Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-09

Congressman Fordney exclusively ex-
planned the provisions and effects OF the
Payne tariff and delightfully."- iightened the
dry facts and figures with well told. cpl
sodes from real life. He Is a charming
speaker and a magnetic. delightful gen.
tleman.
Mr.. Emerson said: Il am here
again to bore you and put
you to sleep as l have done be-
fore in other campaigns. l have just
returned from a summer resort: from
tennis, pink teas and motor boats to
civilization. 1 felt as though l had
awakened from a sleep like that of
Rip Van Wrinkle, for l have heard
many strange things since coming
back tc earth. 1 heard that the Dem
ocrats were going to elect a Demo-
cratic Legislature. that would elect a
Democratic senator; that they were
going to elect the county tickets in
Is counties; that they were going to
send four Democratic congressman to
Washington and that they were going
i
they are going to elect a Democr attic
governor hv the name of Plaisted.
because, in the confidence Of the
smoking car between Bath and Bruins
wick, a genial. suave and good look
ing young man by the name of Plais-
ted told me SO.
Since coming back to civilization
have seen crowds of wild men
shouting the housetops and the hill
tops that the State treasury has been
looted, that Maine had been wiped off
the map and that the price of fish
hash had gone up.
| But in the midst of all this 1
found Governor Fernald saving wood
at the same old stand. One of the
Democratic orators, more brilliant
than the rest and consequently more
wild, compared the Governor of the
| State to horse thief. But there was
one point of similarity he failed to
note. He will find out next Monday
that Governor Fernald runs well.
| Governor Fernald made many
promises to the people of Maine and
he has faithfully. honestly. conscen-
tiouslv and fearlessly lived up to his
promises and for that reason the peo-
pie should show their appreciation of
a capable official by returning him to
his Office. The people know he is
sincere. He is faithful in his work
and the governship of this great State
means more to him than n
mere office. He is Repub
lican but not partisan. He realizes that
La party cannot exist without the consent
of the people and consequently he aims
to make his administration honest and
upright. He promised to see that the
peoples money was appropriated in an
economical manner and he kept his prom
Use. He promised to build good roads in
Maine and he kept his promise. He prom
| Used to pass a 5S-hour law and he kept
| his promise. His record is before and
you should and will compliment him on
his efficiency by re-electing him Monday
| lone of the items of extravaganza that
the Democrats are bowling about Is the
new State House. Now I happened to be
| in Augusta during the time when the
| fight for the removal of the State House
was on. One of the most ardent work.
ers for that item was Frederick w.
Plaisted. Now the men who wish to have
him elected Governor are crying extrava-
as a sample of what reckless extrava-
gance means.
II would IKE to ask Mr.. Plaisted why.
| IL the new State House was so good
four years ago. it Is so bad now?. Fur
| thermore. would like to ask Mr.. Pattan-
gall why he voted for different appropri-
| ations in the Legislature Did he vote
for them because he thought they were
fN,, Nhn ~
political capital for this campaign"
Mr.. Emerson touched on national issues
and urged the voters to return Hon. Ed
win C.. Burleigh to Congress from this
district. He paid a fine tribute to the
| executive ability of Congressman Bur-
leigh and said that there was not in Con-
gress any representative who better UNI
derstood his people an provided for
their wants than Congressman Burleigh
Mr.. EmerSon predicted that Asher c.
Kinds, now a candidate for Congress
from the LIST District would some day
be Speaker of the House.
He urged the voters not to be misled
by Democratic Misrepresentation and
told them to show that they still wanted
safe and sound policies, such as the Re
publican party always gave them.
Mr.. Emerson Is an able, eloquent and
fluent speaker and his quaint manner of
expressing homely truths brought laugh
ter and applause from his audience at
frequent intervals. At the conclusion of
his great speech he was given most lib
eral applause.
These Republican speeches. calm,
courteous. instructive. truthful and digni-
fled yet powerful in their presentation of
the truth, made with the excellent at