Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-22

vas their opportunity. They came
INTO Seattle. nocked there. controlled
the labor unions. ordered a sympa-
ehetic strike. and 5000 men went
out on a strike-SJ0 600 idle men IN
city OF three or four hundred thou
sand people They said, We viii
taAe possession OF the street car
lines and We will run them; We will
Furnish assistants and attendants Al
the hospitals: We will furnish milk
1or the babies and those who are
suffering: we viii maintain order; ~e
Will do all this
what about our local authorities
what about the duly constituted aU-
thortueS to maintain order and run
the public institutions. look after the
public health and all that sort OF
thing They seemed 20 disregard
them. But We had a. the head OF
the government OF that city a man
who believes in American institu-
tons. in American primo. pies. IN
American laws. and We had behind
him an American citizenship that
believed n law and IN order. and
with the backing o. this American
cit:zenship Mayor Hanson sad. Il
propose TO execute the law, I pro-
pose to maintain order. ! propose
70 protect life and property And
he did il. Applause
Why is il. nv friends. that HI.
example creates so much surprise
and amazement throughout the
country Why is it that the very
fact that an executive oncer man
tains and upholts the law should
cause so much comment Why.
am glad that we praise ar execu-
tive once- when he does his duty
But We ought 20 have sucn pub
lie sentiment throughout this coun-
try that 70 public executive Of
fcer would dare rot to DO MS
duty. My friends il We would have
ire spirit Of AmerlcAnism cont-o. and
6irec- the des.inies Of or people, w.
o,uss haze reverence for lAx and cevo-
Ion 20 is enforcement. stronger and
e.eper-ssated than it appears 20 be.
Men IN Il 81. position. men IN eve-E PC
.i-ion. should recognize tha- 80 v.rV
lie o. -ks republic g reverence and
observance q. ,aw and the MAINTENANCE
o. or-e-. There are thousands Q. ceo-
pc 7 Maven arr doubt. who nav.
come over 10 tas country oelev''s
"a /. IS country ot i srse. eei:av-
frs !; il COUNT Of l,e--v w'ho3-
sw They n1s- can t7A-e ia aaV
irerv in : re74b.ic excep, .ter,y ar-
d-- Ia~ Applause
We have ren ta-olg7nG, he 60 n1rv
-od,y dennuncing legislation lecauss
-ner sar 1t cakea away Their PERSONA
= legs p:;on approved ard a@oot-
ed md era ted bv the great M ori;,
c: the people of iris County,. These
men rho core here CLAIMING ;hat -hsr
lave TIA per.on 'ice-.v 10 do vha.
t-e~ rl.-s. should &c A1gh'-a7t ne
.-it1 ic-~--ra- TO "a. fas -ra PEI
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whn ,el'era r our fnstitl;t on, md vh1
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w : n. spirit @. ''re--v unde-
aw 9us-fc. ;nds- Az ~i;ho.: whicn
80 Il - mot .Sis'
Ard so ne VIII lis va.: -
&c an Are i-a,isr1 mat knows TO rl4
except ,e SIS ard Stripes trroicnse
so;y useA want 70 see ar American
sn TIA r;ll ;as.., t--o-gro-t t-t>
t-oai AID o. or-s Ia. re p-ol.
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--a iaag-a-e mat means ,i=.i,s -
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"a wren We lasis- upon that and Sc
o-enaous overt. recipe ar; IN I'd ~
che thclsn-. one motive. ore spi-acioc
ore hone nd that 7h4- :he-- ore
hundred and an rzi'';or< OF peo1i'
he-e or his weston hemisphere shall
- lie te7to7 i.sn-. carrying lite-.;
usti and democracy - az tte cc-
ne-s % t.a earl, maintaining d, I'm
len ca -elt. genuine pernaren-
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clsuseI
TIE PRESIDENT The pC--ose %
vhich ,his convention was called nav
ing Teen accomo ished me Senate ~
retire 20 the Senate chamber
wherelpon the Senate retired