The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-03

Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., S99S 600 80
In the II years from 1920 to 1897 the
total appropriations for public build
ings in Maine We're s., 15S 055.50. In the
eleven years that Governor Burleigh
has been on the Committee on Public
Buildings the appropriations for Maine
have amounted to 1898, 100000.
Another matter in which it is gen.
orally conceded that Mr.. Burleigh per-
formed a signal service for his State
was the
Securing of the U. S. Arsenal
Property
at Augusta for the State of Maine.
When Mr. Burleigh received favor
able report on the project from the
War Department. the committee had
adjourned for the session and it was
said that it was an impossibility for
any action to be secured. However,
Mr.. Rurleigh got them together ana
secured unanimous report in favor
of the transfer of the property. The
Superintendent OF the Maine Insane
Hospital has said that the property is
worth $500, 10000 to the state.
In the 59th Congress Mr. Burleigh
secured an appropriation of $14 10000
for a lighthouse and fog signal at Isle
au Haut.
Governor Burleigh was one Of the
Earliest and Most Active Supporters
of the Rural Free Delivery Service.
He was one of the most active men
in Congress in securing the benefits OF
this service for his constituents, with
The result that no district in the coun-
try is better covered with these routes
than the Third District of Maine. he
has received many hundreds of letters
from the people who live along these
routes-both Republicans and Demo-
crats-exrressing their personal appre-
citation of his prompt and efficient work
in looking after their interests In this
| direction.
Mr. Eurleigh has been an indefatiga-
| BILE worker in looking after
The Interests of the Union Veterans
! OF whom he has a large number in ms
| district. More than 5000 of them TN
| Guiding widows of velerans)-botn Re
puhlicans and Democrats-Wlll bear
| testimony to his good work in this di-
| rection. At the very beginning OF his
| work in Congress l.e started set OF
| record books upon which every case
| was entered as it came to him. Upon
| these books are recorded all the facts
| relating to each case-includ1ng copies
| of the communications relating TO 1t
| received from the Pension Department.
| When we consider the fact that these
| cases and the communications relating
| to them run into the many thousands,
the enormous amount of work involved
| will at once be appreciated. Mr.. Bur
leigh felt that only by keeping such a
| complete and systematic record of this
| great work could he hope to accomplish
| the best possible results in handling it..
| The fact that he has been able since he
has been a member of Congress to as
| sist in the adjustment of more than
| 5000 of these cases is the best possible
| proof of the soundness of this judg-
| ment.
Since ne has been in Congress Mr..
| Burleigh has secured
Fish From the Government Hatch
cries
for important waters in all the counties
| in his district. 1t is matter of record
| that he has in every instance been able
| to meet all the requests of this charac-
ter from his district and not once has
any application of his been turned