The Somerset reporter., 1908-09-03

Hon. Edwin c. Burleigh, member of
Congress from this District intro
duced into the House of Representa-
tives the following bill for a govern
ment post office building in Skowhe
gan:
A BILL.
To provide for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a public
building thereon at Skowhegan,
Maine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
.gress assembled, That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed
to acquire, by purchase, condem
nation, or otherwise, a site and
cause to be erected thereon suit
able building, including fireproof
vaults, heating and ventilating
apparatus, and approaches, COM
plete, for the use and accommo-
dation of the United States post
Office and other Government Of
fees in Skowhegan, Maine, the
cost of said site not to exceed the
sum of one hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars.
AS Mr.. Bur.eigh is the ranking
member of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, being in di-
rect line of promotion to it's chairman
ship, there can be no doubt of his
ability to secure, in the next public
buildings bill, the appropriation ask
ed for to ensure a new government
building here. So aside from every
thing else, the people of Skowhegan
have a strong local interest in keep
ing Mr.. Burleigh in Congress.
In another part of this issue we
take pleasure in printing a review of
some of the notable results accom-
plished by Mr.. Burleigh as Governor
of our State, and as Representative
from the Third Congressional District
of Maine, which ought to satisfy even
those who have asked the foolish and
sarcastic question, "What has Mr.,
Burleigh done?" 1t is a splendid re-
cord of results, showing how effective
Mr.. Burleigh has been in all his public
service. 1t is this ability to accom-
plish things, to show a record of
practical results of which any man
might feel proud, that has endeared
him to the people of his State and his
District irrespective of party affilia-
tions. The following is the record
which Congressman Burleigh has
made in securing public buildings for
the Third District as compared with
the record made by all his predeces-
sors from the time the State was Or
ganized to 1897, the year he entered
Congress:
From 1920 to 1897, S272, 225. 16
From 1897 to present time, 446, 10000
In other words, in the eleven years
Mr.. Burleigh has been in Congress, he
has secured appropriations for public
buildings in this Congressional Dis
trict, exceeding by $173,774.S4 the
total appropriation for this purpose
secured by his predecessors in the
seventy seven years of the States
history. We think our readers will
agree with us that this is record of
practical results which speaks more
eloquently than words of the good
work which our Representative in
Congress has done for his district.
We think it is the best evidence we
can have that in his hands, the bill for
a new public building in Skowhegan
will be passed when it comes up for
consideration in the next Congress.
We ask a careful reading of the ar
ticle to which we have referred con-
tanning a review of some of Mr.. Bur-
leigh's achievements during his pub
lie career. The people-the common
people-love Governor Burleigh, not
for the enemies he has made but for
the friends he has won. A Christian
gentleman always, a believer i'll the
New England home and the New
England family, sound, conservative
and safe, always to be trusted, having
full confidence in Maine and her in
situations, it is no wonder that at the
last election party ties were snapped
in many cases, and that he ran some
five hundred votes ahead of his ticket.
We have no doubt he will have a
magnificent endorsement at the pend
ing election.