The Republican journal., 1913-08-21
A Republican Conference.
Committeeman and Others Bring Good
News from Waldo County Towns.

towns OF Waldo county, compare notes and
discuss plans for the campaign. Present at
this gathering were Hon. John A. Peters of
Ellsworth, the Republican and Protectionist
candidate; Col. Frederick H. Parkhurst of
committee; Col. Frederick Hale of Portland,
the Maine member of the National Republican
committee, Hon. Taber D. Bailey and B. W.
Blanchard, Esq, of Bangor, and George W.
Norton, editor of the Portland Evening Ex-
press and Advertiser, who came down from
Bangor with Mr.. Parkhurst in his car to get a
line on what was doing in Waldo county
DR.. ". L. West, chairman of the county
committee. called the meeting to order and
opened proceedings with stirring address, in
which he said: ut would be an economic
crime, and certainly political tragedy. if the
old rock-rbbed Republican 3rd District, which
has been represented by that peerless leader,
James G. Blaine, should be represented in Con-
gress again by'a Democrat" He told how
the country had prospered never before in
its history under Republican legislation; and
said that the Wilson Underwood tariff bill
would annihilate many of our industries, and
that the laboring man would "pay the freight -
Hon. John A. Peters then took the floor He
did not make speech in the usual acceptation
of the term. 1t was more of heart to heart
talk, in which he told of the events which led
up to his nomination-a nomination that he
did not seek. AS all know, or should know, he
proposed to Mr.. Lawrence, the Progressive
candidate, that they both enter the primaries
and the that secured the lesser number of
votes should turn to and help elect the other
In this way the anti-Democratic vote would
be amalgamated and the defeat of the free
trade candidate assured. 1t is a matter of
record that Mr.. Lawrence declined this fair
propositions; and he will find that many who
voted for Roosevelt are still staunch Republi-
cans, today most vitality interested in
the tariff question land will do their best to
prevent this district, which has always been
strongly opposed to free trade, from being
represented by member of the party that is
now forcing upon the nation the Underwood
tariff measure, which removes the protection
from many of Names products and lowers it
upon others. The farmer is interested with
the laboring man, the professional man with
the manufacturer. All realize that Names
interests will suffer with the widespread tariff
reductions that are coming. They realize that
the fight is between MIR. Peters and Mr. Pat
tangall and will rally to the support of the Re-
publican candidate, whose views on the tariff
coincide with those long held and manifested
by the ma jority of the voters of the Third dis
trict
Mr. Peters told of his visits to the counties
comprising the third congressional district and
of the encouragement he received In every
place visited. When he met Progressive he
did not attempt to convert him but endeavored
to ascertain why he Progressive. At
last he found a man who said it was because
he liked the name-Lawrence. In conclusion
Mr.. Peters said he believed the tide to be from
the Democratic and third parties toward the
Republican party, and he urged the committee
men to cooperate with him in registering an
emphatic protest against free trade and the
attack on Maine resources which is contained
in the Underwood bill.
Col. Hale, who, as all know, was a Roose-
Welt man, has never ceased to be Republican,
and made 1t clear that that was the case with
a great majority of those who favored the
nomination of Roosevelt rather than Taft, and
said that they Shouts be recognized today as
members of the party that is opposed to the
Democratic tariff bill, which threatens prac-
ticaly every Maine industry and the prosper
ity of all. He said that Senators Borah and
Cummins, Congressman Gardner and others
were coming to Maine to give the people of
the 3rd District first hand information as to
how the Democratic tariff bill was drawn and
and what it Il cans to the country.
Senator Taber D. Bailey of Bangor made a
ringing speech in which he referred to the
Progressive who was going to vote for Law
renee became he liked the name and asked if
any of the candidates had more honored and
llustrious name than John A. Peters, One of
the family, Chief Justice John A. Peters, had
done more for our jurisprudence than any
man that had ever sat on the Maine bench,
and by ignoring trivial techr icalities had fur
thered the cause of justice and placed the
Maine courts far in advance of those in many
of the States. The name has always stood for
progressive policy. Our candidate for Con-
gress during his legislative career not only
stood for every plank in his party platform
but promulgated many advanced ideas in legis-
lation.
B. W. Blanchard, ESQ.,, of Bangor was next
called upon and in his opening remarks re-
ferred to the fact that he was born in Unity,
where members of his family still live, and
said while as resident of the third district he
was deeply interested in the result of the COM
ing election he was specially interested in the
result in Waldo county. He then explained the
operation of the bonded warehouse system and
told what the effect of the Democratic tariff
legislation would be. There are today i'm
ported goods to the value of one hundred mil
lions in the bonded ware houses of New York
city, awaiting the enactment of the Wilson,
Underwood tariff bill. When that bill becomes
law these goods, the product of cheap foreign
labor, will upon payment of the reduced
duties be placed upon the market in competi-
tion with the manufacturers of American men
and women.
The committee men and representative men
from the several towns were called upon by
the chairman and reported briefly on the po-
litical situation. These reports were general
ly favorable. showing that the people are
realizing the gravity of the situation that