Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-12
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT
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tS"m"rS"t R"pOrter)
The bricf Guhernatorial campaign in
this stat" VIII close on Monday of next
week. when the voters Will go to the
rolls aid east their ballots for the can
didatrS and record themselves on th.
!n' assures presented. Standing upon a
platform which commands the respect
Of all who believe iii the integrity OF
tine home and tn" general welfare OF
IN" community. the Republican posi-
ton, and tn" fight it has made. has
been clear and above board. The Re
itl leans hay" presented their record
With pride which only those can feel
who have done their duty well and
1a'thfull". They can point to tie
steady decrease of the public debt, and
under hfir fostering care hello has
been wisely este ended to all the worthy
r1lt'lic Institutions in which the state
is Interested. They do not be
lieFe in 4 mean. stingy policy; ant
v lille under the continuance of Eepub-
llcdn rul". not one cent has been lost to
the state, there has been a liberaity
equal t. the demands of the times in .
community that Il, sires to keep up with
the procession Schools. good roads
'Il ~ tiGi it.Ili lti II S'hf'litS. 1lDSISil,lS,
home for the Predetermined. Etc, Lave
called for liberal appropriations. but all
these ar" worthy objects and deserve
the fostering care of the state.
"'he Republican party has outlaWed
tn" grog shop. and viii continue to out
law it. II any one Is mean enough to
sell rum. he shall not be protected in
the infamous business by the law. This
has been one Of the issues or the cam
paij3n and holtiing firmly to that posi-
ton. it should have the support of all
tempe rance lnnn and women Under
tnlS system OF prohibition Maine has
prospered We find by consulting the
records Of the census bureau that III
the first four years of tn" present dec
AIDE the lcr cent. of increase Of true
wealth was larger i'll Main" than i'll the
three nciGhbrrinE license StateS-larger
even than IN the oldest and richest of
The New England states, MasSachu-
sets.
The chif stock in trade of the Dem
orratic party, during the campaign,
has been the vIlihcation of the state.
When all progressive men and women
hay" been seeking to build up the rep
lll't ION ca IIt'' ,0ldi'', l'' lllltt'bN'' US
lnoralS. Ia better its business condi-
tionS. so as to attract tn" right kind nf
people here, they have represented il
rs a God -forSakcn, corrupt ignorant
and drunken state. mostly made mp of
a population of political hypocrit"S and
graftcrS ON Monday next let tn" i'll
suited and traducod people turn unon
these vililicrs, and show them that they
arc in Il little mean, Contemptiblc min
GRITTY.
Bert NJ Fornald. our candidate fer
governor, has made Il fine impression in
his thorough and impartial canvass Of
the state. He has exceeded even the
highest expectations Of his most ardent
friends il; his presentation of the prln-
ciples of tie Republican party and his
lucid explanations Of the different IS
sues. and has been more sought for
than any other speaker on the stump
Wherever Mr. Fcrnald has appeared
he has made friends by the score. We
have had here speakers of national rep
utation, and thO@c whose fame has not
gone much beyond their own neiShhor-
hoods. and they have all made good
as tnev have appealed to the common
sense ana lIldtliUfb't 81 tilt pt'I'i'
And then as To national affairs. ~
vote for f'ernaId is a vote for Taft.
This may have been reiterated 50 often
as to become tircSore. But is Is a fact
nevertheless. When Republican
votes for Gardner. he strikes blow at
TAFT Do YOU want to continue the
protective features of the tariff. and
TIE other we'll tlnowu measures of the
rarity? Then YOU will vote for fernald
The eyes of the nation arc upon Maine
as they were upon Vermont. 1t IS al
WAYS so in these years of national con-
| tests Vermont has fred its first gun
| and the blaze of victory illuminates its
mountain tops We are looking fol
| Maine to follow on with majority
\ that shall send cheer to the battling
hosts in the doubtful states. 2