Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28

| Wizards name was withdrawn before
the second ballot could be taken and
the nomination of Mr. Richardson
| made unanimous
The following platform was adopted:
The Republicans of York county in
| convention assembled. endorse the
| principles Of our party policy as con-
| tanned in our declarations and pledges
OF the platform adopted by the Repub-
lican state convention and the Repub-
| llcan district convention. We reaffirm
| our support aud loyalty to the prin-
ciples of the national Republican par
ty and pledge our active and enthu-
slastic support to the candidates of the
party IN our county, State and con-
Sressional district
TIL" mass meeting, which followed
the convention was held on the com
mon in front of the courthouse The
meeting was presided over by Con-
gresham Amos l.. Allen. The speakers
of the afternoon were Governor Bert
NJ. Fernald. Candidate Asher c. Kinds
OF Portland and Congress sman John p
SWascy of the Second Maine District
The Speeches were listened to with
careful attention and the speakers
were frequently applauded
Governor FernaId's Speech
In opening the Governor referred to
the pleasure which it gave him to
again be at Alfred and there. in the
old grove of historic York county. once
more discuss tho issues of a cam
paign. He said that this was the eve
of an important campaign, but that he
III: u # tn h,y, vii
defense. He declared that the Replb-
lcan party. united and progressive
again merited the suffrage of the
voters Of Maine. but that the purposes
of the opposition could in no way com
, mend themselves to the independent
voters.
The Republican party had kept all
pledges made to the people in it's last
campaign. as the record of the Seven
-y-fourth legislature showed. What
was true of the past eighteen months
was true of the last six years. The
/ look of it's political life was open to
ali. The democracy. said he. come to
you with new issue. not the same
rs a leading Democratic newspaper in
York county declared. three months
| ago, would be the issue. 1t is make
shift.
Next the charges of miSmana cement
and bad financial showing were taken
No by Gov. Fernald. AS an issue, he
declared, it was failure. 1t was one
which the Republican party need not
and did not fear. He believed that
| the leaders of the Democratic party
| today realized that they had made
their
gauzy to b. of material benefit to them
| in this campaign. He said that he
would not go over the same grounds
covered in his speech at the State
convention in Augusta in detail. He
! would repeat that the state expend
| lures had been much increased in
| gross amounts carried on the books
| of the state in recent years because
the state was acting as the banker
| for the cities and towns. 1t annually
| collected large amounts. which was
| Tor the use of these municipalities and
| which was paid to them by the State.
! In q speech in York county the
| Democratic candidate for governor had
recently declared that no one knew
how much the state owed and that
state institutions We're. by borrowing
| money, without authority. constantly
! increa sing this debt. 1t was false.
| The proposition of the state inStitu-
| tons was the same as though the pas
tor of York county church, not hav
| ing received his salary. should go and
| borrow money which he was to pay
| back when the salary was paid. In
doing this he did not increase the debt
OF the church penny. That was ex~
| actly what the institutions were doing
II say to you that the treasury is
| not empty; that it is full"
| The Governor left finance here and
| took up tho charge that has been made
| Inv a certain Democratic newspaper
| to the effect that the entire record OF
the present administration is the
| csta blishment of a water storage com
| mission which held two meetings and
| then turned the whole business over 70
the State photographic survey. This
was n subject which he was glad to
talk about. He then took up the vari-
Gus stages by which this important
subject got into state Legislatures and
| notifies and how the public was now
declaring that the rights of the people
| must be guarded. In doing this both
| the interests OF capltdl ana idp'i '''9'
| be considered and that was what the
water storage commission was doing
| Capital was given the right to utilize
these water powers. If they could Gre
ate the right by law to use them, theh
| they could. by law. regulate the use
! thereof If this was policy to De
sneered at he was willing to ADMIT
that he was no judge of signincane
! economic issues.
| It was more important puplc
| question. he thought than the OPEN
ing of saloons in legalized 1orth'
which was the movement to which the
| .+,- woe lending it's