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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
A Concrete Example.

| There is one of Maine's Is counties
for the past few years, and the citizens
of that country now realize how empty
and meaningless are the Democratic
promises of economy, retrenchment,,
reform etc, etc, which they make 80
freely before election. The Rockland
courier Gazette has taken the trouble
to go over the county reports of Knox
and the results of its investigation are
most embarrassing to the party which
that it would be wonderfully eco
nomical and businesslikc if intrusted
with state affairs.
The comparison made is between the
last three years that the county was
under Republican management and tn.
first three years of Democratic man
aSement, and is an absolutely fair
comparison. In 1898, under Republican
rule. the expenses of the county We're
St,S12; in 1859, s4.457. and in 1900, $4,',2.
These We're the last three years in
which the Republicans were in abSo-
lutte control of county affairs. The
three years following them the Demo-
or: is were in absolute control of Knox
county affairs with the result that in
1901 the county expenses were $i.+Il:
in 1902, $c,729, and in 1905. $7.711. That
is, til" average yearly expenses for tn"
last three years of Republican man
a"cment was $4,G21, and the average
yearly expenses under the first tire"
years of Democratic management has
been $G,3.4, the average yearly incroa."
under Democracy being $1,G16. And it
Is to be noted that under Democratic
management thr yearly expense has
steadily increased. This is a concrete
example of Democratic economy and
the effect of these figures. which are
al verified in the printed Knox county
reports for the years under discussion,
will not be lost upon the voters of tha,
county.
There is every reason to believe that
the same result would follow in tn"
other counties Of Maine and in our
State affairs. if the Democratic party
were given the opportunity it Graves t.
Get at the strong box of the people.
The only WAY for Knox county to get
an honest. economical ana busincsslik
administration Of its affairs is to tut
out the crowd which has been in con-
troll for the past few years and come
back into the Republican column where
il belongs Ana If the other counties of
Maine. ana the State as whole, want
Il continuance of clean government and
good government in which all the
rights Of the people shall be respected
and their financial interests carefully
guarded, they must roll up Republican
ma joritics. September l..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The progress of the United States
during the past half century has been
interrupted only by Democratic rule.
The Democratic party fostered
secession. prolonged the Civil War, de-
layed reconstruction, Frustrated our in
dustries when IN power again and then
assailed our financial integrity. Now is
hopes that the people have forgotten
and forgiven its unsavory past enough
s.to give 1t power again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
Pointed Parauraphs.

Theory is vine from which facts ar
gathered. 10 81
Charity with string to 1t uncover,
multitude OF sins.
IRE last turn Of the worm is an, IA h
on the anglers hook. " y
II woman refuses to tell her aga civ.
her tlme-ior time will tell.
There is no fool like the one with hab
pate ana moth-eaten whiSkers.
All the worlds stace-and al tbs
women insist on having speaking rarts
Its shame that men are not as smart
at % as they thought they were at s
A Girl dearest girl friend il ant "a h
one she has known less than two weeks
1t sometimes happens that ~ rwstsu
never forSives man for letting her MAJ.
ry him '''' ''1-
Don't expect to meet with success: YOU
must get a hustle on yourself and try 10
overtake it.
The festive hobo tolls not. neither does
ne SPIN; yet Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one Of these
We often hear Of a Young man who is
said to have bright future before him
Just as If he could possibly have Il any.
where elSe.-Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

believe that these conditions ,,,..,,
good If tne DcmDCGhtic Eaitv ,l.o, Mold
thiedts Of tariff revision wer,. in ", IN iH
sion 81 the national governments o's s.
THESE men remember that a vn,. Lei
nam !. Cobb means a vote for T6ao We
roosevelt ami Tor the COltiuI;,ttan odofe
poilcy mat has given the. EtIn,i'.h VI a
al ne time and at go,ld wages, IA JOB
nothing ol soup-hoUSt.S III thest. ntdf
th"y ahoundcd during tn" last nAa!s;
c:atiC administration. State isv,,l. iio-
VII tio''Gn; but III" ci'izens u Mai are
Nlile nave the best OF rs.aI,,iits fo, 1T a'et
much Interested in issues tina. Nit ra, frihs
NJ '- 60 nation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
reflections of a Bachelor,

You can never tell what kind Of girl
she is till YOU see her handle herself in
a hammock.
One Of the most difficult things for A
woman to resist is wondering how she
would look in a widows weeds
When a woman rides on railroad mss
she always feels she makes rtstituiO
to the company ~ tipping The porter
The best investment man ever makes
$ the s. he lends to u chap who never
pays it back. but if he did would borrow
twenty.
There is hardly anything In the word
more clever than the way woman
laughs at Your joke when it is the Other
fellow that she thinks is witty.-New
York Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The great issue of the campaign is
fully summed up in the following ut
tcrances of Senator Fairbanks in his
speech of acceptance: THE election Of
the President is imperativcly demanded
10y those whose success depends upon
the continuance Of a safe, conservative
and efficient administration of public
affairs"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

asks the Springfield Republican,. They
certainly will until the opposition party
brings forward better reasons for a
change than il can present in this
Campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
A Contrast in Wages.

In declaring that protection is a
robbery" the Democratic party Will
have Il very difficult task to convince
the American workingman that he is
the one who is robbed. Those who
have been fOcking to this country from
Europe in such great numbers IN
recent years know how much better Off
they are in this country than they were
at home. Some light is thrown on the
subject by the July bulletin of the
United States Bureau of Labor, Which
contrasts the wages paid in the United
States and in various European
countries.
The building trades have been IN
volved good deal in strikes in the last
two years, but not for the reason OF IN
sufficient pay. In 1903 the average
bricklayer in this country received
nearly 80 cents an hour, as compared
with 20.G cents paid in Great Britain,
Is cents in Germany, Is cents in France
ana So cents in Belgium. The hours
worked in the chief cities of the United
States We're AIS per week, as compared
with 5l.S hours in England, $50 in
Germany, 63 in France and 62 in
Belgium. The American carpenter
increased his wage . cents an hour in
thirteen years, the British carpenter
increased his wage 3 cents, the German
in France and Belgium there was no
increase whatever. The American
hodcarrcr in 1903 received 2S.G cents an
hour, as compared with the British 12.5
cents, German So cents. French SO
cents and Belgian cents. The
American plumber received 431 cents
an hour, the British 20 cents, the Ger
man ll.5 cents, the French Il cents and
the Belgian rs cents.
In the iron and steel trades the diff
ference is still greater. The American
iron molder received 30.4 cents an hour,
britain, 13.1 cents in Paris and 60
cents in Belgium. The American ma
chinst received over 20 per cent, more
than the British machinist, and over
double the wage of any of those on the
continent. The boilermakers ana
others in this country Jared pro-
Fortunately better than their European
competitors. The cost of meat, flou1
and the chief necessaries of life is less
in this country than i'll Europe. The
standard of living is immensely
superior here, and workmen receive
advantages in this country unknown in
Europe.
If this country did not enjoy the
blessing of protective tariff the
standard of living would soon be forced
down to the European level. Ocean
freights are so low that the foreign
manufacturer, who pays lower wages
than are paid here, would crowd into
the American market and gain pos
session of it unless the American
manufacturer promptly cut the wages
Of his employees. Do the Workingmen
of this country want lower wages,
uncertain employment, hard times and
a general return of the condition of 10
years ago? If they do, they should vote
the Democratic ticket, this fall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The railroad employees of the United
over a quarter of a billion dollars more
in wages than during the operation of
the German tariff law, are
quite content that they should be called
'non-protected laborers." AS fact,
however the railroad laborers Of the
country are as fully protected as any
other and would be the first to feel the
blight of lower tariff or free trade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Now that the personal organ of cam
didate Davis confcsseS that it does not
know enough about bookkeeping or
about State finances to recognize the
difference between the liabilities and
the bonded debt of the State. there is
no longer any surprise that il has mud
died the facts and figures so completely
in it's arguments about State expen-
ditures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The following sentence from speech
by President Roosevelt at Grand Cam
yon, Arizona. last year, is thoroughly
indicative of the man: "All that ask
is square deal for every man. Give
him a fair chance. DO not let him
wrong any one and do not let him be
wrOnged."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

If there was ever an open political
secret it is that Mr.. Bryan sympa-
thiZes with Tom Watson, the Populist
candidate rather than with Judge
Parker He supports the latter for the
sake Of being regular" but 1t is not
unlikely that Judge Parker would pre-
fer his open opposition to the kind of
SUPPORT he is giving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

fights, scrimmages, brick throwing.
shooting, cutting and other signs of
cratic primary elections i'm the con-
tested Manhattan districts of New
York prove that the political apathy
OF that section OF the country must be
confined to the ranks of the opposition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The managers of the Democratic
campaign in Maine have made the
embarrassing discovery that their guns
were all loaded with blank cartridges.
They have made Il lot of smoke and
noise but have done no damage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

There is no doubt that Judge Parker
thinks it eXpedent to declare that the
gold standard is "irrevocably estab-
lished,' but we would like to know he
fore the campaign is over whether
Judge Parker believes in TN. gold STAN
dard against which he voted in 1888
and 1900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

II is not Necessary for President
roosevelt to make any campaign
speeches. The American people know
where he stands on every issue that
concerns their welfare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The country is Interested of course.
in the war game at Manassas. but il is
a very mild interest in comparison with
that which was aroused by the earlier
war game th.re.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

There is one good thing about this
war game-whichever side wins, il Is
sure to be a victory for the Union army.
1t was quite otherwise at the two
earlier battles Of Bull Run.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
For Representatives to tho Legislature
WILLIAM II. GANNETT. OF Augusta
FRED G. KINSMAN, Of Augusta

Democratic leaders in Missouri are
denouncing each other as liars and ras-
calls. and the people are learning the
truth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The attempt Of the Democrats to
make Maine voters believe that no ma
tional issues al" involved in the el"c-
ton Of September II is a failure. The
whole country is watching Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Chairman Carleton says that the
recent stories which have been sent out
by Maine correspondents that vast
! numbers Of deer died last winter from
starvation and cold are untrue. During
last winter some twenty game Wardens
were kept busy travelling all over the
game country, and their reports. with
out exception, show that but very few
deer died last winter from any cause
/ There need be no fear that any hunter
who comes to Maine this fall in search
OF big game will not find enough deer,
if he goes to the right section, to enable
him to get all the law allows, if he is
good enough shot. The game laws,
which have been subject to a great deal
of revision, and which have apparently
got into a shape which is fairly salts
! factory, have resulted in conserving the
game supply of this State, which at one
time seemed threatened with extinction.
| Reports from Vermont and New
Hampshire, where the killing of deer in
absolutely prohibited. show that these
animals are increasing in numbers at n
rate which within a decade may add
those states to the number which offer
good field for the activities of the
hunter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

IL was an easy task that Tom Wat
son assumed when he exposed the falls
ity of Democratic claims of soundness
on the money question.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
DaiIy:kennebec Journal
ESTABLISHED, 1921.

No notice wsatsver will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
1ected communications.
Address all communications relating TO
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Judge Parker demands that we give
the Filipinos government "aS soon
as they are reasonably prepared for
1t. Just what the Republican admin
istration is doing, Judge-preparins
them for it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The Democratic newspapers of Maine
Cook of Portland, in a recent speech, as
those sombre burying- grounds of
truth"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Democratic exchanges are chuckling
Missouri, mas declared for Roosevelt.
The Kansas City Journal reminds them.
however, that they neglect to add that
when Frank was in the train-robbing
business he voted none but the Demo-
cratic ticket
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

If boss Murphy of Tammany refuses
Hearst a denomination to Congress, the
yellow journalist can be counted on to
make things very lively in the tigers
den during the coming campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Nothing reminds the country of the
Democratic. party's long period of
maudlin madness so much as its own
often repeated plea that it is sane" at
last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

I'VE have beer wrong eight years,
and you have been right; therefore We
ought to be placed in power" is the
gist of the Democratic argument. Yet
some people say there is no humor in
n political campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
JN2150Qg0U8 C5(Ql0S|QQ'|
The Rainbow's Gold.

Sorrow and strife
In the round Ol life,
But the future II make amends;
Starlight streams
Through the dark o dreams
There's gold where the rainbow ends.
Song and sigh
i;ut th'. heavens on high.
And Love in Il dream d"sctndS;
The valley thrills
70 thv. shouting hills
There's gold " here the rainbow ends
o. thorn-pi' reed feet,
There's Il rest that's sweet,
Where the angel; Al" Loves friends;
The thund, track
OF the Storm is black.
Eut there's gold where, the rainbow ems
Frank l.. Stanton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
The Kind Where Fioures LII.

Portland Advertiser,
Inc new Democratic arithmetic rom.
Pil"d ny cyrus w. Davis II ais. win MOI
be officially adopted for use in Main, in.
schools. ''a'F
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

~ stuffing which the Repubt
charge has been knocked out "
man of straw.T And then the
ence just roared with Taught I
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Davis Orear
pleased, evidently not compreij1f
that it is one thing to laugh
man and quite Jnother thing ID
at him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

1t was the coolest August in the third
of century that the weather bureau
has been keeping the records.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Senator Fairbanks. our next Vice
President. will be the most distin-
guished visitor to Maine, next week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
Bangor News.)

I
can any person point to a place od
Time when nigh cost Of living did
go hand in hand with high Wagesp
oid California days, when unskilIed
lapof Commanded SO a day. flour wa,
u pound. During the civil war. when
carpenters received $40 to s. a day
f1ouf was Sin a barrel. Today the average
pay Tor carpenters is So to $3.50 a day,
ana best flour Is 81 a barrel, Statistic
collected by Colonel Wright show tha,
while the cost of living all over the coun'
Try mas increased 16 per cent. in two
years. the rate of wages has gained % nor
cent. Meanwhile there are 20 per ccnt
more people employed now than there
were two years ago. Thus 1t appears thai
me actual condition of the working -
mas been better by more than 40 per cent
in two years. This is doing very we'll
Think of these things on election day.
Let Workingmen Remember.
Waterville Mail)
No workingman should forget that
during the Cleveland administrator ha
was either holding his job nv n nrottv
weak grip or else was hunting for q iob
and that kind of hunting in those da".
was h3rd business as many man car
TESTIFY. Today under a Renuhljcan al
1t Is a case of the ioh yooE
ing Tor the man rather than of the man
Tor the job. Which do the worir
ers prefer! work was never more ohund
ant IN the State of Maine than II js to-
1hy: nor did u ever receive n higher com
pensation. ana what Is true Of Maine In
Re IS especially true in this citv
Inere are no workingmen here who realiv
VIII !oo VINO hasn't one. and they are
receiving good wages. Do any of them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

At the first battle Of I:ull Run there
were four Maine regiments engaged,
the ID, Sd, 4th and 9TH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

How many of the Maine soldier boys
would like to join III" Jap army instead
If playing war in Virginia.?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

No nled to fear sudden attacks "
cholera klfantum. dysentery. dlarIh va
summer q mplaint Of any SORT u you h EN-
Or. Fowlerss Extinct Of Wild Strawr''
! In the medicine chest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

For County Commissioner
IRVING r. BRADLEY, Of Vienna
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Diphtb eria. sore throat, Group. Instant t,a,!
reiiet. permanent cure. Dr. InohRis
eciectri oil. AT any drug store
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Terri lie plaques. those itching, Fse,,
NJ 90 :tses of the skin. Put an enc "
misery Doan's Ointment cures. Al any
drug store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

the states will not give their answer
until November, Names is to be
recorded, September II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The oyster likewise returns from its
summer vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
hing at the Candidate.

ddeford Journal.)
ing his speech Mr.. Davis
t laughter and applause by
roll of paper into the aud
ID of whichphe held in his
roll ~" -as atlt four inches
1 Yearly 20 1t in length.
sentinel's rbrt of Cam
freech at Rnford Falls.
one of e methods
The Democrat candidate
of Maine to atnct at
&c the street corn fakir
a sleight-of- hand-ick 70
wd, and then proofs to
res upon the people--ho
n -mOuthed wonder.
d his performance
wicked RepubH
him of building a NJ ;a'
1ere," he said. as he II
N,inI his roll "io ro~2 pr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

About this time. as the almanac
would say, we may expect the mysteri-
Gus burning of a few summer hotels
which are we'll insured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Now good digestion waits on appetite
and health 81 both
IL 1t does mt, try Burdock Blood Buffers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

For Judge Of Probate
0REENI.IEF T. STEVENS, Of Au-
gusta-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

a hen down in Charlotte which stole
her nest puts in a claim to first prize
by bringing out a brood of 10 chickens,
all lively and hungry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

John w. Johnson, formerly Of S1co,
but who has been a resident of Co
1unbuS ana Atlanta, Georgia, for q
number Of years. died very suddenly
from heart disease in Saco this week.
A curious thing is that an OWN broth
or Of the deceased is also named John
". and many of the older residents Of
Sacu remember why il came about that
the $50 brothers bear the same name.
The brother now living, when Il little
bay, Was stolen by Il band of Indians of
Fac tory island in Saco, when about
two years of age. He was kept with
the tribe for about twenty years and
grew up with them and adopted their
habits and manners. He then learned
who he WAS and rclinpuiShed the life
and settled in Hollis in York county in
which neiShborhood he has since re-
sided. The parents Of the young man
had given him up for dead after Il long
and unavailing search and when the
next son was born he was named John
w. in memory Of the son whom they
SUPPOSED was dead. That is why the.
two sons bore TIE same name through
life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

NCu tHt he>
at Portland
ing and lis
oh and adj
Ind eloquent
.. if they
Republican
tates. Gen.
! hall stage.
ere in cam
a frequent
years before
proportions.
addressed m
an that or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Tuesday night when h" was Senator
from Indiana, and before he was ever
much thought Of as a Presidential pos
sibility. Mr. Mckinley, when head OF
the House Of Representatives and chief
exponent Of the high protection plan
expounded his views from the self
same spot on which Sec. Taft stool
Tuesday night. Iut then James e.
Elaine ana Thomas II. Reed have done
the same, and Blaine had an audience
ia erect him on one memorable Occa-
sion beside which that of Tuesday
night would be regarded as small.