Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-11
Candidate Gould
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tiers, and he, is beseiged with invita-
lions to speak before various organ
izations the State over. In his trav-
els Mr.. Gould has spoken before
different civic and fraternal organl-
cations, as well as to working groups
in mills and factories and has con-
stantly urged upon his hearers ms
conviction that Names delegation IN
Washington should have business
man In It's vacant seat.
Senator Could has pleaded for
more help for the industries OF
Maine, and In his last brief talk with
working groups in the western sec
tions he declared his interest In the
business of Maine, and those who
are laboring for it's success lie
said: Friends | am not an orator
nor am / to be considered dyed
in the-wool politician. Having been
born on a farm and spent great
deal of my life among the farmers
l never had the opportunity to de-
yelop or give use to oratory for my
dealings have been with the Work
ing man and our exchange OF mes
sa ges have been In the simplest
terms and. / believe, our aim was
to reach an understanding. This we
did by talking horse sense-purely
business language, man to man.
perhaps you will be surprised 10
know that throughout my business
life I have given my thought, my
conversation and my closest atten-
ton to our greatest industrial activi-
ties. I can talk potatoes, lumber
ing. pulp and paper, and rai1roading.
In potatoes-and they grow the
worlds greatest in my own county
of Aroostook---I am well verseo, ana
when you couple them with Iumber-
ing, pulp and paper, you nave the
paramount industries OF our state at
heart And when you provide the
railroad you have the outlet and the
chief means of distribution.
THAT is why, my good friends'
am convinced that business man
should be nominated and elected TO
fill the seat in Washington mace va
cant by the death of our beioVed
senator. Bert M. Fernald, a man
whom I admired and whose Ideals
shall ALWAYS admire until ! too
have answered the last call. j know
the place that he filled in the hearts
of our people. for I knew the man
and the people who rallied to him.
Should I be nominated by the Re-
publican party to fill his position
could but elect to travel in the
course that he followed, and II
would be my ambition to carry out,
in my humble way, the work that
death caused him to leave undone.
"Our immediate attention must be
directed to the textile industries OF
Maine. to the cloth making and
shoe making plants within the con-
fines of our State. We cannot az
ford to part with any OF them, Tor
we need their help and they need
ours.
I'm our analysis OF the Senatorial
situation in Maine today we must
consider our position as regards
business and industry: we must re-
mind ourselves that we are entitled
to representation from the east and
that it was never the intention OF
our constitution to restrict and grant
monopoly of our Congressional rep
resentation to Portland: we must
consider whether or not a business
man would be of assistance to our
LAWYER Senators in Washington, and
il it Is the belief and will OF a ma
iority of the people that business
man can best serve our business
needs they thereby decide for them
selves the course they should follow
on the dav of the primaries Novem-
Der 1st 1t is a matter for the peo-
pie to decide. and for them alone