Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-05
BULL MOOSE
Has the Last Words in
Triangular Fight.
Rev. H. E. Dunnack and R.
Gordon Mackay Speakers
At Well Attended Progressive Rally,
Monday Night, at City HALL.

The large number of women present
sand the semi religious character of
the meeting. as well as the Roosevelt
concert program rendered by the Au-
gusta Cadet Band served to make the
Progressive rally at City hall, Monday
evening, quite unique among political
meetings. The han Was we'll filed at
the opening of the rally with an au-
dience in which the women consider
ably outnumbered the men. A consid-
cradle number, however, left the hall.
before the conclusion of the remarks
of the last speaker
Seated upon the platform were r.
Gordon Mackay of New York, the
principal speaker of the evening; Rev.
Clayton d. Boethby, Rev. Henry E.
Dunnaek, Rev. Charles G. Mosher,
Charles A. Milliken, chairman of the
county committee; q. 2. Roberts of
Hallowell. member of the county COM
mittee; C. II. Coombs of Hallowell.
Daniel j. Rice, NJ P. Wight. Rev. B.
P. Hope. Charles s. Hichborn, E. w.
Church, c. f. Marston, Walter H. Da-
Wis. +. NJ. Thompson, secretary of the
county committee; Ralph II. Conant
Power S. Mooney. Roy II. Flynt. James
b. Stone, Henry T. Gilmore, Albert e.
Folsom. A. NJ Goddard. j. E. Bart
lett. Justin L. Packard and Samuel
l.. Huntington.
The. printed program was quite as
unique in some respects as the rally
itself. The front page carried the head
of bull moose and the two quota
tions, I'VE stand at Armageddon and
battle for the Lord and Thou shalt
not steal
A concert by the Augusta Cadet
Band, f. A. Dennis director, was given
from AS to SIS P. NJ. and included
the following numbers: Overture. lie
Macon Auber; dance, Humoresque. =
Dvorak; descriptive. ~ Hunting
Scene, Bucalossis: characteristic.
Teddy After Africa" Pryor; march,
Teddy Trombone Fillmore
The meeting was called to order by
Charles A. Milliken. chairman of the
county committee. and the Divine
blessing upon the services was invoked
by Rev. Charles G.. Mosher. A coilec-
tim was taken to defray the expenses
of the Progressive party, after which
Rev. Henry e. Dunnaek was introduce
ed as the presiding officer of the meet
ing.
Mr.. Dunnack's Keynote Speech.
Mr.. Dunnaok at the opening of his
Keynote speech urged his hearers to
exercise great care in their choice at
the polls, Tuesday. He contrasted the
three parties and their three great
leaders and gave his reasons for yot-
ing for the Progressive candidate. He
declared that Taft had been faithless
to his pledges TO the people. had ia
vored tariff legislation for the inter
ests and had destroyed the great party
of Lincoln, Blaine, Dingley and Reed.
Woodrow Wilson was characterized
by him as man who refused to dis
cuss openly. freely and frankly the
platform of his party and as a foe to
organized labor Mr.. Dunnack's elo-
.quent euiogy of Roosevelt and John
son was frequently interrupted by APP
plause which the speaker once or
twice tried to check and when he con-
Guided with the prediction that, ON
Tuesday, Maine would stand at the
head of the states of the Union in
casting her vote for Theodore Roose-
welt the applause was still more pro-
nouneed.
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