The Republican journal., 1903-05-07

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The Lewiston Journal emphatically
denies the report that wild deer bit
Dr. Twitchell. the editor of the Maine
Farmer, on Water street, Augusta, the
other day.-Maine Woods.
Possibly typographical error. May
have been dear.
An exchange says that quite large
number who usually visit Maine for
fishing and hunting will not come this
year on account of the license tax law
passed last winter 1t remains to be
seen whether we have killed the goose
that laid the golden eggs, or whether
these sportsmen are biting off their
noses to spite their faces.
\ paper is disposed to criticise the
Carnegie libraries because they popu-
lariZe Observation-Disclosures.
Thus says our Kennebec contempor-
ary. misled by the Maine Farmers mis-
interpretation, or Misrepresentation OF
a paragraph in this paper. The Repor-
ter-,Joulnal tbereupon assumes that "a
paper" had condemned all fiction. The
next paper will no doubt have it that
"a paper is opposed to public libraries;
and the next to schools and colleges,
and 50 on. Again let us say that The
joulual is not disposed to critlclse'
fiction. OF to condemn it; but it does
think the line should be drawn at the
yellow" so-called popular novels.
TIE America, the old yacht that
brought the cup across the ocean, is
about to be broken up. She now lies
housed on the Mystic river at Boston.
rhere is not much sentiment among
the sportsmen if they allow the gallant
OH Yacht to be destroyed. She should
ne preserved for future generations to
!ook at and admire.
Tile fact is there is very little left of
-Nt old America. She has not only been
rebuilt several times, but her rig and
hlA have been changed; the former by
the addition OF a foretopmast and the
latter by an overAanging stern. Her
sailing lines are presumably unchanged:
apG we think that the original model.
viii those of other successful craft de
signed by George steers, is in the pos
session Of tie New y Nork Yacht Club.
Tie recent decision in the case of the
publisher Of the Bangor Commercial
charged witt violating State law by
pullisli ing liquor advertisements, has
brought ont a variety of comment. The
Gardiner Reporter-J journal says; "To
allow hundred open bars to ply their
trade in the city of Bangor, and yet
prevent Mr. Bass from letting his read
ers know would strike the average OBJ
server as d trifie inconsistent" But
the publication of liquor advertise
ments is a violation of law III this
State: and why should not that law be
enforced as we'll as others. The Jour
ma. Is entirely disinterested in the mat
teT. in peculiaTy sense, for it declined
to admit liquor advertisements to its
columns before the law was enacted,
and would make no change in it's policy
should the law be repealed And we
thiuk if it is not to be enforced it
should be repealed The rescript, by
Chief Justice WisWell, holds simply
that the courts of York have no juris-
diction III this case. The Portland Ad-
veItIser says:
Tie query will naturally follow AS to
what effect this decision will have upon
She main question. One thing seems to
be clearly established by the court, and
shat is that newspapers and magazines
published out of the State cannot very
We'll be prosecuted in Maine because
they contain liquor advertisements. 1t
is held that the act of publication is
committed at the place where the paper
;5I magazine is printed and mailed.
Therefore prosecution under the Maine
statute, it would seem, can only be had
against -hdltlt puUIlCdllOllS dlu III lIlG
courts of counties in which such publ
cations are located. The constitution
ality and force of the statute are not,
SO far as the published rescript indi-
Gates, i'll any way passed upon.
The Portland Press says the question
IS, whether the law is good for any
tlling. 1t has stood on the statute book
for nearly twenty years, and this is the
.irSt case which has arisen under it. If
The law is unconstitutional, if its en-
torcement is impracticable, or if it is in
any way fatally defective, there should
be some way to establish the fact and
let publishers know where they stand.
There must be some means of testing
fhe question strictly on its merits, and
it would be desirable to have this done.
1t would be surprising if the prohi-
bitionists should be content to let the
matter rest where it is.