Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-30

Edwin c. Burleigh. (Applause). And in
behalf of the delegation from Hancock
county / second his nomination.
Hon. o. Il. Frost of Belfast, also Sec
onded the nomination, saying:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventions:
l find myself in very much the same
position of a gentleman ! once read
about, who by education was cOnStitu-
tionally too lazy to live up to the re-
quirements of his religious life. So he
had prayer printed on card and
hung it by his bed so that at night
just before retiring he could place
himself in an attitude Of deep devotion
and say Lord those are my sentiments
exactly"
1 have listened to the speeches made
by these gentlemen and have somehow
had borne upon me the fact that they
are my sentiments expressed in Ian
guage better than I could possibly use.
But 1 will say this, gentlemen. going
back for the last SO years in which
Maine has never, with three exceptions,
sent anyone but q Republican to the
national House, we have been particu-
III our SoHSlcSSlOIlol
representatives. If it were possible for
us to call back those men who have
represented us and if they were pass
ed in review before us, we would be
conscious of the fact that we We're
looking upon a company of men the
equal Of whom has never been pro-
duced in any state in this Union. Gap
plause). l realize that is Il strong
statement, and while | must admit
that other states have produced Lin
coin. Garfield and Roosevelt, no state
has ever produced men the equals of
Blaine. Reed, Seth Milliken, Boutelle,
and Edwin c. Burleigh. (Applause).
Now all through Edwin c. Burleigh's
public service, covering four years as.
Governor of the State of Maine, and
about 10 years as our representative III
Congress, has he ever been criticized
by the opposition party in any way:
The first speaker told of one criticism.
Our Democratic friends tell Us that
never Cnce during those years has he
been capable of standing before the Ma
tiOnal House ana delivering one Of those
spell binding speeches we read of in
the papers as having been made by our
Democratic representatives of the
South. ! think perhaps that is true,
but, gentlemen, it calls to my mind a
story of a gentleman and his wife who
live in Il rural district. The man was
of quiet, retiring disposition and the
woman had 4 flow of language. And the
woman never lost an opportunity of
exercising her talents. One day as
the old gentleman was sitting beside
the kitchen stove she thought it 2
good opportunity to give him some
good advice and she forthwith corn
mence1 to do it, After she had eX-
hauStcd every word she coull think
of, and seeing that it had very little
effect upon him, she turned upon him
and said John, you are enough to
drive a woman crazy. Here / have
talked to you for half an hour and all
you do is to sit there and chew tobacco
and rot say a word" John said
MARY, l will give half the old farm
if you will learn how to chew" Gap
plause).
Gentlemen, I am not advocating tie
use of tobacco, for I don't believe in
it, but l do believe there are times
and it has been proved to us-when a
man can accomplish more for the dis
trict he represents by keeping quiet
and digging right down into things
SO that structure can be built upon
it and stand for all time.
Two years ago they told us we had a
land slide. l dispute it. A little surplus
material around the Republican noun
tain slid off and made little bit of
hill in the valley and Immediately the
Democrats climbed up and supposing
t1n,, fho @o;, Fo,,
they had a wider view of the world
than they had ever had before-they
said: I'VE are It, (Applause).
The old Republican mountain is made
out of material that does not slide.
l remember few years ago I at
tended q large religious convention in
the state of Massachusetts, and we had
a splendid attendance. One Of the larg-
est halls in one of the cities was filled
to overlooking. Every seat in the gal
lery, was occupied. When the speeches
came on they were as good as I ever
listened to but there was hardly 4
thing said in the way of applause. Late
in the afternoon a gentleman came IN
and took seat on the platform When
it came to his time to speak he said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I was told
that you had one Of the best conven-
tions in the history of the society, bur
l have been sitting here for half an
hour listening to some of the best
things l have ever heard and I have
not heard a word Of applause from
anybody" l was surprised in the early
part of the meeting while listening to
the great speech of Mr.. Nelson that so
little applause was heard. We need
enthusiasm and let us have it all
through this campaign.
Now, let every man in this room
stand up and give three cheers for
Hon. Edwin c. Burleigh and let us
give them with so much vim that our
representative in Congress can hear
the ecno of it way out in Congress.
(Three cheers given with Wild.
Mr.. Speaker: l asked if Mr.. Burleigh
would be here today. and they said
no. he is too busy. Why Is he too
busy? Why, do they expect to go there
and have a good time, Why is it he is
busy! It is because he is in charge of
committee having the spending of
81 .O0o.0OG this year. Show me Il man
who is capable of serving on a board