Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-12
Republican Meeting at
Dover Huge Success.
Big Crowd Hears Sec. Garfield
and Judge Powers.
Administration chssrsd. .FIag Rats.
Ing Prsesdss Rally.

Dover, Me, Sept. 11.-(Special).-T
Republicans of Dover and Foxcroft
certainly have reason to feel elated
over the success of their closing rally
which was held at Central hall Thurs
| day evening and which will go down
| in history as one of the biggest and
best ever held in the twin towns. The
speakers of the occasion were Secre-
'afy OF the Interior James r. Garfield
II Ohio. that brilliant and talented
man OF whom the whole country is SO
proud, and Hon. +. A Powers of
Houlton. recently of the supreme bench
IF Maine.
Central hall was packed and the re-
marks OF both Judge Powers and Sec
rotary Garfield We're met witt, the
closest attention and the heartiest APP
rlause. When at the end of the meet
ing co. j. b. Peaks proposed three
cheers for President Roosevelt and his
cabinet they were given with such a
lusty good will that the honored guest
must have felt that the people of the
Old Pine Tree State were not lacking
IN public sentiment and national pride
and loyalty
Previous to the meeting flag raising
was held in Merrick square and a large
banner bearing the names of Taft and
Sherman was tloated to the breeze
amidst some hearty cheering and some
inspiring music by Taylor's Military
Rand.
The meeting at Central hall was
called to order by Hon. f. Z. GUERNSEY
and presided over by Colonel Joseph b.
Peaks, chairman of the railroad COM
missioners of the State, who made a
brief but interesting speech introducing
the guests of the evening In these re-
marks Col. Peaks said that If the peo-
pie had congregated with the expecta-
ton of hearing any mud singing, SIM
liar to what was listened to few
weeks ago when Hon. w. r. Pattan-
gall OF Watervlle stood upon the same
stage and threw his insinuations at the
various Republican officials of the
State as well as some of the State off,
Gals who were residents OF this town,
they would be mistaken He referred
to the Waterville Sentinel as the Dem
ocratic cook book and made few re-
marks concerning it which produced a
great deal of mirth
IT.
He said in part that it always gave
him great pleasure to address a meet
ing of such good size, for when so
many people turned out it showed that
they We're thinking and that always
means that there is going to be q big
Republican victory. He said that he
would not touch upon the matters Of
taxation and State expenditures as
h,S ho,
w. II. HaineS on the same platform a
few nights ago. and because any per-
son in Maine who takes q list of the
State appropriations of the past two
years and studies it will certainly be
proud of the Republican party and Of
their wise and just handling Of the
peoples money. Mr.. Powers confined
the greater part of his remarks to the
resubmission question and made some
points against resubmitting the pro-
hibitory law. He said that the cry
which SO many people. especially the
Democrats, were making that they
had never had chance to vote on the
prohibitory law, was the weakest kind
of an argument for either had they
ever had an opportunity to vote on the
greater part of the constitution itself
He said the Democracy cries that the
prohibtory law isn't enforced and that
it cannot be enforced. That they be-
lieve in enforcement of the law In
answer Mr.. Powers acknowledged that
the law was not enforced in all parts
of Maine alike but at the same time
lie said. that all laws are violated.
What he deemed advisable to do was
to stop talking about 1t and try en-
forcing the law for while and see
how it worked. In his opinion, and he
himself several times upon
this point. the prohibitory law was the
best law ever placed upon the statute
books Of Maine. He said that he had
in regard to this matten
that We're founded upon experience and
stated that mis- experience on the bench
had shown that 60 per cent. of all the
crimes and misery with which he had
to deal could be traced back to the
grog shop and immoderate use of in
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