Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-23

senator Hale who has been On brief
vIsIt to his home In Ellsworth In the
course Of sn Interview published in the
evening papers of Tuesday. gives 1t "a
his opinion that II Il the duty Of the
Rcpubii an senate TO stick 10 the rarin
bill until II IA completed snd passed,
adding lit will not necessarily he the
Mckinley bill, but will retain all of its
good features. The proposition which
will be debated and passed upon by the
Senate will be to try and secure foot
hold " the soath aud Gentsal American
nations, and to get their markets for our
goods
II Is reported that Msine will show Il
net loss In population since lSs0 II the
Maine men are not At Aaale. however,
they are somewhere else, aud they
usually give "a pretty good account of
themselves. Take the Maine element
ont Of the West anu YOU Viii take away
one Of It's main sources of strength
toira State Register
We are glad TO see the West appre-
ttbtt'u " INV llitt ms u'fh AfaiitNh IN
this State Tor many years. Those left
IN Maine are Indeed giving good account
Of themselves and when all the returns
are In will demonstrate that our good
old State Ia after all the best place In
which TO do 1t, Too many have failed
to realize thi4 fact in the past
Time works some WONDERFUL changes.
A negro named Frank Rogers has just
purchased the old family residence of
Alexander II. stephens at Marietta.
Georgia. Bob Toembs proposed to call
the roll Of his slaves at the foot of Bun
kcr Hill monument. He didn't do it.
Hut the vice president of the confederacy,
who was quite as much OF n believer In
slavery as roombs. would probably have
exploded with rage IL he had been told
thirty years ago that a eolored man
would DOE day own his family mansion.
So the great work of transformation
goes on. History, sometimes with start
ling irony, works out the DEGREES OF fate.
In their desperate efforts To defeat the
Federal Election bill, the Democrats re-
sort Ms usual to their fsvorite tactics,
that OF misrepresentation. This is
shown in their attempt to seemingly fal
sity the phrascology of the bill and thus
force 1t 10 possess meaning which the
bill does not contain. One of these oft
repeated allegations Is that the Lodge
hill authorizes TROOPS at the polls " OF
course 1t does nothing of the kind, a.
has been SHOWN over and over agaiu by
those most familiar with the bill But
killing their false statement Il dozen
tines viii probably not prevent their
resurrection 40 loag as opponents OF the
measure think they have something TO
gain BY digging them up.
The recent school election in Salt Lake
CITY, Utah, shows that the Mormon power
Is broken, 1t is to be hoped permanently.
Ten members Of the Board Of Education
were elected. and OF these the Norm IN
got only three. That In their strong.
hold the Mormous should be beaten so
badly il an cvidence of the mighty re-
vulsiou Of feeling that has swept over
Utah since Congress has broken the
backbone OF the church. A few years
ago only the holdcst Gentiles dared to
defy the Mormons at the polls. ha, now
men who once were afraid tn express an
opinion openly. fcarlessly exercise their
poAer TO crush the Mormon menste-
The dsys OF its power are fast being
numbered.