Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-06

Of the needs Of the second and third
class or marketing roads in accord,
anc with the more liberal policy in
Augurated by the last legislature,
Republican candidates are pledged
to use all the great powers with
which you shall intrust them on next
Monday with an eye single to the
interests of this state which we all
love. 1t is for you to determine to
what extent the decision Of Maine
will. be of consequence beyond our
bounds, remembering the nations
wide interest in our early election
with its augury of Republican sue
cess in the election that is so soon
to follow. Every vote added to our
ma ity in Maine on Monday next is
undoubtedly worth hundreds of votes
to the beleagured Republicans in the
middle west looking expectantly for
the message of confidence that we
shall send.
Sen. Wadsworth's Address
mo man ever. entered the Waite
House faced with such a CHASTITY Sc.
OF problems as Warren c. Harding"
dec,a; ed Senator. James W. Wads-
| wn:tf of New York who was the FIRST
speaker of the evening. I'VE owe III
! large measure to his insight ana
common sense the immense amount
of good that has been done since he
tok Office on March 4, 1871"
Tie Senator stressed particularly
the record of the Republican party
since that time. taking up the cues
ton CT a reduction of taxes, ana the
| institution of a budget law. The
| speaker told of the great work that
| had been done as budget director by
| the present vice presidential NOM
| inee. Charles G. Dawes. in cutting
down the expenses of this nation and
| thus reducing the tax burden upon
| the people. He declared that the
Democratic party had been in powe.
| for two years following the cessa ton
of hostilities in the World War but
that they had done nothing to bring
| about reduction in the tax imposed
upon the people of the United States
| and that at that time the people of
| this country were carrying the heav-
lest tax burden of any country in the
world except the citizen of Grea.
! Britain.
He took up question which has
been in the minds of many of late
and described to his audience the
process that must be gone through in
| case neither Coolidge or Davis should
secure a majority in the electoral
college. In this event upon the pres
ent House of Representatives would
fall the duty of electing the presi-
dent and upon the Senate that of
electing the vice president. In the
house each state delegation would
cast but one vote while in the Senate
each senator would cast a vote, 1t
is necessary that one candidate for
president shall have a ma jority in the
house if he is to win the election and
if this is not secured by March 4
when he is supposed to take office.
then the vice presidential nominee
who has been successful in the sen
ate in the meantime would become
president.
The speaker declared that it is the
hope Of the .Lafolletie party that they
may secure states enough SO that
neither Coolidge nor Davis may Sc
cure the necessary majority in the
electoral college. The present House
is in Il state OF political deadlock and
should the choice come to it, Senator
| Wadsworth could see no way of
electing a president there. lie de-
clared that it was supposed that La
toilette has six senators who would
join with the Democrats in the SEN
ate to elect Charles Bryan as vice
president and if no decision could be
reached in the House, then upon
March 4. Bryan would become presi-
dent of the United States.
Senator Wadsworth deplored the
tendency on the part of many voters
to let 1.-The other fellow do it," He
! cited census returns of 1920 which
showed that. after allowing for those
who could not vote for one reason or
anothen there were about 43,00O,000
adults of voting age who had the
right Of franchise in the United
States. In spite of this, in the cam
paign of 1920 when there was a wide
spread interest in the issues of the
campaign, only 27,000,0G0 voted. He
declared that while many people de-
plore minority rule. it is really up
to that 1S,000000 people who did not
vote, whether we shall have minority
rule or not