Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-10
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Hancock Rspublicanism.
ellsworth EnterpriseD

lparty leaders of the section.
For some seventeen years the Enter
prise has come to your homes where we
feel assured it has been welcome
visitor. Those who have been familiar
with our columns will, we are certain,
bear out our assertion that we have al
ways stood for the best and the highest
in our comments upon city. county
and state affairs. We have, doubtless,
made errors for to err is human. but
our errors have been without intent.
We have never attempted to mislead
the public. we have never wilfully mis-
stated facts or juggled with figures.
Although the publishers of this paper
have long been affiliated with the Re-
publican party we have heretofore con-
Quoted the Enterprise along indcpen-
dent lines in politics, believing that
| with such a position we could be more
useful than if we were tied down to the
support Of one Of the great political
organizations.
| We still believe that our position was
a correct one when taken, but condi-
| tiOns have changed as rapidly i'll jour-
nalism in the past two decades as in
the other lines of business and learning.
We are willing to admit that circum-
stances alter cases and that there may
be sections Of this great country that
might be benefited by the installation
OF Democratic officials with full power
| to carry out the beliefs of their party.
| We say there may be such sections
| but Maine is not one of these. We
! have all of us seen this grand old State
| of oIrs prosper and flourish under Re-
| publicanism. We have seen our indus
| tries increase and multiply, our cities
grow more prosperous and more pop
ular and our citizens attain a much
| higher average standard of intcllectu-
, ality and refinement. No one can deny
the advancement of the State. Our
| general prosperity is evidenced by the
| enormous growth of our savings banks
deposits. as we'll as by the improved
standard Of living both from a social
and financial standpoint
| Names great prosperity has been
| accomplished under Republican rule,
under the wise guidance of such intel
| lectual giants as Hannibal Hamlin and
Fessenden. the Morrills, the astute
| Dingley, Thomas B. Reed and that
greatest statesman of his time. James
Gillespie Blaine. And we might well
add ITO this list the names of our pres
ent delegation in the halls of Congress.
a delegation which, in brains and
ability in integrity, honesty of purpose
and power of achievement, stands
second to none in Washington today.
Much has the Republican party ac-
c"mplished for Maine and now that the
| tIme seems to have arrived when we
should take an unequivocal position
therc seems but one choice for all who
have the good Of their State at heart.
The Democratic party in Maine. for
the last decade at least. has played tli,.
role Of the dog in the mangcr. Unable
to successfully achieve it has contentcd
itself with attempts to clog the wheels
OF progress. to retard its chief political
antagonist i'm it's work for the advance
ment of the business prosperity and
social bctterment of the Pine Tree
State.
"hat mas been true of the Democrat
tic party in the State has been true
proportronally in Hancock county and
IN the city of Ellsworth Our imprcve-
melits in this city We owe practically
all to the initiative of the officials who
| nave been chosen as representatives Of
the Republican party.
for some ten or twelve years thc
Democratic party in this state Law
practically dormant and there vas
comparatively little interest manifested
IN politics throughout the State. Now.
| however. several issues have combined
TO make 1t almost imperative for every
paper 10 take a stand For these roo
sons and from the fact that our predi-
| lcctlons have always been with the Re-
publican party as standing for the best
principles and policies. we have deter
mined to make the Enterprise a Re
publican paper. A consultation with
prominent Republican leaders through
out inc county assured US that there is;
a demand and an urgent one for such a
paper rs we propose to issue.
| 1t Will be our aim in the future to rc
meet III our editorial columns. each
week, the sentiments and desires of
the representative Republicans of this
section. We shall not and we desire
To emphasize this point. we shall not
represent any faction but the whole
Repuhlican party of Hancock county.
we shall not attempt to influence orr
readers to favor any one Republican
candidate for office to the prejudice of
amy other member Of the party who
may nave similar aspirations unless
thoroughly convinced that the best in
terests of the party demand an edi-
torill choice.
we believe that the affairs of the Re-
puniican party in the State of Maine i'm
| the county Of Hancock and the CITY of
Ellsworth are in the hands of thor
ouGhly upright and brainy men and
we pledge to them our unqualified sup
port. We do this believing uneduivoc-
any In their wisdom and Judgment
knowing that whatever course they
may decide to pursue in the many in
tricate questions that are imposed upon
! them may be followed by all who have
at heart the best interests of the COM
munity and of the State.
Every Movement Hurts