Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-13


the 9.th anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln tonight were attend
ed by $50 Republicans of Portland and
western Maine. The speakers were
Congressman Amos l.. Allen of Maine,
Philip Pitt Campbell of Kansas and
Guy Andrews Ham Of Boston and Her
bert NJ. Heath of Augusta.
Congressman Allen. who was intro
duced as a Lincoln Republican, said
the Republican party loves the memo
ry of Abraham Lincoln and he had
been gratiiied to learn that 10 states
including Kansas, now make Feb. u
holiday. He hoped every state in the
Union would make the day a public
holiday and celebrate il.
Congressman Campbell during his
address on Lincoln and the Republican
party said:
IF Lincoln We're living today he
would be in the advanced column OF
the Republican party, battling for fair
play and the square deal. He would
have charity for all and malice toward
none, but he would assail without mer-
-
hess Of the Rockefellers, the Rogers,
the ArmOurs, the McCalls and the Nc
Curdys and all the rest who profit by
violating the laws Of trade. of business
and of the land. The issue paramount
in the minds Of the American people
today Is the establishment and mante-
nance of a high standard of business
Integrity
Mr.. Ham announced his theme was
Lincoln. the Man of Honor" and said:
Il would speak to you of Honest Abe
He was followed by Mr.. Heath. who
proposed that the youth of the country
should be educated more in the ca
reers of present day statesmen than is
being done. Mr.. Heath said:
After that introduction l would like to
say-if ] dared to
Your president is a mar VIC all admire
For his infinite wOndrolis wit,
lie can talk ten hours in gale Of wind,
And it tires him never a bit"
At n banquet properly held not this
one-the toastmaster has q singular posi-
ton: He keeps sober and oftcnds no
one. Speakers have more license. In
fact. some need high license. They are
not fcnd of intermittent seasons of lcgis-
latve drouth. l am told that law i'm
ported Ivy summer visitor from Massa-
chusetts elected to the Senate by the
county of Cumberland is the cause of
the prevailing paroXysm. Quo usepun
tandem ahutere. Catalina patientia nos
tra?' In quoting frCm foreign tongues
l use French in Biddeford. Irish in BAN
Sor, Dutch in Waldoboro. Indian at East
port, Dago at Hallowell, Polyglot ut Lew
istOn. and Holman Day at 'Mattawa
keag. In Portland. always the classics
as one of your distinguished senators
Il necessity rel
l am glad to see you following your
long established rule. to fill the program
with list Of distinguished speakers
whom you are compelled to listen to.
while you wait for the real speech Of the
evening. This hall has grown old and dry
with speeches that would have made the
speakers famous-if they had died in the
middle of them. 1t must be n comfort
to wait for man already famous-and
alive. 1t was Il comfort for me to come
It's the same Old crowd. the same old
hall. the same old speeches, the same old
letters of regret, the same old tam
BOURNE. | thank you for my reelection
In the words of a distinguished and ag-
ricultural Govcrnor-"Accept my con-
CALCULATIONS for the nomination You have
given me-"
We met IA years ago. where greatness
often bcgins-in a garnet. Time has dealt
gently with some of you. As Il rule. our
heads are more exposed to the weather.
Regulations have changed-largely for the
better That WAS one of the years when
the Governor was chosen by the people.
That year Kennebec suffered q slight
shock from the electric button. but recov
ercd-and relapsed. / faced a table rich
in timber for governors. senators. legisla-
tors, mayors, aldormcn-and liquor
agents. all qualified to pass practical
civil service examination. l recall SO
many OF them. but their titles today con-
fuse me. / recall my old friend. then a
corporal in the Montgomery Guards
from MasSachuSe@"
Fourteen years of heroism under the
glare OF the Roman candle, and he's a
colonel. 1 dare not apply to him that
old conundrum, what's the difference be-
tween kernel of corn and a colonel on
Well. the corn has the Kernel on the out
side the staff colonel has the corn on the
inside. But. looking backwards. l can
seen upon the streets OF the beautiful
city love as home STRIPPING boy greedy
to work and learn, wearing tonight the
spurs ne has fairly won. the attorney for
the United States. He ought to succeed
lie was born in kennehec. Down there
success is a 6uty-at least in politics. And
YOU. Mr.. President. since then. by I'M
flinching courage have earned the respect
of yourself. your. city and your State
But many. oh! SO many. have sailed
away on the surgy murmurs of the lonely
sea-good friends. warn, hearts. royal
men-in search of the shores where the
tides roll on in never-endng peace. Old
comrades, the eloquence of silence pays
homage TO your memory. Pax voDiScum.
Mr. President. / am lost for a text ]
dare not select my friendship for this
club You have been too good to me. /
have never deserved it. l have sometimes
felt that I nave worn the cap and bells
| too much. when it was easy to say with
Publius Syrus-'1 have often regretted
my speech. never my silence" But you
know that my arrows were always blunt.
sneakers are divided into three classes.
first. human monographs charged with
records: second. ventriloquized r1ummies
dead but not conscious of it: third, un-
classified goods in original packages. I
! am miscellaneous. An incident here in
! ing you a copyrighted letter of regret
Ny work brought me before Your city
my clients was the Honorable Cyrus w
Dav;s-one of Names ablest men. by the
| way Don't make the mistake of under
| rating him; he's already the Republica n
| Ctatc printer-in part. After the hearing
he said he had a,S commitment for me. I
men are always vain, as you know, Mr..