The Republican journal., 1905-03-09

shown that such was not the case; that
Maine was getting its work done cheap
er than New Hampshire For instance,
it was shown that the last report of the
New Hampshire railroad commission
ers, which cost the State of New Hamp
shire S741 to print under the competi-
tive system, would have cost only $500
had it been printed under the statute
law governing printing now in force in
Maine. This showing was made IN the
presence of Mr. Waite of Concord, n.
H., a member of the printing commits
sion of that State, and its conclusions
were not questioned, although it was
very evident that they came as a decld-
ed surprise to the New Hampshire COM
mis- sioner The effect of this upon the
comm ittee and upon the members of
the Legislature in the audience was
notable. It was decided triumph for
the public printer of Maine and was
one of the finishing touches upon the
decided slump of the acrimonious con-
test which has been waged against him
by certain parties during the present
session.
The public printer is now coming in
for congratulations on all sides. His
friends, and they are numerous at the
capital and through the State, are much
gratified at the splendid vindication
that has come to him and the crafty
ing showing he was able to make for
his department. 1t is evident that
Maine is getting it's printing done on
exceptionally advantageous terms un-
der his administration of the Office.
Senat or Hale, of Maine, made an ad-
dress on Saturday concerning the pend
ing treaty with Santo Domingo. The
De mocrats were very glad he made it,
and Mr.. German, their leader in the
Senate, persuaded his party colleagues
to refrain from all Interruptions, while
he himself ''drew" Mr.. Hale out. The
tone of Mr.. Hale toward the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt was con-
temptuously hostile. He gave his view
Of the Monroe Doctrine, and then what
he claimed to be the view of the Presi-
dent. He sought to show that the lat
ter bad pushed the old Monroe Doc
triae to new extreme which Monroe,
and none after him, until Mr.. Roosevelt,
ever contemplated. While the Senator's
language was polite, and while he
talked as if he were making discover
les, his bland manner yelled as severe
an attack upon the President as any
one could have delivered.
This is the opening paragraph of a
long editorial in the Brooklyn. N. Y,
Daily Eagle under the caption, ga Mis-
take that Should not be Made" and in
which the Democratic senators and the
Democratic newspapers are warned !
against attaching too much import
ance to MI. Hale's assault" In this
the Eagle, which is evident
" we'll Informed as to the sentiment in
Maine well says: ''There is a senator
from Maine, William Pierce Frye, and
he has been a member of that body for
years. He has just entered
Upon his sixth term. He expresses the
sentiment of the Republican party in
Maine and throughout the country to-
ward the administration, upon the San
% Domingo treaty, now pending, and
coward President Roosevelt's general
oreign policy, as we'll as toward the
general colonial policy of the United
states, more accurately than his COL
eague, Mr.. Hale. The latter is toler-
tied and continued as senator from
Maine, because of the tradition of that
State that a senator should be kept in
,ffice as long as he desires, and as long
Is he remains in general sympathy with
The Republican party, regardless of in
,idental differences with the admins
ration on special subjects"