Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-08-06
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918.
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
ELECTION, MONDAY, SEPT. S, 1918.
For Representative to Congress, Third
Maine District,
JOHN A. PETERS, of Ellsworth.
Mr.. Peters Candidacy Approved.

Mr. refers candidacy Approved
The candidacy of Hon. John A.
Peters, of this city, to succeed the
late Hon. Forrest Goodwin, of Show
hogan, is being received with hearth
ness and favor by the voters of the
district that is not surprising here,
where Mr.. Peters Is so well known,
and where his ability and fitness for
congressional duties are SO fully
recognized.
1t is not surprising that when the
republican leaders looked over the
district to select a candidate, their
choice fell upon Mr.. Peters, for
such was the natural choice. His ac-
ton prior to the primaries, when he
asked Mr.. Lawrence to stand with
him as a candidate before the pri-
ma-ies, the one receiving the larger
number of votes to receive the aid
of the other, was characteristic. Mr..
Peters made this proposition because
he desired to see the full strength of
the anti democratic vote polled for
one man, and make it certain that
this district will not be represented
in Congress by one whose party does
not represent the majority thought of
the district on the tariff; whose party
is now engaged in passing measure
that will remove or largely reduce
the protection afforded many Maine
industries.
The third Maine district has year
after year expressed it's belief in
protective tariff. Its representatives,
such as Blaine and Milliken and Bur-
leigh, have done all in their power to
obtain adequate and proper protec-
ton for our industries. Now with a
democratic Congress, led by southern
statesmen who seem to care little for
the prosperity of New England, we are
to see the labor of years wiped out.
Under the Underwood measure our
farmers, our pulp, paper, lumber,
wool and cotton manufacturers will
suffer, and the prosperity of the State
will be impaired. With this condi-
ton looking US right in the face, the
voters of the third Maine district will
not, it is hoped, lend their endorse
ment to trade principles by
electing democrat to represent
them.
The democracy is attempting to
dodge the real issue in this campaign,
which is the tariff. They do not like
to argue about the tariff here in
Maine, when every voter can see the
menace to Maine that the Underwood
bill conveys. The coming election
will find the vast majority of the re-
publicans who voted for Roosevelt
last fall marking their ballots for
Peters. They realize that either MIR.
Peters or Mr.. PattangalI win be
elected, and they do not propose to
waste their powder. The candidacy
of Mr.. Peters appeals to them, for his
record is one to be admired. He
makes no promises that he does not
fulfill, and as speaker of the Maine
House he departed not an iots from
the pathway of fairness and equity,
in spite of the claims of partisanship.
Mr.. Peters advocated advanced
ideals of legislation, and stood fairly
on the platform of his party. AS we
said in the beginning, it is no source
of surprise that all over the district
the candidacy of Mr.. Peters is making
its strong appeal to the voters; it is
his due.