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


contemplate the record OF the men
whom we have already sent NJ
courage to be obtained from the
names OF those noble characters who
nave made for themselves a record
winch vii be imperishable as long as
inc history OF the country lasts:
just look at a few tigures-for |
am saying that this is day OF cour-
age. Some Of you have been seeing
your Republican neighbors and
friends smuggling themselves up in
tiieir coat collars and hearing them
say: oh. dear, I don't know; it is
gong to be hard campaign this year
ana SO and SO is going to vote the
Democratic ticket and | am afraid we
are all gong straight to the eternal
damnation bow-bows.' | say that
inns Is a day OF courage. and if you
30 not lind any courage in the har-
mnny and the unanimity of this dis
trict, II you do not find any courage
IN the record of the past, in the prin-
ciplcs we have stood for. if YOU do
not md any courage in the character
Of the men who have represented Us
III Congress, just look moment at
hard figures. Kindly look at the
figures since our present represeta-
tive III Congress has been candidate
before You. In 1903 our candidate
III this district had 1884 votes, his
opponent o.o34, majority of
622o fur the Republican size. IN
1000 our candidate had 1857. his OPP
poncnt Io,e4I. a majority of Oslo. In
1902. when certain local issues were
forced into the campaign BY a good
gentleman from Hancock county. our
candidate had 1903 and his oppo-
nent S,o52 and you will notice that
all the time the majority keeps creep
ing upward. Last year our oppo-
nents nominated as candidate for
Governor of this State neighbor and
TREND OF mine. and | want. here in a
Republican convention. to bear wit
ness TO the fact that the nominee oi
the Democratic party for Governor
two years ago is a clean. honest, able
gentleman and he is the man who
will be nominated again, and il is a
clean, honest, able gentleman that
You will have To fight. and you do not
want 10 go into this campaign with
the idea that there will be any mud
singing from him. 1t will be clean,
honest. hard work to win. Two years
ago they nominated that gentleman
tor Governor and he i, right here i'll
your Third District, where he is best
known and most popular. and where
he Is chairman of the Democratic
State Committee second to none in
the State of Maine i'll adroitness.
They said then that the Third Dis
trict would go to the bow-bows. We
kept at them and where our candidate
had 10000 votes in 1893 and $1,000 in
1000 and $1,000 i'll 1909. i'll this last
campaign our candidate leaped to the
figures Of 1851 tApplause) and his
opponent had 1903 which gives
again. a majority 6.S6S.
Now gentlemen. if you do not like
to take these figures by the four CON
secutive years. take them by the Presi-
dental and the off years. The off
year OF 1896 shows majority OF
o,22o; the off year OF 1902 increases
that majority to 1881. This is an
off year and mark my pruphesy, that
the majority of our candidate will
again be Increased Take the two
presidential years when the entire
force Of both sides was brought out
Tor all there was i'll it. The majority
IN 1000 was 6,8l6 and in 1904 when
they said we were surely defeated it
was still 6S63. Now gentlemen if you
cant find courage i'll the harmony,
unity, standing and record OF the party
in the past, can you find any courage
in the fact that the Republican voters
of the Third District, not only know
their duty on election day but they do
it, and the proof is found in the fig
ures which | nave just quoted DO
you imagine for moment that the
Third Congressional district with its
Republican majority Of about 1000 is
going to be Democratic next year? |
do not know whom the Democrats
will nominate for Governor. He will
be some good fellow. but he won't
be elected. U-aughter). Therefore |
say to y1u gentlemen, that this is a
day OF courage for because i'll the
past we have been represented by
splendid men and we have shown our
faith i'll them at the polls
Fourth and finally, it is day Of
courage because Of the candidate
whom we are to present. \ member
Of the 55th, :56th. 57th. 5Sth and 50th
Congresses, living III your midst dur
ing the prime of his life. personally
acquainted with great majority OF
those who are within sound of my
voice, it would be an insult to your
intelligence if I should attempt to
rehcarse what he has done for the
Third District ae whole, what he has
done for the variGu, communities
thereof. and what he has done for
many Of You individually. And gen
tlemcn. you will pardon me il make
this personal allusion. when | say
that during these terrible months last
past, as he has stood by the brink of
the dark river and bcckoned back to
the other shore the silent boatman
who was waiting for his best beloved.
in those awful hours your congress
man has never been faithless to the
trust which you reposed i'll him.
(Applause).
You have all read i'll the beautiful
revelation OF St. John the Divine
how, when he seemed to reach a eli
max in his description Of the beauti-
full city. he said: And the city licth
four square. and the length and the
breadth of it are equal: and he meas
ured the city with a reed 10000 fur