Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-01

ture instead of gaining their impress
sions of this State from a brief visi
which they may pay to any one local
ity of the State. The Republican party
a party of progress and of COLDER
promise for the future is not content
to wait the dawn of that era when
this state as the national playground
shall in the natural course of events, he
so recognized. but we want to hasten
the day so that it's advantages may
accrue to this generation so that the
harvest may be reaped tomorrow and
not 80 years from tomorrow"
The Governor enlarged upon what
the encouragement of the summer
| tourists business means to Maine and
to every section of Maine. In this con-
| nection, he said that it was one of the
| greatest assets of Maine; that its peo-
| pie appealed to those of other states
because Of their high spirit. as mani
tested in the large appropriations
| which they encouraged for the i'm
| provement of the public schools and
| for the care they took of the unfOrtu-
| nate. the weak and the vicious In this
connection he showed how great had
boen the appropriations by the last
Legislature for this purpose and as
usual his statements in relation to
these matters elected the approval of
the large audience. He also spoke upon
another phase of the State activities
in the direction Of charities which was
made for the Children's hospital in
Portland. He said that for many years
no attempt had been made by the peo-
pie of this State to afford assistance
or relief to the crippled children of
Maine and that as a result hundreds Of
infants afflicted with hip disease or
spinal trouble had been left to grow
up as cripplCs: as charges unon the
State and as objects of charity in adj
dltlon to their suffering both mental
and physical He said that last win
ter the Legislature had appropriated
$4,000 for the assistance in the estab-
lishment of Children's hospital to
treat these diseases in the city of Port
land and that today owing to the en-
ergy and the far-sighted policy of DR..
Abbott native of Hancock county.
this hospital was prepared to care for
these cases and is today doing work
in the relief Of crippled children maxi
ing them self-supporting, self-respect-
ing citizens of the State which must
commend itself to every taxpayer in
Maine. He also spoke of the increase
in the number of hospitals in the work
which the State is doing caring for de-
linquents and insane. and having
aroused sentiment of sympathy for
these policies, clearly manifested by
the applause and the strict attention to
his speech, the Governor asked Nov
which one of these appropriations
would opponents eliminate? They ac-
cuse us of extravaganza. My friends Is
it extravaganza to care for the help
less. to aid the weak, to bring sun
shine into the lives of children and
hope to the fireside of thousands of
people? If this be extravaganza then
my friends | stand condemned, as ex
travaSant, for this policy has my
hearty endorsement and my approval
and I am prepared to stand or fall up
on your verdict in this matter. And
remember. if you forget everything
else that have said that all this has
been done by the Republican party
without an increase of taxation and
that last year. with one exception. the
taxes of this state were less than they
nave been since Maine became a
State"