Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-31
In Large Numbers at The
Republican Rally.
Godfrey DupTe, J. E. Croieau
and Judge Cook Speak.
Parade, Red Fire, Automobiles and
Sacred Heart Band Features.

rally held by the Republicans in Sa-
cred Heart hall. The hall was crowd
ed and the greatest of enthusiasm was
shown, every speaker being greeted
with applause and cheers being giver
with will at the close of their re-
marks Godfrey S. Dupre of Bidde-
ford one of the leading French
American citizens of the State. was
the principal speaker of the evening
and made telling speech showing his
hearers many ways in which the Dem
ocratie party had forgotten the
French-American voters when there
was aschance to favor them and that
il was in fact party of buffers"
j. f. Croteau made a fiery speech on
local issues in which he upheld the
good work which the Republican party
has done, not only in this city but
throughout the State for his country
men. Judge Harold E. Cook spoke
on national issues, dealing principally
with the tariff question and showing
where IL affected the employees in the
mills Several other local candidates
We're present and made BRIT remarks.
A parade was formed on Water
street i'm front Of the Republican club
and headed by the Sacred Heart Band
marched to the hall on Northern ave
nue. amid the glare of red fire. Sew
eral automobiles formed a part of
the parade and in them were many
prominent French Americans of the
city.
Seated on the platform beside the
principal speakers were Ed Doyon.
member of the Republican city com
mites from Ward Four; Willis f.
Swift and Byron Boyd. candidates for
the Legislature; F. G. Kinsman, Anne
Casavant, w. II. Fisher, candidate for
county attorney. Frank L. Dutton.
candidate for State senator, j. r. Gre
teau and George Z. Cloutier. Mr..
Doyon called the meeting to order and
introduced Anne Casavant as chair
man for the evening.
When Judge Cook, who was the first
speaker, was introduced, he brought a
word Of cheer from Mr.. Dupre. who
Informed him that in Biddeford there
was a Democratic majority of about
800 to be overcome and that the Re-
publicans would do it, this fall. He
then went on to talk about the most
important duty which the voters have
To perform, the duty of voting. This
was something which each man owed
himself and his family, and Judge
Cook urged them to vote for them :
selves and for each man to do his own
thinking. Taking up the question of
the tariff, he treated 1t in way which
could not fail to impress his audience.
as he showed wherein the protective
tariff which the Republican candi
dates are pledged to support, protect
ed the laborers in the mills and was
the cause of their receiving good
wages and working all the time and
that the Democratic policy of tariff
for revenue only enabled the cheap
labor Of foreign countries to compete
with the labor of this country. When
he was telling how the tariff for rev.
enue only was only to pay the bills of
the government, man in the audi
ence shouted: Yes, and bring hard
times"
Judge Cook compared the prosper
Gus times before the term of Grover
Cleveland with the hard times OF his
four years as President and then
showed that the people, while dis
contented before. were anxious to re-
turn to prosperity under the Repub-
licans and how the people were bet
ter off as soon as Mckinley was elect
ed He told the audience how. under
the Democratic policy of low tariff,
that the laborers of Japan. who re-
ceive but eight cents per day, would
be able to compete with them and
told them that If that was what they
wanted they should vote for Demo-
cratic candidates to the Legislature
and for Congress but that if they
wanted things as they are now to vote
for the Republicans.
For nearly an hour and a half God
troy S. Dupre of Biddeford spoke to
the audience in French. That his
speech was a telling one and MADE
deep impression was shown by the
manner in which it was received. MT.
Dupre paid his respects in no uneer-
tain terms to the Democratic leaders
of this State and reminded the french
American voters how the members oil
1.-The team" Governor Plaisted, Attor-
ney General Pattangall and Mayor
Morey of Lewiston had given them a
slap in the face, the particular m
staIfte upon which he laid much stress
occurring in the last regular session
of the Legislature on March Z, 1911.
incidentally Mr.. Dupre paid his re-
spects to the Waterville Sentinel
He exploded the campaign cry of
the sDemoerats that the Democratic
party is the party for the French
Americans by showing in the instance
mentioned and at other times that the
Democratic leaders had done Just the
oppesite to what they had promised
and that they were against the French
people. When it came to french
Americans to office it was with oil
ficufty that one got an appointment
characterized the recent appoint
.mer,t of J. B. Coutoure of Lewiston
as head of the F'ranco-American Bu-
reau, as a piece of diplomatic grau-
tude, saying that the office shouiu DC
filed by French American anyhoW
and that it was only done to partiahy
offset the slap given the people, Marcn
Z. 1911. 1t was a. great claim OF y. =.
McGillicuddy and Mayor Morey tna'
the Democrats had given much pros
nerity to Lewiston and that the buiid-
inn of new mills in that city, wneii
the facts of the case are that men VINO
really have the interest of the city
VI" - no =