Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-02-10
"Let Us Reason Together"
A Few Plain Facts That Confront Us All
in the Present Political
Situation.


y Tga their Ss asns 4P1 the S estn
For half hour LET us fling partisan politics of
the questions which confront
parties Let us put ourselves IN s
credit to all parties for certain s
ourselves the right to accntuate those
our individual preferences according to our light
To begin WITH let us go than the Progressive
meeting week Let admit right mere tat W
numbers were concerned was
largely due a mistake the part of Republican lead
orc II was large meeting charged enthusiasm
Men returned to their gathering filled with new
hope and new for the time being un
der the spell psychology. They in the optimism OF
hour of party opposition to their high p
poses.
It is for YOU and and other of Maine of all
parties to Progressive leaders We're
justified their 1t is from our ranks they
must draw effective Let accept the
situation exactly bunty admit that If ever the
Progressive party becomes controlling factor in Names
fairs must very largely the rank and file of the Re-
publican party extent from the Democratic
With significant mind let us ask ourselves the
Progressive serious bunder In so"e
SO Republican olive branch? DO
not the rank feel that they have
Progressive leaders justified IN
publicly Republicans Maine the nsinuaon
that any regarded tcke as
prnging motives that man ongng to the
Republican tag" is unfit associate for third party %
We will attempt those questions for our readers
that is their here is point which we
would like them slowly in their minds
The Republican enton absolutely controlled
NV ropesves the platform was by ALL
bcan party has stood for Pro-
gressve principles that Progressive platform
high which animated the Progress
unbounded we believe that Is true Oh the raN
Maine Republicans
ronted with the biggest problem OF
Republican convention was dominated
three 70 two by Progressves Progeves today pow
epubcan of Maine embracing
every Progressive idea and are Pro-
gressv policies be Overwhelmingly
carried out why sconfuIy rejected and
PAGAN forth by Progressive leaders
because they openly insued the white flag of friendship?
believe these auestions must be settled in the individual
Republicans Progressives and Democatsfor be 1t
known Maine today who stand
and en-
difference between Covered
Bdgesm determined enforcement of the law
report prisons and jais cnoher
reinforcing the moral and the
decent
Here taons above from the Water
Republican Maine MUST AND WILL
like solid wall for prohibit and law enforcement 1t
cannot otherwise Any suggestions to the con-
rary are il-advised misleading 0 downright lying
has demonstrated the efficiency
of it's policy To deservedly, too
spell disgrace The Republican who
enforcement policy is traitor the party
And if the Progressive party
by then they will suffer the fate they
deny Republican has in the past
have all parties We believe it mis-
Progressive leaders for confer
ence a ground 1t but stimulated
their arrogance and misled the rank and file greatly IN
creased the Progressive
We
brothery than offset the mistake
leaders in Maine today the
maintaining the public,
for their of their declarations
unbendng
and hing the defeat of
the triumphant return Of
probable overthrow of the prohbtory law
election and reversal Of
accomplished by progressive Republcanism
Strange party leaders, the
principles
Republican ans when they its readiness
principles the who have been the
together confer Their claims
able and JUST right heard plain
dislike sefshness
question for the voters of Maine decide
people for better
laws rigid
prejudce position
Maine had of the results of law
for equal suffrage for wormens
public utilities control
partisan Maine
all these be sacrificed because
dominate the public of the socalled
CURLY refuse discuss with delegation
Republican the matter of uniting forces
stand?