Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-01-26
THE RECORD,
How the Facts Compare With the New
Age FabricatiOns.

The New Age in recent issue attempts TO
hoodwink the temperance people of Augusta,
by deliberate falsehood, and endeavors to
bolster up the administration of its city mar
shall by lying about him and his predecessor
The Age makes the following statement:
marshal Harrington has made 46 seizures
OF liquor up to January 10Th, as against )
m AIDE by White the year before"
The records of the Municipal Court show
that the nu mber of search warrants for liquor
sworn out by C. H. White from March 18th,
1888, to March Is, 1884, was one hundred and
eight Number Of seizures made on said war
rants, twenty-six. Number of seizures made
at the express office, depot, etc. without war
rants, twelve. Total number of seizures made
by White, THIRrY-EIGHT.
On the other hand, the number of search
warrants for liquor sworn oat by F. l.. Far
rington from March 2Sth, 1884, to January
l6. 1885, was one hundred and fifty: seiz-
ures made on his warrants, seventeen. Num-
Der of seizures made at the express office,
depot, etc, without warrants, twenty nine
Total number of seizures made by Earring
ton FoRTY-sIx.
The Age says that White made seizures
during the last year of his career as marshal.
Here that sheet again falsifes. The record
shows that he made 3S. In the matter of
warrants, liquor was seized on more than "a
per cent. of those sworn out by White, while
liquor was taken on only | per cent. of Far
rington's. 1t was one of the accusations of
the Age that White took out warrants to get
the fees. Yet here Harrington, the New Age
rings own officer, makes less than one
seizure on warrants where his predecessor
made two. What are the voters of Augusta
to expect? Surely if Mr. White was guilty
of making warrants for the fees, as the Age
asserts then harrington is guilty in far
greater degree on the same count.
The record shows that Harrington made 30
seizures without warrants while White made
u. On the face this favors the former The
truth is, however, that in a large number of
his seizures in these cases, Harrington over
shot the mark and seized goods not liquor. or
was obliged to return the liquid taken. by
order of the court, as it belonged to private
parties. For instance the ink belonging to
Mr.. Allen, which was taken last spring, was
counted as seizure. On the other hand the
seizures without warrants made by White
were not of the tomato cstsup nature and a
large proportion of them held good.
The Age asserted last spring that Marshal
White made but 5 seizures at the rum shops,
during months. The figures show that
Harrington made but during a like period.
A most significant fact and one which our
citizens will do well to notice, 10 the increase
of rum shops in the city since the commence
ment of Farrington's administration. The
records show that on Jan. LIST, 1884, 25 per
sons in the city paid dealers special liquor
tax. January lst 1885, 80 persons paid this
tax-an increase of eight. The question
NAV well be asked, .What are we coming
to?" An increase of eight grog shops in one
short wear. Was ever such a thing heard of
before in the history of the municipality? Yet
it was but last spring that the Age proposed
radical reform. There was to be a closing
up of these UBIQUITOUS places, grand i'm
provement. The record shows the result