Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-27

orally conceded that his adaras, ,,..,s
one of the best nominating snaecbos
ever delivered in Third Distric1 con
ventior.
He WIS followed by Dr.. r T. Cri,a,a
OF Mt. Desert VINO seconded the NOM
ination for Hancock county, in a force
full speech replete with quaint and tell
ing humor that called forth frequent
bursts of applause from the convention
He said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen az the
, Convention:
! We know that the work of this con-
ventiOn is the work OF nominatin. a.
candidate for Congress We are all in
q measure politicians; we are think
ing OF 1t and We are talking about it,
ana ii We happen To be asked TO make
presentation speech the most natur-
al thing in the world is that we would
make Il little speech ON general poll
ties. Nov there are different kinds of
politics. and there are different kinds
OF politicians. 1t has always seemed to
me that the Republican politicians Of
the republican Third Maine District
lind anywhere and | say it is graf
ification to us to have that feeling
that the rank and file of our party are
men of good purposes and that our
representative men are good men. We
feel that chat kind Of men will always
be seeking for good candidates and
lnat ii what we are seeking for and
what we are going TO get today.
The man that We shall nominate here
today can be correctly described as an
all around good man, a man who is
correctly and tittingIy described in the
first Psalm: Blessed is the man that
Walketh, not in the counsel of the un-
cody, nor standeth in the way of sin
ners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful. Eut his delight is in the law
of the Lord" What Il mighty contrast
there is between that kind OF man and
those political apOStateS whose apoS-
tacy is clearly marked by these pos
tures-w liking, standing and sitting.
First, walking III the counsels of the
ungOdly-the Democratic neWSpa perS.
Next, standing i'll the way OF sinners,
the grog shop crowd. Third, they be-
come 50 much under the influence OF
they sit down. daughter and APP
plIuse). They bow 10 the sentiments
Ut the worst elements of the opposing
party and sit right down, perfectly
content and sleep in the enjoyment of
their new faith. Those men no longer
delight in the law of the Lord, but rath-
CT in the making of the law that would
legalize in Maine the worst business in
the WOrld-the rum business. The sad
dest feature Of this whole thing is that
good men, respectable men. worthy
men. men that we have always suppGs-
ed stood for something better, viii thus
stand, walk and sit That is the sad
dest feature of the whole thing.
And yet this is but history repeating
itself; it is the old story over again.
1t is an effort to bring high standards
down to the level OF ungodly sentiments
and practices; and the lesson oI history
is this. that the outcome OF such e
forts is always one and the same thiiiS,
namely. is it Il running after ;ht goii-
en- calf. And when disaster GENES, ;ts
it does some will come, it Is sure TO
come, they have the same old tyrantS
eXcuse-the calf came itself; nobody re
sponSiblc, nobody to blame. nobody
ready to stand out and face tn" right
eouS Indignation of those that Didn't
believe it. No. none OF that, Il purely
voluntary act on the part of tho cat;.
tlaughter), the exact language OF
Scripture being There came out this
calf" Now the people are pretty well
acquainted with calves and that doesn't
seem at all probable. 1t is unnatural
LnI hat
Democratic beast strayed right away
from his home and stalked without in
vitation into the Republican camp. 1t
is a good deal more likely that some of
our Republican friends got to fooling
with him. and that he got to chasing
them and bleating after them and
Su, king the ends of their coat tails,
and it became very tiresome and now
they want their fellow Republicans all
over the State to take turn at the
business. uaughter). We can't do 1t.
We can't afford To spend our time ara
energies nursing this heather cosset
lust for the sake of hungry and thirs-
ty Democrats, UaughterJ and the best
thing to do is to lead him right back
to Democratic headquarters. This
much we should clearly understand,
and that is, he is no pet of ours,
daughter and applauSe), and That the
less we have to do with him the better
off we shall be. We understand this,
that there is nothing to be gained
for Republican success. there is no po-
litical gain to be made for the Repubil-
can party, by regulating sound Repub-
lican doctrine and sound RepuDllcan
principles and chasing anybodys IDOL,
Not at all. 1t will be the other way.
Now l will say however, mat
though | have no certainty that L am
yo;cing the sentiments of the gentleman
whose nomination / am Secondlng, l
know that | am voicing the sentiments
of the Republican voters of my own
county: and Furthermore | Will say
that although j know nothing further
of the gentleman's sentiments thah
what | have known of him in the past
| believe that he is too wise and too
thoughtful a man ever to be led away
by this strong smelling heresy; anu
believe further that he understands and
fully appreciates the importance OF
sound doctrine and sound Republican
principles for the moral worth mat
there is in them and that We shall