Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-05

| most sil:imciully, as has been iluStr:It-
| cd in the Democratic campaign i'll
| Maine from it's very OpcEing.
The Increased Expenditures.
PiHcataquis Observer
| How many corporations and firms
| ana for that matter how many indiVid-
| udls are there whose expenditures do
| not SHOW an increase over 20 years
| ago? There are very few, surely. But
| is the Republican party through its
| representatives entirely to blame for
| the increased appropriations and ex-
| pcnditurcs? We can remember that
/ during the session Of the last L.gsla-
ture bills We're rushed i'll from All parts
| of the State carrying appropriations
for schools, bridges, Ar"ostnnk war vet
| Grams ANA many other things. These
| bills were not the children of the repre-
sentttives but were the demands Of
| Their constituents Democrats ana Re
publicans uniting in urging the appro-
priations. And the demand is the
same whether the representative is a
Republican or n Democrat. The prac-
| tise of economy must begin at home
and will then be felt in Augusta.
The Contrast in the Parties.
U5angor News)
Look at the Democratic platform
adopted ut Waterville and compare it
with the Republican platform adopted
1T Bangor. Compare the two with care
ana not the impression conveyed. The
Waterville document denounceS, con-
dennis and regulates. The Bangor
produC ton cOmmendS, endorses and
points with pride. The Democratic
creed asks; the voters Of Maine to de-
stroy ana mutilate the fabric of gov
eminent we now have. 1t appeals to
our people on the ground that things
which exist are all wrong ana crooked
and out OF joint. 1t condemns the best
.'cSults of the best minds in Maine. 1t
scorn5 the labors Of Maine Lawmakers
.or more than 30 years past. 1t simply
demands to have the party which has
made Maine what il is hurled from
cOntrOh SO that the Democrats may
come in and rae our civic fabric to the
ground.
In strong contrast to the Democratic
desire. the Republicans come out and
declare that Maine is a very good State
IS States so. 1t is not perfect, to be
sure but ii is headed in the right way,
and though it is not going very fast it
is sure of every step it has taken. and
IS contented with present progress until
we can go more rapidly. The Re
DubicanS show that the State debt il
being reduced every year. At this
present year, the debt is less than at
any other time since the close of the
Civil War. Meantime, the taxes have
been so arranged that most of the cost
Of running the commonwealth falls
upon the big corpora tion-the rail-
roads. telegraph and express COM
panies-and all this time the working
neople are gaining new privileges. ana
The man who wishes to gain and own
n home. can do so more easily today
than at any previous time The pro-
hibitory law. which has helped the
public in the past. should be retained
rnon the books and should be enforced
The schools should receive ample sup
nOrt; officials should he compensated
from salaries and not from fees: State |
roads should be expedited, industry
should be encourag ed. and the State
should he made delightful place |
Of residence for all persons-including
Democratic politicians who seek t. +!
overthrow things for the sake of get
ting into office.
The contrast between the two mar
ties is so great that one is comoelIad
to make note of the divergent methods
employed in winning votes The diff
ference is 50 conspicuous that no voter
should hesitate as how he should act i
in September.
Its Effect Upon the National Election. |
Gardner Reporter-Journal)
Republicans who may find it incon-
venient to go 10 the polls on election |
day, may think TO themselves that it
doesn't make any difference if they do
stay away. the State is bound TO 60
republican anyway and one vote more
or less will not make any difference.
But the votes do count. 1t is expected
that the State will go republican. but |
If there is but n small majority, or one
considerably less than usual, it will be
called democratic victory. Every
republican voter should get out at the
state election. for republican votes then
will have more effect upon the national
election than they will at the national
election itself. Every Maine republican
who wants Roosevelt elected should
get to the polls at the State election.
The Why Of It.
Lewiston Journal)
The Democratic orators aresstilf
hammering away at Names war claim.
why" they ask, didn't the lawyers
in the Maine delegation in Congress
prosecute the Maine claim in the court
of claims?"
The reason is good one 1t is to be
found in the revised statutes Of the
United States on page 731. 1t is in
Section 1858 and reads as follows:
Members of either House or Con-
= nVo(0l> hAo0A
Of the State of Maine was. :.