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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Referendum and Initiative.

Following Is an explanation of bill
introduced by Senator Clarke of Han
cock at Augusta last week:
The bill is An amendment to article 4
OF the constitution OF the State of Maine
and establishes peoples veto to the
optional referendum and its direct inl-
tatve by petition and at general cleo
ton. The bill has been talked OF for n
long time and it had been expected that
IL would be presented before this. The
bill provides in substance as follows:
Section is amended so as to read:
The legislative power shall be vested
in two distinct branches, house of rep
resentatives and senate,-each TO
have negative on the other and both
to be styled the Legislature of Maine"
The Joint action of both shall be subject
to peoples veto and direct initiative,
hereinafter provided.
Part three of article four Ia further
amended by adding to said article the
following sections to be numbered from
10 to 26 inclusive, namely: Section IL:
No act of the Legislature shall take eff
feet until ninety days after the adJourf-
ment Of the session unless III case OF
emergency (Which shall be explained in
the preamble of body of the act.) An
emergency bill shall include such meas
ures as are immediately necessary for
the preservation Of the public peace.
health or safety and shall not include:-
% An infringement Of the rights Of
home rule for municipalities.
"a a franchise or license to cor
poration or an individual To extend long
er than one year, or
(3) Provision for the sale or pur-
chase OF real estate.
Section II, for ninety days after the
adjournment of any session OF legisla-
ture five per cent of the voters, calcu-
lated upon the vote At the preceding
general election for governor, NAV de-
mand that one or more bills OF joint res
buttons that have been passed and have
not yet become law, or any bills or any
part of JOINT resolution, shall be sub
mitted to the people for final decision at
the polls.
Section 10 provides that all questions
of public policy shall be placed ON the
ballot by themselves and any measure
on which referendum vote ia called
shall be submitted to the people not
later than the last general election.
This section also provides that the Leg
islature may call special election on
any measure that is subject to vote of
the people, and shall call a special cleo
ton II demanded by fifteen per cent of
the voters.
section 20 provides that the veto pow
err Of the govrrnor shall not ex.end to
measures inflated by the people, nor to
a comp ting measure OF the leg stature.
Sec ION Il and q provide for the ref
erendum in regard to ordinances and
jllnt resolutions passed by the legisla-
tive body OF any city, village or county.
Section Is provides that eight per cent
of the voters of the State calculated
upon the vote at the preceding general
election for governor, may propose &c
the legislature any bill or any statement
of public policy other than an amend.
ment 10 the State constitution, either by
petition or by posters attached to the
official ballot at any general election.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
The Maine Federation.

The mid-Winter meeting of the Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs was held
at The State capitol, Thursday, Jan. DC
All the officers Of the federation were
present, and large representation from
tn" various clubs Of the State.
The morning session was devoted to
executive work, aud to papers on Art"
by Miss Julia NAV of Lewiston; "His-
tory" by Fanny Lord of Westbrook !;
"Club Calendars" by Caroline johnson
of Waterville; and "Literature," by
Harriet Keyes of Portland.
The afternoon session, which was
opened to the public and largely attend
ed, WAS held in the chamber of the
House Of epresentatives.
The leading speakers for the afternoon
were Prof. w. II. Hartshorn OF Bates
College, chairman of the Library Com
mission; and Miss Jessie r. Beale OF
Boston, who addressed the meeting on
the subject of "Ghild Labor" Recon-
mendations were made 10 the Legisla-
ture for an appropriation of 81, 800 for
the promotion of tie travelling and pub
lie library systems; for "A law prohihil-
ing the display Of advprtising matter on
the public highways; tor encouraging
the planting OF shade II es and for re-
stricting child labor in h factories in
the State.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Maine Press Association.

The AID annual meeting of the Maine
Press Association was held at the State
House, Augusta, Thursday and Friday of
this week
On Thursday afternoon officers were
elected for the ensuing year, viz:
President-Jesse II Ogier of Camden.
Vice Observation-Disclosures p. Evans,
Dover; William II Dow of Portland ;
Fred W. Sanborn of rway.
Secretary-Joseph " ood of Portland
rreasurer-Charles f. Fiynt OF Augusta.
Corresponding Secretary Edward 5.
Stearns of Thomaston.
Executive Committee-Jesse II. Ogier,
(ex-otficio) of Camden; Arthur E
Forbes Of South Parls; c. b. Burleigh of
Augusta, and NJ. c. Rich Of Portland
The report OF the treasurer, Charles f.
Flynt of Augusta, showed the receipts
for the year, 1904. to be S155, and the
expenditures, $50, leaving balance of
$23S on hand which is deposited in the
Augusta Savings Bank.
OIe OF the new members to Join the
association WAS w. G. Willis of Plttsti Id.
Among the papers read WAS one by l.. ..
Haskell Of the Pittsfield Advertiser, ell
titled "How TO Make Christmas Editions
Pay"
Friday business meeting WAS held in
the forenoon and in the afternoon were
literary exercises in the Senate chamber.
A reception was given the association by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gannett at their
residence
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Presentation Of Banner.

0o SATURDAY he mru " the bAtfleshif
Maine warmly Welcomed on board tn
Maine Daughters VI the America ReFo-
luton. The ship came TO Pof,saI II Tor
the purpose u receiving IL b9aaef
which he Maine Daughters wished -
preseft. Shu arrived Of thu nghfkhIp
earlY In Ia. forenoon aud by ~IreIe-s
Telegraph nolified Mayor Baxssr All he
presentation committee that rhr @aUId
hr II and read 70 receive ,hem about Z
O'clock
The presentation exrrci-es took pIsce
on he quar- erdeck. A bleak Wlnd ~
coming IN from seward, The hafhar ~
filled with fl batting ico, aud IN .uffouad
ing points Of land were white with VII =
ter wrappings, but during he brief pr
iod occupied In transfcrring The banner
To its new custodIans, the sun shone dun
ly through the mist Of an approaching
storm.
The reading Of q prayer by the Rev.
J. b. SHEPHERD, rector OF s.. Paults
Episcopal church OF Portland. aud the
playing OF The Star Spangled Banner By
the ships band, opened the exercises
Mrs. 4. W. Yousnd OF Biddeford, for
mer regent, aud member Of the COM
mittee OF arrangements, extended the
committees compliments. She said thai
the old Pine Tree State has nearly 900
Daughters whose highest ambition has
been TO perpetuate the spirit Of loyalty
10 American institutions, and to pre-
serve and emulate the deeds OF their
fathers.
Capt. Hutchins modestly accepted the
compliments and the banner. He K
pressed regret that the ships stay here
WAS to be so very short, He referred TO
the fact that the old bstteship Maine
went to the bottom in Havana harbor,
Feb. 5, 1898, and just year afterward
the keel OF the present ship, much larger
than It's namesake, was laid. A compli-
mentary banquet was given the officers
ut Rverton.
Cheers for the visitors echoed through
the ship as the steamer started on her
homeward trip, which were answered by
hearty cheers from the Names gallant
men
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Against New Projects.

| is said that the committee on appro
priations and financial afftirs has drawn
the dead line and that no resolves calling
for money for new schemes are to re-
ceive the words fought to pass from
the committee. The institutions which
have been assisted in the past will get
their regular allotments, but no new
hospitals, homes or schools are to get
the money for which they ask-at least
not with the consent of the finance com
mittee. And, following out this plan,
there will be no appropriations for new
buildings, etc.
The resolve appropristiDg $1,000 for
the Waldo county general hospital WAS
the first TO get the axe at the hands of
the committee and the recommendation
fought not to pass" WAS voted after Il
full and fair hearing. 1t ia true that the
committees report has been hung in the
senate and that the Waldo county mem
bers are hard at work trying to get re-
consideration but If the finance commit
tee adheres to its present plan the re-
solve will otce more 90 to the wall.
The members of the committee on
financial affairs take the ground that the
Republican party, which predominates
In the legislature, is committed by its
platform and its campaign utterances to
an administration OF rigid economy ana
that there is no one committee that can
do more than the finance committee to
see that this pledge is kept. They say
that each member who introduces a
measure asking for money does so in
good faith, thinking that the State can
spare the amount of money which he
asks.
But" say they, 1--WE get the sum
total of all these bills and we see that TO
send them all along their way with
favorable report would exhaust the State
treasury. We are appointed to stand by
the door OF the treasury and see that
these bills do not reach aggregates
which are greater than the State can
afford. We don't wish to, appear as
cheese-parers, but it is absolutely neces-
sarv that we draw the line somewhere,
and we are trying to do 1t in such way
that the material interests OF the State
will not suffer. We intend to keep APP
preparations down and II the pledges OF
last summer are not carried out, 1t will
not be our fault"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Importance of the Home.

RI. Rev. william :. Doanr. protest-
ant Episcopal bishop II ALBANY, and a
committee OF the iHtet-church confer
ence on marriage aud divorce, called on
the President recently to Golfer with
him Ms to SOME Of the results OF their
deliberations. Bishop Doare, speaking
for the committee, delivered Il BRIEF Adj
dress to President Roosevelt, TO which
the President replied rs follows:
"Bishop Doane aud gentlemen: II il
q very great pleasure to meet YOU here
There Is IA certain tendency TO exaIt Tn.
uuessential In dealing with our public
questions, and public men especially ar.
,pt TO get their attention concentrated
on questions that have AZ importApre.
but wholly ephemeral Importance.
compared with the questions that 20
straight to the root of things.
Questions like the tarlf1 and the cur
rency are OF literally no consequence
whatsoever compared with the vital
question of having the unit Of our social
life, the home, preserved. 1t is impossi-
bic TO Overstate the Importance OF the
cause you represent
'If the average husband and wife fulfi
their duties toward one another and
toward their children as Christianity
teaches them, then we may rest abso-
Iutely assured that the other problems
will solve themselves. But il we have
solved every other problem In the wisest
possible way 1t shall profit US nothing
II we have lost our own national soul.
and we will have lost it IL we do not
have the question of the relations Of tire
family put upon the proper basis.
awhile | do not know exactly what
it is that you wish me 10 do, can say
in advance that so far as in me lies All
will be done to cooperate with YOU t.
ward the end that you have in view
One OF the most unpleasant and danger
Gus features of our American life is the
diminishing birthrate and the loosening
OF the marital tie among the other
native American families. II goes with
out saying that, for the race as for the
individual, no material prosperity, 20
business growth, no artistic or scientific
development, will count If the race com
mits suicide. Therefore, Bishop,
count myself fortunate in having the
chance to work with you in this matter OF
vital Importance TO the national welfare"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
GOOD WORK.
Done Daily In Skowhsgan. hany
Citizens Tell Of II.
Many

Nearly every reader has
heard Of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Their good work in Akowhe-
gan still continues, and our
citizens are constantly adding
endorsement by public tesd-
mony. No better proof Of
merit can be had than the ex-
perience Of friends anG neigh
bors. Read this case.
F. D. claek. living near >mitaaeld
village. says kidney complaint stole
on me slowly ami quietly for tea NJ
three years until finally i, developed
into serious case which caused ne
misery doclofed and used H. ead
Of medicine, but Was unable - check
the trouble let alone cure t. La is
later STAGES. after hard day's work,
my legs even ached, and aweke In tie
morning as tired as when Went L. 6sd.
/ took more than one holiday expecting
the rest would improve my condition.
hat t did no, make particle # differ
euce Fluaily trouble with tie kidney
secretlans st. in, very distressing, aud
believe Il is always a sure Indication ~
acute inflammation of the kidneys
When suffering from one of these spells
tHipl mora arrravatiuv than any III
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Child Labor in Maine.

The annual report OF the Hon. Charles
f. Atwood of Bddeford, State inspector
of factories, workshops, mines and
quarries, was made to the governor and
council, Saturday. The report says in
part:
I'm this State the child labor feature is
relatively small and shows but little, II
any, upward tendency. Its percentage
of child labor is next to the lowest In
the country. The law, as at present
framed Is capable Of being more etfec-
tuallv used to protect Illegal child labor
in the mills than to prevent il. TIL
vital point on which the whole problem
should turn would be sworn offlclai
copy of the birth record of every child
employed. With this made conclusive
the truth would be easy; without il. a.
now, the inspection official is well nigh
poWerless to act. Now everything de-
ponds upon the honesty of the parents.
"Nhen, through An anxiety tn secure
places for their children, they do lot
hesitate 10 falsify the records, it becomes
the duty OF the State TO check practice
so misleading and vicious. Give me n
law with teeth in it, and the fault will
be mine II the results do not follow.
"fhere is no danger that legislation
on this subject will be too radical. rhr
plea that child labor is right because
parents need the pay for their work i
quite AS superficial AS is the pea that
stealing il right when the thief is IN
need of his plumber"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

The New York Herald thinks that un-
til meteorological science has made much
further progress than 1t now has in con.
querng the secrets Of the upper atmos-
phere, and has provided instrumental
means for detecting the blizzard breeding
agencies in advance OF the storms raw
ages on the surface of the land and ocean,
the great pacticsl lesson is that the gem
eral public on the cOsst districts liable TO
these winter hurricanes should always
prepare for them when n disturbance of
even minor force is reported to be ap-
preaching from the south Atlantic states
concurrently with prevalence of freez-
ing temperatures on the seaboard,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

Going through the hospitals In our
large cities one is surprised to find such
. large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious opera
tons.
Why should this be the case? Sim
plv because they have neglected them
selves. Ovarian and womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
the women of this country-thsy creep
upon them unawares, but every one OF
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty of warning in that bearing
down feeling, pain at left or right of
the womb, nervous exhaustion. pain in
the small of the back, lsucorrhosa, dis
xinsss, flatulency, displacemonts OF the
womb or irregularities. All of these
avmptoms are indisations of an I'M
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and II not needed the penalty
has to be paid by dangerous operation
When these symptoms manifest them
selves, do not drag along until you are
obliged to go to the hospital and sub
NIT to an operation but remember
that Lydia Z. Fnkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND has saved thousands of
women from surgical opera tions
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful menstru-
alton, weakness, leuoorrhoa, displace-
ment or liberation of the womb, that
bearing down feeling, Inflammation OF
the ovaries, backache. bloating Tor fat
ulency), general debility, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, or are beset
with such symptoms as dizziness lassi-
tude, excitability, irritability, nervous
lydia E, Plnkham'S VoAetable Con
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
Fraud Expoaed.

A few counterfeiters have lately been
making and trying to sell limitations of
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Consump
lon, Coughs and Colds, and other men
icines, thereby defrauding the public.
This is to warn you to beware of such
people, who seek to profit, through steal
ing the reputation of remedies which
have been successfully curing disease,
for over 35 years. A sure protection, TO
you, is our name on the wrapper. Look
for it. on all DIR. Kings, or Bucklen's
remedies, as all others are mere imita
tons. II. + BreKLEN & Co., Chi
cago, H.. and Wnsdor, Canada. Geo,
+. sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

Portland Argus Ia the doom of the
locomotive sealed9 II would seem So.
senator Depew said 10 the Transports
ton Club, this week: 81 predict that
ten years from tonight the steam loco
motive will be 10 the museums, while We
will be carried along, clipping the Sec
onds of seventy-ive miles an hour by
electric locomotives" And Senator
Depew is high authority upon matters
Of practical railroading. His frank state
ment is notable testimony that the ers Of
steam ia giving place to the era Of cleo
tricity ia transportation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
hoW's ThIs7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Cstarrh Cure.
=. j. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made BY bis Arm.
WALpINo, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, q
HsI's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price Zoe. per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
MIR JohnAthan Rnnkcr

Died at Hopedale, Mass, Jan 81, 1905
at 25 a. M. of pneumonia Mr.. Johna-
than Bunker at the age of So years
Mr.. Bunker was born in Athens, Me
in 1919, moving to East Douglas, Mass
in 1880 where he resided till thed cath of
his wife a few years ago, since which
time he has made his home with his
daughter, Mrs Lorenzo CLARK of Hope.
dale.
He was the son Of Francis and susan
lFoss) Bunker and is survived by two
brothers, Francis of Athens and Clement
Bunker of this place. Also by three
sisters, Mrs susan Locke of Michigan,
Mrs Mary Bigelpw of Hangor and Mrs
Elizabeth Bigelow OF ~kowhegan. Mr.
Bunker was the father of four children
Edgar NJ. and belmont Bunker, both de-
ceased. Washington f of Taunton, Mass
and Mrs Lizzie Clark of Hopedae.
The funeral was held from his late
home in Hopedale Jan Goth at 80
M, the remains being temporarily plac
ed in the tomb at that place and later
will be brought to Maine and inferred in
the family lot at Athens.
Mr. Bunker's death makes the first
break in a family all of whose members
have attained an unusually ripe old age,
the youngest being nearly II and the
eldest 09 years of age
The mother of this family will also be
remembered as having passed the cen
fury mark by over four years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

The mortality from pneumonia seems
to have become more alarming in most
large communities within a few years
In New York that maladv and bronchitis
carried off IA, 5l8 persons last year, al
increase of 2 96s over the preceding
twelve months. / is to be noted how
ever, that in that city, rs in many others,
the death rate in 1903 was exceptionally
low In the case OF most diseases. There
was an epidemic Of cerebro-spina mer-
nights in New York last year, with a
fatality OF 1911, MS against al in 1903.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

meas, sleeplessnssa, melancholy, all
gone and "want-to- be-left alone" feel
inQs, they should remember there is one
tried and true remedy
The Glowing letters cannot fail TO
bring hope to despairing women.
Mrs. Fred seydel, 412 n. saith Street,
West PhilAAslphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
a. was In . very serious condition when
wrote 20 you for advice had q serious womb
and ovarian trouble and could not carry
child to maturity, and was advised that an
oparation WAS my only hope Of recovery. |
could not bear to think of going to the hospi-
tai. 10 wrote you for advice. | did a. you In
structed me and took Lydia z. Pinkhem's
Vegetable Compound; and l am not only
wei woman to-day but have beautiful baby
girl six months old advise all sick and
suffering women to write you for advice, a.
you have done 80 much for me-"
Miss Ruby Mushrush, of EaAt
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II haro been great sufferer with irregular
m epstruation and ovarian trouble, and about
three months ago the doctor, after using the
X-RAy on me, said / had an abcess on the
ovsrieS aAd would have to have an operation.
Nv mother wanted me to try Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound as last resort,
and it not only saved me from an operation
but made me entirely we'll
lydia f. P nkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such trou bles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine, for
You need the best.
Mrs Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health Address, Lynn, Mass.
pound Succeeds Where others Fail.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
AgonIXing Burns

are instantly relieved, and perfectly
healed, 10y Bucklen's Arnlca Salye. {.
Rivenbark, Jr, of Norfolk, Va, writes:
81 burnt my knee dreadfuily; that il
bls'ered all over Buckien's Aruica
salve stopped the pain, aud healed it
without a scar Also heals al wounds
and sores. 25c at Geo. +. sampson =,
druggist
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

Gardner R-porter-Journal Both
Ru.sia and japan have 70 trouble in
piaci1g their bonds. as all that have been
pat Oh the market have teen oversub-
,crited. The buyers are doubtless as
much opposed to WAT a. anybody. but
hey arr doing as much 10 keep il alive
4 they can, for if the government
-ou.dH't get the money they couldn't
continue it. They wouldn't tbiak Of
uch thing as selling ammunition or
Aar materials 10 the beiliZeraars. out
hey are glad to ield them the money to
7uy them with. II the ua'iar, wanted
= stop the war, good way TO d. il
would be 10 stop the sale OF tn bonds,
Al hough fhat nigh. be difficult matter,
90.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02
PoIsons In Food.

Perhaps you don't realize that many
pain poisons originate in your food. but
some day you may feel twinge of
dyspepsia that will convince you DIR.
Kings New Life Pills are guaranteed
to cure all sickness due to poisons of
undigested food-or money back. 26c
at Geo. E. Sampson's drug store. Try
them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-02-02

Samuel II. Piles of seattle, was elect
ed Unlted States senator, for Washing
tom by the legislature on the 18th joint
ballot His election resulted from the
withdrawal of Charles oweeny, the mil
ionaire mining man from spokane The
ballot resulted: "Piles, 1877; Foster, II /;
Turner, 9"