Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-06

! resumed its position as the leading
and dominant nation in world coun-
| ellis. 1t has done this without sur
rendering. or offering to surrender,
| one iota of its national sovereignty,
without engaging to become a party
| to any foreign entanglements.
Americas policy since the Republi-
can administration took charge of af-
fairs has been to have this nation
| stand ready to assist by disinterested
advice and unselfish policies in the
reconstruction of world affairs, a
thing which she could not have done
| had she become a partisan in world
policies and become identified with
! the jealousies and enmities which
permeate Europe.
| Does Maine believe in the policy OF
| protection? That policy which has
accurately been termed the Amer
lean policy" the policy so vigorously
and ably advocated and represented
by Blaine and Reed and Dingley? II
so the Republican party presents the
| record Of its Congress having en-
acted an Emergency Tariff to afford
protection to the agricultural inter-
ests Of the country, and Of having
succeeded in getting through both
branches of Congress permanent
tariff bill which aims to protect
American labor.
Does Maine believe in the suprem-
acy of law? That in all disputes be-
tween capital and labor the interests
of the American people are para
mount? If so the Republican party
assures the voters of Maine that the
Republican administration will pro-
mote and defend the welfare of all the
people against any combination Of
capital or of labor?
The verdict which Maine will rem
der at the polls September II, will be
Of greater and deeper Importance
than the verdict of the usual Maine
election. 1t will be a verdict which
will have great significance 1t will
be verdict that will tell the rest of
the United States whether the cit
iZenry of Maine have stepped out and
taken their position alongside of the
forces which stand for public econ
omy, lower taxes, a virle and sover-
eign nation, protection to American
industries and American interests,
and above all, in upholding the law
full and orderly processes of govern
ment against all corners.
There is no middle ground in the
contest which is now being waged in
Maine and which will soon be waged
throughout the United States There
is no twilight zone between the con-
structive forces as represented by the
Republican party and the radical ten
denotes or the Democratic party.
There is no middle ground between
the economy and business efficiency
of the Republican party as exempli
fed by this administration, and the
public waste, riotous expenditure and
general incompctency of the Demo-
cratic party as evidenced by the con-
dition in which it left the country at
the close of eight years of it's admin
istration.
The voters of Maine have no other
alternative. They must choose be-
tween either the Republican party or
the Democratic party.
They have before them the record
Of eight years of Democratic waste,
incompetence and disregard of the
public welfare which left a terrible
legacy to the incoming administra-
ton. They have before them the
record which the present Republican
administration and Congress have
made in. 1S months, both of clearing
away the Democratic debris and of
performing the constructive work
that will bring the nation back to
normal conditions.
Which way will the voters of Maine
decide to go-ahead and forward with
a Republican president and a Repub-
lican Congress, or will they decide to
revert to the kind of government they
had under the Democratic leadership?