Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-08
A Badly Ratified Newspaper.

People who listened attentively to the
reading Of MeI.ellan's resolutions, aud
the kcnneheo journal, whose reporters
took them down, agree that the follow
Ing resolution, reported Ia the Wing OF
this morujng was not among them. Re
solved. That II the people declare against
sprohi bition we favor high license law.
= Bangor Commercial.
> The Bangor Commercial ia to-day
about the most badly ratified new paper
In the State. Before the Democratic
Convention it was loud Ia its shouts for
high licen-e. When il had attained lis
desires, however, and high license plank
was firmly Incorporated into the Demo
cratic platform, it soon found that the
crusade against prohibition was far from
being the plain sailing it had dreamed.
It soon began to hear from its country
readers In tones that have since deprived
It of all slambers lt foupd thar it WAS
beyond It's depths In a most disagreeaele
rum favored soup, At first it sent for h
heat rending walls to its country
constituents not to desert IL 10
lts hour OF peril. But they
stood eoldly aloof. folded their arms
and said scornfully "Don't call on US.
We shall not wade into thas puddle af-
ter you. II your license plank wont
float you, then you may 20 down for all
we care" The Commercial was des-
peratc. Casting about for some assist
auce It discovered that the kennehee
Journal reporter in the haste of prepar
irga somewhat extended report of the
convention had inadvertently omitted
the last OF the Mcclellan resolutions,
This small straw the Commercial grasped
with the eagerness of u drowning man.
II proceeded. Notwithstanding the fact
that all other press representatives at
The convention, both Democratic and
Republican, had given this resolution,
omitted through oversight from our
columns, to declare that no such
,esolation existed aud to quote our fail
IRE to publish 1t In our report of the
convent on as authority for the state.
neat. But the Commercial WAS not sat
,sfied with this. SO badly ratified had
! become by the protests Of its country
constituents that II proceeded to declare
hat when the people have succeeded
securing the removal from the con
stisation OF the rotten snd fostering old
article, (the 5sh amendmeut), which will
soon make Maine unpieasautly notorious
W its retention, 1t will be time to decide
hen by what system of taxation and
equation the liquor traffic can be best
leals with In other words the Com.
sner,ial enieavors TO convey the i'm.
preston thst the Democratic convention
lid not declare for High License at all
that 1t simply declared sg'linst prohibi
ton, aud thnt when II had succeeded il
pulling that amendment FROM It's place
in the constitution the Democratic party
would be perfectly free to adopt what.
ever measures It saw lit for restricting
the liquor tratiic-even adopting low
license or no license should gra,itud,
y to tho liquor interests for their iinancia
backlog appear to demand such action
Ent the Commercial is altogether too in
:seauous, aud although, Il TIN prcssur,
lem in country readers coakinues, W,
>ac..'d rot be surprised TO find it in tn,
eourse Of another week calmly denyin,
sssat he matter Of high license was iaen