The Somerset reporter., 1886-08-18
MR.. BoowELL's ACCEPTANCE.
An Able and Comprehensive Paper

GcuioHan: | acknowledge, the receipt .
Of Your communication officially advising .
me that on the nh LAY Of June ! WAS .
nominated by thu Republican State Con-
vcntiou a. candidate for governor of +
Maine
Coming 10 ne without solicitation and +
can truly add HilhDut personal desire. |
esteem this mark Of confidence ON the +
part of my fellow Republicans rs the
chief honor Of my life Sincerely nj I
tachcd A. | have always been TO the prin
ciplc> of the Republican party and earn /
cstly Is | have sought 10 promote the
adoption Of those principles, IL has not
been my habit 10 participate in political
discussion or in the active work of party
organization. My opinions and concu-
sion, are those Of man devoted during
his whole life 10 business aiairs-intcr
cstcd in public measures and in politician
struggles only a they tend 10 promote the
welfare of the country and the prospect /
~ of the people. appreciate therefore
all the more deeply the distinguished
mark Of favor and confidence conferred
upon me by Il large convention composed
of prominent citizens and representing
the charactcraud worth of the Rcpubl-
can party of the State
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policy that Is engaging the attention of
| the people shond be unwilling to re-
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T'r ,n,n. time INST tho countrv has
t.a,, o,,itat,a Ia ,nanv s.e,iou. Inv ou,.-
tf,,,. r1iatiug Ia thn riVhts and interests
| ~ Iol,nr Tbe d.sirr nf thr yorkiuo
,,o, -, rocoi,.,. Tho hi,,best nricp far his
labor l.. nnt nnlv natnral hit commeuda-
H., oI,,,r i Ia, ,,,,nn,,,Iitv which h,.
has an soil and his comforts in life de-
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nvnbon,,. for II Ic has tho same rioht
-, c,',ri,i,e ,yitb his fellows to nronnta
,i,oir rnmmon interests that ronitolists
Lovo to combine for thrir cannon inter
nSt Tho Ioborer and the conitnlist are
ra.,roinn1 only liz tbeir own iulvmunt
and i've tho i,nnerntiyr ohlioati1n not Ia
i,,,,,rf,.r,. 9Th tho inst and local riuhts Of
niLrr.
+ hnvo borrtofnre taken occo zion 10 OK
ur,ss nv onlniop that nouuIar misiudu-
mont arises from the error of treating
,h, I,horcr ,nd tho ranitalist as brlour-
;m,, nx..d o,,d nornonent classes nm.
linhorcr of to-day by industry and ccono-
nv ,,nv b.rome the cnnitolist of n few
nv cvtrava"oner and mismnnarcmrut may
hGcnmn tho dov hborcr in nm couolly
.hnr, nnriod Thus tl,n ncr.ous who ron.
resent labor and canital are continually
) rhnn"inp and interchnnpinp 4 pcrmn-
nnnt Consolidation of tho nrrsons nr one
cI,.s ouains, the ncr,ous of thr other
class il therefore ~ imnossiblc MS il il
undesirable and the country stand, in no
dnnnnr of tbc uauifolI evils which Surh
, rnndition mi0bt entail
II milst always he horne in mind that
nro.ncritv cannot ovist in any community
,vhcro labor and Genital are nj ,vur Each
: has thr mower ia intlict Great evil ON the
nthnr ,nd .,rb will sulrnr whiln causino
Ion,a,,o to Tho atbnr I, i. Therefore no
Ua 'lu,,, of notrin,ic mn, nf ,lI man ,,ho
yyi.h ,yrlI tn thr community and desire
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! ,i la, mi, Of
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intcro.t nf hntb In ,his YORK If friend
IT, ,,,' ,noonnro,io, tho .lati,n no,ycr If
H. Stato can aid nv nrnyi,lhny nm imror.
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,i ,,an,, I'm en,i H., no AMI ,h,t iu.tiro
= ln,orrrin.I Nv nm imnor,i,1 standard
un,,st ,,nv.r, tho action Of nh
pr.1iminory ia a General ,diu.tucrt
> uai,,,, .Innld l,ad In cnrrnrtinu som,
= innnnoli,in. md rsnoying some hur,.us
IVA hour ~ lahnr in ali hrnnrh,s Of in.
.h,nld 4,a o,,,,.l;,ad IN, n,ol,i,,, the
= nvisting .tatut. which dchnrs ION hour.
f 49, a day,s ,york obsoIntr and mnudntnry
n ~, ~, so,. ta do,lar, ,hot dn,',. v.nrI
.houId nat an bnyon,l tb,,t limit nf timn
From lone, exnorioncn hotb os rmnlnver
and nmnl1vn I am satisfied that for n -iv,
+ am norind a mon will do more work in len
hn,,,s NOR dav tban Inc viii dn in eleven
+ ~. t,,,l,-a whaa,'or h.,ir. tho ,vnrk ~,
l. tn.d,v burflonnl Win Tho f,tiuuc of yo.
=. trrday is necessarily impaired in his skill
= and efficiency.
G The legislature should in nv Judgment
Y change two other provisions of law
+ First In no instance should imprison.
= men, for debt be allowed. If n man has
: no propcrty and can pay his debt only by
$ the ayails of his labor, ii is certainly an
e absurdity to shut him up in iail where h,
is not only incapable of earning ANYTHING
c but where his support necessarily b.
c comes A charge upon the taxpayers of the
f community. Second: Trustee process
, should be abolished in so far as it NAV be
+ applicable to the wages Of the laboring
o man. The result of repeating these two
Il laws would undoubtedly be to curtail the
e credit system and assure the laborng
men the prompt and regular payment of
e their wages BY this process the most
= bcncnccnt results will follow-among the
, best of which is that the expenses of liy-
5 ing to the aborinr man and his family
c will be reduced from five to eight per
5 cent, thus enabling him to add that
amount to his savings for "a rainy day"
| Still another evil in our labor system
should be corrected. Children are now
permitted to work in the factory ut too
tender an are. This evil is caused rather
by the desire of n certain class of parents
to have their children earning wages than
by the desire of those managing the fac
tories The law should prohibit children
engaging in factory work at an age so
| fender as To undermine health and