Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-01
IT'S DEPLORABLE
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! for tire campaign. Now | know as you
Know. that money is required IN order
! to iefray the expenses OF a campaign.
! .-rdpr right conditions its collection
and expenditure are equally legitimate.
! Kut th. Spectacle Of demanding CAM
paigu funds now presented 70 the
cnut.trv is when rightly regarded. of a
character 70 snock the moral sense.
! "Cnneres* creates a new department
! of commerce and labor. OF that de-
paltn.-nt tho President of the United
: States appoints a secretary. That sec
r.t:,rv was MS private secretary. With
! il, that department provision is made
tor TN. collection from large corpora-
tio,s jucluding the so-caled trusts.
] Of inf,rnatiof y hich, it is to be borne
I il, mind is TO be submitted to the
F.. President for public or private use as
h. may direct. BY grace of the same
| executive this secretary, through
whose department this information is
| collected, becomes the chairman of th"
national Republican committee. His
, chief duty it has been and still is. to
collect funds for the purpose of Sc
, Gun ing the election of the President.
And it is now notorious. that there has
resulted from this mportUnity-What-
ever may be the precise way in which
! ii is made eff-ctive--;.n overliowins
Treasury to the committee, OF which
| Du.St is apparently and continually
| made.
"Although this may be satisfactory
! to the conscience of Republican Lead
/ Ii l.
! demned as nothing short of scandal
! Gus. not alone by III. self or the Demo-
cratic party, bat hy the American peo-
! III" IS W,.ll.
The whole performance is n shame.
| less exhibition of q Willingness to
make COMPROMISE with decelcy, in
order that sums Of money may be
I gathered together sufficiently vast 10
| justify the imSolcnt boast even now
| that that ii ere is 40 question as to the
success. which by such At course the
! R"pIiblicdn managers So confidently
predict. The performance is entitled
"ily to tn" credit that it in no sense
Iartak.s "i hNpoCricy
continuing. Juig,. Pnrker said:
We stand as a country. upon the
'd"Sh"ld Of i great foreign trade. our
.u''rrtants ani manufacturers. when
II u"t uanaclrd by unnatural taxes. or
forc"': to bear abnormal burdens. have
shown their ability to send theiI ships
into every seat
But foreign trade cannot be won
by a p""pl" which consents to put it,
self into the leading strings OF Sec
Ond chll'lh bOd. 1t Ciunot become the
heritage of manufactul erS who must
he paid Il bounty in order that they
nay inuict their own countrynten II
IS not t" BE- W"n py selling at hom" Il,
Ir"hinitive prices. which check con.
sumption ana thus lessen production.
merely tir.t pro lucts made by tho
sam" workman in the same factorir.
may b" sold with freight paid thop.
Eands Of miles away. for a fifth. a
quarter or third lrss
We are approaching the parting Of
IN" ways. Either we want. as We c.r-
tainly need. a foreign trade in articles
honestly made by honest and indus
tri"us Workmen, as the result of steady
and lucrative employment. and honest
ly sold in all markets or we may look
| forward to "A time not remote when
only fraction of our existing machin-
| ''| ann i'NtlS vi PRODUCTION can h,
utilized, and when idlenesS and de-
morallZhti"n must. of necessity come
as the effect of our own short sighted
r"lcy. What we need to do is to cul-
uvfte foreign markets for manufaC-
t!r"d products, thus enabling our mills
t. run to their full capacity. thereby
securing steady employment for our
Workmen. That policy was suggested
IN that last and great speech of Prcsi-
dent Mckinley. which has troubled the
stand pattcrs'' ever since.
III mas been a Very great pleasure to
greet 50 many thousands of ardent
Democrats. bodSting once more of n
u. tied party. You-with the multitude
. "i staunCh r.en composing the party in
this state-are to be warmly congrat-
ulHted. We'll may you be proud. You
have a vigorous. harmonious and en-
tEusiastic organization. The nomina-
; tions recently made by Your conyen-
tion ar" worthy of the glorious history
Of tn" Democracy of this state. An able
independent and upright governor is
assured ~ the person of Judge Herrick
and congressman Harrison is singular
~ fitted to stand by his side as lieu-
tenant governor. They and their as
soCiates will he elected because they
. deserve to be elected. The state will
he carried. believe. for them and for
, the national ticket. because there will
he added to the strength of the Dem
ocratic hosts. thousands of independ-
ents and Republicans. who realize that
the time has come for a changeof meas
ures and of men-a change that will set
our faces once more toward the policies
, Of government which our fathers
marked out
, THE COMING ELECTION