The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-24
Mr.. Randall on the Mills Bill.

Mr.. Randall on the Mills Bill.
Hon $ j. Randall in addressing the House,
Friday, pointed out that labor was better paid
in this country than in Europe. and urged that
the progress in the common welfare of the peo-
pie since the war was an argument for con-
tnuing the benevolent policy of protecting
home manufactures. If the tariff itself, he
added. did not give higher wages to the labor
err, it did preserve from foreign competition
the industries from which the laborer received
his wages. Mr.. Randall then antagonized the
proposition that the duties We're always added
10 the price to the consumer and characterized
also as erroneous the assertion that duties on
articles produced in this country were tax or
bounty which the consumer paid to the manu-
facturer. by means of which the manufacturer
derived large profits.
Much has been said. Mr.. Randall continued.
about removing taxes on necessaries and inn
posing them upon uxuric>. What does this
bill propose: 1t gives free olive oil to the cpl
cure and taxes castor oil ninety seNen per cent. ;
1t gives free tin plates to the standard Oil Com
and imp oses duty of 100 per cent. on rice; it
gives the sugar trust free bone black and pro-
poses prohbitory duties or grocery grades of
sugar; it imposes duty of forty per cent. on
the poor mans blanket and only thirty per
cent. on the Administer carpet of the rich. 1t
admits free of duty the fine animals imported
by the gentlemen of the turf. and makes free
ionare and coal baron.
1t would seem rs though the supporters of
State Treasurer Burleigh made gigantic
blundcr when they defeated Hannibal liatnln
as delegate from Bangor. The old Carthagin-
ian has hosts of friends who will resent the
slight put upon him. Portland Argus.
The sympathy of the Argus for Mr.. Hamlm.
and its championship of that gentleman. will
no doubt he estimated at their real value. But
the facts are that no slight was put upon Mr.
Hamin. and the delegates elected from his
ward are each and every one Of them his warm
friends. The Wing explains that the contest
was mot fight against Mr.. Hamlin, but a test
of the relative strength of the friends of Mr..
Rurleigh against the combined forces of his
opponents in the gubernatorial race. after all
advances had been rejected. and in that con-
test the Burleigh forces had Il good lead. The
Burleish men We're confident Of their ability to
carry the ward from the first but so great was
their respect for Mr. IIamlin that they offered
to elect him by reclamation to 90 TO the con-
vention unhampered 10y any restrictions what
ever and even offered to divide the delegation
evenly. a proposition that was refused by the
gentlemen who had charge of the combination
forces" The result was the election OF four
Burleigh delegates and the Bangor delegation
stands 26 for Burcigli. = for Cleaye> and } for
Marble.
The Prog. Age had an editorial last week
captioned ''Unsafety Of Life in this State in
which it declared that "murder is becoming
the most common crime," and demanded that
the most energetic measures shall be taken to
put a stop to this carnival of MURDER This is
al! well enough, if the Prog. Age was not the
advocate OF the rum shop, the great source of
murder and other crimes. The recent murder
at Boothbay evidently inspired the article in
the Prog. Age, and in his confession the MUIR
derer says;
that night to Barriers Island. Southport. |
stole boat there and rowed to Bath. There |
got liquor, drank some and with two bottles
returned to Barriers Island. Wednesday even
ing | started into the country. When within
half mile of kennistons ! took it into my
head to rob the man. | knew there were two
gold watches and probably some money. |
got there at about ten O'Clock. l tras pretty
drunk. Every thing about the house WAS
dark. ! went to the barn. got an iron pin and
rope. | meant to tie the old folks" etc.
The Prog. Age is inconsistent. As an adv o.
cate of free rum it should be the apologi>t for
murder. and its protests against crime must be
regarded as insincere while it continues to fay-
or that which promotes crime.
The Portland Herald publishes an incl
dent at i leading hotel iii Bangor at the time
OF the Prohibition and Republican conventions
which it seeks to weld as third party weali-
on against the Republican party. In brief.