Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-13

Bangor, Me, July 12.--(SpeciaD-
A very pleasing and satisfactory open
ing of the Penobscot county campaign
took place at Republican headquarters
In this city Friday. The first session
was at ten o'clock in the morning and
about one hundred and twenty five
Penobscot committeeman were pres
ent between ten and twelve thirty,
coming and going at intervals during
tho canvass.
Chairman Parkhurst of the State
committee presided at the morning
session. He explained that the head
quarters Ia the Coe building COM
bined State and county headquarters
and that the rooms will be the scene
of great activity this summer. Head
quarters comprise q general meeting
room on the first floor suitable for city
and county meetings, and two spa
cious offices on the second floor with
staircase connecting with the first
floor. The room on the first floor is
attractively furnished and when not
used for meetings is always available
for reading room with all the princi-
pal State papers and many metropoli-
tan dailies on the tables.
In taking up the subject of organi-
zation Chairman Parkhurst stated
some of the reasons for confidence in
the possibilities of victory. He told
the committeeman of the successful
third district fight. the first fight In
Maine won with three parties after
votes, and quoted figures showing the
manner in which the Progressive vote
the country over has faded to a
negligible quantity. The last vote
read was that of Minnesota where
the Progressive vote fell OFT 81 per
cent. and the Republicans made Won
derful gains. There is a great ma
tional swing" said Chairman Park
hurst, towards the Republican party
He also stated his belief that the Sep
TENDER vote will be the largest vote
ever cast in a Main election. larger
than in 1880, with the winning bunch
of votes bearing the Republican
marks.
The canvass of the county town by
town brought out many interesting
points and was different In some ways
from canvasses of other counties. It
showed that the Progressive vote is
falling off simply through it's own
lack of impetus, as there has been no
fight against it in Penobscot county
as in the counties of the third district
and yet 1t is dwindling. There are
several towns in the county where a
fair number of Progressive voters OF
1912 are still active and earnest in the
lost cause. but 1t is believed large
numbers OF these will change their
affiliation when they are shown the
receptions thrown at them by their
leaders in charging that Governor
Haines is at fault because of the PA
cent mileages now sold in this State
and because of statements misrepre-
senting the highway laws of Maine. a
very good law. and charging II up
against the governor as one of his
poor policies rather than showing II
in its proper light as one of Names
new good laws. In short, when the
honest voters of Penobscot find out
the truth they will go with 1t in body
and Charleston, and Corinna will lose
he better part of their Progressives.
1t has been so in other counties; 1t
has been so the country over. 1t Will
be so in Penobscot.
siyes. The majority of the towns re-
ported a few Progressives. and three
or four towns reported the Progress
sives active, fairly well represented in
the towns but losing rather than
gaining. One notable report au-
thoritatively stated that Patten, the
home town of Halbert Gardner. Pro-
gressive candidate for governor. will
give a "rousing Republican majority"
and certainly little more than so votes
to the Progressives.
Tariff a Thorn in the Flesh.
From all over the county committee
men came to report that Penobscot
people do not like the Underwood
tariff that they do not like the ad-
ministration which has laid it's burden
upon them, and that a mighty rebuke
will be administered to the Democ-
racy at the September polls on ac-
count of tariff. even If the weak for
eign policies of the administration
should not arouse indignation.
General Outlook Altogether Favorable.
It has been stated here that press
reports of Republican county meet
ings are much alike; the reason for it
became apparent here today. When
all indications the State over point to
victory. the reports of all meetings are
bound to read that way. and today's
meeting is no exception. All is fav-
orable for a victory in Penobscot. The
Republican prospects grow brighter
every day. for the party is losing
nothing, Progressives are finding out
that they are Republicans, and
Democrats are deciding in many
definite cases not to vote at all, to
throw away their vote on the Pro-
gressives, or to vote the Republican
ticket.
Mileage Bill Deception viii Become
Boomerang.
The receptions circulated by Progress
eives and Democrats in relation to the