The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-02-01
Maine Men ii Massachusetts.

| Maine Men i'll Massachusetts.
| STATE TREAS. BEAL on MAINE FINANCES.
$50 far, Maine has been exceptionally
fortunate, and has suffered less than any
other New England State, said a tall,
soldierly man wearing the button of the
| Loyal Legion, to . Boston Jour nal re-
porter at Parker's.
The speaker was the Dirigo State $
! Treasurer, Gen. Geo l.. Beal of Norway.
| HI, was talking about financial matters,
| ''Dpvn East politics being subject he
had preferred to eschew.
''Of course, with the present outlook
| IN Congress the uncertainty i'll relation
10 tho tariff may change this in the fu-
ture Cen. Beal went ON to say. NEAR
| ly every industry in Maine is unfavorably
/ affected by the Wilson bill, and this fact
is bound to work much harm. unless there
| is a speedy indication that the bill will
| fail to become law as now seems proba-
| BILE .
s,lIow are the State tinanceso'
..\ever better, | think | may say. Ow
| inc to the laws passed by the legislature
uf 1898, the new measures Of taxation and
| the economical appropriations. the State
| tax rate has been reduced to only Ia
mills for this year, which is IA mill less
than last year During 1895 we paid off
| 500, 900 of our temporary loans, and this
| will wipe ont the 500, 900 remaining.
| This will make all Maine debt funded.
Even oul bonds are slowly being wiped
| cut. as under the law one tortieth are
paid off each year. The result is that
/ Maine credit is among the best
non. Al NJ. SPEAR On TIE VIII ~pN BILL.
.-The Wilson bill, if passed, will affect
unfavurably every industry in Maine, and
| viii practically close a great number of
/ manufactures. In many cases there will
be reduction Of from % to 40 per cent.
in the wages paid the mill hands This
emphatic statement came from the Presi-
dent of the Maine senate. Hon A. NJ.
| Spear OF Gardiner, ON the kennebec. He
was at Young ) and talked with a Boston
| journal man
But it is claimed that Maine, is a
/ State that depends solely on natural pro
ducts for its welfare:
'.Once that WAS true, bnt Of late years
/ the business ot the State has undergone a
| remarkable change In the past Maine
has depended principally on lunber. icr
| farm produce, ete., but 1T tiit present
turing State The bl sine>s Of numbering,
though. is stiH Very important Many
| taet mics of all sorts have going up, and
4 mere will WI built ii the Wilson bin fails
to lfs7S li,e Development a the state
/ Under the Mckinley law has been faster
+ tAan eyvl utor+ in uui history. ille
railroads haYa ht ar improved tnd vNtrhd-
4 re wHit ~mAl iWads u SvlNe a- Feeders
4 navt hecm reaching BACK III ali directions
/ All tlliS ground gained under Republican
measures II ipw endangered bl tiliS Demo
cratic Congress.
,lo4 iaNe just come MN tlpm Maine,
| wliat Is the latest news
..1ha only tolic il MI Reed reported
candidacy fal the Presidential nomination,
| lie will have the united support Of the
State The anti Reed element of Old was
purely local and, in view of his splendid
services and magnificent abilities. there is
nothing left OF it to day. Therefore, |
am within the limit of facts wien say
that the State is an absolute unit for the
great ex Speaker
THE CHIEF JUSTICE AT THE YALE DINNER.
Chief Justice Peters of Maine was al
the Yale alumni dinner at the Nendome,
Boston, Thursday, and said he was awful
ly clad he came, and told several good
and very unjudcial anecdotes. As Daniel
Webster was wont to say that he never
saw a man by the name of Webster with
ont seeing his father in his face, SO lie
could never see Yale man (unless ht
was too almighty homely) without seeing
himself And there was no exception
here.
Wien he went II ale he was the onl j
Maine man there. The boys used to call
l;,, l.tLu 1,,pa Star - and l,a AaiUtaG
only about 100 pounds he was not much
of 4 star. Now there are u little stars.
Then the Judge went on to say they
owed some allegiance to Harvard because
Hugh Peters, the old cuss Qaughter), was
4 Congregational minister and went Il
England to solicit funds for Harvard
He WAS going to run out his blue ban
ner With crimson decorations. That was
far. Harvard could never get to the
Yale centre (Applause) 1t was MOI
half-back, but way back. Applause.
lie expected to see the debt to Princeton
paid back 1t will be paid back. Gap
plause.)
The college is perennial, men are NOR
tai he said. Many Yale men are il
Heaven. When 90 | shall cali on FL
Yale the first thing, unless etiquette pre-
seribes thar he shall first call on me
tlauGHter.
Hon. W l.. Putnam said good wor,
for Bowdon College.
\ MAINE MAN GETS a IUDGE>uIr,
Governor Greenhalge has nominated
Henry y. sheldon. a Boston attorney, t,
succeed the late Judge Thompson. upol
the superior bench. Lawyer Sheldon is ;
native of Watervile, Maine and a college
classmate Of the Governor. lie has ais,
been close friend for many years. Will,
/ practieing at the Suffolk bar. He is sal,
, to be a lawyer Of great acumen and ha
distinguished himself as text writer
sheldon On Subrogation being one 0
Ills best known and most widely appreciat
ed works.
A Suggestion Concerning Soup Houses
TheI Bath Enterprise says, in notice Of TIN
Belfast soup house: eve understand tha
those who apply given the soup free, tn
enterprise being wholly charitable, but tin
thought suggests itself that in any city o
large village, there very many vii,
u-n,,Jl La rI,l ,h,c,