Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-14

wealth. those who thought they had 6
license to ride through life upon free
| pass and look down in contempt upon
| their less fortunate fellow-beings. A
short time ago l was talking with a
United States official who had been
| ordered by the department of justice
| to investigate certain combination OF
| capital in New England. This officer
said to me, DO you know, Mr.. Elmer
son, that Is years ago it would not have
| been possible to have conducted such
| an investigation for IL minutes" The
men who were included in this COM
bination were very influential and very
| rich men in the East. They had con-
tributed 10 the campaign funds Of both
parties for many years. This investiga-
ton is something that has only been
made possible within the last 10 years.
At a Gridron dinner in Washington
which / attended 1 heard Mr.. Roose-
yelt say to MIR. Hartman and other
railroad magnates: Far better for
you, gentlemen, to take your chances
with us, the moderates, than with the
mob" And Mr.. Hartman went back
to New York to put his house in or
der
Our opponents tell us that these
abuses have grown up under Repub-
| lican administrations. They certainly
did not grow under the eight years of
Democratic administration. for moth
! ing grew then. But the abuses are be-
| ing corrected under and by Rcpubli-
| can administration by a man who had
| the high courage and purpose to do it.
| Theodore Roosevelt. Great applause.)
Through him the people have ruled and
will continue to rule. Because it is
known that Taft will carry out the
| Roosevelt policy with the trained mind
Of a lawyer and a judge he will win
the national election in November in a
walk.
Messrs. Gould. McGillicuddy, Hanson
and Scates all desire the election Of Mr.
Taft but they ask you to send them to
Washington to aid a Republican Pres
ldent in tariff revision. l have a little
word to say to Mr.. Scates. who is
stacking up against Amos Allen in the
LIST district, by way of advice. l have
heen there. MIR. Hamlen. who ran
against Mr.. Allen two years ago, said
in speech that Mr.. Emerson found it
hard running against Mr.. Allen.
found it easy. The same thing that
happened to Hamlen two years ago
happened to me, and we are both in
the ranks of private citizens now.
The matter of tariff revision is set
tied. Both parties have promised if en-
trusted with power to call Congress in
session for the purpose of tariff re-
vision. Now comes the question, which
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tariff? The party of protection or the
party opposed to protection? Mr.. Gould
can Go the State no greater service
than to ask the men who are doing
things, the business men, the operators
CT mills the farmers, which party they
prefer to have revise the tariff.
Mr.. Hanson the candidate for Con-
gress in the 4th district, was speaking
= short time ago on the same stage
with another Democratic campaign
orator, who did not understand the To-
cal situation and this imported speaker
said: We will level the tariff, we will
hiring it to a revenue basis" After his
remarks Mr.. Hanson found it necessary
to say: If l get to Congress ard we
revise the tariff, if the tariff on pOta-
toes isn't heavy enough I'll have it
raised Down in PASSPORT he says he
will take the tariff off potatoes, but
keep it up on sardines. After hearing
that one becomes convinced with Gen.
Hancock that the tariff is a local is
sue.
If Mr.. Hanson should be sent to Con-
gress he will have nothing to do with
revising the tariff for that will be set
tied in the ways and means committee
where the Democratic principle of tar
III for revenue only will prevail. When
you vote en- Monday do not allow your
mind to be clouded by any local issues
Iten ember you are asked to give your
support to the best equipped states
man since Washington. Those are not
my words but those of that independ-
cnt Democratic PAPER, the New York
Times. Opposed to this statesman with
the magnificent equipment is our old
perennial friend. Mr.. Bryan, man
who has made merchandise out of the
leadership of a great political party
Mr. Pattangall is apparently having a
good time in this campaign I read
his paper every day. But the election
in the State of Maine is no joke, there
is too much at stake. Pat" has been
right on every great question once,
for he has been on all sides. Our slogan
used to be "Stand pat" now the DEM
ocratic party Stands Pat"
We ask the Democratic candidates
for Congress how they stand on the
tariff issue and they reply: "The Stur-
gis law is unconstitutional" We ask
them what they propose to do in aid
Of American shipping in general and
the shipping Of Maine in particular
and they say to you. 'the expenses of
the State are getting larger every year
and they are paying IS for silk UNI
brllas over at the Bath Orphan Asy-
lum.'
do not altogether agree with the
Republican leaders in regard to re-
subrission. I don't know as / agree
with Judge Philbrook in everything
that he has said. We cannot have all
things we desire. l argued year ago
in favor of resubmitting the prohibit
tory amendment, not as q believer in
license. not as prohbitionist but
simply as a matter of referendum. l |
was in favor of it at that time and so
vas MIR. Haines. But we were beaten,
decisively beaten in the convention of
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