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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Col. Watterson Bess to be Excused.

Somebody with: nothing better to do
has started a boom for the nomination
of the mayor of Auburn, n. Y.,-who-
ever that may be-as the Democratic
candidate for President in 1908. The
opinion of Mr.. Bryan upon this sug-
gestion has not been made public, but
Col. Watterson Of kentucky has been
heard from and his ideas on the sub
tect make interesting reading. The
colonel is plainly in the dumps and the
caption to his editorial, I'VE Pass in
the Louisville Courier-Journal indicates
his unusually subdued state Of mind.
He goes on as follows:
Our friends of the blue pencil must
excuse us from entering into any con-
sideration Of a suitable Eominee for the
Democrats in 1908. The Mayor Of Au-
burn may be a good man for such con-
sideration. We do not know, and at
present we do not care. Other things
are far more essential to Democratic
success in 1908 than picking out a DEM
ocratic nominee in 1904. To cook a rab-
bit you must first catch your rabbit
To make a nominee OF the Democratic
marty President We must first get
Democratic party. For the next three
years at least let those who believe in
Democratic principles devote them
selves to building up the Democratic
party on Democratic policies. That
done. it will be time enough to look
about for a Democratic nominee. That
done, Democratic nomination will
mean something. and will be worth
something. But at present it would not
be worth a circus lemonade to the
Mayor Of Auburn or t. anybody else. "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Buy Now.

The stores now have on sale large
and varied stock Of holiday goods'
which are especially beautiful and at
tractiye the present season, and 1or
which there should be an active oe-
mand. There has always been Ten
dency among purchasers to defer Sc
curing holiday gifts until the last min
ute, combining their purchases to three
mr. fo,r DAYS before Christmas, and'
,herebv contributing to their charac-
teristic rush and confusion. THIS Is d
mistake. BY purchasing earlier peoPie
,,.,,, ho abIe tn avoid the crowds OF the
closing days, and secure FAR better
selection than will be possible later on.
WHY not begin to make the holiday
purchases now, when you can nave
plenty of leisure to look over the large
stocks now on sale under favorable
conditions, and when your chances Tor
securing just what you want VIII De
fully better than later on? one iaoy
Of our acquaintance states that she has
,Iraadv purchased the last article for
her holiday gifts, and we have no doupt
that she has secured them under vastly
more favorable auspices than WOULD
have been possible had she deferred her
purchases to a later day, and been
forced to make them in the rush ana
hurry Of the three or four days preced-
ing Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Advice to Young Lawyers.
Dieter from the late George f. Hoar
to a Young Lawyer.)

| I am afraid l cannot give you any
! advice that you will not have got from
your instructors, il you have been at a
law school, or from any eminent menu
Der of the bar in whose office you may
have studied. 1t is all summed up by
, Daniel Webster, who, when somebody
told him the profession was crowded,
said: There is plenty of room above
Success in the profession does not COM
| monty depend upon elOquence or dex-
terity or popular manners, although OF
! course these have something to do with
it. 1t depends upon a thorough knowl-
edge of the law.
If the public understand that they
can depend upon your statement as to
what their legal rights are, you Will
get business enough. If you cannot
give them that knowledge. you may
practice law as a trade, but not as
profession.
1 should advise you to keep up
constant and hard study of the law as
long as you live, devoting to it all the
time you can get from active work OF
the profession. 1t is quite important
that your associates at the bar know
you as person who is doing this. be-
, cause your reputation with other law
yers will, in the end, settle your reputa-
ton with the community at large.
| should advise young man to con-
slider his practice, especially for the
first five or ten years, not as a means
of making money, but as an oppOrtun-
ity for learning business. l would re-
ject no client merely because he was
unable to pay me anything. / do not
mean by that | would ever make bar
gains for contingent fees. Such bar
gains are highly unprofessional and
highly demoraliZing.
would read the lives of all the great
lawyers that / could get hold of, espe-
cially the part of their career when
they were making their way. Try and
learn their secret.
/ would also take every opportunity
to acquire the art of eXtemporaneous
speaking. If you can find good de-
batting club. and will prepare yourself
thoroughly to take part in it, it will be
of great help to you.
Never let question of law come up
in your hearing. whether you have any
Immediate practical use for it or not,
without looking it up, and being salts
fled how it should be answered. Above
all, never let Rnything happen which
shall throw the slightest suspicion
either upon your integrity or your
honor.
If you follow these rules, and have
good health. you will succeed sooner or
later. Probably it will be better if it
is long before you get large practice
than if YOU get one very soon; you will
then have a longer time for careful
study.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
In South America.

Concerning the dwellings in the Ar
! gentine republic a traveller writes:
wherever there was a collection of
! houses l was greatly struck with the
! character of the architecture-like
J Arab or Moorish villages, one great
wall =. without windows surrounding
them. The country is very quiet now
safe enough for bevy of schoolgirls to
! travel it by day or night; but still the
peculiar architecture remains. At Ne
gra Muertd, where we camped, there
was only one large building, once the
headquarters of the 'estanciero,' who
owns hundreds of square leagues of the
surrounding country, but now tenanted
by his manager, a superior sort of half
, breed Spanish Indian, with his family.
! There was the huge square outside
wall without any windows of any kind.
one arched doorway and the inside
house or houses built against the outer
wall and facing into a patio-a most
Moorish looking place. Truly, the oc-
cupatiOn of Spain by the Moors has
! left its deep markings; they extended
; across to the new world, influencing to-
, day even the customs of the Indians Of
Spanish South America"
Wonderful yields of grapes are pro-
duced in some Argentine vineyards.
an Mr.. Treloar's vineyard, covering
five or six acres. a small tram road ran
up the middle" continues the same
writer. Il asked what that was for,
and when told that it was to bring the
grapes to the wine press / wondered
why they We're not carried in baskets.
.
acres eighty tons of grapes are gath
cred each year l ceased to think of the
tramway ard my wonder was turned to
the marvel of the earth's productive
ness. Eighty tons We're the average
yield, after house servants, farm and
garden servants, and poems who drive
troops of mules up and down the noun
tains with ores from the mines, had
eaten their fill, and the house dogs, and
the dogs of the servants and poems, and
also vast number of the little silver
gray foxes which crowded in yearly
from all corners of the desert during
the grape season, and birds that came
from all places. There was enough
and plenty for all of these and then
eighty tons besides"
Every Olle WIN lids TodQ Tile n1SlO-
ries of the Incas." writes an English
man, has marveled at the tales of the
native runners, who were a feature in
the civilization of that period. Some
of this race of men still remain. When
in Bolivia have often had a telegram
delivered at the station, forty miles
away, and an answer received and
brought back by the same man, all, in
Guiding the journey of eighty miles. not
I, occupying more than eighteen hours
The man was well content to receive
! two Bolivian dollars, or rs cents in
American money, for the service. Il
saw a man who delivered a message
5 200 miles away and brought an answer
BACK, covering within six days and
nights 400 miles. AS he did this work
tfor native his charge was five Boliv-
! ian dollars. about s1.s7 American, out
of which he provided his own food"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

The spectacle Of the Impeachment of
a United States judge is one which few
Americans of our generation ever wit
messed. Only four times in the history
Of the United States have judges been
impeached and the latest Of these cases
was 43 years ago. The present trial of
Judge Swayne Of Florida at the bar of
the Senate. as the result of proceedings
Instituted in the House. is not likely to
be sensational or to arouse great public
interest. The high misdemeanors" Of
which he is accused are numerous, the
most serious Of them being the falsifi-
cation of his expense account. He has
also been charged with absenteeism
accepting favors from railroads. cor
rupt administration of bankruptcy cas-
es, favoritism, unwarranted imprison
ment for alleged contempt, etc. Thes'
charges were brought against him II
resolutions passed by the Florida legis.
lature. Upon receipt Of these resolu
lions, the House Of Representative!
ordered an investigation by the judici
airy committee. year ago. The ma
jority of the committee declared hin
guilty upon several of the specifica
tons, while the minority held him in
nocent Of all. The division was clos
and non-partisan. In Impeachment
proceedings the House acts as tn
grand jury while the trial is before tn
Senate. Accordingly, as the Hous
adopted the report of its committee, tn
Senate will now set in motion the an
Gent and little-used machinery of a
Impeachment trial.
Judge Swayne is 81 years Of age an
Is a native Of Delaware. He was ad
mitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1S7,
In 1856 he removed to Florida and wa
appointed United States Judge for tn
northern district Of Florida by Presi
dent Harrison in 1889. There wa
strong feeling against him when b
was appointed on account Of his shol
residence In the state and politicl
ensmAes have ever since been bite
& against him he has loyal friends VII
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
The Case of the Curleys.

The newspapers throughout the coun-
try are iEdulging in much wonder, IN
dgnation and moraiizing at the action
Of the Boston Democrats in re-electing
to office an alderman and membe' of
the Legislature, both of whom are now
serving time in Jail. 1t is a matter of
common knowledge that the moral
sense of the Boston Democracy is
VIGOROUSLY blunted OF undeveloped but
this latest performance puts not only
the party managers and grafters in a
worse light than usual, but is also
pitifully humiliating for the proud and
once respectable old city of Boston.
For the iailbrds who were nominated
ard elected to office are not martyrs or
innocent victims of an unjust law, but
acknowledged by themselves and by
their friends.
The men, Thomas NJ. Curley ami
James F. Curley. are brothers and they
are serving a sentence for conspiracy
against the United States government,
in impcrsonating two ether men in a
civil service examination. They were
tried in the United States district court
and convicted. The judgment was up
held by the circuit and finally by the
United States Supreme court, and they
were resentenced on November I, by
Judge Lowell, who said: "The
cffrontery of these men since sentence
was imposed has been ineXcusable.'
He declared that if IL were legally pos
sible he would on that account increase
the penalty to the maximum term for
| the offence, and added: Il wish to
state that the opinions Of the constitu-
ents of these men do not influence in
the slightest degree the decision of this
court. l consider that their supporters
share in the shame"
| Before going to Jail the Curleys held
a farewell reception at their headquar-
ters. The alderman thus explained his
'martyrdom:" what we are going to
serve time for is no more serious than
if one got drunk or broke pane of
glass. And we did it without the
slightest criminal intent or the least
desire to injure the community or the
nation. Two of our followers, two
neighbors, wished to better their con-
dition. In our effort to assist them to
obtain the necessaries of life, to gain a
J position where they and their families
might be enabled to actually live, we
took the examination for them. That
was all; that is what we are going to
that stone house for, to face two
months Of monotony, to be separated
from our families, friends and all tina;
we hold dear" The brother declared
: that he was not ashamed of what he
did. 1t was due to "largeness OF
heart" He promised to carry on his
= political campaign from the Jail, and
urged MS Fellow TammanyiteS, as ne
called them-the Wigwam's political
methods are, wherever found, natural
i lied under that name, even in Toxic
Japan, where a corrupt city ring is
!. called Tammany by the Japanese
themselves-to remember their allegi-
e ance and ''inflict on the Good Govern.
ment association the rebuke it de-
S serves
The fellow Tammanyites'' Of the inn
7 prisoncd Curleys gave them the ..vindi-
7 cation desired. The efffontery 81 the
= Boston Democrats IN clarifying proved
Q crime means more than dislike Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

announcing that they will pay 4 per
cent interest on deposits after January
l, and the thrifty depositors are rejoic-
ing thereat. The increased rate is due
to the faith of the bankers in the Re
publican pledge that the coming Legis-
lature will remove the state tax of one
per cent upon deposits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Still a Use for the Birch.
portland EXDreSS.)

1t appears from the withdrawal of
the school whipping suit from the
courts at Lewiston that we are not to
know the present legal status of the
ancient claim of the teacher to stand in
loco PARENTS so far as the judiciOus use
of the birch for misbehaviOr is con-
cerned. Nevertheless we are all con-
WINGED that, legal status or not, the
birch is an efficient corrective and is
not often Inisapplied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

civil service laws and affection for the
spoiIs system. 1t means a disregard Oh
augurs ill for the future of Boston. 1t
means the total absence OF moral
standards in politics, and the absence
even of the tribute Of hypocrisy which
vice usually pays to virtue. Boston
has reason to feel ashamed, Inundated
and apprehensive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

can say of the election of a jailbird tC
the board OF aldermen by the Boston
Democrats is that he is no more dis
honest than some of his party col
leagues who are not yet in Jail. But
none of them are more depraved thai
the thousands of voters who elect such
men to office, year after year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Pointed Paraqraphs.

The dumb waiter can't repeat what the
speaking tube says.
Women who dress their hair to look
like wigs are the limit
A bachelor thinks marriage is lottery.
A married man knows it is
Lots of men are too busy trying to save
the country to earn an honest living.
There is more than one brand of smoke
less powder that is dangerous to mankind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
Maine Gossip
An Epitaph.

His ankles are weary,
He's fOotsore and lame;
Sensations of woe
Rise all over his frame
He is dizzy and faint
With the roar of the throng.
His wife went out shopping
And took him along.
Che is fragile and fair;
He is luSty and tall
Yet she's blithe as a bird
And enjoying it all.
He says for his tombstone
These words won't be wrong:
MY wife went out shopping
And took me along"
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

1t is officially announced that the
Kaiser has acceded to the , request Of
Prof. DR.. Robert Koch to be relieved
Of his post Of director Of th4 Institute
for Infectious Diseases. retiring
pension has een granted to him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Thomas w. Lawson tries hard, but
Mrs. Chadwick's system of frenzied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

mid-December which necessitated call
ing out the department is pretty much
the limit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Portland has broken another record,
but it is not a performan nee to boast of.
Sixty-one divorces were granted at the
term OF court just ended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts. bruises. stings,
sprains. DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil re-
lieves the pain instantly Never safe
without it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

! Half the ills that man is heir to come
from Indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach;
makes indigestion impossible
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Only week to Christmas. and this
will be a good day to do lot of that
Christmas shopping.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Es1ADLIsHED, 1895.

Ne Matte. ~hatsvsr will b take" Of
unsisued communications
n. Isurn.l cannot b held responsible
for the preservation or return OF
1ected communications
Aaa.... Ill communications relating to
.ubscriptiens and advertisements 10
IURLEI0H 4 FLYNT, Publtshers.
AuauGta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

The New Normal School at Presque
Isle finds itself in need of dormitory
and will ask the Legislature for SIC, 200
to supply the deficiency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
A Good Name Abused.
(WaterVille Mail.D

The label does not always truly rep
resent the article it Identifies. The
Maine man by the name of Gentleman,
who has been arrested for forgery fails
to live up to his cognomen. In spite of
this fact, however, and homogeneous as
it will be, he must still pass for Gen
tleman. His conduct may change his
position and standing but nothing but
the Legislature can change his name.
He will answer the riddle, when do you
see a thing and at the same time not
see ito
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

II had running. itching sore on my
leg Suffered fortunes. Doan's Ointment
took away the burning and itching in
stantly, and quickly effected permanent
cure" c. w. Lenhart. Bowling Green. o..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

It's the little colds that grow into big
colds; the big colds that end in consump-
ton and death. Watch the little colds.
DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
"DRS., !" ''ESQS.," ETC.

tAll members Of all PROFESSIONALISM be
particularly interested in our splendid
printing service.
We have the stock, the facilities and
the know how to produce any print
ed effect that's wanted; and we can do
II in brief time.
THE IkENNEsEc JOURNAL JOB
gRiNT, '4
Burleigh 4 Flynt.
Augusta, NAina.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

Other cities have fires occasionally,
but in Gardiner it is almost a continue
GUS performance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Confession Good for the Soul.


The Kennebec Journal points out
that the reference to the tariff, which
the Argus quoted as from the Presi-
dents message, was not in the message
as published. Our Augusta contempO-
rary is correct; therefore it's original
statement that there was not a word
in the message about the tariff"
stands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

John Hubbard, of Bucksport claims
the Hancock county championship in
killing hedgehogs. He has brought in
15s so far this year. Last year he killed
and was paid the bounty on 34t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

killing hedgehOgs. He has brought in
15S so far this year. Last year he killed
and was paid the bounty on 34i.
From the inaugural address OF
land schools had PA teachers and 9,3te
pupils last June, and that during the
last year Portland spent about 5000, O6l
on the public schools. of which $144, So
was for salaries and s. 600 for books.
The Bath Times man has been look
ing over the city records and finds that
Bath has had a mayor who served more
terms than Baxter of Portland and as
many as Beal of Bangor have served in
their cities. DIR. Israel Putnam was
mayor Of Bath for eight terms. 1852
| 1860. 1861. 1852, 1863. 1864. 1865, and 1867
Mayor Baxter is now on his seventh
term and Mayor Beal is serving his
eighth.
| Bath is interested in Minnie Madden
Fiske's new play Lean Kleschna" be-
cause Charles M. S. Mcclellan, a former
| Bath boy wrote it. This was a talented
| family-the McLellans-C. NJ. S. hav-
| ing been editor of Town Topics and a
playwright of ability when only in his
| twenties. George b. S. Mcclellan has
also figured. He married Pauline Hall:
brought out "Puritana," clever comic
opera success and being divorced from
the plump Pauline is said to be about
to marry Madge Leasing, the stage
beauty.
| June is still long distance off but
the problem Of the graduation dress is
already coming to the front The
young ladies Of the Deering High
school have already made the sensible
decision that they will graduate in
shirt waists and plain skirts.
During the season just ended nc
fewer than IL deer have been shot upon
Great island which is part of the city
of Portland. The hunting on this
island. the largest in Casco Bay, has
been the finest ever known and in fac.
for the amount of territory the hunting
there has been better than in any part
Of the State.
Says the Washington correspondent
Of the Portland Express: "There are
no signs here in Washington to indicate
that Maine Federal office holders will
not be permitted third term. The
question to be sure is quite a Dor
tentous one. Some mischief makers
have diligently circulated reports thai
under President Roosevelt all post.
masters and others on the Federal rolls
would be expected to let go, as soon as
their second term Of four years had ex.
pired. The enforcement of such a rule
would undoubtedly strike several goo:
officials in Maine. There are now
about so pcstmasters in Maine an.
pointed by the President on the en-.
dorsement of different members of the
delegation and confirmed by the Presi.
dent. Probably 30 or 10 Of those a,
least are now on their second fou,
years. Then there are eight or 10 col.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17

From the inaugural address of
Mayor Baxter we learn that the Port
land schools had PA teachers and 9,34f
pupils last June, and that during the
last wear Portland spent about 5000, O6C
on the public schools. of which $144,3g
was for salaries and s. GOO for books.