Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-18
,o,gbt was a practical board.

SCI, 900 to aid in building a road in
Cumberland county. We matched 1t
with SlSO,Oo0. And then our Democratic
| friends said that we were putting all
the bond money into just one county
in the State. You would think we had
spent about all of the bond money
and borrowed some besides! The law
provides for 100000 of bond money
How much would you think we had
spent out of the two million? You
will find on Aug. l. by the State au-
ditor's report, the total amount ex-
pended is slOS1s6.12 That is all that
has been expended. Why we haven't
started in this work yet. The law
didn't go into effect until July of last
year. We are just getting at work. 1t
takes a long time to make new maps
OF the State and get an engineering
force organized and get the thing es-
tablished.
| Why don't we hear about the State
aid roads? We appropriated s250,000
and we had over s150,0Q0 of automobile
money that we couldn't use last year
and that went to the towns-over $780,
600 paid over to the towns last year
| for highway. / am mistaken-it is
nearly 100000 And this year our ap-
preparation for State aid roads is
100000, and the automobile fund this
year will be something like $4,000;
! $4,000 will have to be used for the
! sinking fund of the bonds, and we sold
the bonds for premium enough to pay
the interest for next year, and we are
! going 10 have somewhere between
/ $4,000 to $4,000 for automobile mon
/ ey to add to the 100000.
/ There are many other things l might
/ talk about, but you know me; you
know my policies; YOU know for what
/ have stood. l assure you l will con-
! tinue those policies as l have in the
past.
| Don't forget the real issue. 1t is right
in that green book, and 1 want to re-
fer TO the color, to be in the face of
every Democrat on Sept. Is.
| Stand by your guns! Stand by a con-
dition which has never been surpassed
/ by any $4,000 people under any sys-
/ TEN of civil government in the world.
A State which has the proud distinc-
ton of saying that it has the great
est percentage of attendance of school
/ children in its common shcool of any
j State in the Union.
! Gentlemen, you can't continue that
/ if you are going to cater to the saloons
+ or the brewers from Chicago. under
the distinguished leadership of the
Hon. Cyrus w. Davis of Waterville!
/ Uaughter).
/ They have bought the Waterville
/ Sentinel-own it. Let them sue me for
| libel If they want to for making that
/ statement. I will agree that they will
/ get a bigger verdict for establishing
+ their reputation than Pattangall did
| for his-S279.14 Everybody knows that
| they ran the Portland Argus during
/ the last campaign on the money re-
ceived from the Brewers Association
Let them deny that. and show their
books. if they can That is what is the
matter with them. 1t is this Brewers
Association, gentlemen, that you are
| fighting in the State of Maine. You
, may think l am cracked, but | know
what l am talking about. You will find
ii in the store and the shop, the farm
and the hotel and the blacksmith shop
! Their purpose is to break us down
They can afford to put about s15,000.-
600 into the State of Maine if they
can break down prohibition, which
has stood for 80 years.
We have got the map of the United
States now turned squarely round. II
is turning white every day. on the
question of national prohibition. and
this association is doomed, just as
| slavery was doomed.
l will meet you in great rally or
Sept IS
CHEERS and loud applause1.
Hon. Martin G. Brumbaush
After three hearty cheers had been
given for Governor Haines and the
automobiles and send forth their raul
cous greeting, there was a pleasant
surprise. The Hon. Martin G. Brum-
baugh. Republican candidate for Gov
ernor in Pennsylvania, who is passing
the summer here, was presented and
spoke very briefly. After referring to
the growth of the Republican organi-
zation in all parts of the country with
the falling off of the Progressives
Mr.. Brumbaugh denounced the Wilson
administration which has taken down
the protective tariff wall and now is
looking for means to make up 800, 900,
900 which has been lost in revenue be-
| cause of the war in Europe and be-
| cause of the short sighted policy OF
those in charge of affairs at Washing
ton. He urged the voters to send a
Republican representation to Congress
from Maine to change this situation.
You people here may want to bear
the taxes that are to be levied by the
Democrats to make up their deficit.
said Mr.. Brumbaugh, but we Dutch
in Pennsylvania are not going to-"
Cong. John A. Peters
When the Hon. John A Peters o
Ellsworth, candidate for Congress il
the Third District, was presented, hi
reception was fairly deafening. HI
called attention to the effect the cleo
ton in Maine would have upon tn,
rest of the country. More than thu
election of just four congressman wal
involved, he declared. If a solid Re
publican representation can be sen
to Washington. then that means tina
Maine will show the way to the othe
states and that a Republican Congress
will be elected in November,