Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-29

ment to discover bribery and repeating in
connection with elections. 1t would Ger
tainly seem that if bribery and repeating
are unknown here that these detectives
would not spend money as they do in
advertising in the London papers.
'But it seems to me politics are worked
more cleverly in London than at home.
think political organization here is much
more thorough, and a great deal more
money is spent on it. The campaign liter
AZURE is not only more prolific than with
US, but in some cases it it is much more
clever. The caricatures and cartoons that
are distributed must represent great out
lay Of money. AS the English papers do
not go into this line as we, it is necessary,
l suppose, for each candidate to establish
his own literary bureau.
MANY of the New York newspapers
Islander our country by trying to make it
appear that we are more corrupt regard
ing the use of our elective franchise than
any other country. Newspapers, think.
do this simply because there is no law to
confine them to accuracy of statement,
and then it sells the paper. Here the
press is afraid to speak out, even if it was
inclined to.
81 was reading the other day that bill
had been introduced in parliament which
would make it unlawful for any news
paper to criticize candidate during his
campaign. If this bill becomes law a
corrupt man would run 32r Office and still
no newspaper man could call attention to
the fact.
1.-The Mugwumps, in the United States
are always pointing to England as such a
model, to the detriment of the American
character. But the Americans are not
half as bad as their own press make them
out. If the American newspapers criti
cised the methods employed in English
elections as much as the English papers
criticize our methods l think we would
benefit by comparison.
Il wish particularly to be understood as
not criticising the English elections as
not being honestly conducted because there
may be some cases of bribery. 1t would be
just as great an injustice for me to do so
as for people to claim that Tammany
Hall is corrupt because some follower of
it may have been convicted of political
corruption.
''The point that particularly desire to
make is to repeat that a large part of the
American papers make our country out to
be a great deal worse than it is, and do it
great injustice in the eyes Of the rest Of
the world.
shrewd John Burns.
That John Burns, the labor candidate
who has just been returned to parliament,
is a shrewd politician is positively proved
by the experiences that a reporter had in
Burns district on election day. On &C
count of the interest taken in America in
Burns the reporter was sent to his district
to write something descriptive of his cam
paign. Burns licutenants We're soon in
formed by their chief that an association
which supplies news to the leading Amer
lean papers had sent representative to
write up the elections. They eagerly cir
culated the report all over the district.
This shows" they said, that the eyes
Of the world are on John Burns. He's as
well known in America as in Battersea
and we have a right to feel proud him.
Mary Anderson (now Mrs. Navarre)will
soon have her biography ready and in the
hands of the printer. Mrs Navarro is
never seen at any of the leading theaters
now. Her former manager, Henry E. Alb
hey said recently that she had not been in
side a theater since her marriage and prob
ably would not go to one again.
The elections and hot weather have
gixen the final coup de grace to theatrical
affairs for the season. With the exception
of two thcaters, with possible third pay
ing audiences have been at premium
The houses referred to are the Lyccum,
Haymarkct and Adclphia. All other tenn
pies of the drama have been compelled to
al. hi; L., ,tl
diminished business and in consequence
the unemployed Thcspians pacing the
Strand might form a comparison with
those of Union square after the Fourth of
July sent audiences to the watering places
The prevalent rumor that Sir Henry If
wing would, on his coming American tour
include Australia in his itinerary, has been
authoritatively denied by Bran Stoker,
acting manager of the Lyccum. The same
gentleman is authority for the statement
that the coming trip of the great English
tragedan will positively be his last visit
to the United States.
The date of Forbes Robertson's produc-
ton of Romeo and Juliet" than which
no other Shakesperian production has been
so much advertised in London, is now an
nounccd for September. 1t is stated that
Mrs. Patrick Campbells gowns for this
new departure will be marvels of the mil
liners art the one to be WORE in the ball
scene being an especially artistic creation.
Charles Coghlan has been engaged for the
part of Mercutio, and special scenery is
being painted by Haws Craven and other
famous scenic artists Should his new
venture prove successful, Mr.. Robertson
contemplates an American tour in the
autumn Of 1896.