Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-22
As Newbert Saw Pattangali.

Last Saturday evening Democratic
party leaders held what the Waterville
Sentinel declares to have been success
ful rally at Clinton.
1t is safe to state that the Sentinel
would not omit any laudation Mr.. New
bert may have seen tit to grant the man
who followed him on the program. That
lonesome, little sentence-"Mr. Pattan-
gall who sits on this platform with me
is able to entertain instruct and interest
an audience in this or any other State
is significant, to say the least.
Following is the complete report of Mr..
Newbert's speech as published in last
Mondays Sentinel:
The meeting was opened by Eben Cor
don, chairman of the town committee,
who introduced former state Senator
Howard w. Dodge presiding officer
Senator Dodge introduced each of the
speakers with a few We'll chosen remarks
and handled the meeting i'll way that
Was much appreciated.
Mr.. Newbert spoke first and after COM
plimenting Senator Dodge on his political
record explained the Importance of the
discussions of great questions effecting
the welfare of the country and the dis
trict
I'm not here to make an address,
said Mr.. Newbeft, but Mr.. Pattangall
who sits on this platform with me Is able
at all times to entertain, instruct and in
terest an audience anywhere in this or
any other state. am glad We have such
a man who can popularize discussion
of the tariff which is now SO important
an issue"
Mr. Newbert declared that so far as
the Democrats are concerned the cam
paign will be conducted on a high plane
without resort to personalities or unfair
tactics and he was certain that the same
course might be expected from both the
Republican and Progressive candidates.
He spoke i'm warmest terms of the ad-
1nina 9ba
familiar with the name of the President
by studying his text books when a stu
dent at Bowdoin college, when he had
thinking power and ability of the young
professor. He had watched his work as
a professor, as university president. as
and an economist. All had been charac-I
teriZed by marked ability and he de-
clared Woodrow Wilson to be one of the
great men of his age and predicted that
in the future no name except that of
Lincoln would have higher place in the
history of the country.
Always safe, sound and sane" said
Mr. Newbert." President Wilson can't be.
stampeded. can't be scared because he
has devoted his life to the study of pub
lie questions and has carefully formed.
we'll seasoned convictions as what is best
to be done under the circumstances he is
now called upon to meet
In closing, Mr.. Newbert discussed the
tariff briefly, ridiculing the Republican
claim that the bill will mean the ruin of
the country. He pointed out that the
Democratic leaders in Washington, men
of recognized ability, had been assisted
by the best expert advice obtainabie and
that the measure which had been given
so much careful preparation and able
consideration cannot be the terrible
menace described by the calamity howl
ers. but real boon to the country.
fact that he believed would be promptly
effect a short time.
Mr.. Newbert's speech was enlivehed by
a flock of stories for which he is Ia
nous and was much enjoyed by his au-
dience.