Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-10

preceding speakers had done, and dozens
ana scores OF persons left the hail whiic
he was spfi,klns. Perhaps some We're
disappointed that he did not exhibit that
famous trio Of whisky hotties that hv
captured ut RumfOrd Falls and used for
til!s" as campaign argument" and
In opening h. said the great object Of
the campaign was to defeat THE Ring"
HAD he possessed a sense OF hnmnr h
would nave realized that everybody in
them were two on three Of the hulf-dczen
MN making up the Deu0cr4tic Rims, in
Maine, c"tcfIe Of WatHrvill. ana .tu-
euStt bosses more absolute and arrogant
IN tier ri" than tHr Other ~ thr his
Tory OF Mainc politics: When iic men
TONED "iing" everybody thought Of tho
rcrarkabla edICc worked ut tn, k"ln.-
NC Dcln"Cfduc convention WI. II Il c,C!-
inlttee drew zap Il list Of c;iud.dItcs 10:
tie county offices and forced it !nwn the
throatS Of the dclcglt"s who wrr,. .ilio.y-
ed r.tn"r voice nor vot., in tho matt, r
the comrnitt"e even putting three If its
dates.
The features which have characterized
most of Mr.. Davis campai4r speeches
wer" missing Saturday evening. evident
y on the eve Of defeat he iii not hIv"
the heart 10 parade the sud array Of
Dcmocratic issues" which have been c2:-
ploGcd and which have d,,nonstratcd
such lively boomerang qua. ti,.S. There
was no condemnation Of the increased
salaries t"r which \" had hims,if voted
'Nhtn in the Legislature. hut which he
all the fail. There was barr IL i men
tiCu of the ircr' aS'd Stutc expenditures
which, IS cN.iYb"dv has learned, hlvo
all ben justified ami all voted for by the
rel rcSrHtatycs IF the rrnpl" without re-
gard to party lines. III. re was nrt n
word about the porciIp.n" bounty law OF
on the subject al d.-uatur-d li.Glul Not
Il word was said about the Cooper trial
Til. subject of railroad subsidies was
passed over very lightly. rs was fitting
on the part NJ lie man who failed to Op-
pose them WhcG IN III" Legislature. The
referendum mud good roads pls!ilkS in the
!',nocratic platform Ucr,. held up for in
surctiun, though cN.ryhndy knows that
thttc Is also i REF, itnlum plank in thu
FenJbllcln platform ANA that til" good
roads policy has for wears been a part of
the Republican, program.
.lr. Davis touch, Il on corporations long
enough to say that thcy ought To pay
mr." taxes: ana the al'di"nr" brcat tn
lessiy awHit'4 his statom"rt OF til"
his - corporations capitalized ut S22.'Hr,-
n05. but no such interesting Information
T:ns forthcoming. He declared that h.
was rrnud to b" a man OF tho pick-ax
and the muck rake n politics, and IN
closing called upon the morlory of Pun
nvmcdc. William Tell and III" D"clara-
ton of lnd"pt ndtnCe rs reasons why Re
puhlcanS should leave their party. Just
for this oae time, and vote for him for
Governor
gong out and Il" Op'r nous" WAS quick
IL ernpteh Their" had been talk during
the day that til" meeting would hold Ill,
about 1l.ae. as the crowd would
insist on oratory for that length OF TIM
The crowd seemed To have al it cared
frr. how""or. and NJ Cncores We're de
mandrG. In the sGuar" and on the street
there was something doing Till IHidngh'
or later The r fire was al hurnc,i ont
much earlier t. ~" SURE hut the sunnlv
Of fire water seemed equal to all demands
and there was an amount of r..vrlrv an
drunkt rn' s. which was sad disgrace t.
tn" fair name of Wat"rEi'l". Tho Demo
crati' celebration had been pulled off
however, and today in Wat,rVilic and al!
through Maine the Republicans will pro
GOOD 20 roll ND 4 sDlcnd.l NictLry.