The Portland daily press., 1899-07-25

some Political Skies and sevens for ths
People TO ssraighten.

some POLITICAL skies ana scfene Tor the
People 10 strsiEhten.
10 the Editor Of the Press:
The conclusion Of my last PRESS ar
ticle that "The people unlearn the habit
Of paying an increased tax for the main
tainsnce OF viciousiy conducted State in
stitutions." seems to have occasioned
considerable disquistude In certain official
circles.
"Sebago Waters touched somewhat
lightly believe on the Fish and Gatno
Commissioners, commissions. and even
omitted their oountenance OF the law
prohibiting the fishing In earlier waters
until the Ice ha6 gone out OF the 'long
oar pull reeorts." 10 was foreign to the
disposition OF that conclusion to aim
pr nely at the Portland Eye and Ear
innrrnary, but to include all the general
infirmities Of State andWlblic institu-
t.oua
At that time IL was impractlcahls 20
touch ON certain political phases OF the
situation. And the proposed new plan
for the slertion Of State Fish and Game
commissioners by popular vote was
omitted Tor private reasons. Perhaps
the commissioners and the public will
to interested in learning my proposed
method for the remedy OF the present sit
uation: Tho working plan as now pre-
scribed, consists In the election--by bal
lot---of ons commissioner from each of
three counties, elected for term Of four
years, the counties TO DO represented in a
regular order Of alphabetical rotation.
Thus the three commissioners elected for
the first four yeats would bs chosen fir ON
the three countiess Aroostook. Cumber-
land, Franslin, respectively. That such
q method insures better matsrial--each
county being emulcus of the best repre-
ssntation-sesns to he q conservative con-
clusion.
Though the Young America of the
period evinces all the old Ironside kink
in the blood his forefathers boosted,
there seems hardly plethora Of buckram
in our legislative assemblies. 1t would
seem that there vera hardly enough law
in the land to prevent the formation of
unlawful combines. Perhaps 1t 10 none
too soon thnt we have arrived at the part
ng OF the ways-where In the higher
clarified atmosphere of moral right--we
can see with clearer spiritual and cor
poreal vision the fierce lines OF demarka-
ton between right and wrong, justics
and injustice. and the one law for the
ignoble rich we have with us always.
Vampire trusts, and fences, multiply aud
breed into the billion mark during wars
alarms, during the hour OF the country,s
need. during the peoples distractions and
peril.
Does the world move to prosper the rich
at the sacrifice of the peoples life and
treasurer Edward Atkinson writing
upon this subject says:
"Whst will be needed to develop the
Philippine islands will be great capital
a mericans cannot compfts with low
wage native lator), and the penpie who
wfil largely beriiet will be the rich men
at home, for whose sake the United
States conteInplates the great expense
that will occur II we annex"
All this as far as we can read is to
prosper the rich at the expense of the life
and treasure of the nation. 10 encourage
the survival of degenerate money bag
gers, at the expense of the nations bravest
and best.
The national political federation of the
country's local Boards of Trade, Trade
Unions. and The Oranges. an independ.
ent political propositlon recently ad-
vanced by one of the best statesmen of
the southwest Is net one OF the least char