Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-20
TIDE FOR GOULD
BECOMING FLOOD
|. SAY SUPPORTERS
(Bangor News)

over Maine is Indicated very clearly
by the news from all quarters. AS
| for Bangor and this section, Sam
Conner thus describes the situation
in the Lewiston Journal Saturday:
Accepting this city as a criterion
for Maine and there Is nothing to it.
The special primary to nominate q
successor to United States Senator
Fernald is all disposed Of. There
is nothing to it. The next Senator's
name will be Arthur r. Gould of
Presque Isle.
Bangor is for Mr.. Gould. There
can be no question about that. You
get it in the streets. in stores. Of
fees, lunch rooms, riding in takes
and sitting about the hotel lobbies.
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It can almost, at this time, be
said that Bangor will be 100 per cent
Gould on Nov. l. That's how strong
he is here.
OF course, Bangor's natural ten
dency would be to Gould. This city
it strongly sectional, when it comes
to Eastern Maine against the rest
of the state. ." .
AS it is, Bangor is very solidly
united on the idea that two United
States Senators in the city of
Portland is just a bit too much.
speaking of the situation:
1T isn't so much that we oppose
Mr.. Baxter. Most of us, though not
in sympathy with his policies are
prepared to agree that he is an able
man. He has shown 1t, He is, fur
ther, the luckiest man who ever in
terested himself in politics here in
Maine. Watch his career and you
have to admit that. We understand
that. In this instance, however.
there is no justice, no fairness, no
call for him TO go to the Senate, eX-
cept to satisfy his own personal am
billions.
Il am willing he or any other man
shall have ambitions. Without them
the world would go to pot, but
there is something else TO be con-
sidered.' Fair play, right Is just as
important as it is that a mans am
billions should be gratified. For this
reason the successor to Senator Fer
nald should come from Eastern
Maine"
TT is a straight out and out battle
between Portland and the rest of
the state. I'll put it differently. It
is the battle of Mr.. Baxter against
the rest of Maine, against the best
interests of the Republican party of
the state. For that reason Mr.. Gould
will win. You'll find. if you travel
about much in Eastern Maine. that
such is the sentiment everywhere"
Plain Enough
(Aroostook Republican,
It is understood there is some OPP
position in certain sections to the
candidacy of Hon. A. r. Gould for
the U. S, Senate. the opponents ex-
pressing themselves as wanting q
man who is in favor of national pro-
hibition, thereby insinuating the
above candidate is not.
1t would seem as if Aroostook's
candidate had plainly stated his po-
sition. on that important issue when
he said in his letter of acceptance, as
follows:
las a business man I fully ap-
preciate the great blessings that
prohibition has brought to the work
ing men and their families, and if
elected shall follow the traditional
policy of the State of Maine in up
holding national prohibition"
Have any of the other candidates
made stronger or fairer statement
on this subject?
Right Man for the Place
(Madison Bulletin)
Believing in the idea of choosing a
successful business man to succeed
the late Senator B. M. Fernald, and
also believing that the eastern sec-e
ton of Maine is entitled to one of
our senators, we wish to say a good
word for Mr.. Arthur r. Gould Of
Pressure Isle and shall support him
for nomination at the primary in
November.
Mr.. Gould has risen from a poor
boy to one of the big business men of
the State, and, so far as we are able
to learn, honestly and fairly. We are
informed by present and former res
idents of Aroostook county that he is
one of the most popular men in that
section and with far fewer enemies
than is usually the case when a man
FORCES ahead of his fellows.