Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-11

Cne cnulce II a governor. wurnar
suE-age, prohibition ano other Is
Sues and ne made a strong arrr,ss.g IN
the voters. especially the new ones
Id disregard parry lines and DIRTY
Ties ann 40 PRESERVE their Indepsnd-
erioe OF thought and action.
POSTMASTER Plaisted presided ove,,
Int nesIinE winch eouafu---af nix
nileu the hall and rhe American
Legion band furnished MUSIC.
Welcomes Nnrnes
MI 5aE1angal stated al the o1;rse-
mat Inc purpose of the meeting WIS
not exactly To answer Senator Lodge
ouI 10 present, Il Possible rsasuns
WhF the voter should support tie
lem ot'rHLie party IN -ne carnDaler.
ne prHferrs<tnhe SAID, TO consider rne
hepupiican platform issues rather
Cnan 20 aenA1s with Republican Iaad-
ers. There are some very Ir1pu--arr
lssnss this year thar transcend aur
lsadirlduaI candidate ne mad come
70 the cnnciusion mat political
speeches ara useless but the advent
OF SO mAug new voters ant -he pres
enLAllon of new ISSUES had In{fIrr,ed
MIN 70 talk 70 those VINO would take
Trle trouble u listen Ee evr1l-ass4.d
his delight al the entrance Of rne
woman vu1e- ano look a snur III chi
Parktursr's ATTITUDE on suffrage three
years ago
On Mondays Result
Referring 10 rhe election Of q COVER
nor on Mundav, MIR P1r-anEaH made
me prediction that aiEn1 ON Of -an
people viii VOTE with ttlsIr parry. re-
CARELESS of any COMPARISON Of me TWO
candidates. Eh dHplnred blind mar
tIsHnsf1ip as the g-eates1 curse Of the
counti'r and especially Of The STATE Of
Maine Attacking the enrolment NJ
new voters. ne declared that % pre-
renu rne Necessity Of il is 10 insult me
intelligence Of the voters "C1rlf mead
not enroll until The time Of me
caucus or DrlmR-v" ne SAID and ex-
pressed MS +aa-s than LnH real yHl-unst
II e.I-3!lTnenT Il This time Is 70 al
Tacr pRl--y -a-s ann II draw Sill more
closely me PARTY line. Ee had favor
&C woman suffrage because ne mad
CnoUEnr women would refuse ID oe
bound 1v part res and rraT thev
would PRESERVE their Independence Of
thought ENROLMENT doesn't mean
ANYTHING ne said Men vino ara en-
rolled n one party vote IN the other
If they like Your VOTE should NJ
dictated ny vou- conscience anu vouc
judgment
What Governor ShouIr Be
In vUrInC fDr q governor. h- SAID.
the vater should decide cor himself
which man IS likely u prove % ne The
pest administrator 81 lhp seven o.
elGh1 million dollars winch rne state
ANNUALLY -ecafves and spenus. The
governor should ne man q ability
and zureg-7-v. and me peopie 1f me
state nave seldom called ID eier1 such
a one These Cw1 Qualifications. IN
his opinion are Of IA --'eH1er import
ance -tlan Z party label. and ne parry
Tag cannot confer them IN any man
Republican papers NJ Pa--anEa-l
sarr nave tried r. meet prohibition
as an Issue lnI0 me campaign. II
asserted II is nor me ana can D.
one Re mentioned that slurs ana
siantiers had been circulated anour
is wat. ana SAID h.- mao looked un
FOR -ne Information Of his hearers -t1e
recurd ~ Senator Har1ing. as sz.
Tor-h by himself n TIE Congressional
record. from winch ne -aRd unuer
date II AuE. : 1q1-.
On National lssues
Declaring that wa shall eieCt our
Stare officials on nR-Ibnal ISSUES. NJ
Pal1angau began ms dIscussIun II -ht
League ~ NarlUns. - declared ina
II Is a new Issue and LnaI rhRre IS
NJ reason why one should nut take
q stand on II wIrhnur regard 70 MS
previous manner If Voting. 4v the
votes NJ -nis eiecrrun." he said. we
decide whether me Tnired States
-arlfies tne Treaty. ann JOINS -np
League" Asserting that no ISSUE
mas ever been more r11Ereprasenta1
and 1alsined before The people. re
sHid ne could not call the speach II
Senator Lodge q frank. 1zIr STATE
merit for q man n his position n
make He wHnr back -wu wears. -
the Tine when all Augusrans werf
WORRYING rnEeIher Tor the ending If
The war and for the hope Of some
agreement n secure permanent
peace He spoke OF me League -
Enforce PsaH through winch Taft,
Aitun Parker auu others mad worked
70 secure some sort Of international
association for arbitration ana saId
that thar work hau been endorsed
by hosts Of ministers, priests and
editors. He condemned 1ne EaEue
conventions with the statement thaf
dent Wilson with tts anu ~ European
statesmen mad worked out a plan cor
peace and the question is nuI whethn-
II WIS rsEnt Tor MIN 20 70 Gr 70 srE
al h9Tne. nut whether thai treaty e
good 1r bad The speaker he-n re-
viewed IN some detail the attitude u
approval taken ny the majority #
Republican papers when The tr-earv
was fiTsr submitted To the couutr-v
ami then gave ms own s10Yv Of now
the Opposition had CROWN against Il
Il began. ne saId. with me ReDub-
hcan majority n the Senate cunsls--
ing Of Senator Newoer--v. which ma.
enabled Lodge TO pack the foreign
relations CDmmIrtes and 20 win Re
publican SUCCESS ana republication ~
Wilson Retailing a few things anou1
ths NewberTv affair. ne made the as
seyrlon that mis- seat in the Senate
nAd been largely Purchased by mu-