Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-11
What Archie c. Towle, Democratic Candidate
for Congress in Third Maine District
Stands For
Stands For

rally and meet him face to face, my
own campaign progressing very sat-
!sfactorily. did so.
Now perhaps had there not been
ladies' present he might have called
me O more vile name, but under the
circumstances he could only vent his
pent up feelings by calling me
Republican. Now if Peters felt bet
ter after saying that / am glad Tor
him, and after the meeting l simply
told him that whenever in the future
he had occasion to speak of me to
tell the truth. for it was due the good
people Of Maine. Now l have a lot
of good friends in my home town and
over Maine who are Republicans
and I did not feel so badly about 1t
on my own account, but as l told
Peters he ought to tell the truth
whether he was speaking of me or
the League of Nations. He told us
few things about the League of Ma
tions. and he said that in the Coun-
Gil there were votes and that the
United States only had one, but he
failed to state that to be of any
cneCl lHe NOtS NC
He also failed to read or quote Artl-
Gle 10 or any other article.
Finally Peters was very loose with
the League of Nations issue. saying
that he did not care whether we
stayed out or went in, but that he
had been in favor of it and perhaps
would be again. all depending on
,-Hin or, "a election
He went to great length to tell the
audience that as 1 was a Republican
en- the Democratic ticket it would
be impossible for me to find any COM
pany in Washington when elected TO
Congress because all questions were
decided in caucus and that a man
could not line up with both parties
and so / would have no chance TO
exercise my vote. I gather by this
that he had learned that l had de-
clared myself as maintaining the
right to stand for what is right when
and where l may find same, and he
being a strict politician could not I'M
derstand I am yet unable to under
stand the application of this principle
to me when 1 recall that although his
party platform is against the League
of Nations that he is not averse to
going in, and that too after ridlcul-
ing the provision of the League.
I told Peters after the meeting
that l was the Democratic candidate
standing on the Democratic platform.
but he insisted that I was a Repub
lican. so 1 suppose he considers he
has taken my right of choice away
from me. but you know l can't just
believe that 1 am SO easy mark.
Finally wanting to excuse himself
because of having voted for the Esch-
favored the Plumb Plan for govern
ment ownership of railroads, and
attempted to explain the provisions
OF the Plumb Plan.
Now with transportation conditions
as bad as they are the railroads hav-
ing been returned to private control
for a period of FIVE months and with
q most liberal guarantee by Congress,
and now a continuation of that guar
antee through the increa sed rates
granted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, l do not blame Peters
for hunting for some way out, but I
do think that if he was so violently
opposed to the Plumb Plan that he
ought to be able to tell the truth
about some of its provisions.
He stated that the Plumb Plan
called for the purchase of the rail-
road by the government for about
$50 900, 100000 and that the railroad
men would fix their own wages"
I know the people will believe me
when 1 say that the railroads them
selves. only claimed a book value of
$50, 900, o00,0 900 and that the Plumb
Plan supporters claim that $4,000
900 900 of that is watered stock, and
that as to wages there is no provi-
sion that the men should set their
own wages, but 1t does provide that