Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

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not Americans, votes in favor of sea
level canal. The foreigners, having no
direct interest in the cost of the canal,
and perhaps not being infected with the
American bacillus of rush, prefer the
undisputed advantages of canal at sea
level But the American engineers and
the members of the commission take a
different view of it, For one thing, they
say there is a granite ledge lying at a
depth of forty feet for distance of
twelve miles. After the earth is re-
moved from the ledge, not less than six
teen years will be required to remove
this rock. That added sixteen years,
not to mention the large additional cost,
looks large to American eyes. 1t is
probable that. in spite of the recon-
mendations of the consulting engineers,
a lock canal will be built. At any rate,
the problem of what kind of canal
looks nearer solution now than it ever
has before.
County Attorney Eaton of Cumber-
land County has begun proceedings to
recover bail defaulted by liquor dealers
who did not appear at the term Of
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bound over. 1t seems that il has been
more or less the practice for liquor
dealers thus to leave town before the
term of court opened, and return after
the term was over, when they would
renew their bail. They had legally de-
faulted their bail, of course, but would
be allowed to renew it. The next term
the same performance would be gone
through with, and so on until the
respondents could make some arrange
ment for sentence without any Jail in
it, or, more often, the case died of old
age. The dispatch announcing this
move of Col. Eaton's says that he "has
a big fight on his hands," Why he
should have such big fight in enforcing
the plain provisions of the law might
seem a little strange to one who was not
acquainted with the deviousness of law
enforcement. II the law which allows
an accused person to be released on bail
is good for anything, it ought to be
good to secure either his attendance at
court or the penalty for nOn-appearance
in the form of the amount of his bail
bond. Way out here in the country,
where the liquor law has always been
regarded as one Of the statutes, to be
enforced like other statutes, we have to
learn about some of these lodges before
we fully understand them.
The precedent of allowing bail in the
case of person charged with murder,
which was done in the case of Mrs.
Cooper, has a prompt following. Mrs.
Barnes of Presque Isle was admitted to
$4,000 bail, which was promptly fur
nished. In this case it would hardly seem
that the admission to bail can be ex-
planned on the theory that the actual
crime was probably manslaughter. If
Mrs. Barnes is guilty at all, it Is hard to
see how she can be guilty OF anything
less than murder.
The Biddeford Journal thinks it should
be simple ''Oldtown' and not "Old
Town." Well, it il, as far a. the au-
thority of the United States government
can make 1t 30, but the people Of the
town still persist in maintaining the
original two words. Perhaps when they |
get 20 a to use the government form, the !
Biddsford Journal win be 20 far convert |
Cd to its own principles - to give a.
local usws ffon "oldorohasd."