Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-01

10 organize and carry forward thi
great contest whose outcome will mea
so much to the future of our State.
As the Boston Herald well says
"New mer, no matter how ambition
and Jealous, have very little influence
They do not and cannot get, in tn
usual course of things, appointment
to the. more important committees"
In speech at Augusta on Septcm
Der 3, 1906. Speaker Cannon paid tn
following
Merited Compliment to the Main,
Delegation
in the National House and to ou
Nov let me tell you something in
conclusion about your present dele
cation in the House. There are
men and men. There are sweet
singers there are orators, there
are :ncn of genius, there are prac-
teal m,n, there are men of great
tact, there are vigilanr men, there
are careless men in ordinary mat
ters pertaining to the requirement
Of Individual wealth--all kinds of
men MAKE the world. But if I
were coming up into Maine to form
Il company of men to develop its
water power, to help form proper
state policy, do you know what I
would do? / would try to enlist a
good lawyer or two. ! would like,
is we grow in our sanitary rela-
tons to have Il good doctor or two.
! would ike to have Il goId bust
ness man or two. | would have
one orator. if I coull get him. l
would not have him quite so fond
Of his voice as Bryan is of his, but
still | would have good orator in
the organization. Then I would
have one or two or three men who
had come up from the bottom,
working under the hand of neces-
slty that they might get bread,
reading by the freight or the
candleli9ht, as the ease might be,
whatever books they could get
honest, Godfearing men, who
have made their way ana have
helped shape the township and the
city and The county and the State
by their vote, by their teachings
and by their example to the best
interests of all the people. I
would have some men Of that kind
in the organization. Now, having
said this much about your or
ganiAatiOn, from the State Of
Maine in the House of Representa-
tives, you can pick out the men
ylf
that fill the bill, and when YOU
have picked them out, along in the
front line for el-hradrd or
ganization, for common sense prac-
teal suggestion. for wisdom in
counsel and loyalty to organization
and principle in full view will be
your Representative, Nh. Burlcigh
from thu city of Augusta. Cap
plause.' You may well be proud
Of each one of your Representa-
tivps from Maine, for we are proud
of them in Illinois"
Governor Burleigh was
No New or Untred Man
when he was sent to represent the
people of his district in tire National
House of representatives. He had
been tried in positions of public trust
and responsibility, and had measured
up To the expectations of the people
whose confidence and esteem he
merted and won, and which he retains
today in undiminished force. lie has
been all his life equal to every emer-
5"ncv, and faithful to every trust.
During his service as treasurer of
Maine Che public debt was decreased
more than four hundred thousand dol
ans. and the rate of taxation WAS re-
inctd from four mills to two aud
mills upon the dollar of
he State valuation.
In 1855 he was elected Governor of
Maine by 1903 plurality over Hon.
He was reelected in
$50. when the voters We're without a
PRESIDENTIAL contest to stimulate them
% political activity, by the increased
of 1889. His admiEistra-
ION was pre-cmincntly a constructive
mo. With Il wonderful capacity for
lard work he combined, in a marked
iegree, the executive faculty. His
addresses to the Legislature" were
models of clcarness and strength.
'rtSs and people united in commend
hg his administration. His appoint
nents We're very strong, and We're al
ways made with an eye single to the
leeds of the public service. He has
'""n n man of action rather than
Words. and. in his distinguished public
a'e"r, has left behind a record If
achievement that speaks
ar more eloquently than words could
possibly do. His four years We're In
m eminent degree constructive years
n the lit" of the State government
To review in detail the good work ac-
emphasized under his administration
would far exceed the limits of this ar
Icle. We have only space to touch
lpon some of the more notable things
accomplished upon his recommends
ION and upon his suggestion. 1t may
Ne Well IN passing to say that the
messages of Governor Burlrigh
Received the Strongest Praise From
the Newspapers of Both Political
Parties.
OF his first ono. the Eastern Argus,
NJ as NOW the leading Democratic
"NSpaper Of the state. spoke as fol-
oWs in its issue of Jan 5, 1889: