Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-20

chOlce without 1nuulSlliS jill uo. az .ioii anu
misrepresentation of others. In fact, OPP
posing party organs rarely resort now
days to that method of campaigning,
which is generally condemned by an en-
lightened public sentiment.
Public Expenditures.
belfast Journal)
The cry of extravaganza appeals to the
uniformed and the unthtnkinS, ana II IS
hard to convince them that the .eXpendi-
lures they condemn are necessary and IN
accord with the public demand. They
could perhaps be brought to realzlng
sense of their error by a wholesale re
duction of appropriations, but that would
involve a dearly bought experience. sup
pose a state, city or town should limit its
expenditures to the amount required; say
twenty-five years ago; and wnat would be
The result. The usefulness of the schools
would be impaired, the insane and al
suffer roads and walks would be neg,
lected, and the people would be deprived
of the many adjunctS OF modern ciVlllza,
ton. ANY successful business man will
tell YOU that his expenses have largely
increased year by year. He employs more
help pays them more, and is called upon
of in the. past. Take the modern grocery
store, with its delivery teams. its tele-
none, It's type writer. its cash registry,
its handsome show ca eases, Its reirigera
and convenienceS now in use, and let IL
return to the standard of the old corner
grocery. and how long would it be be
fore the sheriff steps in and there is a
bankrupt sale The conditions are the
same in the Nation. the State, the cities
and the towns. The very people who
in public expenditures are often the
most insistent in their demands for the
public improvements that cannot be had
without expenditures. A gentleman
who served in the legislature with Hon.
Bert M. Fernald. the Lewiston Journals
candidate for governor. tells US that Mr..
made knowing them to be proper and
necessary; and now as caddidate he is
endeavoring to get votes by stultifyinS
his former action. The Journal IS not de-
Tending extravaganza in appropriations or
expenditures. 1t simply recognizes the
fact that conditions have changed and are
changing; that private as well as pubic
expenditures are increasing. and can no
more be summarily reduced than the adj
vancing march of civilization can be
checked.
Mr.. Cobb's Friends.
Maine Woodsman.)
Hon. Chas. f.. Iittleficld. member of
Congress for the second district will put
in nomination. his friend. Hon. VIM. T.
Cobb, candidate for governor at the
State convention in Bangor, A singular
and gratifying thing to Mr. Cobb,s
support of every Congressman in the
state excepting Mr.. Allen of York county
where Nj. Prescott is a candidate At
the Bangor convention the Cobb delega-
ton will include some of the best names
in the State. From Augusta. Congress
man Edwin c. Burleigh and Governor
Congressman Littlefield; from Houlton,
Congressman Powers. and United States
Senator Eugene Hale, another one of
MI. Cobb's supporters, will preside over
the conventions.
A straightforward and Manly Letter.
ellsworth American.)
The straightforward and manly letter
of Hon. William T. Cobb. made public,
this week, stating his position as to the
enforcement of the prOhibitory law-and
all laws-will not only strengthen the
faith his friends have in him. but it will
also confound those of his opponents for
the nomination for governor who have
been attempting to make political capital
out of the silence he has until now main
tanned