Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-02
Governor Received al HouI-
ton With Open Arms.
Receives Promise Of Largest
Republican Vote In Years.
Enthusiasm Everywhere In This
Great Farming County.

Houlton, Me-. Sept. Rock ribbed
Republican Aroostook county welcomed
Governor Fernald last night at Houl-
ton. it's largest town. by rally which
in point of enthusiasm and of numbers
excelied anything of the kind known
here for years. The Governor had
made a long journey to reach here.
travelling from Bar Harbor across the
State to it's north eastern corner. En-
route he had stopped q few hours at
Bangor. His coming was not an
nounced but at the hotel he found as
sembled Republicans from all parts of
Penobscot county. They told him that
Penobscot county was not looking bet
ter than it did two years ago but that
it hadn't looked as well before in many
years. On mis- way to Houlton through
Aroostook county the Governor met
men from the greatest agricultural re-
gion in Maine and they all had the
same thing to say.
Doubt about Aroostook county.
Not bit of it," They said. 'It will
go Republican by the largest vote in
years"
The farmers. the numbering inter
ests. the merchants here on the border
line of Maine had some expert
ence with Democratic free trade doc
trine and they want no more of 1t.
And in Houlton the Governor was
met at the station by reception COM
mittee and a large crowd who gath
cred about him to shake his hand. At
the hotel where he partook OF hasty
supper there was big crowd gather
ed which applauded him when he en-
tered the hotel. Afterwards he was
escorted to the Opera House by a fine
band and a parade of automobiles and
all along the route he was applauded
by the people of Houlton.
The Opera House was crowded.
There were at least 800 present and in
spite of the threatening weather the
farmers from the surrounding country
had driven into Houlton to hear the
Governor speak. When he entered the
hall he was cheered and his speech
was received with enthusiastic evil
dence of appreciation throughout.
M. M. Clark called the meeting to
order and James Archibald presided.
Representative Ira G. Hersey OF Houi-
ton made telling speech and the Gov
ernor was introduced. . *,
Governor Fernald said that he was
particularly glad that his campaign.
which was taking him all over the
state meeting the people of the vari-
Gus counties and talking with them
concerning the affairs of the State
government. had brought him into
Aroostook county at this time of year
On every hand, he said that he, had
seen rich and fertile farms; that the
evidences of prosperity and happiness
in this, the garden spot of Maine. were
sufficient indication to him that
the voters of the county would be hard
to turn away from the party and its
principles which had contributed much
toward that prosperity. He said that
he himself was a farmer. was born
and raised on farm and hoped 10
oass the rest Of his life on farm
When he came to talk to the farmers
of the state he felt right at home ana
felt that he was moreover taking 70
his friends, for he thought that he fully
appreciated their needs and their re-
uuirements, as much as any one posi-
bly, could He said that he had &C
ouired all of his education in the COM
mon schools of the State: had been DE-
MED by circumstances over which ne
had no control. of obtaining higher
| education. and it was for this reason
more than ny other. that he had al
, ways taken deep and profound inter-
est in the advancement Of education In
Maine. -
People Satisfied.
The people of the State OF Maine arg
| well satisfied with the way in which
thu, Republican party has handed
| this problem of education, he said Il
have been charged with extravaganco
| in nv administration of affairS.
Would any Democrat or Republican
| agree to curtailing to any extent the
money which this State Is spending
| for the maintenance of Its common
schools? If my opponent be elected
| governor of Maine will he recommend
that the legislature decrease the ap-
preparation which the State Is making
for educational purposes? Last year
we distributed to the cities and towns
Of this State the great sum of a million
five hundred and six Thousand dollars
in such way that the child OF the
poorest man in the poorest town OF this
State is now given the same opportun-
lily to secure q common school educa-
ton as is the child of the richest man
in the richest city of this state. Does
not every Democrat. every Republican
approve of this? You know and Z
know that they do. SO that in this
respect we are safe to assume that
their charge Of extravaganza has not
been substantiated by the facts. SKI
1.-THE Republican party Of this State
Is a progressive party and moves right
onward from year to year and has
been doing soNfor many years. faced by
just such charges as those which are
now made without lettering IL In its
! progress or checking It in ITS advance.
What we have done in the cause Of ed
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