Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-05
Monday, January 5, 1914
The message from Home

poari,g significant message llo4'
,one" about 800 Republicans repre-
,eptine every nook and corner %
uoina Gathered at the Augusta House.
his city. on Friday to compare oO
,arvances. The consensus OF opii'ioN
vas emphatically announced III
oe ,avs and each time brought
enthusiastic approval. This sen'iiiieA'
>x u.i,e might be succinctly express
.,.oso words. I'VE have had too
much of free trade and free rum
so 70 down the party standlhs
.or 4ben and to replace them Win
protection of American lnausus "N
abor. and such enforcement OF Ia" dc
.o.r,eselv advocated by Hon. VIM. l.
Haines. who Is Governor of Maine.
No room fer doubt was left IN 'he
.reouent private and public expression
If opinion and purpose. enforcement
If law has come to stay anu ~
strengthen with the days and adVah=
socas attained. Enlightening reports
we're made from many sechohs' ps'i
ticuarly pleasing being that OF HON
uy,;an p SHELTON. from Lewiston
The people of Maine have had 'iieii
lesson and have seen the light, anu
fhev have asked the Republican party
to sink it's differences and take com
mand of the ship in State and nation
The Republican party of Maine today
stands in the confidence of the char-
acter and intelligence of its cltizenry.
II is expected to complete the work
Of bringing to every section the hlgh-
sst moral and civic conditions boast
ed in any part of the land. The WORK
of restoration. necessitated by one sea-
son of Democratic misrule, has peen
completed and more, in one year OF
constitution, law, and oaths of office.
Governor Haines brought down
storm of applause and Good boy,
BilI,s by declaring that there are no
bosses in this administration, but that
the State is governed by its several
departments under the law. None
could misunderstood the meaning OF
the message these 800 men brought to
the Governor and to those who are
steering the fortunes of the Republi-
can party. The instructions were en-
phatic to carry out the promises OF
the party, enforce the law and trust
to the people of Maine.
The citizens and the business inter-
ests of the State have had a taste OF
real law, order and improved and i'm
proving civic conditions, and they like
1t. They call for more. in city as well
as country. The voters of Portland
have announced that the people of ur-
ban Maine have been maligned; they
do not stand for vice and lawlessness.
They met the forces of notification
and licensed vice on their own ground
IN POTt1duu. anu QSltdteu itS
picked up the gauntlet thrown down
by Mayor Curtis that the "eity had
been interfered with by the State ad-
ministration,' and flung back: "A vote
for Chapman is q vote for Haines."
The people of Portland approved
Haines.
The people of Maine approve of
Haines, because he is a Governor with
a backbone and belief in law.
The 800 sober minded men who came
from the people to Augusta with that
message are not only optimistic and
confident, they are enthusiastic. They
were delighted with the simple state
ment of the States financial condi-
ton, about which no horns had been
footed. 1t was a pleasing surprise
which they took home to share with
the folks"
France and America Warned.