Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
Governors Day.

Regiment will be reviewed by Governor
,.ohh and the members Of his staff. 1t
has been very apparent during inc
,rasen, muster that the able and popu-
lar Chief Executive of Maine mas d
strong hold upon the hearts OF our ei'
izen soldiers. They appreciate MIN ioi
his unaffected sincerity and the SUI
ling qualities of head and heart 'h"'
characterize him alike as man. anu
as an official. From the day Oh HIS III
auguration he has fully met the eAie0
ta,ious OF his friends. He has SHOWN
himself a most worthy successor W
Governor Hill, and. like his predecessor
has given the State the advantages
that come from a clean, able and busl-
n,es-Iike administration of its ar1alrs'
Wherever he has gone he has mace
new friends and strengthened hlHlSei
in the good opinion Of the public. Gov
ernor cobb has always had the courage
81 his convictions. He says what ne
means. and means what he says. HIS
methods are direct and straightforward.
Tho sam. high qualities that endeared
him to his personal friends before ne
entered the political arena, are dally
STRENGTHENING his hold upon all the
good people Of our State, who appre-
,lstc faithful and efficient service In
III. most responsible Office in their glft.
II is not surprising, therefore, to hnd
,u,f me cordial feeling entertained for
Governor cobb by the members OF our
National Guard is shared very generaI-
IL hy the citizens of our State. He has
already demonstrated his eminent NJ
mess for the executive Office and mas
won popular approval by the able anu
STRAIGHTFORWARD manner in which he
has discharged its many and exactine
duties.
n is gratifying to his friends to note
that some of those who opposed his
nomination, with bitterness almost
tirur,ccdented in Maine politics. have
stand he has taken, for the fair and i'm
Martial enforcement Of the laws as they
exist, today, upon our statute DOCKS.
They have found that the unequlvocai
position taken by him during the cam
paign, WAS the expression of his sim
cerc convictions, and that the princi-
pies h" so clearly stated at that time,
have been sCrupulously and rigidly
lived up to in the discharge Of his Off
cial duties For this the citizens Of
Maine who believe that laws are made
to be enforced, unite in honoring him.
The strong and increasing hold of
Governor Cobb upon the good opinion
of the citizens Of Maine is a striking
proof of the fact that a clean and up
right man. cannot be hurt by unmcrit-
ed criticism, or by methods of attack
rcpugnant to the sense Of fairness that
T. a notable characteristic of Maine pco-
pie Such criticism soon becomes an
element of strength to him. No man in
specially IL he be a strong
man with honorable purposes and the
tenaCity to adhere to them
Governor Cobb has shown that he is
not ,nly a strong man, but also
broad man. too large Of calibrc to har-
Dor political resentments, or to think
fnr
having the manhood to adhere to their
convictions. Hence. we are not sur
pliscd to find among his warm friends
and supporters. today, large portion
Of the men who went to the Bangor
convention in the interests of other
candidates. Governor Cobb came to the
gubernatorial office entirely free
to discharge its obligations as might
seem to him for the best interests of all
the people. He had no friends to re-
ward and no foes to punish. With a
deep appreciation Of the dignity due
the Position he has been from the start
the ~ bySr Of Maine. the honored
representative of all its citizens in the
broadcast and truest sense. For this
reason pre-convention differences have
been lost sight of. and now from Kit
terry to Quoddy Head the people of our
State unite to do him honor.
Today, the boys of the 1st Regiment
will give him welcome that will be
beth cordial and sincere. and their good
wishes for the continued success of his
administration will find an echo in the
hearts of Maine citizens generally.