Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-03
NEW YORK CAMPAIGN.


state campaign here reached food
ti';c tonight at a meeting liz Carnegie
ha'l whcr" john A. biz, The noniine"
for governor. made his lira, public
address in tn" city. tn" meeting al
50 served rs the occasion for Mayor
Gaynor's long expected formal AN
ticket. The may ors voice still being
Y eak, this camc in the form Of II let
ter to- tn, cll;tiIman of tn" meeting.
II had lren expected the mayor
woul,i be present on the platform, but
he did not appear,
The rally VAS held under til" aus
liceS uf the Independent Business
| Mems League and Hermann itdder,
president &c that organization, pre-
sided. There We're speeches also by
Martin II. Glynn Of Albany. former
state conn trnllcr, by Melancthcn w.
S;tryllcr, president of Hamilton COL
le-c, vino recently announced that al
| Though a Republican. he would sup
port Dix.
| In his letter the mayor declared that
lie would be glad to speak publicly
in favor OF Mr.. Dix and his associates
or the ticket, did not the condition
of his voice prevent. He said that
| to keep government uD to the mark
enc party should not be kept con
tinIously in power. He said Mr.. Dix
was particularly free from objections
al lc Influences and added
| "'Thc Democratic convention Gid
service to hon, st politics by refusing
the alliance offered to it by political
soamps WHO nave no wish to aid IN
good government. but only their VAN
and selfish ambition in view
The assertion that DiX's nomination.
was forced by Tamn'any Hall, n" DE-
uouncoo a.; false Of his own knoW!-
| edge.
Mr.. Dis devoted the greater part %
Il 5000 word speech to Il 0rh1h'id'lo!.
of Theodore Roosevelt. II" charged
the 'urr Ter President with WI'lu'
falschood in repeating the accusations
"nl which Mr. Dix in '"S bhl'ar
speech demanded an apology. lie salo
that Col Roosevelt 'Hccausc Ct Wha'
| 10 deems to be MS political necessity
of the Tour. struck hands ana mace
political alliances" with Nltllan =.
| Hearst whom four years age ne nae
| "Publicly branded as resp"nSinl" l"f
the assassin's bullet when made nm
/ President.
Leaving the subject of Roosevelt inc
| candidate returned to charges Of Repuo-
licau extravaganza. He promised that II
| Democratic administration would reduce
taxation and once more make IT rossipi"
| for the average man to save enough
for a rainy day. lie denounced the re
nubIican tariff policy and declared him
self for a downward revision of the tar
;sf which he said, could he made III
| vn,b :. vyav as not to disturb any larg"
industry
I'VE are rapidly nearing the close o.
| the contest which will decide the gov
ornmental policies of this Empire STAT
| for the next two years. said Mr. lh%'
| more than that, in spite of anything
that can be done by either of the Two
great parties. this contest Will nave 7"
| great bearing upon the future of our
| country This campaign, like so many II
| the mast, involves questions Of policy ana
| expcnditurc: of reform and rctrcnchmeh'
and the other questions which necessarily
| have to do with carrying on the we'll
ordered business of government.
..Such questions would have been set
tied in the usual way by appeals to fea-
son and to experience and by that appil-
cation to common sense Judgment "hi'H
is so distinguishing an attribute OF thc
average American. But this was not 10
hc Into the center of the stage thei"
has been hurled the dangerous ambition
and tho reckless conduct of man Wh"
bao become the apostle of turmoil and
the protanoist of misrepresentation
enormous question of whether or not our
very republican institutions should SUI
viyc. or. under the assaults Of the ael-
tator and the cGotist, should 20 down I"
destruction as have other great countries
4 under similar assaults.
H fortunately for our country. the bat
Il tlcground chosen for this fight was tiaI
Il which combined patriotism, intellSence
L and public. spirit i'm their highest form,
L and the decisive defeat which lies before
/ tbie creator of unrest, this instigator OF
L manic and this destructive agent of busi-
Il no.. depression will not alone retire him
II ., , snbcre of well-earned and unenvied
seclusion. but will serve for many years
| ia come as a signal warning to all other
men who may let their ambition blind
their Judgment to the 1act that 'ills -
and must remain a government Of the
people and by the people
i "\ever before have we in our history,
Il had so much occasion to blush for the
L conduct of man who had been the
L first citizen of our country, ana no
/ greater or more striking difference
could be found in our history, between
the last Republican President and the
i iliustricus men who preceded him III
Office, than is found by their conduct
| after they had retired from the great
| Office which they had held. Let his
friends take whichever horn of delm-
| ma it suits their comfort and his vani-
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