Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-10
4 PARTY PROHIBITION LEADER
TO VOTE FOR HAINES AND Oliver
James H. of Bowdonham Twice Candidate for Governor
Advises Followers to Vote for Republican Gov
ernor and Enforcement of Law
Bowdoinham, Me-, Sept. 7, 1914.

Editor Kennebec Journal
Will you kindly allow brief space in your paper
TO state the for position in the present cam
paign.
You of course are well that twice during recent
years have been at the head of the Party Prohibition
ticket have decided to vote for the Republican
nominee for sheriff. in my county, who is vigorously enforc
ing the Prohibition lawfar better than it has ever been
since have resided in this county.
also after long and careful elaboration, and studying
the situation from all view points possible have decided to
support Mr. Haines for Governor instead of voting the
straight Prohibition ticket.
l believe there periods in the history of
ity State and Nation when all the forces combine their
strength against common foe. am firmly convinced
that such condition obtains in commonwealth today.
Whether Mr. Haines has done what he has from sincere
heart not tit is not for say he has not he has
surely accomplished great deal toward the enforce
ment of the Prohbory law in State than did his pre-
decessor and also than could expect from the
nominee of the Democratic party for he stands squarely
the platform of his party and if correctly quoted by
the press believes in getting from the liquor
in the way of license
The platform of the Republican party plain and no
mistang its meaning while the Progressive party their
convention in Bangor most surely, to my mind, to
common expression, "stradded the fence"
Some days since sat in my Office and heard Hon. Hal
bert Gardner deliver address in the street of vii
age and to express it mildly greatly disappointed and
surprised to note that to great extent the burden of
ments were extremely weak.
am travelling throughout the length and breadth of
the State in business and trying to look the stu
alton from unbiased standpoint.
have talked with many of the old line Prohibition.
lists and nearly every to in favor of supporting
the present administration rather than have State gov
eminent pass into the hands of the Democratic party who
are outspoken for license and who would without doubt
resubmt the question again to the people have all
fought over again. when it has been decided within so re-
cent time.
have believed from the start that it was unwse to
place Prohibition State ticket field this year under
the existing circumstances And as the fundamental prn
cpes of the Republican and Progressive parties are so
nearly alike it deporable that there should be
division OF their forces at this time. sincerely believe
that II Gov Haines is reelected with Republican Legsa
cure TO back MN and law enacted empowering the Gov
enor and council to remove delinquent shers and county
attorneys the solution to the liquor question and law en-
1ocement in Maine will have been solved far better than
ever before If there such law at the present Tina
Go not believe that the Governor would hesitate to remove
the sherlffs OF Knox and PenobscOt counties
absolutely know, from careful observation that CON-
dtons as regards enforcement the State as whole
lar Tar better than under the preceding administration
therefore sincerely trust that Republican Governor and
Legislature to back him may be given the rens of Govern
fleht IN our State with overwhelming majority They
can then show they not untrue the trust b
ne clean citizenship of the good old State whose motto M
Il Lead" ~ 49,
Yours with desire for the right to prevail
JAMES H. ANES