Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-23
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The DeIusion of the Democrats.

portland PresS)
The expected has happened mt Bangor.
nominated the same old ticket. on the
same old platform. 1t is Davis and re
submission aCain-and few other
things. Apparently the Democratic lead
crS continue to nurse the fond dolu:'ion
that there is a governor in that cnmbina
ton. The last time Hope, pcrsonitied by
Cyrus w. Davis. told a f1atterinc tale:
She, or rather he, informed the. faithful
that the Republican party was in fact i
minority party in Maine; that there wer"
100000 polls in the State that in 1902 the
Republican party polled only 63.cO votes.
(which with the Democratic united is
larger than it can poll again that al
lowing Il discount of ten per cent. for
nor -rotinG polls. they had held "f II.
0GG from which to roll m mHl"rtV;
land if YOU will get yonr coats off and TT
the people know what is going on at the
capitol. ! will guarantee me l",'i' votes
to the Democratic party.
I:It alas for maiden. alas for Judge!
OF Ill sad words OF tongue or pen TIL"
saddest are these: 1T might hay" been
ur. What was the result Th" election
of the Republican candidat" by Il heavily
Increased vote and an Increased plurality
over the vote of 1907 That is what , the
chickens did not hatch It 4 indeed
true that few thousands Of tn, Demo
Gratis supposed to be lurking in til" hush
were induced to come out. and the party
vote was increased to 10000 from its l"N
estate of IS 5000 awo years before; hut not
oven the parsuasiv"naSS or II Davis crur.
bring it hack to the high-water marx OF
tn. SOS. Ncvertllcl ess the wild gap be
tween anticipation and realization, pc
tween the calculation and the count. hoN
not discourage Mr.. Davis ana ms p'flE;
They come back on the rebound with an
the chrcrfulnnSS and assurance OF run
her doll The San"uinc "dndiddt" haS u
f,r,ll.v Of coming ont strong in adN"r"itN.
lie is still counting unmatched ch!ckchS.
and no gets n wonderful lot of comfort
ont Of the operation. HeHideS there are
,hc March electors in som" "f t." cnlrS.
Mr. Davis think: h" Sos IN th'I ,; = mi ist
euo and 50 in his mind Il" x alrradT aS
GOOD as elected. l. would b" almost cr'''i
to destroy the illusion. Let MN ~ nHt,pH
W hill" he may in the lc" sI''' VEN
The Platform declares for III" int1a
tive and referendum-"hichi is not a par
ty issuc.-for eG, i van f W state aid or
ro I'D d,'h,,ildinr-wtich everybody acc"ptS
ana which is already in IN" statrtrS, ~ ~,
the election Of United states s,na,"iS ~
the pcrpIn-which is unconstit,pl,"nih II:
tho,,rh thc expression of tn" n"prIr
choice through primaries IS aiio 10Y ,r'
and finally pronounces for in"n, ~ III hv
cnn,m'ssion. and for rcsuhmissfon of IT."
Gfth corstit ltional amendment In'r" =
nna,,,sidarabIc more to il. Int tins IS fhr
mot of it. especially tn" local SCI -EI IN
thrs,. il contained what IS cNld"ntIN u, ~
IN. paramount issu" Of tn" rtmn'i.n'
och Sclf-gov"rrm"nt Is "W''NS .S''
~ o., ,ortr nc it is government wrr ny
IF tro ra,,rc: but WHOM it becomes n'S-
,iI,. or dcgrncrnt"s t" conditions akin To-
anarchy. something has t" y" lone me
state watch is IT," hos cahhn' i,''I w.,
nr,tr thc floating of its laws by y local
Iitv .s +, government by commission.
|thrcc-forrths of the counties "i tn"
St,to have not 50 much rs seen ~" stat"
,.hmriffc nnd if * their own fault If any
NJ tI,cm have Bnt tn" cry for local Scl'
lrovcrnmcnt doubtless means mo-" iAHt
simpl,- y protest against TN" "ntnrc"'n'n'
lcolnr,ission. IT is logically comet" WIN
~, demand for rcSrbm 'SSion. INC sfn''S
~ M Domocratic plnr arc these; |. Re.
rul nit. , Ron"a1 :. Enact li""ns" '"i
IN c.If Government (which is IT," Demo
cratic ideal.