Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-05-16
q man Aud il SO. does it not convict
the democratic party, of n New England
State. too, 10 its shame,-of ciUfal, per.
,.sI,>r fl1a'sd and corr uptioa

the cheap scribhling Tor The oxfort
I Register were known 10 the readers o
4 that paper. there would lee no need of any
notice ol his luminous article with regart
to the Hospital Chapel which lately ap
peared in the columns of that paper
/ ANY one nj all acquainted with thi,
creature. knows very we'll how little
truth there is in anything tina, emanate:
from him
We remember vely well when ~ al
intensified raMrod. this weather. cock wa;
correspondent ii the Maine Temperance
Journal, afterwards OF the Norway Ad,
yertiscr in it, loves, stages then he
wrote lew article, tor this paper which
soon became 20 untruthlul and vulgar
( thar they were thrown 1ut. and now he
/ finds vent Tor his spleen through the col
lumns OF the .Argu, and Register The
entire article relating to the building OF
The Hospital Chapel Is "a ,issu, of mis-.
representation and falsehood.
The resolve making the appropriation
for a Hospital chapel, as is usual in such
eases, provided that Il should be eNpend.
ed by the Trustees OF the Hospital.
The member selected ny the board TO
suuelintend the outlay. was one who had
had charge OF erecting the new South
wing. aud who performed his duties to
the entire satisfaction OF Governor Cham
berlain's council, composed a. it was of
able, business men, who inspected the
work in all is stages oi progress, and
whose opinions are certainly entitled to
rs much consideration a. are those OF
persons who have never seen the Hos,
pilal and know nothing whatever about
it. The South wing was two years in
building, as was the case with each OF
the other wings OF the Hospital, halt the
sum necessary TO It's erection having been
appropriated each year. The same is the
case with tLe Hospital chapel. rs any one
couycrsant with the proceedings Of the
last Legislature well understands.
With but one exception, the appropria'
tious for the entire hospital buildings
have been expended by the Trustees. Ia
the exceptional case. a democratic legis
laturo provided that the SUM should be
expended 10y committee appointed by
the COMMEMORATIVE was also a democrat,
and the result was about what ought 20
have been expected. the cost Of eXpcnd-
iug the money wa three fold what it had
ever been before or Las been since for cX-
pending similar sums lor similar pur-
poses. II "iruthf9l James" were read.
er OF the Portland Press aud Kcnnebcc
Journal which he addresses in such
hippant. patronizing terms, he would
know that advertisements Tor proposals
for erecting the Hospital Chapel 10y con-
tract, have for some time been published
in those papers.
There is nothing new or irregular q bout
this method OF cNpending the appropria.
ton. The member Of the Board OF Trus.
tees who has the matter in charge. Is act.
inc in his capacity OF Trustee, TO which
office he was appointed and reappointed
BY Governor Chamberlain. 70 the Trus-
tees properly belong the care OF he Hos
pital and MI il interests. and If they
choose to delegate one OF their number
to the charge of building operations,
the have a right so 20 Go, and after a
person has served iot three years, unless
he showed capacity lor The work, The
board, which is made mp iaugcl} OF bu>i
uc>> met, would no, he likely to continue
him Ia the anne position. Such base in.
situations therefore. ~ those contained
ia the article retcrrc.i To, arc contemplate
and meAu "a. the best, and their publica-
ton >ubscrye, 10 public good News.
papers which open their columns 70 such
vile ,cribblers. ough, TO consider hem.
selves tortunucif they escape hcmeshcs
OF the law