Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-02
Democrats Have Had Enough.

Democrats Have Had Enough.
1t was definitely shown that more
than a score of lifelong Democrats
known to various men present, and
spoken of as their neighbors, have de-
clared they will never again vote the
Democratic ticket. They say they
cannot afford to vote for a party that
gives back for their vote only hard
times and psychological comforts in
place of substantial good living they
have been used to enjoying. They
cannot reconcile themselves to the
fact that English laborers and foreign
farmers are profiting al their expense;
il seems to them, as it is, that the pol
icy of the Democratic party is un-
American. In addition to these
definite cases, many other cases were
spoken Of in q general way; it was
established beyond doubt that Waldo
Democrats will help SWELL the Re-
publican ranks in September.
There is practically no organization
of the Progressives anywhere n the
county, and where organization has
been attempted the result is a weak
vacillating. hopeless committee, saying
nothing and doing just that.
The Republican tide in Waldo coun-
tv is rising slowly but surely and ir-
resistibly, and it will be high tide by
the middle of September. The VIC
tory for the Republicans of Waldo IN
September was so strongly forecasted,
SO certainly foretold that both the
morning and afternoon meetings were
pervaded with a spirit of confidence
that comes only when victory is IN
tuitively recognized. Republicans or
Waldo are confident and they have
right TO be, in the face of the evidence
presented at the canvass.
Afternoon Session.
Chairman West called a second
meeting to order in the Court house at
lis P. NJ. He spoke briefly, con-
demning the Democratic administra-
.:on for the troubles it has piled upon
the Waldo county farmers, and then
introduced Governor Haines. The
Governor was given a glad hand, il
over a popular official was. They were
glad to see him and they took the OPP
nortunity to let him know it, The
time for the afternoon speakers was
limited SO that the addresses were
have been. but Heaven Knows it would
take the Democratic party fve years
tn clear up all the error lalo at 'heir
door in that short time. Inc boNei
nor opened his speech by congratulat-
ing the men present upon the eoou
He said tnat such an
attendance under the circumstances
was really remarkable. there peins
more than enough to fill the cnalrs
with MANY standing in the back OF the
room and the aiSles. he diso sdiu
that he understood why such crowd
had eathered-the people of Maine are
Incoming actually alarmed at the
condition Of the affairs of the nation,
both in regard to business and to gov
eminent, and they are coming as
quickly as they can to the relief OF the
country by crowding into the ranks OF
the Republican party. Men are eager
ia show their interest in the party,
because they see in it the only posi-
BILE saviour of threatened nation.
Maine does not feel hard times so
much as others, said the Governor,
because she enjoys a large summer
business, but she will feel 1t more and
more and at present she has enough
of Democratic hard times to realize
what the condition will be when the
wave of depression that has struck
across the country comes in here with
full force.
He took up the textile industry
briefly to show how workingmen in
Maine are already being pushed out of
work by foreign laborers; the York
mills and Saco-Lowell mills have just