Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-17

i1g int" this matter. although feeling
it deeply, with the masterfui abilit'
Tor discussion and declamation. and
anllysIs of my friend, the Sent!e,naa
from .Ilisv ortn. ~: can | play, upon
the Very utmost feelings Of human
sympathy. Is has my esteemed friend
the gentlemen from Houlton. l. can
not be SO moved with the awful agony
Of this solemn hour as is my esteemed
FRIEND from Houlton. | do not look
upCn the cause of temperance as UP
on Caesars body lying before US here
i'll the House ii Representative to
day with its life blood ebbing away
through the stabs Of its friends, That
is net my idea OF it. ! have pecn
brought no in my inc of thought ana
in my n.ethod OF thinking and in ny
belief that all great causes must d"
carried through to a successful term
nation by concerted and united effort.
| am primarily Il party man. De
lieve in party organization. ana that
party effort must be maintaiDed To
carry through to successful Issue
the more iu.portt Mt questions u
tie LAY: and Tor that reaso-
! I have stood for some tbing5
in the past with ether members OF
NV partv which seemed against fH%
d. rsonal judgment. and the question
which is now before us TO-DAY mss
been one cf them. My women ar
dcarcr t. me than anything else, I'M
der Gods Heaven. | am not here to
da,. to rropnse or to advocate any
measure which s.all tear out the
hearts or leave nay women in shasi.-
in the streets of the State OF Maine,
Nor do believe that the gentleman
from Houlton. Mr.. Hersey. whatever
his ,iews may be, believes that tiie
Republicans or the Democrats OF eNt'
House in their support of TINS ,srea@
question are taxing steps aga'ET 'he
comfort III" good feeling and the, pcs1
interests of the women OF tn S.EtS
of Maine, and their families and IRE.
siGcs. That Is all eXtraneous- -
Now | am making no apology 'u'
what my vote, shall be upon this qlcS
ton either to this House, to the. gar
lcries or to my constituents. lh0
time has come in my opinion iSt slis
not to sink my personal judgment I"
the unknown wishes of the malQri'S
of nv CONSTITUENCIES | do not thlnA tht
Republicans Of the state Ut Name OF
the Democrats Of the state oil MANN
can afford longer to ignore what ] be-
|licvr is the wish of the great bodS u
the people of the state of Maine. No&
to 90 over the matter which mas pcch
gone into minutely by others lei IN"
say that my belief is founded upon
this-it is a question of political JUICE
mcnt and not Il question of ethics; III
he year 1902 our Republican, party III
this state came away from the pom
NTH a plurality of over 23,e90' III i3oa
we came out with plurality of -b,VVu-
in 1906. at the end of one Of the lloSt
successful administrations that th'
state has ever had. Governor C4opS
first administration. the hrst ""
lycars of his administration IN inns
State at a time when no mal-adfhh-
listration was charged against the Re
publican party and no charges OF OK
Itravagancc. the main questions at rs
| sue bein. other policies, and say uD
der the conditions existing at thar
Itine we came out with a majority re-
ducrd in the two years from 26.o00 IL
5000 For Heavens sake. Gentlemen.
| lean YOU see any writing on the wall
or are YOU still blind? applause ANA
Ilaughterl in 1898 at the end of GOV
trnor Cobb's second administration, an
administration in which our friends
the Democrats We'd with us in throw
ing bouquets to that maSterfuf ad~
ministratiou. our majority was still
further reduced to 1000. That was not
on account OF gross Republican ex-
travagance and mai administration. III
was something else. Gentlemen, there
was another cat in the meal. What
happened in 1910. just two years aft
erWardSo With Il man placed III
nomination by the Republican party
whom no man ever dared TO call dis
honest. who had given us two years
of excellent administration, as far as
honesty and the ordinary policies or
the administration went, with man
against him in the Democratic party
who at that time was inexperienced
but who gave signs of course we say.
We all say, of great merit and OF good
prospects. Those two men We're set
up against each other, the Republican
having had two years of experience
and two years OF good administration.
What is the result? Of course now
my friends say. That has nothing TO
do with this. We said and we proved
that You Republicans We're not only
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