Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-17

! American Republic on a high plane.
| The destiny Of America must be de-
termined by Americans.
Address Of Congressman Nelson
!, Fellow Citizens:
| We. have gathered here today, on
| the eve of an important election, to
take counsel together as good citizens
| Of Maine. having at heart the well
| fare of our state and nation. AS the
! Irishman said: Every man loves his
native land, whether he was born
there or not" and, Democrats or Re-
publicans, we are one in our love for
and pride in the homeland. We are
proud Of our state, proud OF its peo-
pie. proud OF its motto. and proud OF
its history. Its welfare is our first
thought, its prosperity our common
aim. On the eleventh OF next month
we men and women Of Maine will lay
aside for the time our usual duties, in
the home, on the farm, in the mill and
store and work shop, to discharge
those higher and more important du-
ties as American citizens in the Sc
lection by our ballots OF a United
States Senator, congressman, a
governor. and state and county off,
GERS. That we may discharge those
duties wisely is the object OF this
campaign, the results Of which will
be of vital and far-reaching import
| ance to every wage Garner and tax
payer,-to every man, woman, and
child within the confines Of our
State.
A Campaign Of Education
We meet today as men and women
Of Maine, bound together in the
splendid companionship of Republic
! canism. We meet as members Of
| great historic organization, rich in
those moral and spiritual forces and
inspirations of the past, the value of
which to US as citizens is beyond all
computation. No meeting Of Re-
| publicans such as this would be COM
plete without some brief recital of
the party's past. No political cam
paign is worthy of our American sys-
tenn of popular government which
does not leave the people of this state
richer in knowledge, sounder in
judgment, and loftier in spirit than
ever before. No man of us is fit for
public office who does not realize that
his mission in such a contest is to
esta blish great truths, rather than
to win personal victory.
Mr.. Nelson eloquently reviewed
Republican history Of the birth,
growth and achievements Of the par
ty. concluding:
Such. my friends, is the past of
this Republican Party of ours.
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God. and looking forward we may all
take courage. So we enter upon the
coming campaign in the firm convic-
ton that the Republicans of today
face the momentous problems be-
uuelthed us by the war and Demo-
cratic inetiiciency with the same
courag ,tthe same capacity, the same
honestly with which Republicans of
the past have met and solved the
problems of their day and generation.
Maine, at Washington
You men and women of the Third
| District honorcd me by sending me to
Congress as your representative, ana
have thus had some opportunity to
observe the spirit of present day Re-
publicans. l arrived in Washington
in the closing days of a session that
will so down in history as altogether
memorable for the amount and char
acter Of the work performed in econ
! omy. restoration, and rehabilitation.
found in Congress a body of men pa
triotic, earnest, honest, and dlllgent,
men giving to their country the
best that was in them.
have always realized that I was
Il citizen of no mean State. | have
always been proud of Maine and her
people, but never did l appreciate
until going to Washington, the honor
and respect accorded this State, east
and west, north and south. l found
it was a marked distinction to hail
from Maine, and that there, i'll those
historic halls that once echoed to
their cloquence and logic. the names
of Blaine and Reed, of Hale and Frye.
and Dingley. are still held in high
regard, and in unfailing memory
But let me tell YOU that it is not in
memory alone that Maine lives at
Washington. She is there represent
ed today by men of character and
ability we'll worthy of the past. l
found that Frederick Hale, senior
senator from Maine, was one of the
most powerful and influential men
in Washington. close friend and ar
dent supporter of President Harding
and his policies. l say TO YOU that
he is a worthy SOL of a distinguished
father, and that he will shine in his
tory bv his own, and not by a re-
tlected light. For long weeks this
summer in the insufferablc heat of
Washington, he has spared no per
:Cnal effort or sacrifice to do all that
any man could do in behalf of the in
fustries Of Maine in the framing of
the present tariff schedules. There is
nc task too great and none too small
TO enlist the best efforts of Fred Hale
in the interests of his constituents,
he they Democrats or Republicans.
The people of Maine whom he has
served SO faithfully and efficiently
should deem it an honor and a pleas
,,re to recognize his worth, his zeal,
and his ability, by their ballots at the
polls this fall
was proud on entering Congress
to realize in what respect and esteem
cur Maine Congressman were held by
the members Of the House. Ira Hersey,
Wallace White, and Carroll Beedy are
indeed worthy representatives of
state long distinguished by the char
actcr and ability of its congressman.
Their constituents should be proud
Of them. | know that they are, and
that they will voice that appreciation
in an unmistakable way in Septem-
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