Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-28

Jake up another hundred thousand dol
lars worth before the end of the pres
ent year. which will make reduc-
tioH OF $32@,000 in the two years of the
present administration and reduce the
interest account by $4,000. At the
same time there has been taken and
USED yearly for municipal purposes
more money than ever before in the
history of the State, 251 towns now re-
cciF'ng more money from the treasury
than they pay into it, sSOO,OOO being
used yearly for the purposes Of educa-
tloh and $4,000 for good roads.
1t Is within bounds to say, and the
statement may be substantiated by
comparing the total indebtedness with
the average yearly reductions made for
the past five years, that with the
same able and efficient management of
the finances of the State, at the end of
four years more the whole bonded in
debtedness Of the State will be wiped
out. Then there will be in our treas
ury money sufficient and adequate for
the needs of the schools, good roads.
institutions for the blind and insane,
and all other needy and unfortunate
Glasses within the confines Of the com
monWcalth. Such is our financial
standing. such the prospects of the flu
ture. In every department the highest
efficiency, in every department intcg-
rity. in every department the wisest
economy.
Whom shall we select to carry on
and continue such excellent progress?
In this respect our task is easy-the
SOLICIT ion nd hn
been assigned me superfIuous duty.
The long and unbrokcn custom of the
party has selected and named him; and
never has it had less hesitation in con-
tinuing the custom; and never has it
done SO with greater assurance of
strong and capable leader. From one
end Of the Statc.to the other. through
out its length and breadth the voice Of
the people has hfen heard, and one and
the same man is in the minds of al!
for the honor we are about to confer.
He is the unanimous and enthusiastic
choice of every organization in the
state that has for it's chief end and
aim the uplifting of the people, and
eleTatinS the tone of public morals. He
ls the unanimous and enthusiastic
choice Of all who wish I Republican
victory at the gubcrna toral election in
TIE t&ll And we know what manner
OF man he is.
AS the nominee of the great Bangor
convention two years ago he told us
what he would do. AS the candidate
of the party in the contest then waged.
nc told us in no uncertain manner
where he stood On the great question
then pending. The people took him at
MS word and with the utmost conf
dence gave him magnificent victory
on a Platform filled with plain, ex-
rlicit, and straightforward promises.
Ard not promise has been violated;
every one fulfilled. In his inaugural
address he ran up his colors to the
masthead of this old ship of State and
there they have waved from that day
To this signalling to the people of
Maine that law and order must reign
during this administration.
Again at the meeting of the Deer
ing Republican Club in an address that
mas not been surpassed as a strong,
patriotic, statesmanlike presentation of
the situation confronting a party, h..
sounded a trumpet call that reached
the farthermost corners of this great
state and found instant and sympa-
thetic response III the hearts of the
people. Not man in the whole State.
whatever his political affiliations and
beliefs, but that held his head a little
higher, and stepped little prouder.
The brave candid, honest position Of
an executive who places principle be
fore policy, and has no fear of the re-
suit. With him as our STANDARD bear
er there can he no question rs to the
character of the contest in the coming
campaign; and no question as to the
result.
THE issues are the same. The SUI
preme issuc-the issue which is To
overshadow all othcrs-is the SAM
Other great questions are pressing to
the front but it is not about these that
the contest will be hottest. 1t is to b.
the same contest as two years ago only
a little more clearly delineatcd and ac-
centuated. The lines are to be more
sharply and clearly drawn.
The campaign is to lie one
in which to be settled for years
TO come the greatest question
before the people Of Maine, a quo>-
ton pregnant with difficulty. but on"
which deserves the highest ami coolest
councils OF the Republican PARTY. 1t.
is a question that touches ana concerns
us all. Ii confrontS us on our way +"
church. Our children meet it on their
way To school. 1t attends us at our
business: it goes home with us and sits
by the fircside. Sooner or later it en- %
terS every homc--the cottage of the
la borcr, the mansion of the millionaire
It's right settlement affects e"cn th"
children yet unborn. 1t is the greai
moral question of the prohibtory law
whether the people of Maine believe
| in it, and want it enforced.
In sunshine and storm the party
has stood by it and advocated it. and
naturally 50: for from the time of Abb
raham Lincoln, in the State as well
as in the nation, very great moral
question has found the grand old par
ty enlisted on the right side. We are
row more thoroughly committed to it
than ever before. We are now giving
| it a fair and honest trial. There is
only one pathway for us to follow:
but this is the pathway of consistency,
the pathway of honor; and it leads to
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