Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
Nelson B. Schwartz recently return
cd from l. Of NJ. where he attended
a. Cpurea OF Horticultural lectures.
LINCOLN.
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pealinE to Congress to do for them
things which they formerly did for
| Themselves, Mr.. Driscoll continued:
There are statesmen in Washington
Who glory in making eloquent speech
es against paternalism and the inva-
sion of states rights. But when a
proposition is made TO give their
states or districts some relief. benefit
or advantage at the expense Of the
national treasury they Weld t. their
constituents
The speaker then enumerated nearly
4 score of demands for Federal as
sstance which the Congress is Yield
ing To, one by one"
Then he took q rap at our great
captains of finance and industry who
| have fortunes beyond compare in any
lformcr period Of the worlds history"
And yet" he said. they are greedy
for more and are disposed To treat the
Declaration Of independence as a
formula and the Constitution as Il
rubber bag when the question of more
dollars is concerned. SO that they may
spend all they can in ostentation and
display and leave the balance for the
Decentralization and ruin of their Off
| spring" 1t was here he referred TO
Miss Gould's recent marriage.
Congressman Driscoll expressed
grace doubts" as to the success of the
sherman antitrust law "by which the
government is striving TO prevent
monopolies and compel open and real
Ieompetition." He continued we
have destroyed our magnificent for
in n al
and are already facing a shortage and
high prices. We have been skimming
the cream off our richest soil and i'm
Ipoverishing the land by wasteful hus-
bandry. No people We're ever better
provided for than the mechanics in
our country today. And Yet they are
not satisfied because they think they
are not getting their full share of
what they produce. There is through
out the country an industrial as we'll
as a political unrest, and reports from
last November's elections indicate that
socialism is rapidly growing"
Discussing the change within the
Republican party. the speaker said,
During I.incolns administration a
great moral issue was involved which
tried mems souls. The resolute and
patriotic men who organized the Re-
publican party and faced rebel bullets
in the defence of it's principles. and
who have maintained for half CEN
tury it's solidarity and efficiency, are
rapidly passing away. The very
great majority of the present party
We're born after the trying period, and
very many of them have grown up to
manhood since the last Democratic
administration. There is no issue
which now appeals To the moral sense
or patriotism of our people The
principle or policy Of protection which
was u national question is now a mat
ter of schedules ana rates as applied
t. localities and special interests
The dollar issue never appeals to the
| higher sentiments and aspirations Of
| the human heart. Hence there are
several types of Republicans accord
| ing t" what they conceive to be their
! financial interests; insurgents and
regulars, progrrSsiV"s and reaction
aries, reformers and standpatters, new
nationalists and old nationalists, and
| the proposed Canadian reciprocity
agreement is likely Ia develop a couple
of new brands. for the people who live
in larg" cities and are demanding
cheaper food are quit" as certain to
favor that proposition as are the po-
tato growers and papers makers Of
your state to oppose il.
In Lincoln's time the life ot the
nation was in peril. and now We are
wanted with prosperity and power
In that is the danger against which
| ~.
gressman Driscoll then declared his
'aith in the American people Ia save
the Republic from the dangers
toward which she may seem TO be
'ehding; and that-let me say it with
au due humility since the late un-
asahtness-through the agency of
the Republican party" lie cbarac-
terlZed the party as strong and self
reliant, with the power of correcting
lts own mistakes and of cleansing and
pufginS itself by casting out and
slou2hng off its crooks and camu fol :
lowers who are disposed To violate tho
law where the acquisition of wealth is
concerned. We have faith in the
party of Abraham Lincoln, who wa.
born in poverty, reared in advcrsity
educated in natures school OF har,
lexperienec, and whose warm hear
throbbcd in sympathy with the hopes
land aspirations of the struggln.
masses.
Men of Maine. let us not be cas-
down over last falls rcverses. Th,
vote WAS not one of confidence Il
Democracy. but of criticism of ou
party. The public have no confidenc,
lin the Democratic narfS Thoy Il,
mot expect anything good of il. ans
are never disappointed. But they vii
come to their senses and learn few
lessons, and the discordant element!
Iof our party will get together for th'
tpublic good. and we will come into oul
iown again in 1912.