Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-14
REPUBLICAN, RALLY
HELD IN GARDINER.
Campaign Closes in Southern Kenne-
bee With Strong Speeches by Walter
Emerson and Judge Phi|brook.

becker by birth. In concluding his
opening remarks Mr.. Knight called the
attention of the voters to the TWO To-
cal candidates on the ticket, the can
didate for county attorney, Guy a.
Hildreth, and the candidate for repre-
sentative to the Legislature, Hon. Ed
win L. Busscll He said he saw no rea-
son why any Republican should not
vote the entire Republican ticket in
the election next Monday.
Judge Philbrook WAS the first speak
or ard gave Il logical presentation of
the HopubliCan position on State and
county issues and also punctured the
Democratic claims of Republican ex-
t,avagcncc III state affairs during the
past 10 years. He began by quoting
Judge Taft as saying: '"The issue
which confronts the American public
today is which party by its deeds not
by its promise is entitled to our sup
port 80 Continuing, he said in sub
stance:
This sums up the whole situation
When called to pass upon the issues
presented bv the two political parties
do not look through local lenses alone.
Don't get behind all the bushes and
SCRUB SllfNcfS. LOOK 1lSii'i. III t''t
course Of my remarks shall say some
thing of the deeds of the Republican
party | couldn't say much about the
deed of the Democratic party if |
wanted to. for during the last half CEN
tury it has ony been in power little
while and then its deeds We're such
that even the Democratic campaign
orators on the stump haven't cared to
mention them since.
| never intend in public utterancc to
say an unfair thing about my orpo-
ne,lt and | have no sympathy what
ever with and could never support any
party or its candidates when they try
to make political capital by bclittlinS
| the people Of Maine.
| When Democratic campaign orators
tell You that the Republican party is
| opposed tp the laforing man. YOU tel
| them that since the party had its be-
r!lnipeS in 1854 as a protest against
| slavery it has always consistently
stod hr human rights. Tell them thai
since 1851 when the Morrill, protective
| tariff bin WAS passed the Republican
party has said that the American la
| borcr should be allowed to sell his Ia
| f,or and the American producer sci
his products and not be disturbed by
| foreigners. Since 1854 and 1861 the tenn
ple of the Republican party has mad al
| its entrance upon the one hand hui
man rights, and upon the other Amer
! lean for Americans.
am going to tell you something no"
| that will get down to your poche
| hooks. When the Republican part!
came into existence the natlona
| wealth of the nation was only abou
| 16 billions Of dollars. In the last hat
| century this country has grown IN ma
| tional wealth up to 12o billions OF ool
| lars. Free trade England has ON!
| crown to Il national wealth of 6O oil
| lions in 500 years. while under Ike
i nuhlican protective tariff this countr.
| has increased its material wealth iron
| 1e to 120 billion dollars. In lS'o I'M
! country stood third in material wealth
/ of the countries of the civilized worio
1 Tn 1880 it had surpassed the wealth
| France. and now England with he
rich colonies. France and German.
combined cannot produce the materla
wealth of the United States I'M
| country owns one-fourth of all the ma
tarial wealth of the world ana ooe
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