Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-08-14
The Maine Campaign.


Campaign committee has so much
money and SO many speakers that II
does not know what to do with them,
it would better take good advice and
keep its efforts for some more debatable
state than Maine. Senator Carmack
has allowed some little ferment over
local questions to deceive him as TO the
position of Maine Republicans on ma
tional issues. the Republicans OF
Maine are protcctionists. and are very
well satisfied with the Dingley tafliI.
And if any of them are favorable 10
any revision, it is not such revision as
would be made by Mr.. Carmack and
his friends.-Portland Press.
The Republican party of Maine, as
elsewhere throughout the nation, is
ready TO meet the Democrats on any is
sue which the latter may bring for
ward, this fall, but no issue will be
more gladly welcomed than that Of tar
iff revision. If Maine is not loyal to
the Lolicy Of protection, then no state
IN the Union is or ever was. 1t does
not forget the hard times that followed
the Democratic tariff tinkering and the
enaction of that free. trade anomaly
known as the Wilson bill. 1t knows
how greatly is due our present prosper
ity to the Dingley tariff, and is willing
to let we'll enough alone. 1t knows that
our agriculture, our lumber business.
our great pulp industry and
many lines of manufacturing are bene
Iited by the present tariff, which pro-
tects and stimulates them, and if the
fight is on this issue our State will
speak against any change with an en-
phasis which will echo across the whole
land.
Yes. by all means let the Democrats
abuse the present tariff, rather they
call their policy reform or revision
or give it it's honest name of free
trade" and Senator Carmack will be
forced to conclude that there was
something radically wrong with his
eyesight when he discovered that
Maine is ripe for revolt against the
iniouities oil the tarilI." There was
much he did not learn about Maine in
his one day tour of the State. He evil
IDENTIFY thinks our citizens are so lack
ing in intelligence as to forget the
Democratic record and to swallow
Democratic promises. He evidently
cnpllhin6erS
can make our people believe that the
trust problem can be solved by tariff
tinkering, though there is as much rea-
son to argue that the tariff has caused
the wet weather which has made hay
ing difficult. He probably thinks that
Maine people can be blinded to the fact
that the Democracy is pledged to the
free coinage of silver and the infamous
policy of scuttle in the Philippines.
Senator Carmack may have an idea
that Maine Republicans do not realize
that the September election is of ma
tional importance, and that the Demo-
Gratis can catch them mapping. He is
very much mistaken. Maine Republi-
cans are wide awake this year and
there will be no apathy of laundering
in their campaign. Ne local issues will
be allowed to cut down the majorities
for the general ticket. and whatever
national issue the Democrats may
choose to emphasize. the Maine Repub-
effort the DEMOCRATS may make in the
next few weeks, Maine will be found
unswerving in it's loyal devotion to the
great principles of Republicanism and
in it's earnest support of the present
State and national administrations.