Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-21
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exercising state regulation of COM
merce within the State. l believe 1t
would be well for corporations and
we'll for our entire people il we had
in Maine a public utilities commission
made up of experts who are interested
only for fair play. 1t seems to me that
70 such commission. could be assigned
the dutie; OF preserving our water
movers and orr forests; IF developing
orr water storage: and OF conserving
all OF cur great natural assets and
beauties Of the state in the interests,
.o,h % our industrial welfare and OF
the great and growing summer resort
business OF Maine.
l am in favor OF liberal appropria-
tions by the state to the work Of good
reads" and believe that the care ard
construction of roads should - mora
generally under the supervision OF the
state.
Itelieve in the retention and the en-
for.e:ncnt o; the prohibitcrE Laws. Sd
called. ana as opposed to any subs;i-
tu.e which suggests or implies license
% the saloon.
am opposed 10 resubmission. AS
suc sested by any political party that
was rot either a practical cSpousal of
the omen saloon or q political eXpedi-
ent to conceal q covert and dangerous
attack upon the prohibitory laws. l
am opposed to such procedure.
| am not op9uscd, however, to the
referendum of this question in such a
way as 10 separate it from party pol
iticS under th- sanction OF friends of
temperance and good government, 3nX-
iOuS to set this question at rest. SO that
i. may no longer divert attention from
other great public needs and prevent
proper consideration Of far greater is
SUES l had hoped that the popular
Initiative and Referendum. in which
firmly believe. would afford US Il per-
fectly natural and regular method of
securing q pie biscite upon the direct
issues of license and prohibition. If it
does not. / believe that the friends of
prohibition in the Republican party
may devise a course of procedure
which. without doing violence to the
loyal temperance sentiment of Maine.
may give to the people all OF the rights
they would have under the referendum
and that. too, ut a time when the
righteous moral sense OF the people
may rave an opportunity to express it
self outside the contentious of party
politics. | say this as a friend of pro-
hibition and temperance in Maine. If
the Republican party in convention in
1905 take such step. l shall accept
the decree with conp!acenCy and shall
join other friends of temperance in the
effort To reaftirm the traditions of the
Republican party in Maine.
believe in the enforcement of ali
law so long as it is law. | am opposed
t. notification of any law. | do not
believe in the multiplication of enforce
ment laws which themselves are liable
to be nullified in whole or in part. l
believe that state authority should be
exercised to see that all laws are
properly obeyed.
| believe that the Republican party
should fulfil its promises, in its plat
form of 1906, relative to party cleo
tons and the publication of the eau
Gus law
l believe in the principles of eco
nomical administration which l adj
vocated in my letter Of February, 1904
! then said that the amount of apprO-
priations had increased more than 100
per cent. since 1890 and that our farm
erS. business men and people in gen.
eral, We're becoming aroused. | believe
there is room for important improv >
In"nt along this same line. SO as to
relieve the farm the home and the
factory from growing burdens of taxi
ton and increased cost of living
In the convention of 1904 my vote
VAS second in size. This fact alone
entitled it to consideration: for it in
dicat"S Il following worthy of rccogni-
ton.
Acdin. while location of the candidate
should count for little against greater
claims. it has its bearings when other
things are equal. and in this relation. he
it said, that not since 1S14-34 years ago
next convention-has Androscoggin coun-
~ had Republican candidate for gov
ernor. Since 1874 kenncbec county has
honored the State with three governors:
Fenobscot county, two governors: Aroos-
took county and Knox county. one gov
ernor each. Governor Dingley OF Lewis
ton was not only Androscoggin county !;
last Republican candidate for governor.
| but he was AndroscogGin county's first
and last Republican candidate for gov
ernor. Since AndroscoSgin county was
organized in 1853. we have hau - Repub-
hcan governors of Maine. OF these Ken
nebec county has given US seven: Cum
herland county, four Penobscot county,
four Waldo. Somerset. Androscoggin
oxford. Lincoln and Knox. ore each.
If | receive this nomination, my duty
VIII be to serve all alike. 1t will he my
purpose to forget all personal clements
and all rarty contests. to obIitcrate all
dii!erences and to seek to serve the en-
'ire people to the limit of my ability. Nv
am VIII be tie Square Deal. I Shall be
embarrassed by no antc-election rlad5es
| because | shall make none. shall be tied
l" no clique or faction but shall be ami