Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-23
.HANsoN's voLLEY.
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portion all of whom had been ac-
quaintcd with him for years, consid :
cred him a reputable citizen, but by
tifyng, and you had closed your ar
gument, they were ready 10 convict
him of a crime of which a few hours
before they would not have believed II
possible for him to be guilty.
Il claim the same right as a citi-
zen that the court aceerds TO the jury.
AS a matter of fact, if | am corr
rectly informed you have made some
"a pid mental changes, and your con-
version from RepubIieanism to De-
mocracy is said to have been like the
transit as that of a boy who sees a
loaded plum tree just over the fence,
and without any loss of time proceeds
to connect himself with the tree"
Mayor Hanson then proceeds to go
into detail relating to Mr.. Pattangall's
methods in the primaries, in giving Lis
Il reasons for not voting for him on
election day. Mr.. Hanson didn't like
the way Pattangall treated Gould nor
his attitude toward others who sup
ing Hanson himself.
Mr. Hanson tells of the rumor that
the 1000 bottles of booze consigned t.
a Mr., King and seized by Androseog-
gin county authorities, was to be used
in the interest of Mr. Pattangalfs can
didacy. Dame Rumor further alleg-
ing that this whiskey was intended
for your campaign, and was a contrib
ution from the wholesalers who had
beeen granted permission to sell rum
to Watervilie wine merchants during
inference that the booze" was token
of appreciation for service rendered.
i did not report this story 1t was
everywhere. / did not refute the story,
for | did not know but that it was
true. Nor did l endorse the story as
you alleged.
There We're also other stories re-
garding periods of excessive exhilara-
ton on your part. / did not give them
a second thought. / had heard sucIl
stories for years. But there was one
story alleging that you passed into
period of stimulative exaltation at BaI
Harbor. l didn't endorse that story
nor did | refute it. | did not know
whether it was true or not.
You called ME by telephone, and
in angry tones Informed me that you
were sick of the campaign of lying
and abuse" to which you We're being
subjected, and you referred to the 3,00n
bottles of BOOZE" and the Bar Har-
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not reported these stories, nor had !
refuted them, and you replied. that
because | had not reSuted them | had
practically given them my endorse
ment, which was just as bad as circu-
lating them, ETC.
ii Your professed indignation over the
story that you had imbibed of thu
ardent to excess. feel compelled ta
believe was largely assumed, or must
believe that there are a wonderful
aggregation of liars in Maine. can
but feel that you were indulging in
political bunNbm for the purpose of
q Weakening sympathy, that sympathy
that always goes out for the under dog
In the Fighter one that is suffering
abuse.
Mayor Hanson also mentions as a "das-.
tardly accusation an attack which he
says Mr.. Pattangall made over a public
telephone to him tHanson) on the "moral
character of Hon. Samuel w Gould"
Mr. Hanson says People saw that
YOU are smart Mr. PattangalI. / agret
with them No one disputes that fact.
As matter of fact ] find very many
good people Who express the opinion tina
YOU are too smart to send to Congress
for your superior ability would be the
means of bringing before you the very
strongest temptations.
You would quickly attract the atten
ton OF the men. who as lobbyists rep.
resent the great interests as purchas-
ing agents, for the procuring of the in
Iiuence OF smart congressman. and your
aniiity and Your local fame for smart
ness would precede you and cause your
services to be rated so high, that YOU
probably have little conception of the
Strength OF the temptation that would
be placed before you
I IF. YOU had, perhaps YOU would even
now insist on withdrawing from the tick
ct, and permitting Mr.. Could who would
not be subject to such temptation. to fill
out the term
In concluding his 10th reason for oppos-
ing Mr. Pattangall. Mr.. Hanson says
II therefore feel that for your best good
Your held of temptation better not be
In the editorial columns of the waldo
County Herald. yesterday, Editor Hanson
expresses the opinion that John a. Pc
ters is the strongest candidate opposing
pattangall Editorialiy the Herald says
in part;
Letters and telephone messages, how
ever, came into the Herald office from
different parts of the district, and we
were told by reliable men that the DEM
ocrats in Somerset, Kennebec and other
counties We're going to cast a consider
able per cent of their votes for Mr.. Pc
tiers, believing that he was the stronger
man, and that they took the best chance
or aking their votes effective in the les
son mat loyal Democrats are hoping to
teach the Kennebec bosses.
ON file In the Herald office are large
number Of letters from men who were
leauihg Progressives, men who did the
WORK ana performed the active labor In
the active campaign which brought
roosevelt so many votes, and with re-
markable unanimity these men state
substantially, that they were Roosevelt
PfqSresslves, but that under present con-
qltons, believing that a vote. for Mr.
Lawrence is an aid to Mr. Pattangall
thsy are supporting Mr.. Peters and moi
only doing this PERSONAL but each mar
assures us that the Progressives in his
section are IN most cases practically UNI
anirnous on this point
Men who were leaders in the Progress
sNe movement, stating over their owl
signatures that they will support Mr.. Pc
tiers, must be believed When the same
men assert that their colleagues in tn,
IrosfessiVe movement are going to dc
me same why is that statement not en-
titled to credencea
Now accepting these statements to b,
ND l. II.