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

1nclQentS, DuL perhaps tine Iuiliiie9l VI
all was when the band. with the young
rabble behind it, went to the station
to escort down street Candidate Davis
and other heroes Of the occasion who
arrived on the evening train. All the
length of the returning march the band
played "Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground" The crowd which lined the
sidewalks appreciated the point and the
performance brought out the most noise
of the evening. Everybody laughed and
applauded and the distinguished gentle
men in the carriage bowed and smiled
and did not seem to realize the fun
which the band and the crowd We're
having at their expense.
At 8 o'clock the City Opera house was
well filled. There was plenty of stand
ing room left, but tle seats were practi-
cally all taken Fully one-third, ana per
haps nearer one-half, of those present
were ladies. Throughout the evening the
conduct of the meeting was enl.n"ntly
ladylike. There was not a single cheer
and only occasional riI,ples VI Applause.
Little flag: had been passed out 70 e ,,.
nobody thought to wave them. AS Il pc
litical rally the gathering was Il fat fail
Jre There was no evidence Of tntiIusi-
spoke with no such energy and cnthusi-
aSm as earlier in the c;tnpHign. It was
very evident that they had lost all hop.
Of victory Monday and the shadow of
impending defeat was heavy on their
souls. The enthusiasm was all outside the
hall. where tn" band still played in the
square and where some influence or other
perhaps it was the crisp September air
and possibly it was the third rall bocZe
which was just as plentiful and free AS
the air-had "a most collaborating effect on
the spirits of the faithful.
The meeting was presided over By Fred
Pooer. II had been expected that Mr..
PoOler would Civ" some account Of his
achievements when mcmbCr Of the Leg
islature, but he hcro'cally resisted tn"
impulse and cCntcntcd himself with brief
ly presenting in turn the four speakers.
A. a. Mathciu. Simeon $. Brown. Charles
T. Johnson ard Gurus " Davis. Mr.;
NIatheiu spoke for about l. minutes. and
in all fairness little more can be said OF
his effort. The crowd listened patio ally
for it had confldenc" that there was
something more Interesting coming.
The second speaker was AID rman
Brown, candidate for senator. and h" was
greeted kindly by his neighbcrs. who al
ways have curiosity to know what his
politics are at the moment of speaking.
He BEGAN with the truthful declaration
There was a futtcr of apprehension
among the Republicans present XII" he.
into their party again. He confirmed the
suspicion hy going on Ia assert. also
truthfully. that this is tn" N'Hr of tn"
people" In spite of this PR dirtion Of
Republican victory. Mr.. Er Dwu mdd.' il
clnar later that he intends to act with
the Democrats for the present. 1t was
hoped that he would tell til" dUIi,'n'"
what he knew about sewer building, hut
he decided to keep on safrr ground H'ti
so he boosted that he mad voted for F'f"-
mont in 1874 He spent 'rns'.i 'rIhl.' tin'.'
in ancient history. but finally M az
near the present times as 1921 when II"
dwelt upon the Stat" aid -;v'n ~" build
Too &c 80 T. q Il Ia l. -
ncction he Sol"nnly assured his hearers
that Joseph p. Bass of Bangor, who had
been the chief factor in th@t l".sislatiGn
Brown urged the Democrats rr sent not
to celebrate So extensively Nundty niGht
as to hurt the feelings of their R"nuhh-
was quickly appreciated by the audience.
was greeted with laughter loud and
long.
Hon Charles +. Johnson, cand LIT" for
the Legislature. was The third sncakc"
and he too was given 4 cordial greeting
eulogy of Standard Bearer I'avi.; and dis
counted his defeat on Monday by deClIr
ing that even though ncvcr to b" elected
Governor he had done Maine 4 good
service by stirring up its people on nat |
ters Of importance to thrm. He declared |
that Mr.. Davis was good ana useful
citizen of Watorvlle. intimating that il |
would be better anyway to have him |
here and do business here than be ohlic |
cd to be in Augusta part Of the tim" and |
run State affairs. He also defended Mir |
Davis BUSINESS methods ana asscrt"d
that his mining ventures had benefited |
Maine investors. There are som" poor!"
ence was imrolite enough to interrupt |
the speaker. Mr.. johnson said that Mr.. |
Davis is the friend of the people. as op- |
posed to the corporate interests which /
avoided any reference to the 30 corpora
tons. capitalized ut s22Ono,o"" in which
Neither did he state how large. Slilrt
of the tax burden of Marie is borne by
these 30 corporations. H. the midst of his
speech Mr. Johnson took occasion to say
a good word FOR the Central Maine Fair
to DC held this week. and this WIS appre
ciated by his audience more than any
other feature of his remarks.
The larger part OF Mr.. Johnson's Hd
dress was devoted, however, to ovplana-
fions and admissions as to his own cX-
perience and standing as a corporation
son. sis out for business and serves to
tn" best of his ability the clients who en-
As counsel for railroads and other cornn-
ratiors I have tried to serve them faith
fully and shall try to do the same in the
the part of Mr.. johnson hut it is hardly
calculated to win him the votes necessary
,or MS reelection to the Legislature on I
IN speaking of his connection with rail
road corporations. Mr.. Jchnscr declared
tnat nevertheless had he been n member
of the Legislature of 1909 he would have ,
voted against the State aid given tho
Somerset Railroad. He failed to eXplain. {
however why Mr.. Davis who was 4
member of that Legislature, had failed | q,
to vote against the measure.
These three speakers had together oc-
cunied exactly an hour and it was Just
9.0s when Candidate Davis arose to MAKE :
his last speech of the campaign He was
greeted with applause. hut there was no '
ovation. no demonstration. no cheers no ,
flag waving and no onthuSiasm 1t was
~" ki~5lv greeting of friends and reign |
hors. but the managers of the rally who I
l',1 o~n',"t a the roof - no lifted and III, A..
distant hills to reverberate with echoes
mare doomed to disappointment as they
have constantly been during the cam
-,aier Mr. Davis locked SID and tired as
ne arose to speak. and We'll he might
with all the travelling. talking and writ
ing he has done during the past month |
only to realize at the end the complctc |
failure of his campaign.
Mr.. DaviS' speech was 2 very tame af- |
fnir and was n disappointment t. hi;
friends There was no not" Of harr or
confidence in it. a"d tho old-timo .lrrrrrS-
S;yorasS :~1 c~th'' T'-aS r'tc1f,.
backing AIthnrah L was still "qrlv. he
did not hold his hearers as well as the