Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-02
Yesterdays Republican County Con-
vention Worthy of Roquets.


City hall. Augusta. yesterday was full
Of the fire of the Fourth.
In some respects it surpassed the
great excellence of even the State and
district conventions of this week.
Of 167 delegates elected by the
party in Kennebec, 167 delegates took
their seats in the convention hall
When this pleasing fact was announc-
ed in the submission of the report of
the committee on credentials there
was enthusiastic applause.
The personnel of the convention was
one of which Maine has reason TO be
very sproud 1t was largely an as
semblage of the young men of kenne-
bee county 1t was a gathering of
the able business men, the leading
professional men. the men of large
interests and substance and manufac-
turing and agricultural enterprises of
our county of kennebec.
In it's parliamentary direction and
observances and in the scholarly and
even brilliant nominating and second
ing speeches in behalf of candidates
it shone as political gem
different speakers who addressed the
convention were in every case Of an
unusual high degree of oratorical ex-
cellence. rejecting credit upon the
public school system of the cities.
towns and villages OF kennebec There
was not a mans face in the entire con-
gregation of Republican representa-
tives which was not marked by the
sparkle of a high grade of intelligence.
OF all the conventions that have
been held in our State this year per-
haps none have been so enthusiastic
and full of determination as this con-
vention of yesterday. There was d
gingery snap and sparkle to the con-
venton as "a whole.
When Colby Getchell was nominated
for sheriff the delegates burst out
spontaneously with rousing cheers
which echoed and re-echoed through
the building. When Hon. Thorn
as Leigh took the convention
floor for the purpose of nominating
for register of deeds Roland A. Serb
ner. he prefaced his nominating speech
with inspiring references to the Re-
publican party. past and present in
eloquent periods which the delegates
punctuated with volleys of applause.
Mr.. Leigh in referring to the attacks
of Democracy upon Republicanism in
Kennebec county, seemed to voice the
unanimous feeling of the entire gath
ering of Kennebec Republicans when
he shouted, IF the Democrats want
war, we'll give them war" Mr.. Leigh
| insisted that it was, although an off
year in politics. of supreme importance
! that the Republicans of Kennebec on
election day. September II. give
strength and support to the Republi-
can party of Maine by endorsing with
la large majority the magnificent
[ record in Congress of the Third District
representative. and to aid the Re
pubicans of the State in overwhelm :
| ing the enemy and preventing Democ-
racy obtaining a majority in the next
| legislature as well as to prevent the
peril Of Democratic chief executive
of Maine Mr.. Leigh further called
attention to the fact that a readjust-
ment OF Congressional districts in
Maine impended and that in the event
of Democratic success the State would
be so redistricted that it would re-
auire perhaps ten years before the
Republicans could regain power in the
State again.
Mr.. Leigh's references to Roosevelt.
to Taft and to the unseltish. persis-
tent and wonderfully successful work
of Congressman Edwin c. Burleigh in
DpllaIt OF our tltlISIlS, itSdi biCSS VI
politics. in Waterville Augusta. Card
ner. HalIowell and other communities
Of the district. drew forth the warm
est of responses from the delegates in
the hall. Personal interviews with
the delegates discovered the conven-
tion's individual opinions to be those
of the strongest confidence in the
election of the ticket nominated by
the convention and in an increased
majority for Governor Fernald and
the obtaining of larger majority IN
both houses of the State legislature in
the coming election in the fall.
The convention showed that the
fighting blood of kennebec Republic
cansm is freely and hotly flowing
that as the Democrats have thrown
down the gage of battle Republicans
of kennebec are by no means 10th to
pick it up. From now on until Sep
TENDER II kenuebec Republicans will
be active and persistent in their work
and feel sure Of d splendid victory in
the fall