Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-19
The Keynote Speeches.

The Keynote Speeches.
The addresses by Senator Burrows of
Michigan and Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts before the Republican con-
vention at Chicago will be regarded as
having sounded the keynote of the
1908 campaign. The former as tenn
porary presiding officer of that great
body and the latter as permanent
tom, carefully prepared addresses re-
viewing the past of the party, especial
ly the record of the present admins
tration and outlining the plans and
policies of the future. The other
speeches of the convention, except
those nominating the candidates, at
tract relatively little attention
throughout the country and of course
the nominating speeches are largely
personal in their nature.
The speeches of Senators Burrows
and Lodge, however, were broad and
StIlcIdl III SCopC OCCdhlC pei SoIldi
only when they paid eloquent tribute
to the work and personality of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The speech of Sena-
tor Lodge was published in full in
yesterdays issue of the Journal and it
deserves a careful reading. There
are few ADLER men in public life today
than the senior senator from Massa-
chusetts. He is the finest type of
scholar in politics, a man of excep
tional culture, close student of his
tory and a thorough master of Eng
fish. His speech before the conven-
ton is classic. It's contrast between
the Democratic and Republican par
ties is something which should be re-
peated over and over during the COM
ing campaign, and it is enough to say
for his tribute to Roosevelt that it
aroused the great gathering of 14,0D0
people into a frenzy of enthusiasm,
resulting in demonstration that con-
tinued without interruption fun
three quarters of an hour. His con-
else summary of what the Republican
party has been and what it stands for
today should be pasted in the hat of
every voter in the country. AS for
the Democracy he said, "If we refer
to their history they charge US with
calumny. To the youth of our coun-
try they say Judge us solely by our
undiscovered future"
The speech Of Senator Burrows was
much longer than that of Senator
Lodge. long enough in fact to have oc-
cupied fully Is columns of space in the
Journal had we been able to publish
it in full. What is lacking in concise
ness and polish as compared with the
address of Senator Lodge, it made up
in the thoroughness of detail with
which it reviewed the history of the
country since the organization of the
Republican party and the work of
that party as a factor in the country's
progress. 1t is a speech which should
be published in full in pamphlet form
and placed in the hands of every voter
in the land.
1t is small wonder that the speeches
Of both the temporary chairman and
the permanent chairman evoked the
most enthusiastic applause. Back of
those joining in the great demonstra-
ton within the walls of the auditorium
were the S0,0OO,00O of people who have
felt to some degree the varied benefits
of Republican policies and Republican
rule. But both speakers emphasized
the fact that the Republican party
does not propose to rest today upon
it's record of glorious achievements
during the past half century. Its ap-,
peal to the voters in the present cam
paign is based upon it's attitude re-
sarding the great questions now be-
fore the country and upon the issues
which make for the betterment and
progress of the American people,