Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-26
COOKS At ELECTION TINE.
stYsy Met tns Thing That S~s.s the
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married tsslgw- While they may not ii.
EsEre respects b. regarded as e1eourag-
42g from the STANDPOINT Of t.se 51e41,
they ere rot deyo51 u interest
II t1e first p1z1cs. they Do pot as Z
-1le sb0z any E19rezs=d reading IN
cir5cs and politics 5lst before election
tine Politics appears 10 stimulate -he
emotions rather -ha- me intellect
From tE9e R6veg-s55e branch comes
the ~.eporr -nar there mas BEEN 10
noticeable demand for looks o. city
goseTlIlenE. elec.io1s and It3e 3lke-ta=
.lenE - Ders probably supplying Fuch
r@@t5s. At seEeral branches. such Is
Eat Broadway ar5 Pond street where
f1e derl4-ld foT Books on c31ics i re-
latlYely great.-i- i 4 steady demand
2,.d 10 particular 5-cre2s= K -1o-icsd Il
e,ecttv3 ti-1e- TI.s Librarian a. Ing
! sf11le- brig br2.e1. IN West Twenty
/ third street reporrE-
-.Ee had orr csn for z history Of O.
rl1.-racy. ARG another call for some
th1.g On municipal reform. Wien the
| assistant YeEtllre5 70 ask if tEe latter
/ T.ag wanted for reference II regard 70
! tne coming election Et1- was tod thai
| il was wanted for questions discussed
! il 4 wptnan's elIb-'
The librarian 1n c.arge of tha Boon
| .ag5ale branch. II Weg- l@sth street
reports.
During the tae weeks preceding
( -ae recent election a-e circulated az this
/ Lrancn cniv seven rooas On democracy.
! constitutional ar-5 political history
/ -7..s number i below rather than
/ 1toTe me Average
The F-jtt.-nirltn street branch says
! That 'bc-sks On municipal government
I are ~. II de-ra-d II election tiu-es-
/ -'F.ey az L=eG almost exclusively By
! Students III the sctcIls and colleges ana
/ c.:1ere preparing tDr civil service *
! aY-.inatioY.s -CC- Fight With Tam
/ ~ ny.' Dy PaExnurst. being senEa-
/ 1.or.aI. has been called for and is row II
| ei-cC.at.c... To.Br4ns Municipal Re
| TORN Mover1e-.ts. circulated SIX times
| fl 1895, prce IL ~ and ONCE il -
! int not cr1e since that date. The read
! ,qg ROMA attendance dos nC- seem -
| lave oeen affected j. any va. though
/ :, few reference RAIDERS asked for the
/ election l&ws.'
one ot the exceptions 70 the rule is
( rae Avel-1e 4. branch, which reported
Ian unusual demand for books ~ ciFl!
lo.crr.rnent by schoo! children j1st al
..r election. This probably points TO
! g.hoDl infiuen ce-comEositions or topics
! Z ssigne1 for discussion The SANE
t.aing is more definitely indicated by q
report. from the Bruce branch. q
| erall bo.- who wanted Z comprehensive
ar,icle ". th- political situation and
! It'd The a.siscants with scorn that h.
! r.c-=-5 inn, {,fy- ~
| cssay'
| LikenIse. az the Otten4crfer branch
i is reported that q f." days after
| election there was q great demand ~
the ch!ldrer's room for books telling q
the duties Or the Mayor ana Conptrol-
Ter. ~ Jacks4a Square. too, there has
cen a post election demand among the
school children for books On city gov
Itrnmcnt The manager u this branch
says.
.One little girl came in On Saturday
ltvening ana asked for a book on
politics. and when l questioned her as
TO the use she would make of il she ex-
'lained that she had to hand in a con-
| POSITION on Monday telling all about
( me Mayor and the government Of the
(; city. / gave her Fornan's First Les
| cons in Cirics' and told her to get
! . ONE member Of her family to help her
in finding out from the book just what
/. he wanted 10 know. If she followed
ny advice neither she nor her TelatiycE.
found Sunday day Of rest
From GONE branches an increase in
demand for the newspapers just before
I lection is reported. From the Wash
.agton Heights branch comes the re-
;,ort that books on municipal govern
.nent ard civics were asked for fire.
gueLtly. and d history Of Tammany
and one ~ party politics were even re-
rerved. The books needed for debate
we're also on allied subjects
At Yorkville, in spite Of a general de-
crease In reading, there were frequent
calls for books on civics just before
election and also requests for inform
alton on such topics as How we elect
our city officials, T" "Our system Of vot-
lng'' and the history Of Tammany Hall.
This branch also reports several calls
for the Life Of @. y. Mcclellan"
At the Aguilar branch on 10th street,
although the librarian reports an
absence Of excitement, owing to the
| fact that the region IS not a political
centre, there was. an unusual circu-
Iation OF DR.. Par4khurst's book, Our
Fight With Tammany," and during the
/ last two weeks of the campaign the
| evening attendance in the reading room
was not so large az usual. The chill
dren exhibited q lively interest in the
political discussions. Such queries as
What is the distinction between
fusion and Tammany Hail." What is
Tammany Hail." with special en-
phasis on the Hall" How do we
vote" What is the tariff and Are
the Civil Service Commissioners APP
pointed by the Mayor" were by no
means unusual.
That the canvass does have one
marked effect on reading would appear
from a great majority of the reports;
it lessons the total use of the library,
and II does this by offering counter