Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-30
What Brewster Stands For
(PnrfIand Press Heraldl

If the voters of Maine make a
study Of what Ralph o Brewster
has stood for in the Legislature and
in filing the public positions he has
held, they will get much better
conception of the kind of a man the
Republican candidate for Governor
Is.
A candidate for Office cannot very
well say such things about himself
He must rely upon someone else TO
say them for him. The Press Herald
is only too glad of chance to under
take this task.
Ralph o. Brewster in all his public
| career has stood for a square deaP'
for the common citizen. That has
been his record in the City of Port
land and it has been his record in
the Legislature. He may not always
have been right, but nobody will dis
pute the statement that he has al
ways believed himself to be right.
When Mr.. Brewster has thought
himself to be right, nobody has ever
been able to make him deviate one
hairs breadth from the course he
has mapped out to follow.
A man like this is not beloved by
the politicians Of either party. They
know pretty we'll what he may be
cNpcCISu W w. anu IllSy cNO 4SeAA ~
ed by experience that he cannot be
brow beaten, Influenced or persuaded
to change his policy by any means
they are accustomed to use. Right
is right with Brewster and always
has been.
In the City of Portland you will
find quite a few men who are saying
they are against Brewster for Gov
ernor. Some of these men Should
carry a great deal Of weight. Some
of them have held prominent posi-
tons within the gift of the people
of this city and State. Some of them
are distinguished lawyers. Some OF
them are bankers. Some of them
are prominent business men.
These opponents of Mr.. Brewster
are not confined to the Democratic
Party. Some of them are known as
them says he is against Brewster
if you analyze the case. you would
be quite likely to find that there's a
reason"
A long time ago some distinguish
ed American said of another candi
date fof Office Il love him for the
enemies he has made The same
thing is being said by many people
about Ralph o. Brewster in this cam
paign. They admire him because he
has some men as his enemies.
The people of Maine know, just
as the people of Portland know, that
a man in public life can easily. win
the support of many influential men
in both parties by pursuing one
course. If he is willing always to
do what these men want him to do
| then he can rely upon them in a po-
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him. But if he is known to be a
man who cannot be relied upon to
always do what he is told to do, then
he is sure to have such men as his
opponents.
! Brewster has such men against
him in Portland and, as many PEG
! pie look upon it, that is greatly to
his credit, and in the long run il
| will do him not nearly as much harm
as his opponents think it will.
One of the strange things about
| pcliticians-some sanctimonious and
aristocratie citizens, some of the men
who are running big corporations or
acting as attorneys for them; the
men who can be influenced to stuff
ballot boxes; those who know who
the bootleggers are and how to reach
! them; and many othert apparently
iiludi HioHlouS eleIlSHtS III SOClety-
can be banded together and how en-
! Enthusiastically they can work together
on certain occasions.
When you come TO analyze such
combinations you will find that all
of these seemingly discordant ele-
ments have much in common. The
| man they are against in politics is
usually one whom they cannot con-
troll or influence.
1t Is no discredit to man oppos-
ed by such a combination to have
it working hard against him. Ralph
o. Brewster has such a combination
against him in Portland in this cam
paign. The common. ordinary citi :