Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-31
SOMERSET
Admires the Qualities
of President Roosevelt.
County Prosperity is Based
upon Protected Industry.
Reasons Why Voters Will Support
Cobb and Roosevelt.

b. cn decidedly encouraging to the Re
publican workers Of Somerset. Mat
tcrs are undoubtedly coming their way
now and the Democrats are cores
pondm.ly depressed. 50 far as can he
l";rlc'i there is no Republican disHf-
fcctjnn iu amy part of Tie county, while
many Democrats MAX" no conceal
mcnt IF thcir intention /" vote the Re
publican ticket. Inquest inIiably the
cuuIS" pursued by III" Democratic
leaders iii attempting 10 cvade the
great national issues OF Til" campaign,
an! conduct Il canvass Of mtSrcprc-
sr.ttatiun on State issues las hurt
them with til" thinking mon 80 all par
ties. When the Statements issued
by the Democratic leaders charging
tie Republican party with having
lacked UP the valuation in til" country
ana largely increased tho burdens or
sctLtr taxation resting upon the peU-
RE. were first CIRCULATED among thu
voters of Somerset They attracted some
attention ana were TIA" occasion of some
discus sim. Thrs, statements. how
ever. were dis,rc,.itcd later on by The
appearance" of the official figures show
ing that inste.id ~ paying more taxes
into the stat. treasury in 1905 than
thcy did in rSS2. us tn" Democratic lead
r;5 and newspapers iHI asserted, III"
towns of VI: iGc actually paid into the
State i'm 1908 $ti".h-9.9l less taxes than
they lid in 1S>3 that tile bonded debt
of the State had been decreased during
the sun" period from SATISFIED I"
Fl .GJ;. UO1, that til" temporary loaf,
which WIS ro;idr"td necessary by the
Nar with Spain Ild all been paid, ana
that the state treasurer closed tie
year 1f03 with a cIsN balance of rcarly
S6.S. nOO-the lnrGcSt one in the history
Of tho state. our voters conclude that,
after ali. Republican rule was able TO
give Il irctty good account Of itself.
VI hen in addition t" this it was shown
chat the state valuation had actually
boon drt'r"aScd in most of the farming
towns Instead OF "JaCked up rs the
Democratic candidate for governor had
claim d! = decide! reaction took place.
/; ,puh:raus wei. shown how little de-
rru,,Ia'. WAS 4, Ec INT upon State
:r,lits ,u"nnt,uE from democratic
s7''i' .ti'ttlH i''i' - a'tlf''' " ~
hIl been lei I'LL i-nuI laith 10 repeat
som, Of Tia" Measurements put out by
The Ivnd",s of their lHlrty. in the hon
"St belief that they were true. were
Thoroughly licensed 1T the discovery of
th, DECEPTION which lad been practiccd
ulnn them, ANA were not SLOW to eX-
press their views of such tH"tics in
very plain ana vigorous terms. TlIr
broad siitciu"utS and glit'crinE .;ener-
al'ti"S of Il" Democratic campaign
u naGcrs " re- Thoroughly G.screditci
ana made - look like Thirty GEMS
when brougI1 fac" t" face with the de
tailed ligrlr 4 showing the actual CON
i ION of affairs in ire individual
towns Of tn" State.
The people of Somerset county are i
reading ami thinking population. They
have Il genuine pride in their county
ANA would not knowingly do anything
that would in any WAY impcril its great
ana growing business interests. They
rcrogniz" the fact that the present
prosperity Of Some. set county is based
directly upon protected industries. The
considerations which apply so f"rcibly
To Aroostook county and which We're 50
graphically set forth by your Carbon
CORRESPONDENT in a recent issue of the
JnuruJl-apply with equal force 20
Somerset county. The great industries
of our people. ate agriculture, lumber,
,uiI mHnufarturing-al Of which
Are cnrcfullt protected. under tn"
i,inglcy tariff law. from Canadian
and European competition. Our people
clearly recognize the fact that the
removal OF these protective duties
would he a disastrous thing for the
prosperity OF Somerset county. The
Democratic party in its platform
:dopted at the Chicago convention
,i,1louuces Ties" duties as "A robbery.
and it is SAT" 80 say that if it were in
power. one of its first official acts would
be to remove thom.
The South. as your Aroostook cor
respondent Well points out, has always
been the dominant force in the Demo-
cratic party. and if the Democratic
uarty should succeed in this election
that section of the country. with It's
outspoken belief in absolute free trade.
would shape and control all matters OF
national legislation during the next
few years. That section of the country
never did have much use for the state
of Maine. and it is pretty safe to say
that, under its domination, our IN
terests would be given very scant con-
sideration.
Again our people love and admire
Theodore Roosevelt. They have faith
in his rugged honesty and in his
courage to do what is right without
fear of consequences. They recognize
the fact that, in the great work he has
done for the American people, he has
won the open hostility of many of the
great Trusts and monied interests of
the countrywide have sought to wiring
large fortunes from the pockets OF
people in defiance of law. President
Roosevelt has been the fearless and
urcompromising foe of these spowerful
and arrogant interests, and, because of
that fact they are arrayed against
him in the preSaOt c,,pnaipn With the