Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-07
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
"Who Are the Liars 2"
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Mr.. Davis's calliope is at last asking
for information. 1t is somewhat late
in the day, but the good people OF
Maine will rejoice that the calilope
should seek the truth even at the hour
of eleven o'clock and tifty-nine seconds.
OF course if the calliOpe had asked for
information earlier in the campaign II
would not have made so many state
ments which are not so. The Republic
cans could have told the calliope
that they were not so. and we only
hope that this information would have
been news to the calliOpe. But the fact
that the calliope begins to question its
own infalliblity is encouraging, let 1t
come never so late IN the campaign.
The calliope asks information on an
| interesting question. 1t evidently re-
CARDS il as mOmentOus for it asks 1t in
big black type which stretches across
two columns. The question is this:
WHO ARE THE LIARS?"
! Now there are some caviscaciOus
people who will say that the calliope.
| of all others. ought to know the answer
| to this question, but as we said mo-
| ment ago we hope that when the at
| tention of the calliope has been called
| to its INSTRUMENTATION this information
has been news to the calliOpe. In other
| words, when the calIiOpe has said that
| it was playing the Rocky Road to
| Dublin" we hope it really believed that
it was playing the Rocky Road to
Dublin" In the words of Meddy-
bemps Pattangall. when referring to
the legislature which he Illuminated
we hope that when the calliope has
! made mistakes 1t has made them hon
estly.
| But to get back to the question which
the calliope asks and which many peo-
pie will think the calliOpe best able to
| anSwer-"Who are the liars?'
| Perhaps it were best-in order to
| bring things more florcibly to the COM
prehensions of the calliOpe-to cite
! Jew illustrations. and then let the CALI
| ope say for itself who are the liars?"
The examples would be these:
| Persons who said there had been an
| increase of 800 per cent. in the salaries
| paid to State officials-when there
| hadn't.
Persons who said the valuations had
been lacked up on the farms of Maine
when they hadn't.
Persons who said the people of Maine
are being taxed more heavily by the
State than they were in 1SS1-when
| they aren't.
Persons who said that the State is
paying $54,911.61 for the propagation
| of fish and the protection Of game
when it isn't.
Persons who said that the expense of
the railroad commission is borne by the
| people instead of the railroads-when
| it isn't
Persons who said that s31, 900 is all
the farmers get out of the legislative
apprOpriations-when it isn't.
1t seems to us that after carefully
considering these illustrations even the
calliope of a Democratic candidate for
Governor working overtime ought to be
| able to answer its own question.
But if the calliope can't, the voters of
| Maine can. And they will on the
| twelfth day of September. when they
will vote to leave the reins of govern
ment in the hands of party which, as
| rule, has been faithful to its trust.
The people of Maine will answer the
question. We believe that they will do
| it so conclusively that even the calliope
or Mr.. Davis can comprehend.