt AMONG those that
have preceded 1t. And when | say this.
! say much. for no State in this Union
has been more fortunate in its govern
mont than has ours, under remarkable
line of illustrious governors. raised with
out exception from the ranks Of the plain
people, and for more than forty years
Republicans az. except Two, who served
each for a, single year only.
And to that conscientious, peacc-loving.
hat brave, firm ana patriotic man in the
White House. whose heart and brain are
loaded with responsibility for the wise
and successful guidance of his country
through the hazards and complications
OF the war with Spain, to VIM. Mckinley,
the Republican part. Of Maine with one
voice demand that this convention of
their chosen delegates shall express their
sympathy and moral support. and pledge
the money and men of our State. to be
furnished when required, without reluc-
lance and without stint.
] admit there may have been honest
differences of opinion among patriotic
people as to the wisdom and necessity of
cmba rking in the war with Spain, when
we did. but now we arc in it.. there is but
one course for all true Americans to pur-
sue, and that is to uphold with all their
power the hands of the administration
charged with the conduct of the war. I'M
til naughty, cruel. periidious Spain shall
he forced to get out of the ISLAND of Cuba.
and leave a long suffering and outraged
people to themselves.
We. whose memory runs back to the pc
Rod from 1861 to 1865, are not blind to the
horrors of war. We know it means
enormous consumption, waste and de-
structlon of material wealth, the with
drawal of large numbers OF young men
from the ranks of wealth producers, and
the serious impairment of thc productive
capacity of the survivors throughout all
the remainder of their lives We know 1t
means pensions to he provided for. the
destruction of commerce on the high seas
or its transfer into the hands of compct-
fjnrs, from whom it viii not come back
unjil long after the dawn of peace, and
the possible hombardment Of coast cities
ana towns. We know it means suffering.
wounds and death to sturdy men, tear
stained checks ana weary anxious. sleep
less hours OF waiting for gentle women.
and sad heart sOhS for innocent children
We know war means all this and much
moro, and should in all cases consistent
with national honor, duty and destiny, be
StudIpuslY avoided. But we know too
that throughout an history war has been
the mighty instrumentality by means of
which cruel wrongs have been rishteL
humanity uplifted ana civilization ad-
Xanced, AMI we believe that when the
condition of a weak people. almost IN
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