Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-10
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1919.


! cal. ns us-we wi harken but we VIII
| not. We must not. forget that above
the measure of-money is the>merit o.
TIE nan.
Tnlre must be that equality OF op-
portunity and equity of reward that
. will in ure happy. healthfHi. hopefui
peoLl,-The laughter Of children be-
sreaks hopeful marhcod and happy
womanhood-and the light Of content
ms mt s els national greatness.
Political opportunity in the broadesi
! sense is summoning to active enort
eve.y man ana wemaa. The p-opiems
end perpl kites OF war have Teen fol-
we by the most momentous propoSi-
tltns of adjus ment human society has
faced.
The ell world see hing and the new
W rid unres st demands the deepest. tru-
.s. thought and the highest and holi
est prrro~, the head and heart OF man
p7sssSs 8.
New con .itions new duties teach AMI
;ire makes ancient good uncouth ap-
. | lies to the metho's and measures. no-
to princi.les and truth. Our course !S
cea" if ,ot simple-Tru;h is eternal
ami we must hew to the principles
u on wh'c., is fou-ded this government
dedicated to li'erty, equality. justice
and right.
Not with petty partisanshi1. but with
breadth Of view and li5eralitr Of cp'n
ion which will permit sound judgments
ana sa e conc!us ons mist we meet the
- ~, <la,-
IS of the questions demands high
est tandor. and truesr treatment mo-
/ in mali e. not in rancor. not in mean
ross 81 all We move. but as men bound
e" to solve and living say the homes.
an We" to the rrebems Of this dav.
Oror u-i,v from :. moral standpoint
Of course imposes the supreme obi
! sa in o. iii, day. In this direction
every man is bounden. no one escaoes.
o r part is part cularlv alluring af.er
a conf1'ct such as this. whose victory
we fe[i ate to tie immutable AMI eter-
raj truths Of existence.
! And we will Sc, to it that generosity
, of hear; coupled with liberality OF
! treatment VII work to insure the full
est measure of happiness and the per-
: ct freedom of state.
What s all be our personal part'
: We must le2r tina only the essential
, things are enduring. and that these
q s,It'a's are etercally enduring. Tha !.
/ God gave these essentials TO all men.
! everywhere. not to some men, some
wae-e. That men anG women are pre-
ci-us and priceless because possessed
Of these eternal things. That justice.
cq ali;y. and right are tn" words o.
. which We know them
Tfat we who walked ir the ways OF
eace while war wagei must now ;ut
on the badge Of service. and living,
prove those precepts We pra sed when
the clouds hung heavy. That common
comr 'Cesh;p we courel when hire wa ;
! cen::a7t Ganger. must not wither with
! the unl;eht ot victory. II It Nanishes
! Ike a mist before the sun. we shall
but prove that we wee dwellers in ~.
! not doers in fact. We shall stand
stamped as shams and in failure fal.er.
! Let US feel tina: this is the moment
, not in thought alone. not by word 5
mercy. not Gy act only. but by though.
word and deed [ create and perpetu-
an enduring memoria! to the spirit
of those laos who cared and these who
! disG-thcs, who are with us again ard
| those who are sleeping tonight them
selves d Ia-t OF ire 2dom's land il, some
corner Ct France. Such a memorial
! is the simple settlement and Inswerx<
, ing maintenance ef the truth that Just
so ernmen:s are constitute to ensure
: justice to the goyerned-to all the gov :
erned, not to any part or party-tn
the many or the few. hut to all
! AMI with such determination we
WI pledge an America wherein every
Ta1 shall be an American and where
'ery American shall so live that II
reads be lie will die to avert the de-
S'rrction by force or the disruption by
| dec il of this our climax of Chris la n
civ.liza ion. this free government of free
men.
| Mr.. Maher's address held the close
, attention Of all. and was accorded
rounds Of applause.
/. 1t was followed by the singing of
Theodore Roosevelt'S favorite hymn.
How Firm a Foundation" tha en-
! tire audience takink part.
/ The final address of the evening
was given by Hon. William r. Pat
! tangall, who spoke, as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Men of the American
! Legion and Fellow Citizens:
| a great people such as we are can
accomplish anything we honestly and
earnestly and unitedly undertake. SO
| long az we are true to American
ideals and base our undertakings on
justice and righteousness We prov
ed that IN the great war which end
| ed a year ago.
That war was fought in spirit Of
absolute loyalty to American insti-
| tutions and with fine patriotism
j which swept aside all of the artinoal
barriers with which American fife
had come to be subdivided. During
that war for the first time in many
years we were one people Previous
to 1t We had become a nation OF
! groups which divided and subdivided
our social, religious and government
al life to such an extent as to threat
en- our national existence.
The grouping OF citizens into class
es and the appeal TO class prejudice
for years before the war was the fa-
vorite idea cf the demagosue II is
much easier for politicians to appeal
to the prejudice of a group of men
! than it is TO appeal to the reason of
single individuals and an appeal TO
reason must be n frank appeal