Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-08
n CALAANTy I
Would Be a Democratic
Senator from Maine"
Bath Iron Works President Says
Republican Success
Is Necessary to Prevent Ruin Dem
oeratle Plans Would Cause,
"Your employers interest is
your interest, If he is in an
honest characterization. D. J.
McGilIicuddy at Bath Rally.

NO Democrat or Otnef CltlZen OF
Maine will question the honesty of the
business of the Bath Iron Works, the
plant of which all Maine is proud, the
industry which builds war vessels
and other ships of steel. which eclipse
world records for excellence of work.
manship as well as speed.
Voters of Bath and Sagadahoc
will on Monday next recall the state
ment of Mr.. McGillicuddy with which
this article begins in connection with
the following views of Hon John S.
Hyde the president of the Bath Iron
Works:
Saturday reporter from the Bath
Times called upon Mayor John S.
Hyde and informed him that it was
current report that he intended to- adj
dress d letter to the voters of Bath on
the issues involved in the coming cleo
ton.
mo, sir, am not" was Mr.. Hyde's
emphatic reply. Il am as Bath
knows. busy on something else than
writing letters, and besides l think
that the people here; know well enough
what an interest these works have in
this election in common with ship
yards that are idle and the general
business of the city WHICH is depressed.
y s sdass1f' CONFESS have been exceedingly
annoyed by the careless and flippant
talk on the street corners among those
who have nothing else to do than to
talk politics, as if this election invOlv-
ed nothing more than the personal re-
lations of the voters to some of the
candidates. If it were a mere local
election as some of these local poll
ticians seem to think, 1 would not so
much care. for if there We're mis-
take made it would affect only local
affairs, and could be remedied the
next year. But the two representatives
Bath will send to the next Legislature.
do not hesitate to say. will occupy
positions more directly bearing upon
the interests of these works. and the
business of this city than all the may
ors we have had since Bath became a
city
Everybody knows how disappoint-
ed | felt at the retirement of Senator
Hale and l have refrained from being
drawn into any controversy as to his
successor. 1t will be enough for me
that he is a Republican. The election
of a Democrat would be the hardest
blow struck at Bath since I have been
in business. More than this. as has
been pointed out. these two represen-
tatives may be called upon during their
legislative term to vote for two in
stead of one United States senator.
However excellent gentlemen may
have been named by our Democratic
ri CT vnta for
their partys nominees at Augusta, or
else be recreant to their trust, A
Democratic senator from Maine would
be calamity, nothing could conceiv-
ably be worse. unless it be two. And
there is no city in the State that would
feel the blow earlier or more heavily
than Bath. For only a Republican
Senate in Washington has stood be-
tween. more times than l can mem
ton, the defeat of naval appropria-
ton bills, and other measures bene-
fetal to Bath. The control of the Sen
ate the Democrats are now seeking
with the aid of a few Republicans in
sympathy with every move designed to
cripple our shipyards still further. Can
the Republicans of this Republican
city, or anybody who looks in his vote
to self-protection first. stand for this?
/ recall that when Senator Frye's term
last expired witnessed the humilia-
ton of seeing Baths Democratic rep
resentatives, one of them Charles l..
Farnhanif who is again a candidate,
vote to replace Senator Frye-whose'
name is a household name among u.s.
as it is wherever the American flag
CT O 6--HVjth, w I'LL
NJ. Pennell. and when Senator, Hales
term last expired. the Democrats of
the Legislature gave their full party
vote to Lindley Murray Staples All
have to say is again to ask If the
citizens Of Bath are going to stand for
this. Are they going to allow Demo-
cratic politicians who have no strength
of their own or their party here but
have always been outvoted under nor
NAL conditions to play upon what they
imagine to be personal jealousies and
sores in our own party. to get office
for themselves and their friends at the
cost of ruin to whatsoever business
is now left to our city and to cut us
off from all hope in the future, at
least for so long a time that it will
matter little to those of us now doing
the best we can to keep alive the in
dustries of this city which mean the
city itself?''
Mr.. Hyde paused. Il have said more
than I intended and what has first
come into my mind because l am in
position to realize what there is at
stake If anybody thinks I have over
drawn this, | ask them to go to the
rally Thursday night and hear Mr.. Nc
kinlay and my friend, Mr.. Weeks.
naval man and an authority on naval
affairs. and one of the foremost bust
ness men of New Engla y