The Republican journal., 1910-07-07

party fighting in the last bitches for ex-
istence, nor are we entering upon cam
paign of excuse and apology, as per the
Democratic manifesto.
con the other hand this campaign finds
US a united and we'll organized force, car
rying the fight for rational progress and
the common welfare into every hamlet
of this State, and we have no fear of the
outcome of the battle on the 18th day of
September next; for, looking out over
the confines of this glorious old State we
see people happy and contented, we
see her farmers prospecting as no man
has ever seen them prosper before, we
see her wage earners employed at the
highest compensation since the Civil
War, we see new industries springing up
in her villages, we see her railroads, eX-
tending farther into her spruce woods,
bringing to market lumber no longer
heedlessly slaughtered, thank God, but
cut under the expert superintendent of
trained foresters, we see her hillsides
dotted with comfortable farm houses
whose doors are thrown open to hosts of
city jewellers who year by year in ever
increasing numbers are seeking the ben
efts of Names health giving climate, we
see the surfaces of her myriad lakes
glistening like jewels in the dancing sun
light, bearing hoatloads of tanned men,
red-cheeked women and laughing -shil-
dren, availing themselves of natures
greatest blessing, invigorating air and
pure water We do not see an unem-
ployed and disseminated people stagger-
ing under the heavy load of a bhghting
tariff, nor do We see her strong manhood
bowed down with the weight Of years of
Republican oppression offering up its
lean purse upon the awful altar of Re-
publican waste and extravaganza.
When the chair announced that nomi-
nations We're in order Frederic H E.
Bragg of Fairfield, who was to have
been a candidate for State auditor, ad
dressed the convention, withdrawing his
name and thanking his friends for the
support they had given him. Hon. Charles
S. Hichborn of Augusta then addressed
the convention, and said:
''1n the name of clean manhood, in the
name of duty DONE in the name of honest
and efficient administration, | again nomi-
nate, as our candidate for State Auditor,
the Honorable, yea the unimpeachable,
Charles P. Hatch" The nomination was
received with applause, seconded, and
Mr.. Hatch was declared nominated as
the Republican candidate for State au-
ditor.
William w. Mccain of Poland then
placed the name of Hon. Bert M. Fer
maid of Poland before the convention as
the candidate of the party for Governor.
IN opening his address he said: II appear
before you, not as an office seeker, but
as humble tiller of the soil. l know
nothing of the studied graces of the
orator or the cunning devices of the poll
tician.' But it did not take the conven-
ton a great while to realize that Mr..
Mccain was loaded with facts and knew
how to present them. When he stated
that the candidate had been one of his
pupils when he was teaching school, and
that few Governors of Maine had mad
such advantages in early life, his audi
ence burst into laughter and applause.
He closed as follows:
'The need of the hour in Maine is
leader who stands for wise and progress
sive craftsmanship, who believes in the
conservation of our great natural re-
sources, who stands for honest and eco
nomical administration of public affairs,
who commands the confidence and love
of the people. All these qualifications
Mr.. Fernald possesses in an eminent de-
gree. Trained in the school of expert
ence, tried in public life for many years,
| AiS has olloWli SoIHPClShe " ulo-
charge every duty and to meet every de-
mand of the public service with ability
and honor.
81 have the pleasure and the honor of
nominating as candidate foz Governor,
B. M. Fernald of Poland.
Give him the undivided support of
this convention and he will gallantly lead
the forces of the Republican party to-
victory in September, and become the
next governor of Maine"
Oscar R. Fellows of Bangor, son Of
former Speaker Oscar F. Fellows. Bucks
port, seconded Fernald's nomination. His
was finished speech. He said that he
spoke for the younger Republicans of
Maine who believed in Governor Fernald
and in his progressive policies. He was
given an ovation when he concluded his
eloquent address.
Walter C. Emerson of Portland also
seconded Governor Fernald's nomination
in speech that was wise and witty, elo-
quent and forceful, and which was many
times interrupted by laughter and APP
plause. He said, in part:
'"Thelpeople of the State of Maine are at
heart sound. Quite as much as any others
in the east they have what is known as
the New England conscience. Whenlthe
opportunity arrives to exercise it, bee it
moral, social or political, they can be
trusted to give it full play. As body
they are swayed by a sense of justice
rather than by sense of favor. When II