Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-23
The Visitors from Massachusetts.


There is n cordial greeting at our
Capitol. today. for the Mainc-b born
members of the Mas sachusetts Legis-
lature who a:e coming on a littl"
friendly pilgrimage. There are 20 of
them. all but one being Republicans.
and the lone Democrat in the party will
not he aIlowr1 to ct lonesome or.
homcsick. a few sessions ago similar
party made similar trip from Boston
to Augusta AMI the occasion WAS a
most pleasant one for all The idea is a
good one. for no two states in the
Union are more closely bound together
than Massachusetts ami Maine AMI
such an exchange of courtesics as this
ties between The two states are far
more than those arising from historical
a"Soci atoms - from the close business
relations between them. There was IN
early wears Il cnnSt.n'; stream of SCI
tiers from Massachusetts, into the vii
,lcrncs3 OF the )Istr,.- or Maine. The :.
aud their children founded our cities
and towns and E;ad@ ii possible for tn"
District Of Mrinc to become the great
state of Mai-". Then were some set
tiers from other sta,"< ana from over
the seas but III" blnp,i ami the sinny
The brain and the Drawn came mainly
tron Massachusetts through the 18th
century and the carly part Of the Ialh.
IN" III these at"r years the tide has
turned II" other WAY and the debt has
been nobly paid at compound interest.
There Is no s;Htc III which the natives
Of another 5ta;e play so prominent 4
part as is PLAYED by the natives of
Maine in Massa rhus It's. The census
of l"n shovel thar OF the 2l6IJl
natives Of Maine living in other states.
$50. OF almost half. we're living in
massachusetts. No other state has So
nan: children in Maasachusetts as
Maine has thcr.. am! as showing I'll"
other side OF The account ia these ia!cr
years it may b. stated that in 1900 there
M,re only ~, mattress Of Massachu-
SITS living in Maine. OF course in add
ditiOn to the ?S515 Maine born people
living i'll Massachusetts, in 1900 there
were many thousands more who We're
{,
Nearly half the total were living in
Boston. SO that in TIA, citS alone there
are many more Maine-b born people than
IL our own city Of Portland
And 1t is not only in III, matter OF
that Mdine-born people are
prominent above Others in tn" mother
state nf MissJ' nus IT, They are al
the front in rve,r PROFESSION and trade
and in everything; in which il is honor
bic to excel. II is 4 significant fact
that there are 70 Mainc-boI1' men in tn"
present Massl. hIsctts Legislature. all
reckoned anon, me strCac men of thai
Lody. 1t is no :nore than there SHOULD
ar, However: dn'; without any renet-
ton on the Massachusetts Legislature
as whole it may be safely stated as
I, general proDos ion that il would be
good thing for that body il il contained
more Maine men. Maine is justly
! roud of til. men = has furnished
ard II. Massachusetts
Legislature. 1t is sorry to have los:
them. but If tn"y' hal to 20 clsewher
II is glad that they went to Massa-
chusetts and also glad that they have
thyr" AMI Won the esteem
D I'd confidence" of it's citizens as dill
John a. Audrey and John -. Long AMI
many other timpuS sons Of Maine be-
fore them. And particularly does it
rejoice that the low for their native
state continues strong in their hearts.