Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-03-18

Fogg.
Does he sign document OF StateY He
properly uses the utensils in his draw
Does he indite one of those weighty edito-
rails, whose mystic influence belts the
globe? He takes some humble Faber from
his vest pocket! Does he wish TO preserve
the proper relation between the numerator
which represents the offices of the green
hackers and the denominatOr, whose size
for the veal of democracy His EXcellency
would raise? Then he Is engaged I'm the
service OF the State, and for this purpose
he rightly grabs the valuable articles from
his draw,
- Does he desire TO send an autograph let
ter TO ChaSe's Mills, or, in order to make
certain OF his financial creed, does he de-
sire 10 communicate with the great tinan-
cier who fioorcd Mr. Blaine, then he sends
the fleet Mercury, so claSSically sung by
Senator Thomas, or some other equally
wing footcd page, 10 the Augusta House,
for a sheet of paper a few drops of ink
and those other Indispensable articles OF
stationary" without which it were inn
possible properly To carry ona great reform
correspondence. Talk about conscientious
neSS-the world will vet rise and beam with
universal approval in the face Of its real
benetactor
We trust no iuvidious journalist, no sus-
picious politician will now arise 10 ask
questions. Mr. Fogg has spoken, and we
mean that his voice shall penetrate, at
least. 10 Skowhegan. II any gentleman
should arise To inquire, when he returned
his iackkuife to the State why he did not
also return his ST. gold pencil, we shall in-
nit
drums, He is going 10 keep il in his
draw II ANYBODY should ask, What
difference there j. between Keeping S.
gold pencil in your draw and putting II in
your waiStCOat:' we shall Immediately re
ply that there i all the wide difference there
i between a draw and n vest pocket. \
gold pencil in your pocket goes with you.
walks With YOU. cheers YOU In your hours
Of loneliness and ever lubriCateS the cock
les of Your heart. You love il. You will
not surrender IL. II j. indlsSoluhly yours.
You will not sell IL; YOU will not give II
away; YOU will not return 1t 10 the State.
ON the contrary. ifitiS In your draw, YOU
can use ii or not, a. YOU will II IL Is in
YOUR draw. don't YOU see YOU can eat your
cake and still have Il! II 1t is in your
draw. YOU can look at it and feel of II and
admire il. and coustructiyely call ii whose
YOU please.
II loud and dangerous talk is made about
douhle-milcagc and grabs, YOU can say YOU
wore out these goods wholly In the service
OF state, or, what Is better, that YOU shall
never carry them away from your draw.
I'm such 4 case. when future ages may turn
the pages Of history pertaining 10 the year
OF grace. ls59, there will be nj least one
page shining with light never seen on sea
Or land one page cifulgcnt with the lofticst
craftsmanship.
Again. some irresponsible wretch may
arise and ask, why did Councillor Fogg
put this property OF the State into his
draw Why did he not beg the Secretary
OF State 20 fetch a basket and remove IN,
offensive articles: Why did he allow IN,
stationary 10 remain So:' The answer e
all these captiouS questions i obvious -
Are YOU 10 require friend OF economy anC
reform 70 20 10 extremes? Are YOU - a>k
unreasonable. unhcard-of things OF him
No rcformer Of any party could he expect
cd 10 do otherwise than 10 carefully plac,
these articles where they would do mos
good-iu hi> draw. There his responsible
ity ceases.
that gentleman who receives and retains
even in his official draw fifteen or twenty
dollars worth OF writing material and uSc'
il exclusively In the service OF the State
employing other pens and pencils and sta
u0ucry when he wishes 90 cnlightcn IN,
mas>cS,-We SAY some may claim that
gentleman who does all this and does NO
take measures 10 have the property sold boy
auction for the benefit Of the state, thereby
becomes Objectionable aS a friend OF econ
oiny and wealth. Some persons. -unreaS
uuablv and unworthy beings that there ar,
I'm this world-gO - far u 10 say that
man who picks up property In the street
and knowing To whom IL belongs. onll
turns over part thereof even though ht
keeps the balance in a draw, i inconsistent
How much worse, for>ooth, i he than th'
man who keeps the wholc;-thcrc'S
cracker of a connndrum for YOU. Al these
frivolous objections only show how hard /
thing it j. for a truly dc>er, ing rcformer Z,
get an the credit I'm this world that he dc
serves We trust there is no rrformer VIII,
is not a believer Ia immortality
Here. for instance. j. a true friend Of th'
toiliug masses lie has gone on from
glory To glory till now his admirers hav,
given him a seat Ina the council OF State
Here he has been a vigorous representa-
tive Of the friends of economy and reform
Does hc follow those Inconsistent persons
who voted 10 deny State jackknives 10 IA
turc legislators and then pocketed IN,
state knives: He does not. There is not
a drop Of that blood In him. He acts
The state is richer to-day hy 81 80 than il
would have been but for Councillor Fogg',
position on the jackknifc question. That
j. more than can be said for most of his
party To Doe sure. the Augusta ,j0urHd
alleges he has drawn dOuhlc-milcage, the
governor having carelcSSly signed a re-
solve 10 that effect. but, certainly, he has
no iaCkknifr save that Well-wOTu and debili-
tated utcn>i with which he did all his eX
tenSvc whiting in the last campaign
Now. for Snybody 20 come up a. the Som.
erSet Reporter does. and find fault with
Councillor Fogg because he did not take
that fusion gold pencil and pen caSe,out OF
his draw and put IL into the hands OF the
auctioneer nj the time his knife was given
over % that person, is asking more con
SiStcncy than any fair man ought to re-
quire even OF any friend of economy and
reform: for don't any man of ordinary
diScernment perceive,-that up 10 last
week nothing had been said in the LegiS-
laturc or in any of the organs about any
gold pencil grab:
What reason was there FOR any man Ia
20 and take this valuable little souvenir
out of his draw and toss it over TO an
auctioneer; Wasn't it his! Does con
Sistency, even in these days, demand that
if a gold pencil ofends, it shall be plucked
out: We fearlessly affirm that having OPP
posed all grabs, having been the unswerv-
ing friend OF economy and reform, and
having given up his jackknife TO "a bank
rupt State treasury Councillor Fogg
has shown his sincerity, and that 10 come