The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-08-21

OF the papers had 1t, or mass meeting,
but conference of the party workers
and committee men Of Waldo county
that was held at the courthouse last Fri
day morning, at which Hon. John A.
Peters, the candidate for Congress from
this district, Col. Frederick H. Park
hurst of Bangor, chairman of the Re-
publicaH State committee, Col. Frederick
Hale of Portland. the Maine member of
the National Republican cQmmitte, Hon.
Taber D. Bailey and B. W. Blanchard,
ESQ.,, of Bangor, were present. Nearly
every town in the county was represent
ed and reported, and the reports were
uniformly encouraging. Col. Hale ex-
planned his position with regard to the
Roosevelt movement. As Republican
he favored the nomination of Roosevelt
at Chicago and the State convention at
Bangor elected Roosevelt delegation.
When. after his defeat in the conven-
ton, Roosevelt organized third party,
that absolved Republicans from further
allegiance to him, and Col. Hale voted
for the nominee of the Republican party.
Others, who had no thought of joining
the Progressive party, but were opposed
to Taft, voted for Roosevelt, hoping
thereby to defeat the Democratic candi
date. They did not leave the Republican
party by so doing and are today strong in
the faith and ready to attest it by their
work and their votes against the COM
mon enemy, the free trade and free rum
democracy This we are assured. not
only by reports from the towns in Waldo
county, but from the entire third con-
gress1onal district, as we'll as the State
at large.
After Homer S. Cummings, vice chair
man of the Democratic national commit
tee, had conferred with President Will
son August 18th, on plans for the con-
gressional campaign in the Third Maine
the President dictated the following let
ter to W. R. PattangalI, the Democratic
candidate:
81 am taking the liberty of writing
you just line to say how deeply inter-
ested | am in your candidacy for con-
gress. Like all other Democrats,
shall watch the result with the greatest
interest as we'll as with the greatest
confidence. My immediate object in
writing is to congratulate the party in
having a representative in this contest
whom they can feel represents the prin-
ciples and the policy Of the party so
truly and with so mu.h ability
A considerable number of the Demo-
cratic voters in the third district repu-
diate Pattangall as representing only
himself and the Waterville ring and will
be surprised, and grieved, at President
Wilson declaration that he represents
the principles and the policy of the party
so truly" In distributing the spoils of
Office among themselves Mr.. Pattangall,
the head of the Waterville ring, selected
the District Attorneyship for Maine, but
after a trip to Washington he dropped
out of the contest for that desirable
place, for the same reason, it is believed,
That leu lHe loA 10 pIOHouilCe LIE grapes
sour. Apparently President Wilson did
not at that time recognize Pattangall's
fitness for the Office he sought. Now, in
a party exigency, to secure if possible
an endorsement by this Maine district of
his free trade tariff bill, the President
finds that Pattangall truly represents The
principles and policy of the Democratic
party. If that implies, as it necessarily
must, that the President truly represents
the principles and policy of Pattangall,
God help the country.
The impeachment, Aug 18th, of Gov,
SuIzer of New York by the Assembly.
by vote of 70 to as, is an important
event, politically and otherwise. 1t is
the result of a quarrel between Sulzer
and Murphy, the leader of Tammany
Hall, and at first public sympathy was
with the governor because of the gener-