Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-05

nibal Ha,niir and William Pitt Fcsstn-
der and Of Ja;Acs G. Blaine (Applause)
and Of Thomas Il. Reed ard y: Nelson
DnE.cy and host Of others would
| MAKE for all tine the name of Maine
glorious in the annals Of the republic.
CArnlausr)
"'Wc!l,' says somebody. but ~.
Cannon. We haven't c0t so i.;a".- goat
men now. Tut out in thc
middle West for The better TART
ing Of sentiment in our campa iGns.
~ his l"gislati tive record. ly lis Wis
Gom. BY his unainchilg Hrru5lican;sm
William p. Frye is admired ana loved.
Aprlause) He trots pretty near in my
class for ace. G.aughter.) He outranl1s
nc q little BIZ. hat I Will soon get
there. If were in the State of Maine
l would see TO it, as long as William i.
Frye lived. that a Legislature was
chosen that would return him to the
Senate. and when the end comes would
bury him at the public expense. CAP
nlause.) Then your other Senator. Hale.
(ADrlauscD Wise in counsel and force
full in legislation, = great, strong fac
tor in the Senate and a leader of men.
Well says somebody. but some
mos we don't quite agree with him"
Do you know that there are no two
~eoplc on earth that worship the same
God? (iOd is stablc-unchangeab
What You think of Him doesn't affect
Him. whar l think of Him doesn't af-
feet him. | have bv conception of Him,
Won have yours. So it is with every
Christian and every Christian. and
vet we agree substantially in that We
worship the one God. the God CT the
Christian. upon whose teachings we
have builded through the centuries Of
civilization. Now YOU will never find
anybody in politics who thinks in all
things like unto you. Do you agree in
the essentials. so that you have one
common aim? If so, your place is in the
Republican line, shoulder to shoulder.
I honor the man in public or private
life who in non-csScntialS asserts his
best Judgment and his best manhood:
who says: 4 favor this or 4 favor
that But ] honor for more the man
that is big enough and loyal enough
and strong enough to say: While | do
not agree with everything that ny Re
publican brother thinks, yet we sub
staatially agree. and We will subordi-
nate our differences and we will re-
main in the organization and will
strengthen it. and by organization will
touch hands with Illinois and the Gold
en- Gate, ana the great Republican
army keeping step. will preserve its
economi" and it's financial policies I'M
der which all the people flourish as
they never nourishcd before Cap
plausc)
Now let me tell YOU something. il
conclusion, about your present delcga-
tion in the House. There are men and |
men. There are sweet singers there are |
'rators, there are men of genius, there |
are Practical men. there are men of |
great tact. there are vigilant mon. there |
are careless men in ordinary matters
0ertaining to the requirement of indi- |
vidual wcalth-all kinds of mon make |
the world. But if I We're coming up into |
Maine to form company of men to !
!cvclnp its water power to help form |
4 proper State policy. and to help sus-
ain q proper national policy. do you |
1noW what | would do? I would try to |
Mist Z good lawyer or two. ] would |
Ike. rs we grow in our sanitary rela |
ions to have good doctor or two. I |
would like to have a good business man |
" two. | would have one orator, if l |
could get him. l would not have him |
llite SO fond of his voice as Bryan is |
# his, but still l would have a good |
lrat0r i'll the organization. Then l |
would have one or two or three men |
Who had came up from the bottom,
working under the hand Of necessity |
hat they might get bread reading by
he freight or the candlelight, az the
'ase might be, whatever books they
,oEld get-honest, God-fearing men,
Who have made their way and have
1elpnd shape the township and the city
md the county and the state by their
yotc, ~ their teachings and by their
.xample to the best interests of all the
people. / would have some men of that
Kind in the organization.
Now, having said this much about
our organization from the State OF
Maine in the House Of Representatives,
-ou can pick out the men from
amongst your four members that fill
he bill, and when you have picked
hem out. along in the front line for
evel-headed organization. for COM
non sense practical suggestion. for
wisdom in counsel and loyalty to or
ana to principle, in full