The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-07
q - THE UNIONz& J0U8NAL4

I We Isvs seen - last annual Ispott ofjths
Tow Of Saoo. printod In Dest 9ytef nom the
prs1 on J. II Batter, Biddssbrd. Under
stsnd that most Of thosc Who heys oontrol OF
The llnnIsipal 6osspnment Nof that enys are
thoss who went 10 strongly birth esty eharter.
giving - their principal rssson that business
would be better - city than - - towu. and
ws1y voteA for ths- charter on TINT socUuut.
Immediately on its acceptance. the town Was
divided into seysn vards. meSsursd and COUNT
I'll % q 70 hare sy@y.Ward Republican, anh Il
l. now model republican city. II the powers
that b cannot find nna Of thar oHn nnmher 70
do the city work, Il h Immediately sent TO an
other place, and the Democrats Of Ssoo taxed
to pay the bill. SO with thssity IMPORTS. The
S. y,p p,sss y s:sS q: 4. ss Gn.
ing,) proprietors Of the Democrat. and rather
than have them do the work Il sent TO Bidde-
ford. where . 1spsStpsu printer can b foupd,t
II the republicans Ut SAco expect to build up
thsiss -sty., BY disooursgine sSerythihg not
strictly republican they viii soon 6nd that they
are on the wrong road, and We are glad TO
know that III better portion Of the city koy.
erpmsut, including the Mayor. we're strongly
In favor OF having the work done In their own
city. but were ovsrruled By tho small Try poll.
tieanA-drgsi.., 'aii .al.g ,y.s'5ah IT,
=, Our nsighbor Of the Dsnoerai must feel HIM
self highly battered BY the pasentsl overnight
Of the Argus, feeling somewhat q . gos|ipg may
Do supposed 70 feel which Is we'll cared for. The
.drgss knows very weli that Il would hare
susered at the Republican party Of sseo. lad
tksy. a . party, continued TO support BY their
patronage . pres that has ouimittsd no occs-
sion 10, sbuas and yilify than. Daring, the
struggle Of the past . moro trfasonabls shess;
according to Its ability, did not exist than the
Saco Democrat. saeo sent brave boys TO the
front, but tho paper published st their home
ala not only give them no word Of cheer. but
did It's best to thin their ranks by keeping alive
the treason which welcomed them With bullets.
Il did 10 best to discourage bnlisthants, there
by Increasing the taxation Of the town to oil iss
quota. It's snesrs at our soldiers were apch at
one time a, to precipitste the citisens into TAX
ing equity. II not Law. into their own hands,
had not better and earnest counsel prevailed
Saeo was honored by the State IN being Allowed
to furuish one Of its eminent eitisens for the
Saprsms Bench, yet Il unnecessarily vent out Of
II, way to throw dirty watsr upon him. When
movement Was made to mako the town. . CITY
il sought to ride two horses-the senior mem
Der Of the frm privately pledged himself In
favor Of It. and publicly denounced It. When
the town became city IL tried to heap oppro-
bious epithets upon tho town 6fHcers for not
botshing the city wards indeoentiy into copper
head triumphs And Is II now surprising that
the Republicans Of Saco do not carry their
party patronage to the support Of such paper,
rather than to bring it to . paper that has rep
resented them and worked for them certainly a.
worthily as has the .Dsmocrat,-But. coming
to home matters, No object at the lashing which
the Arsus gives the copperheads Of this city.
Here hsyhape carried their Reports the small
fryn cops. 10 Saeo uhsn espptrhtsd printer
could not BE- J6snd in this city. The prs,snt
city printer Of Biddeiorda a Saeo nan, aad
all the printers he employs are Saeo men, but
We never thought Of complaining. We suppose
they reasoned thus: eff We do not care, for our
friends, NO have no claim upon their care for
Us. Our political organ In Saco does not re-
ceive the patronage Of the Republican party.
and has no right TO expect IL; therefore, II Its
own friends do not support It. II can properly
refuse to support its Friends which course
will ruin the local party. Our interests are
one." To be sure, they need not have reasoned
80; for up to the present year the Republican
party ofSaeo have as party. given oil their
town patronage to this same Dsmoeraty
What would the Argus think, II our State au-
thoritiss, or our County Commissioners, should
mako our contemporary their organ instead OF
the JOURNAL, Why. simply, that the, Demo-
erat better represented their political views
than does the JOURNAL! Perhaps the Republic
can Convention. State and county. would want
. better voucher before supporting them here
after. One 10 party patronage; the town mat
ter Is that and nothing else. These may seem
small matters to some. but in machinery the
smallest cog wheel. II too largo or too small.
will ruin the whole. In our political expert
ence We have known men to die and not know
what allied them. The Argus misrepresents
Mayor Hobson. and he has 80 informed US.
He remarked In Council when the matter Of
city printing was brought up, that II II was
customary for the Democrats to give their pat
ronage to local printers irrespeotivsof party,
he should want to do the same; but since they
always pursued an opposite course, he desired
the city printing to be done at the JOURNAL Of.
Gee. Crack that nut, Mr.. Argus. We submit
that instead Of whining for the Republican par
" to como to its support, the Democrat would
do better to look to its own party.