Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-09-09
Hold Closing Rally Of The
Campaign, Saturday.
.OkIahama'S Blind OIaIoT Sugar
Goats Free Trade.
PIaisted and newbert Rehash Old
Arguments Of Two Years Ago.

In decided contrast to the magnifi-
cent parade and rally held, Friday
evening, of the Republicans of Angus
ia was the showing made, Saturday
evening, by the Democrats in The clos
ing event of their campaign.
The parade was headed by contin-
gent of men on horseback, followed
by a band. Closely following the band
and making discord of their music
with the blare of tin horns came a
small crowd of little boys. every boy
blowing a horn and making din.
-Then came part of the members of the
Democratic Club with another band
ana then few automobiles. Red fire
and Roman candles We're freely used.
But everywhere were heard comments
of the dinerenc in tn two parades.
with the Republican parade receiving
by all odds the most praise.
The committee on decorations laid
themselves out on the interior of the
hall and the stage and the latter was
really "A fine and handsome specimen
of decorating with American flags
draped artistically ana a handsome
effect added by the. large bouquets of
flowers. But the speeches made on
the stage, with the exception of that
of Senator Gore, were far from flow
cry and in the case Of the first speak
er were along the line of denunciatory
phrases mixed with several stories.
The blind orator from oklahoma"
United States Senator Thomas p.
Gore. talked for nearly an hour and a
half, the half hour being devoted to
lights of oratory. witty sallies and
iiiei;t and apt stories. Illustrating the
POINTS brought cut I Y the spea..er. The
hour was given over to talk ~about
free trade and the dose was adminis-
tered between the more palatable
sweet phrases.
The rally was called to order by
Niles L. Perkins who introduced Leon
O. Tebbetts of Readfield and Angus
Ia as the presiding officer. After a
brief speech in which he characterized
the Democratic party as the party of
young men and spoke of the well at
tended rally, the chairman introduced
as the first speaker f. E. Newbert.
The speaker started out by predict
ing q Democratic majority in the
election OF Monday, and then, taking
his cue from a speech made, last
spring, by the Democratic leader, w.
r. Pattangall. said that he would talk
from text and took the text from the
kennebec Journal. The text he called
all bluff and flimiam, because it pre-
dicted a Republican majority in the
election, and then he told n couple of
s,ories. Taking up what he called the
moral aspect Mir. Newbert launched
into TRADE against the kennebec
Journal and incidentally spoke dis
paraengly of other Republican news
papers in the State, calling the reports
which they have published about con-
ditiors throughout the State all SIAN
ders and lies. He denied that the
Democratic party of Maine has any
thing to do with the rum trust and
said that Democrats did not believe
in saloons, rum, etc. Just before clos
ing he discussed President Taft and
ex- President Roosevelt.
The greeting given Senator Gore was
cordial and sincere. The blind orator
proved his right to the title and at
the very start got his audien inter-
ested, talking as he did in q jovial
manner and making statements which
were so ridiculous that they We're
funny. He urged the return OF Gould
and Gardner to Congress, SAYING that
with them he had arranged for the
Unite1 States fleet, when it next takes
a trip around the world, to come up
the kennebec river and have the prin-
cipal events take place here in Au-
gusta. Later on he promised, if the
United States went Democratic, to
have the capitol of this country moved
to Augusta. After a period of similar
remarks in which he lauded the DEM
oeratic party he got started on the
subject Of the tariff and for an hour
talked of free trade and it's benefits.
according to the Democratic doctrine.
Throughout this pait of his. speech
Senator Gore made the medicine as