Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-13


fact tina, we have no standing army to
speak Of. and navy Of inferior proper
tons All this is due to the fact that we
are Law abiding and self-controiied peo-
pie II. therefore, there is need OF
strong national defence, including
large navy, it is due entirely 20 the men
ace from wi.hou, and not TO conditions
from within II we must spend large
sums Of money 20 provide for nafionai
defence, surely the conditions and TIC
people that create that menace ought BY
proper protective .aET regulation 20
help pay the cos, OF such defence.
For a Merchant Marine
Continuing. he said:
When we lock South we see q great
empire known as Latin America. Its
markets today stand ready 70 buy six
thousand million dollars worth Of Amer
can made goods. We have the raw pro
ducts. the machinery, the intelligence,
and the enterprise 10 produce thes. pro-
ducts, but we have 10 means o. mar
ke.irg them where they are wanted.
The Republican party stands for
srcag merchant marine, without which
dous important commerce with our sis
ter republics. who politically as we'll as
syrpa,he,icany would be glad 10. only
20 trade, bu, to cooperate with Us, TO
TIE end that republican institutions may
be maintained IN both Americas
Maine An Industrial State
Maine. ike Pennsylvania, is essential!
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upon the doctrine OF 2 Protective tariff.
which is a Republican doctrine. ard Pc
publicans are essentially il their prosper
.ty dependent upon a protective tariff.
They have. therefore. no interests il
common with free trade, or with the
Democratic party which advocates il.
Whether one is an old line Republican
or a progressive Republican he ought to
be al GU, and OFT advocate o< RepubE-
can tariff makers, and should see TO il
tina: only Republicans should represent
him in the national Congress. And
trust tina, in this Second District where
you are now nisrepresented you Will
send a Republican representative 70 Con-
gress."
Here the Governor Of Pennsylvania
paused a moment. smiled. and then
demanded with great good nature:
Now get busy on that. You'll have
10 excuse me If talk like a school,
master for have spent nearly all M
life teaching school: l talk as / do
because l feel 1t and l mean it." His
we'll pleased audience appreciated the
personal touch and was the more
ready TO follow him with student-like
interest as he took up the discussion
of the Republican attitude toward the
problem Of capital and labor.
Capital and Labor
The new thought in American poll
tics grows out Of the conception Of
the relation OF the State TO the So
called productive elements OF society.
viz, labor and capital. We have
thought Of the State heretofore as an
umpire sitting in decision upon the
claims Of labor on the one hand and
Of capital on the other hand. We now
see that the State is not an umpire
between two contending interests, anu
must therefore be considered in its
rights just as much as labor is con-
sidered. and as much as capital is
considered. This defines the grounds
for program OF social service 10
which the newer Republican ideas
now trend. II demands among other
things compensation laws, child la
Dor laws. laws TO protect women who
work, housing laws, and such a treat
ment Of the economy and efficiency
Of government as TO make il type.
and a model for individual initiative
and enterprise, instead OF having il
what 1t unfortunately has been in the
past. shame and reproach in the
minds of thinking people.
We are working along these lines
in Pennsylvania, and We want Maine
to join with US in sending a solid Re-
publican delegation TO Washington in
order that national law may cooperate
with state law in bringing the largest
good to our people. Every man living
under the flag should have fair.
square deal-no more, no less" He
then declared that a party which
made pledges TO the people and failed
to keep them should no. be given a
second chance to fail and told how the
Republican party in Pennsylvania has
Just redeemed its campaign pledges
by giving the people Of the state
Workmen's Compensation act and
better Child Labor law. reducing the
hours Of labor from "a to 81 and pro-
viding tina. special school work shall
be afforded eight hours each week to
those affected by the law.
He said that Pennsylvania is next
going to solve the housing problem
and declared: we intend that when a
child opens its eyes under the Amer
lean flag it will be in decent house
in decent surroundings" He promised
that soon there win be q national
movement for the conservation Of the
hours Of leisure just as there is now
a movement for marked improvements
in the hours of labor and that proper
and safe recreations for American
people during the hours of leisure
would be one Of the strongest de-
mands. Under the present condi-
tons" he said, '1t's hard for our
young people to do right, easy for
them to do wrong" And then with a
few strong declarations he closed his
eloquent and clean-cut address as
happily as he had begun 1t.
Those Present
Among those present were the fol-
lowing prominent Maine men: Ex-
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