Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-19


necessary 10 nominate man who has
a record as a vote-getter throughout
the State and who will strengthen the
tlcket. l am the only one Of the can
didates who has been voted for at a
Statewide election and in the past
two State elections l demonstrated NV
ability by leading all the State ticket
in bath elections, in 1912 by 1900 votes
and in 1914 by 5000 votes, and 1 not
only led the State ticket but my vote
was larger in both elections than the
total vote of the four Republican can
didates for Congress.
Il favor the attendance of the at
torney general during the legislative
session to advise on all laws affecting
the State' favor the bidding by the
State for all wild lands sold for non
! payment of taxes: 1 favor liberal
policy by our State to encourage our
agricultural interests in every legiti-
mate way; l favor the conservation
( and development of our great water
powers to be utilized within our bor-
| ders for our own industrial enter
prise and development; I favor the
Massachusetts form Of ballot; favor
submitting the question Of comforting
! the right Of women to vote to the vot-
ers of the State; I am in favor Of the
State aid highways and of building
| trunk lines, the same to be done equit-
/ ably throughout the State; I favor the
State bearing expenses Of all overhead
charges for engineering, ETC., on all
joint State accounts, and I favor the
| building of State trunk lines as far as
| possible by re-issuing the State high
! way bonds. And because these issues
will appeal to the everyday voter l
expect to win, relying in them and my
record as an official Of the people and
a representative of the party.
| Il expect that there will be from 35 900
to 5000 votes cast and that l shall re-
ceive plurality of 1900 or 1000. While not
! Understanding the strength of the
other candidates. I expect a large vote in
every county in the State, particularly in
Androscosgir, Aroostook, Cumberland,
I oxford. Penohscot and York"
Carl E. MiIiken
Hon. Carl f. Milliken made the follow
ing statement Saturday:
"On account Of circumstances that have
compelled the abandonment of active
personal campaign work lately l have not
covered the whole State quite as thor
oughly as l had hoped. I have been in
touch in some way however with pra cti-
cally every city. town and plantation in
: Maine and there is hardly a voting pre-
cinct where I shall not have some
strength.
Il expect to carry eight counties, five OF
them by majority vote, to be second in
seven counties. and third in one county.
l am reasonably certain of plurality of
the votes if the total Republican vote Is
10000 or more. If the total vote should
be very large. up to $4,000 or more I shall
have a wide margin, possibly even a ma
jority of all Republican votes cast.
| Il have made no promises of special
favors to any individual or group Of men
The opportunity of visiting many parts
! of Maine and making thousands Of ac-
quaintances has been the great privilege
OF the campaign and the most gratifying
feature of it is the enthusiastic loyalty
/ of many friends. If l win on Monday, as
/ confidently expect to do, the victory will
/ be largely due to the efforts of these
friends in my behalf. Whatever the re-
suit may be, wish to assure these
friends of my sincere gratitude and to
pledge to the standard bearer of the party
my loyal support in the fall campaign"
My attention has been called to the
prediction that one of my opponents will
have two-thirds Of all the votes cast in
! the fourth Congressional district Such
| a prediction is absurd and / would not
comment upon 1t were 1t not likely to
mislead some of my friends In the central
and western parts Of the State. l feel
very certain that four-fifths of all the
/ votes cast IN Aroostook county will be
for me and that the total vote in Aroos-
took will be nearly as large as that in
/ Penobscot. ] have reason to believe that
one-Quarter to one-third Of all the votes
cast IN Penobscot will be for me and tina,
in Ptscataquis county my strength will be
about three ffths Of the total These
three counties constitute the fourth Con-
gressional district"
/ Frederic n. Parkhurst
! The following statement was made
Saturday by Col. Frederic H. Parkhurst
of Bangor:
/ "A careful preliminary estimate nr,-
mary vote of the State made in connec
ton with my canvass through the several
counties indicates a total primary vote
approximating $4,000, gives me assurance
of carrying seven counties, justifes me
in expecting a plurality vote In three
other counties and indicates that I will
have a total of 2D.oo0 votes in the State.
This conclusion is confirmed by returns
from 80 towns and cities scattered
through several counties, giving the vote
for each candidate.
I'm 1912 the cities and towns from which
these returns have been received cast IS
per cent Of the total Republican party
primary vote, and these reports divide a
! total Of 25,53S votes as follows: Park
hurst. 1905; Milliken. 1886: the other two !
candidates. $685. If this ratio obtained In
the balance of the State. It would indicate
a total vote in the primary Of about 49,
, 600 with vote for me Of 21,545, which
would be nearly majority Of the votes
cast. and assures my nomination by !
comfortable margin.
Il deeply appreciate the loyal support
given me by Repuhlicans throrobou+ +ba |