Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-16
pailp Aennebet suurnal.
Augusta Friday MOrn'g, May l6, 1879
Reform! Reform :.

he is expected to do service like any other
servant OF the people. The state pays
him for his time and has a claim upon it as
we'll as upon his abilities. If he does not
give proper time and attention to the
States business and interest he is derelict
in the performance of his duty.
Now everybody who reads the paper.
knows that Gov. Garcelon has been down
in Georgia lately. Did he 90 there on
business in connection with State affairs
Not at all he went there for his private
pleasure and interest and evidently had a
jolly time, according to the report of his
remarks about political matters in Maine.
If republican Governor had gone on such
a trip for such purpose. the Maine Stan
ard, Argus, and Bangor Commercial,
would have announced that he had gone
on a '.junketing excursion" while the
necessary business of the State was being
neglected and suffering on account of his
absence They would have said he was
paid for his whole time by the State. and
that it is a worse swindle than double mi
leage TO take the time that belongs TO the
State and devote it to his private pleasure
and business.
And now that we are upon this subject,
let us inquire whether Governor Garcelon
is not how attending, as before his election.
TO the large and lucrative practice as a
physician which he is said to have Is
he devoting more time to the States af-
fairs or to his own business? Is he draw
ing a larger salary from his patients than
from the State. for time and service which
belong to the State? Is this consistent
with the Reform principles of the new
tangled Reform party? Is it right to
hold up the bills of fare of Governor
Connor and Councillor Buffum and others
when they were attending to State bust
ness, as examples of extravaganza in the
with the present Governor for iunketing
in Georgia and lining his pockets with
double pay for the time that belongs to
the service of the State?
Many of those who have been requested
by the Governor to return the mileage they
have drawn from the treasury in years
past, are of the opinion that Governor
who is so jealous as a Reformcr where other
persons are Interested ought to sean his
own course more closely and apply some
of his principles nearer home. He is en-
titled by law to "A salary of $500, but his
successor can have but $1,000 Now if he
were as sincere Reformer as the present
republican Governor of Massachusetts,, -
who makes no pretentions to being Re
former, why has he not done as Mr. Tai
bot has-declined to take any larger
salary than was fixed by the legislature
for his successor? This would reduce his
pay to $500, save the sum of $1,000 TO the
State, and set an example that would be
worth something in the eyes of the public.
As matter of fact il is worth no more to
be Governor of the State this wear than it
will be next, and really noble Reformcr
ought to scorn to take more pay for holding
a public place than it is actually worth
or to be less magnanimous than the re-
publican Governor of peighboring State
Mr.. Blane's speech at the annual dinner
of the New York Chamber of Commerce.
was mastery showing for the brief time
allowed, of the advance made in a few
years past by foreign nations in their ship
ping interests and the decline in the same
interest experienced in the United States.
His ready command Of facts and ready wit
combined to make it the most instructive.
the most pleasing and most apt for the
time and occasion. Of all the able and in
teresting speeches eff the evening. Maine
is honored in having senator to repre-
sent her in Congress whose words are
eagerly listened to and rapturously APP
plauded by the most distinguished politi-
cal and commercial bodies in the nation
His remarks near the close of his speech
iu opposition to free trade in ships will be
endorsed by every shipbuilder and ship
owner in the State OF Maine
The bowling of the Maine Standard over
the articles OF our correspondent "Omi-
cron" is prodigious showing that his
shots were well aimed and had the effect in
tended. Such deluge of ''expletives'
has not been seen in that paper since its
lying attack upon DR.. Quinby. The new
Pension Department is also giving the
Standard good deal of trouble, but not
half so much as it is troubling the poor pen
sioners who have been kept waiting sever
al weeks for their pensions
Town Bonds Held Valid.
The suits against the towns of New Fame.
Wilson and Lewiston. brought to cover iudu.
ment for interest on their bonds issued in aid
of the construction of the Lake Ontario Shor,
Railroad, were argued before Judge Wallac,
of the United States court at Syracuse YES.
terday, and decisions in each ease were rem