Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-11
HON. w. T. HAlNES ENDORSED
Ely Mrs. Sarah. G. Crosby, Prominent
Watervile Temperance Worker.

WSterVii!e ! enDSrShSS WORKER.
Wateryii!e. NJ, May 1o.-(SpeciaD.-i
lion William T. Hancs of this city,
candidate for the Gubernatorial romina-
ton. Las received the following cordial
endorsement from Mrs. Sarah q. Crosby
Of this city a prominent temperance wo-
man and worker and for many years the
president of the Watcrville Women's
Christian Temperance Union:
Not long ago | heard = man say with
= grand air: This is a government of
the people. for the people and by the
people"
This statement sounds rather paradox
ical tn one who stands politically classcd
with The insane, the idiot and the cr;nli- !
nal. At a glance it would seem undig
nif"d for the women of Maine to eX Il
press a deep interest in the great stTTg
gle going on today in the Gub2rnatoriall
field. Yet when you stop to think of it
these same disfranchised women are
property holdcrs-many of them heavy !
tax payers; and handicapped as they arc
il i - feet that they do have vital in
forest in this matter end every woman
dates seeking the highest office in the
state
Two questions stand ont with grave i'm
portancc in the minds Of the women of
Maine Suffrage and Tempcrarce--andl
we should choose the man WHO Will best
represent us regarding these two great
issues: the acknowledged right of woman
to express her preference q: tie polls
and tic preservation of the most bene-
fic"nt enactment ever placed upon thel
statutes of our State-thc prohilitoly law.
We have carefully watched the utter
anccs of the two prominent candida ties
that we might judge correctly which has
given us most reason to expect help in
tie attainment of the one and the preser-
vati"n of the ether,
Mr.. IIHirrS openly declares for res;ib-
mission: claiming that if the m1ttcr is
once more submitted t" the people it will
he strongly rcatlirmcd and the question
settled for all time.
Whether such n result would follow
s"cu,s rather uncertain when we cnasid-
or the powerful influence which woiid be
| brought To bear upon the question by
those in and outside the state who are
interested in the liquor traffic However.
| II is Il we'll established fact that the bal
ancc of power at the ballot box lies with
tn" farmers ana residents of our rural
communities rather than in the cities and
manufacturing ccnterS. The farmers of
Maine stand firmly for the retention Of
the prohl'itoiy amendment to our Coneti-
tuition and can he relied on to go to the
polls and vote according to the dictates
| Of their own cOnSciCncpS They aro orr
sturdy citizens whose votes are not
sW%Hcd by any influence. In the face of
all possible opposition, if n special vote
could be taken allowing all men and wo-
men of lawful age to vote there would
be nothing to fear from resubmssion be-
cause the women of Maine have far more
ut stake than the men. as the effects of
the drinl, habit fail more heavily upon
them. and they could be trusted to sus-
tain the law.
And why cannot this be legally done?
with this privilege the women of Maine
should hail rcsubmission because Il ma
ioritv of all the people should govern
and if such q vote could be taken no
ono could complain whatever the result
might be. This method would he de-
ci:ion for the people and by the people,
Whatever we may believe to the
wisdom Of Mr.. Haincs' view in the mat
ter. no one who knows the man person.
ally can doubt Ills sincerity. He is not
an' nov"r has keen a svmpathiZcr with
those who have always attacked the pro-
hilitoiy law; his personal habits speak
in Lis favor; he does not dispense wine
or other irt"xicants to his guests: he has
ncvor rented any Of his numerous build
in"s in Watervillc to those who engage
in the liquor traffic His life mas been
open. his record clean since he came
among us with nothing but q clear head
an indomitahlc energy and steady per-
severance which has won him an cnviable
rcrutatior, not only in this city hut
throughout tn" state, as a man Of affairs
n man of integrity. He has filled many
Offices Of county and State and has al
WAYS been found to be absolutely fearless
in the performance of the duties de-
He has shown n great interest in the
welfare of his own city and this has been
demonstrated by the sacrifices he has
mode in upholdinG these interests when
he might more proitably to himself have
done otherwise. We can scarcely think of
more capable man 10 be entrusted with
tho business interests of Marie.
This. at all events, is the view of one
woman who never heSitates to speak for
herself
SARAH G. CROSBY.
WatcrviIIc, Me. May .. 1908.