The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-07
The Gubernatorial Campaign
From theBepubllcan journal
Belfast. Apri .

While there has not been great
deal Of stir in Waldo county over the
campaign now being carried on f1r
the Republican nomination for GOV
ernor, there Is keen interest taken.
While all the candidates nave their
friends here II is not too much to say
that the delegates from Waldo county
TO the State convention will vote
practically as unit for the nomina-
ton of Hon. William 7. Haines Of
Waterville.
The people of Waldo county favor
Mr.. Haines for many reasons which
taken as whole are irresistible. We
regard Mr.. Haines as possessing TO
remarkable degree the qualifications
requisite for a chief executive. He is
one of the leading business men of
the State with an experience that has
been gained in many diverse pursuits,
as railroad manager lumber OPP
orator, wooden mill owner, a banker,
a real estate man and a constructor
and owner of water works systems.
He Is. however, first a professional
man, as he Is one of the most promi
nent attorneys in the State, having
risen 70 the great eminence of attor-
ney general of the State, position
which he filled with credit to himself
and with honor TO the State.
He Is no novice in matters of legis-
latiOn as several terms in the house
and senate have given him a wide ex
pc fieneP u. 49, nne Of the most
notable figures in both branches dur
ing his terms and such splendid addi-
tions to our statute books as the good
roads law and the formation of the
State board of assessors had their in
itiatiVe with him. Mr.. Haines also
by his efforts started the ball rolling
which later resulted in the two cent
mileage. He was also the father of
the movement which has resulted in
the conservation OF Names inland
fish and game interests and which
brings vast sum of money into the
State annually.
Mr.. Haines was later a member OF
the executive council and was a wise
and able councillor. Thus his record
is most clean and honorable one and
proves MS ability.
But in addition to this Mr. Haines is
good deal like home folks to us in
Waldo. kennebee and Waldo are in
the Third district together and have
always had very close relations. but
Mr.. Haines can offer more than this.
He has invested money in this county
and has thus become acquainted with
many of our people who will welcome
with pleasure the opportunity of ad =
vancing his gubernatorial aspirations,
feeling that in SO doing they will be
voting for a man who, il nominated
and elected, as now seems certain,
will be in every way credit to his
party.
To sum up we believe that Mr.
Haines is the man best qualified by
education, business training and eX
perience for the position, that he
would prove the best vote getter from
his wide acquaintance and undisputed
popularity and his frank and open
statements of his views, for the voters
admire courage and frankness, and
that his true and tried Republicanism
is of a guilty beyond cavil. These
are few of the reasons why Waldo
Republicans are i'll sympathy with the
candidacy of Mr.. Haines.
A Democratic Move
From The riscataquis ObserN q. Dover
The virulent attacks that are being
made upon Hon. William 7. Haines by
the Democratic press, clearly indicate
the desire of the opposition to have
some other nominee than the Water
vile man. This is not surprising
The present year is a presidential one
and the Democracy, National as wei
as State, is very anxious to make &
good showing i'll Maine. "As Maine
goes, so goes the Union" is the ole
saw and il has not proved far wrong
in the past. There will be plenty o.
money sent into Maine later on by the
Democratic National committee as
there was four years ago, but the
work of the opposition has already
been commenced in the desperate at
tempts that are being made by the
Democratic newspapers to discredi
MIR. Haines III the hope, which is {
futile one, that some weaker MAJ
will be nominated.
The Democrats well know that Mr.
Haines is by far the strongest candi
date for the Republican nomination
They know that his ample qualitica
tons as a lawyer, a law maker and
business man appeal to the thinking
men of the State, that his frank eX
preston of mis- views and his readi
ness to support them with argument
forceful and cogent, make him ;
power with whom they can do little
They realize that he has always beef
strong Republican, standing by hi
party and ever ready TO 60 upon TIM
stump for it, They understand, none
better, that his excellent treatment o
his many employees his work III thu
legislature Tor the people OF the State
and his broad apprehension of the
State of Maine. make him an idea
: candidate.
Add 10 this his personal popularit!
that extends from Kittery to QuodN
Head and from Matinicus to NADIA
waska and it does not require thu
perspicuitv of a Franklin to under
stand why the Democratic press il
; using its heaviest artillery in its at
tempt TO persuade the Republicans o
Maine that the nomination of Mr.
Haines would be a colossal mistake
! on their part. Ii is an old and ia
miliar dodge and one that will no
work. Maine Republicans do not &
to the Democrats for their informa
ton The ability and integrity o
Mr.. Haines is unquestioned His Re
publicanism has stood the test o
wears and is shown by his record
His popularity is very evident by thu
great wave of sentiment i'll favor o
his nomination, movement tina
knows no section or no class. Mr.
Hanes cannot be deprived of thu
nomination by the Democratic press
We have heard of a Piscataqui
County citizen who said he was OPP
. i J,ty no p