The Republican journal., 1901-04-25
POLITICAL COMMENT.



The machine itself has become an ele-
ment of weakness from the opposition
to its DEGREES that has been created.
Congressman Littlefield, the sing.e Re-
publican of Importance who has come
into the field to compensate for tn g
party's losses, entered there, if we ar e
correctly informed, with the machin e
opposition, and he certainly is not one
] OF its favorites now. There is appar-
entity something like Democratic OBJ
portunity in Maine opening. Whether
! the Democrats, who have long been but
feeble folk in the State, are in condi-
ton to avail themselves of it is another
affair.-Boston Herald.
The Herald makes the. common mis-
take of cOnfounding whatever that wins
with something which it chooses to call
a machine" AS matter of fact,
there is no organization in the Repub-
lican party of Maine, which can, by any
twist of meaning, be called machine.
For more than two years it was predict
ed that Joseph H. Manley, having Sc
speaker of the Maine house, and being
himself largely identified with the rail-
road interests of the State, was going
to make up his committees and run the
! legislature in the interests of the rail
roads. He was elected speaker. He did
make up the committees. He did re-
ceive most hearty support in most every
measure he desired to see enacted. The
result was that this so-called corpora
| ton speaker presided during session
| of a House that placed heavier taxes
on all corporations than were ever be-
| fore assessed in Maine. The railroads
| telegraph and express companies were
| forced to contribute more largely to the
State revenues than at any previous
session. The'wild lands were also hard
| hit. In short, the whole session was a
record breaker for the way the vested
interests were compelled to submit to
extra taxation.
If the Republican State committee is
a machine, then the churches of Maine
are all machines. Our schools and COL
! legeS and boards of trade and Young
Mems Christian Associations are ma
chimes. The Republican State commit
tee was organized and is conducted to
promote the welfare of the Republican
party in Maine, to uphold protective
tariff that will uphold American labor
against foreign pauper competition, to
sustain the national credit against the
dItdckS OI bryan anu Cne men VINO aQ-
vocate the Is to 1 idea, and to support
the administration in its efforts to bring
peace and security to the islands which
we have gained in a just war with Spain.
There is nothing like Democratic
opportunity in Maine to-day. There
never can be while the Democratic
party is welded to Organism, ant-im-
perialism, and to the pusillanimous pol
icy of letting other nations retain the
control of the worlds trade. The peo-
pie in Maine believe in an honest dol
lar, in expansion and in an early revi-
val of American shipping. We are go
ing to send our schoolmasters and
schoolma' ans to the Philippines to
teach the late rebels what good thing
they have missed by not accepting the
authority of the United States on sight.
We are going to have new shipyards
and new coaling stations and new en-
ergy. The Republican party suits the
people of Maine to T. The Demo-
Gratis are good citizens in the main, but
they are on the wrong side of every
question which affects our national well
fare. The stories told about Republi-
can decadence in Maine are built upon
Democratic hopes, which make poor
foundation for party success.-Bangor
Daily News.