Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-29
The Sentiment of the Hour.

One after another, as promised sew
eral weeks ago the kennebec Journa
Is giving the announcements o'
Progressive leaders who have dis
covered that earlier confidence in the
movement is not justified by the de-
velopmeHt Of the campaign sirlls SEN
tment is now resistless that W.
must hang together or we'll be hanged
sepMately."t The menace to every
Maine industry. and home is too serf-
Gus 10 permit of factional differences
between protectionists. One after an
other the strongest men in the Pro
Eressive movement are becoming con
Nineeds that the only way Mr. Pat
tangall can be defeated is by voting
for Mr.. Peters. They are reluctantly,
or course, admitting that the Third
party candidate is losing his follow
ing every day. while Mr.. Peters is
gaining that and heavily from the
RANKS of Democracy also.
The time when these facts could be
seriously questioned by any fair
minded and reasonably we'll posted
man of the district, has passed 1ha
hour is almost at hand when M.
Lawrence himself might be expected
to acknowledge the inevitable and ad-
wise his followers to stand by their
principles and save the district by
voting for Mr.. Peters.
Yesterday we published the open
letter to the voters of the district, of
Hon. Edward n. Merrill. today We
offer the letter of Mr.. II. l.. Good
rich of Palmyra, Progressive leader
aud. worker in that town, to Hon.
Frank p Pennell. chairman of the
Somerset Progressive committee. In
substance Mr.. Goodrich notifies his
chief that the Roosevelt vote of las;
November is today for John A. Pc
ters..
: Mr.. Goodrich frankly writes, as dc
y surprisingiy large number Of those
who voted for Col. Roosevelt, that had
he been convinced that Mr.. Lawrence
could win as many votes as Mr.. Pc
tiers he should have stood by his par
ty. candidate to the last. Assured that
n.
less he saw his duty and had the
courage of his convictions to warn
others less well informed.
At this hour Democrats who in the
past have made surprisingly accurate
estimates of political strength. are
privately admitting that there is now
no hope for Patti" Men who four
weeks ago could see no possible
chance of Mr. Pattangall's defeat
now recognize that everything IS
coming Peters way"
1t is the reawakening of the old Re
publican spirit. 1t has sprung into
life with surprising and almost un-
accountable vigor. 1t only can be
credited to the renewed pride and hope
OF individuals In a chastened an
wiser party. new strength As found
in the progressive sentiment now at
the front. and which seems destined
to lead the fortunes of the party in
the next generation. It is the same
old proud firm name, but younger.
fresher and more virile members
have stepped into the active manage
ment of affairs.
IT is useless for selfish and mar
row praters to drag their feet and
persist in their fractional nonsense.
1T savors too strongly of sore heads
and private axes to grind The Lew
iston Journals and the fanatic shout
ers about highbinders and rims
swindlers are discredited and discard
ed. The sentiment OF the hour as
UNITY in common cause.
The Third party punitive expedi-
ton has fulfilled its mission. Now
the logical. intelligent humanity right
eous thing to do is to take command
of the renovated and rehabilitatet
party.
We gladly surrender to the hosts o
the friendly enemy.