Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-08
With Candidates of
The Party Gather
On S atur day
Afternoon
GOV. HAINES AND F. Il.
PARKHURST SPEAKERS
Enthusiasm and Confidence
Of Victory in the Coming
Campaign Evident on All
Sides--Best Chance in His
Memory, Says Governor

Portland. Me- June 9.-The Repub-
Hcan committeeman and some of the
prospective candidates Of the party had
a run together at the Congress Square
hotel Saturday afternoon. 1t was an
extremely enthusiastic and satisfac-
tory gathering. 1t was surprisingly
large even to those who had the detail
of arrangement in hand. Many of the
men who were present came many
miles to attend this meeting. Cum
berland county is a very large county
and it is difficult TO get from one part
of it to another part. nevertheless the
county committee was out in force
and there wasn't town or city
which wasn't represented.
Altogether there were 80 seated at
the tables for dinner and % others
who couldn't get inside the dining
room to eat, but who crowded in aft
erwards to listen to the speeches. Dur
ing the meeting a letter from Con-
gresham Asher c. Kinds was read.
State Committeeman Guy II. Sturgis
presided. The speakers of the after
noon were Governor William t. Haines
and Col Frederick II. Parkhurst,
chairman of the Republican State
committee. Seated at the head table
with these gentlemen were Ruel I. Nc
Lellan, chairman of the city commit
tee, Col. Frederick Hale, National
committeeman from Maine. Capt. E. E.
Philbrook, chairman of the county
committee, Ernest E. Decker, former
State committeeman from this county,
Col. Fred n. Dow of Portland.
Gov. Haines' Address
Gov. Haines was the first speaker.
He said in substance that the Repub-
licans enter upon the approaching
campaign with more in their favor, it
seemed to him, than in any previous
campaign he could recall The bust
ness men of this State and of all the
states in the country have but one top
ic of conversation today, and that is
the failure of the Democratic tariff
BILL President Wilson told the peo-
pie that the proposed tariff bill
would reduce the high cost of living.
The tariff hasn't worked that way. 1t
has been a failure. 1t hasn't served to
stimulate business; on the contrary it
has depressed business to an alarm
ing extent. 1t hasn't tended to reduce
the high cost of living; on the con-
trary it costs more to live and the peo-
pie haven't as much to live upon. But
the President takes a most ludicrous
position with relation to the existing
conditions. He says that the tariff is
all right that business is all right, but
the trouble is that the people don't
think it is all right. In other words
he proclaims that it is merely ques-
ton of psychology He would have us
believe that We can make business
better by some sort of a Christian
Science doctrine.
The Governor said it reminded him
of a play he used to see a good many
years ago. 1t was the play in which
Col. Sellers appeared as the leading
character. Col Sellers was an impe-
cunious fellow, who never had a cent,
but was always planning ways to get
rich. He had an eye water which he
said would make him fortune. He
had figured out how many people
there were in India who had eye trou-
bles and how much he would make if
he sold them each a bottle at a profit
of one cent each. There's millions
in it." Col. Sellers said. One night he
was to explain his great proposition
to a man who called to see him at
his home. The room was cold and the
man told Col. Sellers he was suffering
from the cold. You're not cold" said
Col. Sellers, you only think you're
cold" But the man persisted that he
was cold. Then Col Sellers pointed to
the box stove through the cracks of
which a bright light could be seen,
and told the man he couldn't be cold
with such bright fire burning In
the course of his argument the colonel
jostled against the stove and tipped
over the candle inside and the bright
light disappeared. He had been try
ing to heat his caller by psychology
but it didn't work. Christian Science
wouldn't make the man warm. 'Psy-
chology which President Wilson
breaches will not meet the pay roll nor
the full dinner pail" said Gov Haines.
His Col. Sellers doctrine will not
work When the people come to face
the facts and figures there will be
nothing left for the Democratic party
to stand upon
As to the Tariff
The Democratic party said it's tariff hill
would have a tendency to elevate the