The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-18
Unduly Concerned
A YOUNG MAN WANTED

The Somerset Independent Report
er complained bitterly last week Owe
the weak material offered the Repub
licans of Maine for the high and re
sponsible office of Governor. Sad
sad To the Skowhegan contempt
rary William T. Haines record looks
bad, bad. Mr. Shaw of Bath seems
not much better; and Colonel Boothb,
of Portland is discouragingly weak
a yirile, young man is wanted, SORT
of Moses, to lead the Republican par
ty of Maine out of the wilderness, you
know. The Observation-Disclosures
sounds the dire distress of its party
and sends forth a call to duty. II
wants to know who Is the man of the
hour. 1t seeks the young man. the
clearly young who will buckle on the
armor of war and go forth into the
fray against the exploiters who seek
to wear the gubernatorial hat.
1t Is truly awful, Mabel. Your
young man certainly lives somewhere
your young man with his manhood
unsullied with faint of public land eA-
plotation. IL such an one does exist
would he not look just as well seeking
a seat in the United States senate as
a Republican in opposition to Burleigh
and Powers as he would trying TO
wrest the nomination from William T.
Haines?
The Independent-Repo has ex-
pressed great satisfaction with the
senatorial candidacy of Mr. Burleign
and great dissatisfaction with the
gubernatoria1 candidacy of William T.
Haines. It's objection to Mr. Haines
applies with equal force to Mr.. Bur
leigh. II it can swallow the Burleigh
pill and call 1t good tonic, 1t certainly
should not, make any wry faces over
taking the Haines emetic.-
The above clipping is from our very
much esteemed democratic contempor-
airy, The Fairfield Journal.
Yes; the ndependent-Rep has
expressed great satisfaction with the
candidacy of Edwin C. Burleigh, and
we only wonder at the extreme short
sightedness of our contemporary.
Our satisfaction with the candidacy
of Mr.. Burleigh is based on mighty
good grounds,
For one thing, it is based on the
splendid history and record of Mr.
Burleish while member of the lower
house of Congress. Because he serv-
ed well and faithfully his constituents
there we have faith to believe he will
serve we'll his constituents in the up
per house.
Why not?
You see, brother. it's a mighty good
sweet pill you're asking us to swallow.
Our mouths are wide open. You
can't present us with any too many
pills of the Burleigh flavor.
AS we have remarked hitherto, we
propose to do all within our power to
get Edwin C. Burleigh into the Senate
of the United States. He is entitled
to a seat in that body. because of
long legislative training, because of
peculiar and natural ability to handle
men and get things done.
AS to the "Haines' emetic", we shall
be tremendously sorry If the primaries
disclose that Mr.. Haines is the choice
of his party as the candidate for gov
ernor
Sorry, because we are satisfied be-
You'd any peradventure that he is not
the strongest candidate that could be
nominated.
He makes too many political blund !
ers-blunders that are based on poll
teal exigencies.
He isn't of the heroic, generous, OPP
timistic type-of the type that appeals
strongly to the rank and file of Maine
voters.
But that we should oppose Can
1idate Haines should not unduly
alarm our democratic contemporary.
the present state of
health of the editor of the Journal
hat he can support Friedrich w.
Plaisted and call 1t good-he oughl
not to shy unduly at a good half pint
Of the strongest brand of some good
emetic.
Try it, brother; then get on board
the Burleigh band wagon.