Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-02


named case, who gave his horse benzine
to cure the bots. Another man, an old
farmer, had a horse likewise afflicted,
land having heard hiatt Case had 4 renl-
edy he asked about it. Il ha~red You
give your horse benZine for the botS?'
said he. Yes. l did" said case. Forth
with the farmer proceeded 10 the near
est drug store, bought quart Ct ben
zine and poured it down the throat Oh
the unfortunate beast. In about nan
an hour he had killed the bots-also TIE
horse. In great anger h. rushed TO
Case. say" said he. Il thought you
said you give your horse benZine for the
bots" Yes, 50 did" replied Cast.
We'll, l done the same and it killed
my horse quickern scat" yelled the
farmer. Yes" replied Case. with ag-
| grayatfng elaboration. yes-kllled
mine too" The Democrats use BEN
| zine as a cureHll and the fatal results
| have no effect to lessen their faith in
the remedv-they come up serenely
next time with the same sort of cure.
| Mr.. LittIcfield declared that ne knew
that in event of their success the d. m
| =
that with control of the lower house in
their hands. John Sharp Williams
would be chosen speaker and that
Champ Clark and Ecurke Cochran
vould be nut on the ways and means
committee. He paid fine tribute to
Mr.. Cochran's fame as an orator, but
pointed to the record of his speech in
the House in which the New York man
! had declared that the essential diner
ence between the Republican and DEM
ocratic parties was their attitude on
the tariff ANA that in the event of the
Democrats coming into power all re
striction uuun free commercial inter-
course between men" would be swept
from the statute books. This speech of
! Cochran'S was received with tumultouS
applause on the Democratic side of the
House, indicating the attitude ana feel
ing of that party on the issues of the
tariff.
! Mr.. Cochran" said the speaker, be
lieves in the correctness of his position
on this matter and is proud If it. as
he has n right to b.. but the question
with the people is whether We shall
elect to power Il party indorsing his
views"
Il demonstrated in nay last speech
said Mr.. Littleheld that the tariff has
nothing to do with the trusts. There ale
trusts on articles upon which there is
no tariff and a tariff upon articles upon
which there are no trusts. and free
trade England is honey-combed with
trusts. The speaker didn't claim that
his demonstration of the falsity of the
4 IL, re m "a
it out of their platform. this year. Prob
ably they had reelected, or ''ratio-cinat-
ed"
| Mr.. I.ittlcfield here told story Of the
| good old Kr0x county town of st. George
| to illustrate the probable Democratic eX-
PLANTATION of trusts on articles upon
| which there is no tariff. l. was of the
| famous Saunders family. OF whom it is
said that for eight generations every on"
| of them had been born in st. George, lived
! there all their lives ANA most Of them died
there One of the family, Capt. levi
Saunders married ami took his bride
months longer than he expected, and
while the vessel was IN m!d-otean little
John saunders was born. The III st thing
the father ND when the vessel reached
St. George was to rush to the office of
the clerk of courts and ask that a record
be made to the effect that the child had
been born in st. George. the clerk de
INJURED say ing that the child mad been
born out OF St. George ht' could not. under
his oath. make a record to the effect that
he had been born i'll the town This wor-
ricd the father greatly, for h" seemed to
consider that il would bt blight upon
the boys life If it We're not recorded that,
like all the other Saundcrses, 81. George
was the place of his nativity. He asked
the clerk to take the matter under pray
.4,f ils il, 81 hD -piI 70
would. Next day the two met and the
clerk said that he guessed he had hit
upon n plan that would do, and had made
a record that would satisfy the father.
What is that record p asked Capt. Saun-
derS. and The clerk replied
We'll, it reads like this: John Saun-
ders. son of Levi and Mary Saunders,
born in St George, July II. 1S-. during
the temporary absence Of his parents"
II is said that this record actually ap-
pears upon the books of the town of st.
George.
MI I.ittlefield thought that the Demo-
Gratis might claim that in some instances
n trust had been horn during the tenn
porary absence of its parents-or of its
mother the tariff.
The effects of free trade or reciprocity
(the same thing in lumber were well re-
membered in Bangor from the experience
under the German tariff of 1894. Labor
is y to 81 per cent. lower in Canada than
here and Maine is not so well prepared
to compete with Canada now as in 1884,
Tor then wages here We're 81 to 20 per
cent. lower and the lumbermen did not
have the competition of the pulp mills
which now they must meet Reciprocity
means free lumber, and the Democrats
are for it. The speaker believed that
there was not Democrat or n Ropubli-
can in Watnrvile who would not sign n
petition to the States delegation in Con-
gross to maintain the tariff
1t is idle said Mr. I.ittlcfield to say
that none of these dangerous things can
he done because there is a Republican
majority in the Senate That is the "bahv
act" 1t is an excuse not fit to go ont Of
the dooryard without guardian. It is
not q years old. To say that it is 81 fe to
elect Parker because tho Senate will be
Republican is Silly-puerile. and something
to be ashamed of. A man who would vote
for proposition because he knew that
another mans vote would prevent the
adoption of that proposition could gain
admittance to an institution for the feohlc
minded without any other certificate The
speaker closed with splendid tribute to
Roosevelt and an appeal to all men to
vote the straight Republican ticket quot
| ing from kipling's Recessonal:
| Lord God of hosts,
| Ie with MS yet
| Lest We forget.
| / est We forget"'
| There was great applause at the close
1 n I II.