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Show lTIV1APE G' ' P' TAKE NOTICE I B I Obadlnh Gardner of Rockland, Mo . Is a Into B JSl. . ?' In ,ho rnnkB of mon wl, '"V0 mnde tho Y paU9e for a momcnt to speculate nnd won B 4 ,s. vory doubtfl" whether ono Wan In B i ill, ' 1,1 ,lle Unl,C1, stntea outldo of Mnlno had B IV? WW' 0Vr rl ,he namo 0bnttth Gardner a month B WHS Fil ?.r 0 nKa U ,B qu,t0 crtaln that outsldo of B K a fiJll Kng,nnd hla 1ua'"t Yankee nnmo would Bl lfi"J?' Zj ,avo nrol,8CU' no 8l"'o of Interest In tho mind of B VAps- tho nvera8 render. Probably a few days more B 4 n,na, 1,10 ''"frvliK. selfish world will recollect ns B M&n.rK ot 1 11 know day 1,cforo tllp recent B 4Mm ML olcctlon. Yet for tho tlmo belnR ho has made BmSmWVW yJlliMh 80,1,0 25l000l00 of PeP'i sit sharply up nnd take BffiWxMlv &fllim uotlco of h,H cx,Beco In a little rural vlllugo up BfA'Qsff 'Wl IWSXm In tho rock-bound Maine. B Kor ota(lln Gardner Is -tho man who came within o narrow margin of carrying his stato over bodily Into tho Democratic camp- Two occasions thero hnvo been recorded for- tho last, oh, many and B'nan' 5,cnrs' whcn 1,10 800(1 8lat0 of Mnlno fnllca to remain In tho O. O. P line-up In tho matter of electing n governor. Obndlah nearly made It three times. Tliat ho didn't qulto do so Is a result for which his opponent may thank tho national Hopubllcan organization, which bent 6vory effort to save the stato to tho party for tho effect it might havo upon tho presidential election two months later. Tho most eloquent and noted speakers at tho rail of tho national committee were hustled over Into Malno for n whirlwind BcanPa,Bn an( n" tno ,n"uoncca I'osslblo were brought Into tho battle. Mr. Gardner, who gave tho 0. O. P. so wild a scaro, Is a plain, everyday tort ot a fanner, shrewd, fluent of speech and earnest of manner, with a way nbout him thnt appeals to tho nverago plain-spoken nnd hard-headed resident of the I'lno trco state. Ho Is tho head otllcor of tho stato grnngo, which unites the farmers of Malno In a strong fraternity, and ho has a wldo personal nc qualntanco nmong the fnrmers. Moreover, ho was shrewd enough to sink tho national political Issues In n revival of tho prohibition question, and thus arouse a red-hot fight In which party lines wcro almost entirely wiped out by the voters. Up to tho last fow days his success seemed n certainty, nnd as It was ho carried many towns and cities that hnven't gouo Democratic boforo Bfclncc tho notablo days of the lamented Gov. Kent. |