Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-26

league only the present allies .
Let US explicitly reserve certain
rights-to our territorial oossessions
10 our control Of immigration and
citiZehship. to our fiscal policy and
10 our handling of our domestic
questions generally-as not to be
questions and not to be brought be-
lore any international tribunal. Ii
US absolutely derlihe an- disarma
| ment proposition that would leave us
helpless to defend ourselves.
Let us absolutely refuse to abol-
| ish nationalism."
TWO Years ago the thought Of the
| Republicans of Maine was focused
| upon the one problem. how to win
. the war We agreed at cur State
convention that there should be no
! speaking cafnpa ign in the election
| OF 1918. that Maine should render
| every assistance regardless of party
10 the winning Of the war, and
| Maine Republicans faithfully kept
| that pledge. while the Maine Demo
! cratic party broke faith with MS and
from every platform coh.ended that
vote for Republican candidates
was vote for the Kaiser. the vot-
ers in September sternv rebuked
/ this unfair and partisan appeal and
returned a Republican governor. a
Republican legislature and solid
] Republican delegation in Congress.
! l nave not time to review the great
work of the Republicans of Maine
| during the past two years. The
! legislature voted every assistance to
its soldiers, to their dependents and
/, to vigorous prosecution of the wa,
and carried on all the urc.rnssiye
! work of the state in agriculture. in
| providing state budget, in highway
| improvement. in tho appointment OF
a wat"rpoWcr commission. in labor
! legislation. in the ratifica lion of the
! national constitutional! amendments
for prohibition and woman suffra ee.
and in providing State bonus for
the returning soldiers.
/ l know that Maine was restless
and disappointed under the orders
from Washington holding back her
brave boys who wanted sc much to
get early overseas. / know how
much Maine. with New England. has
been wronged by the discraceful re-
moval of her officers and Eer military
leaders. 1 know how hard it was to
have Colonel Hume and General Ed
wards .unjustly relieved Of their
command. and how the people of
Maine, with all the rest of New Eng
land. were Inundated when the great
., delegation from New England wait
ed upon the Secretary Of War to OBJ
tain little recognition for General
Edwards who commanded the 2sth
Division. that. he might lot be de-
NOTED, that he might receive the
recognition due him from the War
department for his great services
overseas. and then to have Score
tary Baker tell us. THE name of
General Edwards never occurred to
me in making my awards" and that
he could not possibly consider New
England in the matter, was the
srossest insult that coui1 come to
the patriotic people Of New Eng
land from partisan administra
ton.
Chairman Hersey paid SPLENDID
tribute to the soldiers and sailors of
Maine than whom there were none
better. and alluded to the centennial
celebration which will bring before
the people of the nation Names his
tory, resources and prosperity and
the great future which awaits her.
Reviewing the mementeus events
which have taken place since the
Republican convention tive wears
ago. Congressman Hersey presented
a succinct. brief. but rot heated
story Of the autocratie career Of
President Wilson and the sefyile
action of the Democratic party in the
conduct of the war ana the afmistice
negotiations; the notable conversion
Of the President to woman suffrage
as state after state adopted It and
after Congress passed the Anthony
amendment; his high handed pro-
cedure In sailing to Europe with a
delegation Of men who did not
represent the nation to take part in
the making Of the peace treaty; his
return with the treaty ana league,
which he proclaimed must be ac-
cepted without the change Of the
dotting Of an II" or abe crossing" Of
IT,; and of the fleunderinEs of the