The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-01-13
PalkEurst toy Governor,
Penobscot County Heartily Endorses Ram
COR Mans Cantidacy.


Endorse ments Tor Col Frederic H.
Parkhurst Of Bargoi i'll his Candidacy
fer the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor OF Maine was the feature of a
meeting of the Republicans of Penob-
scot county al the Penobscot Exchange,
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 9TH. The met
ing, presided over by Chairman Charles
F. Sweet OF Bangor, v IS u ell attended
and the members were very enthU siastc
After an address ny Chairman SW ect
and discussion OF the gener poaFIcd!
situation, the following resolution en-
dorsing Col. Parknurst's candidacy was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas. Peuobscot second largest Of all
the counties in population ard in valuation,
with more Republican voters than any other
county in the eastern section Of Name, has
not been. within the legal memory of mon the
domic1le of Governor of the State; and
N hereas, the eastern section OF Maine coz
tains rs percent OF her total land "a ard GA
percent of all her cities and towns; cast 60
percent of the Republican vot thrown In the
State wide primary, and elected 20 percent of
the Republican membership of the present
legislature, and
Whereas after many years of waiting,
lfish Penobscot gateway Of All the East, now
has one of her citizens who comes forward
with just claim for official honor; therefore,
be it
Resolved That the Republican committee of
Penobscot county has heard with profound
pleasure of the aspiration of Col Frederic d.
ParLhurst to be selected is dId4te for cleo
ti"n to the governors Zip of the State Of Nj gins
1t is altogether fitting that he who has been
found faithful il lew things, and ~h, Sc fitness
to be MADE over many, is uLquestioneo, should
have ambition gra!ifisd-
Friendly alike with mis- poor and bis We H. to-
do neignbor; devoted n gDod government n
the highest and best sense of the term, single
ana intense Of purpose. r. has laaorel earr-
7stig and faithfully ana given the energies OF
MS hand, his ey his tongue, his heart aud his
t@sIn. IN times Of prosper ~ and days u adj
versIty, 10 tn, success of the Re- E1Iic@u parIy,
de is real man, who has done much to
make otnels great ard he'll make a rea! gov
c. lCr OF the best Of all ,he States, the state
II Maine, We commend nm as Pe-ot KS
sole and wortNy choice for this high political
distinction.
By u unanimous vote a motion for !
publ city committee ives passed Chair
man Sweet appointed Fred A, Porter Of
Bangor, EDWARD Iomiinson OF Orono and
ARENAS Weatherbee of Lincoln, who,
with Chairman Sweet and Secretary
Charles A. Smith of Newport, ex-officio,
VIII make up Lne committee.
AT this point it was voted to invite Cot.
Parkhurst to come into the meeting and
make an address. This letter had been
received by Secretary Smith, and was
read to the assemblage;
BANGOR MAINE, Jan 4. 1916.
Hon. Charles E. Smith, Secretary of Republi-
can County Committee, Newport Me.
DEAR SIR: My service as member of the
RepublicaA State committee from Penobscut
county naturally continues until the approach
ing state convention, when the State
committee will be elected, and while l do not
desire to neglect any responsibility imposed
upon me, do feel under the circumstances
ard in view of the fact that | am a candidate
for the Republican nomination for Governor
III the June primaries, that my continued par
ticipation in the work Of the State committee
might prove embarrassing to the committee,
as well as to my own Candidacy,
therefore tender my resignation as mem
Der of the Republican State committee from
Penobscot county to become effective forth
with.
desire to express to the county committee
as whole and to each of them individually,
my personal gratitude for the assistance that
has been given to me during the term of my
service and to thank them for their many
marks of friendship and l feel that l voice the
sentiment of all Republicans in .Penobscot
county when l commend the splendid and loyal
service they have rendered the county as mem
bers of the committee.
Very truly yours,
FREDERIC II. PARkHURST.
The resignation was accepted and
Charles F. Sweet of Bangor was elected
as a member of the State committee for
Penobscot county to complete the unex-
pired term of Col. Palkhurst.
Col. Parkhurst upon entering the meet
ing room was received with demonstra-
tons of hearty favor, and he addressed
the assemblage briefly upon the general
situation in Republican politics in Maine,
with resume of the progress of his own
canvass for the gubernatorial nomination
as disclosed in the several counties. He
expressed warm appreciation of the lib
eral and loyal support accorded to him IN
his home county, Iemarking upon the
great influence that this action of Penob-
scot would exert in his behalf in other
parts of the State, and his speech, re-
t1ecting confidence based upon encourag-
ing results of systematic work and care
full estimate of forces and conditions, in