Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-19
HAINEs TO THE VOTERS.
Appeals to Younger Men and Farmers
OF Third District.
To the Voters of the Third Maine Dis

To the Voters of the Third Maine Dis
trict:-
Notwithstanding the fact that with
i'm the. next few days the story of my
campaign will be sent out to the Vot-
ers of the district, ! would present 20
your attention few facts of merit n
the present contest May | add that
my limited finances Will not permit
me at this time to make personal
canvass, within the district, although
have sufficient financial support be-
hind me, should | be nominated in the
primaries, July rs.
In maintaining my position in the
primaries, | have been honest with the
people, with my opponents. and with
myself
In the first place, I believe that my
candidacy in this campaign is Of
more than passing significance. | ap-
peal. especially, to the young men Of
the party, or those whose inellnat1eha
draw them toward it. Those who have
been brought up in the old school OF
politics, are apt to believe that the
Young mans day does not come until
he has passed middle life, and that he
can we'll afford to wait. The best part
of a mans life to give 10 his country
OF To his party are the ten or twenty
years following his twenty-tirst birth
day, yet, very few Young men have
been recognized in this particular po-
litically.
The activities of political life in
parties must come from the young
men. who are brought into the field
to obtain the results, as planned By
the older men. The strain and hard
work at Washington demands an IN
creasing number of young men upon
the floor of the Natl4nal oIl9use-youag
men. because they alone can do the
work.
There will always be sufficient
number of older men. Of trained and
practical minds in Congress. be-
lieve that no party striving for sue
cess can afford to eliminate or at
tempt to drive out or recognize the
younger men, Such a move as this
would he fatal, and the results soon
apparent.
Young men, our fight, today, is the
fight for recognition, the fight to see
whether or no We should be counted
among the valuable assets of the Re-
publican party, and if we are not
wanted within the ranks of the party,
we should not be long in taking tie
hint, after the present primary con-
test.
| believe that my candidacy APP
peals to the farmers of our district,
whom | believe form the most impor-
tant part and the greatest number of
voters within. the party, than is rep
resented by any other legitimate oc-
cupation.
/ believe that my life, experiences
and labors among the farmers of my
district, better qualify me TO serve
them at Washington than any of the
candidates in this contest. | have
given my honest and unseifish iabois
to the developing of the conditions
of the farmer. My many years OF
service to the Grange and my years
of service to the farmers as secretary
of the Ellsworth Merchants Assocla-
ton have gained for me knowledge
Of the agricultural conditions in this
district, Of which | am not afraid TO
speak.
1t may be interesting to know that
while | am a member of this great
rural organization. that none of the
other contestants in the primaries, BE-
cause of their profession, are eligible
for admission into the order.