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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Better Roads for Maine.

We demand State aid for the in
auguration and rapid extension of a
system of State roads. to the end that
and Maine products find a profitable
market
The above is plank of the Demo-
cratic State platform, and the idea that
would he conveyed is that it is a new
piece of lumber exploited by the
Democrats, instead of one of the sea-
soned planks in our good old ship of
state, hewn and shaped by Republican
Workmen.
The Democrats propose to do some
thing. which at best is indefinite The
Republicans have done something for
State aid for road building, and can
well point with pride to the careful yet
rapid development Of this law.
The first measure calling for the
general distribution of State funds in
aid of the rural communities for the
building of good and permanent roads,
was passed in 1901 during the ad-
ministration of Gov. John F. Hill, and
by the votes of a Legislature over
whelmingly Republican. The growing
popularity of the measure is shown
very effectively by a glance at the
following figures:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
That Matter of Honesty,
cortland EXpreSS.)


on shall the State of Maine he
honest? Persons who have heard or
have read the speeches of cyrus W.
Davis in this campaign have been
struck with his severe arrajgnment If
'he Republican party on the ground of
extravaganza in state expenses. and in
salaries of officials. But Mr.. Davis has
had legislative experience. He is on re-
cora. Harold NJ. Sewall of Bath, who
was on the same salaries committee
with Davis in the Legislature OF 1909
wrote a letter to the Lewiston Journal
during the last campaign in which Mr.
Davis record as Il legislator is
reviewed. Two years have elapsed since
mat time, ample opportunity for Mr.
Davis to reply, but he has not denied
a word that Mr.. Sewall said. In that
letter Mr.. Sewall declared that Davis
voted for every increase of every
salary that was raised by that commi-
ttee. lie voted for the increase of the
salaries of the Judges of the Supreme
Court. and he voted in favor
OF the increase Of the sala-
ries of eight county attorneys. When
1t came to the question Of aboli-
ton of the fee system the RepubIi-
can members of the committee divided
equally upon the proposition. and it
was up to Mr.. Davis to decide which
way the majority report should be.
And Mr.. Davis voted with those men
who opposed the abolition Of that
system; and on the floor of the house
defended the majority report in
speech. And now he is posing before
the people as the chosen apostle of
retrenchment, denouncing the Republi
can party for doing what he helped to
do. Was there ever a more hyocritical
battle cry under all the circumstances,
than this one of Davis, shall the State
of Maine he honest? We are disposed
10 reply with Governor Cobb, Yes, the
State of Maine will be honest, through
the Republican party"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

about two columns of black faced type
III its edition of Saturday morning to
giving what it claims to be the
bottom facts about the partial tax
abatement given by the State in aid
of the Somerset Railroad extension. 1t
fails however to explain why it's owner,
the Hon. Cyrus w. Davis. who was a
member of the Legislature when this
measure was passed, failed to raise his
voice in opposition to it. By remain
ing silent in his seat when the measure
was put to vote he practically gave it
his vote and enabled it to secure
unanimous passage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Southern members Of Congress who
controlled then absolutely and EN-
phatically as they do now, the Demo-
cratic membership in Congress.
One of the first acts of President
Mckinley when he came to the White
House following this dark and dismal
period of Democratic rule was to con-
vene Congress in special session to re-
enact protective tariff law.
That law was framed under the i'm
mediate charge and supervision of
Hon. Nelson Dingley, a representative
from Maine, and in it's preparation he
saw to it that every interest vital to
the prosperity Of his State was care
fully safeguarded. Not only did he
make it possible for men and women to
find employment again in our manu-
featuring interests; but he saw to it
that our lumber interests, our fishing
interests, our pulp and paper interests,
and above all our agricultural inter-
ests-the most important in the State.
were carefully looked after. Today
before the foreign or Canadian farmer
can bring his products into competition
with those of the farmers in the United
States he must pay the following tariff
duties:
Cattle, from $500 to 1915 per head;
horses. $50 per head; swine $3.50 per
head; sheep s1.5S per head. Oats, Is
cents a bushel; buckwheat, Is cents a
bushel; corn. IL cents a bushel; wheat,
% cents a bushel. Butter, cents Il
pound; cheese, 6 cents pound; beans.
AZ cents bushel; eggs. 5 cents dozen;
hay, $500 a ton; potatoes, % cents Il
bushcl; straw, $3.50 per ton; apples, %
cents a bushel: poultry, 3 cents
pound.
The above are only the more impor-
tant items upon which the farmers of
Maine are protected from foreign COM
petition by the Dirgley tariff law.
There are a number of others.
This is a fair example of the way in
which the great interests of Maine are
cared for under the present Dingley
law.
Does any voter in Maine imagine that
they would be allowed to retain this
protection for their industries by a
tnl hxyt In frn Ia
representatives of the South? We
think not.
This is n matter we'll worth thinking
about for it means vastly more to the
welfare and prosperity Of the people of
Maine than many of the minor issues
which the Democratic leaders have
struggled so hard to push into promi
nence in the present campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Those "Honest" Democrats.
(Waterville Mail.)

(Waterville Mail)
The humors of the present political
campaign are numerous.
Candidates Davis and Johnson are
touring Washington County.
Candidate Davis talks first, and
rants and fumes and threatens about
railroad subsidies.
Candidate Johnson mops his brow
honest
Then Johnson eloquently, tear fill
ingly, pathetically, and wailingly con-
dennis trusts.
Davis sits in the shadow of the cur
tain and wonders how his $4,000, 900
corporations are progressing.
Mr.. Johnson mentions railroad sub
sides? Not one bit of it. q
Mr.. Davis have anything to say
about $23,000,000 corporations? Not
a bit of it.
Mr.. Johnson is n paid attorney of
the Maine Central r. r. which owns
the Washington County r. r. road
concerning which Candidate Dvais has
much to say.
That double shuttle shift of topics
is a great combination. 1t makes co
votes.
When Bryan was running for the
presidency back in 1900 he made
trusts the paramount issue One
night he was invited to dine with Van
Wicke and other octopus keepers
Bryan talked on "Imperialism," and
oh, so eloquently!
Messrs, Davis Johnson Boomerang
Company are trying to work the same
kind of gag on the people of
Maine.
What does Mr.. Johnson have to say
anyway on the matter of railroad sub
sides?
Now Mr.. Johnson is an estimable
citizen, a good lawyer an astute
politician. and somewhere. sometime,
got the sobriquet of honest"
There was only one other man who
was honest" in Maine-"Honest" Sam
Lord, also a One-time Democratic
gubernatorial aSpirant.
That's the way the Democrats
d1fferentiate between those of their
own faith. The honest ones seem to
be conspicuous for their fewness
1t will be Honest" Cy Davis some
day
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Southern Control of the Democracy

All good citizens feel sincere salts
faction in the thought that the differ
ences growing out Of the Civil War
have been reconciled. Time has healed
these wounds. We are now united
under the proud flag of common
country with common destiny.
None of us would wish, by word or act,
to rekindle the fires Of fratracidal
strife. and yet when the control Of a
political party Is located in an over
whelming and predOminating degree in
a particular section Of our country,
and when that political party comes to
us asking for our suffrages. we have a
riSht to inquire whether the economic
views that prevail i'm it's councils. and
which would become the law of the
land in the event of its success at the
polls, are of a character that would
of the people among whom we live. and
in whose prosperity we share. In the
last presidential election the Demo
cratic party had 40 electoral votes. all
Of which came from Southern states.
That party has in the National House
of Representatives at the present time
1856 members, 113 or 81 per cent. of
whom represent Southern states. The
single state Of Texas alone furnishes
II per cent. of the entire Democratic
membership in that body and the five
states of Texas, Georgia, Alabama.
North Carolina and Virginia combined
furnish 81 members. or AZ per cent.
In the United States Senate today
the Democratic party has 80 members
of whom 81, or 81 per cent. are from
the Southern states. 1t is evident.
therefore, that the success of the
Democratic party i'm the Congressional
elections would mean that our ma
tional policies would thenceforth be
shaped by Southern men. John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi would be
Speaker of the House with the power
to appoint all its committees. nine
tenths Of whose chairmenships would
go to Southern men.
Now the men of this section, includ-
ing Mr.. Williams. are outspoken and
sincere free traders. They know little
and care less about the conditions and
needs of New England. Their great
industry is the raising Of cotton in
which Nature has given them an adj
They do not therefore feel the need of
protection as it is felt in the North and
when in the saddle at Washington their
program is always n free trade one.
This was clearly demonstrated when
last the Democratic party found itself
in control of Congress. William l..
Wilson. Southern man, was put al
the head of the Ways and Means
Committee, and the Free Trade bill
which bore his name was foisted upon
the country. Did it give prosperity to
the North? No. Never in our his
tory has such an era of widespread
business depression and hard times
been known among our people. Fac
tories were shut down; merchants went
TO wall by thousands; the price of
farm products fell to prices that were
in MANY instances below the cost OF
raising them. Public soup houses
were built in many of the large cities
of the country to feed the men and
women who had been thrown out of
employment as a result of free trade
measure framed and passed by the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
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Democracy conducting campaign under the interrogation
pona mode OF attack that fully with questionable
character.
Perhaps Candidate Davis who busiy asking questions
will be willing some questions also?
Let him try his teeth on these nuts!
Were he Governor of Maine where would he attempt to
put in the knife Of retrenCment?
Would he reduce State salaries be definite would
he reduce State salary?
Mote Rhode Island the smallest the Union paws her
State officers $S 100 Her population last census
was 42855O; 1858 square miles, Maine with 2o8o5
square miles and population Of fast census paws her
State officers only $I622Io72 Maine with all great area its
100000 more inhabitants its high grade of efficiency State de-
partents S0S2S less than Rhode Island pays pub
lie Seryants
Does Candidate Davis propose reduce State salaries?
Does Candidate Davis propose take any State pensions
away from its soldiers?
Does Candidate Davis propose TO refuse aid to State pauper
Does Candidate Davis propose to reduce the State school
fund?
Does Candidate Davis propose deny special appropriations
to worthy causes that come before Legislature and nrove
their claims?
Mote: Candidate Davis the floor the House shouted
himself oarse in getting special appropriations Colby Col
ege the Central Maine Fair of which part owner etc
Does ne deny other worthy Maine the stnend
that justice demands? II
Does Candidate Davis less money paid for State print
ing-a large share Of which his printing office does?
What Stae office does he propose abois-the new HIGH
way commissioner who safeguards the spending of tbe States
road money the bank examiner who keeps watch over his
Watervle lrS Company the printing auditor who ex
amneS his State printing bills the railroad commissioners who
grant rights to Candidate Davis electric roads the secretary o
State who issues certificates to his foreign copoatonsr what
other office does Candidate Davis propose to abolish?
1T Candidate Davis had been the House in 18os would he
nave denied and to the great Bangor Aroosook railroad
poect lie was III the House in 1903 and did not raise his
voice against the kind of contract with the Sooaset M
road.
Were Candidate Davis Governor of Maine would h. ,.ut
nicaon OF the rohibtory law? Does he NOT know that
under OLD statutes the Governor of the State was noerless
sheriff was dcrcc Would lie choose to be poweress and
III cowardy fashion shift the burden of enforcing consti-
uoa law: Would he let sherffs do as thew l;ke7 Can he
suggest way of securing enforcement? Can he improve upon
me Strgs law Why does he simply pull down? Is he un-
able to construct Why does he use the Pickaxe7 Whv not
use the TrOwel? ....
Till Candidate Davis gets fe Open and Declares instead
of Snars, he is not Honest
lie Ofcnds an Honest People
Study Him. Study his General Attitude, t
lie and his ootee Deal Only in HaTrutfs about Public
Matters -
DO You Want Them in Control of Our State Business7
Shall Men Be Honest?
rs ro Name Its lnsued Intelligence and Drawn Arise and
Declare that -.-l71
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Those Crime Statistics"
(SOmerSet Reporter }

Rev. Mr.. Newbert of Augusta evil
IDENTITY didn't know it was loaded"
Ministers who are so accustomed to
preaching without having the pews
TAX back to them. will find in the news
paper field different state Of things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Maine Gossip
A Whit of Alder Bloom,

1t drifts in on the breezes from some
where far away.
sent OF soothing SAVIOR that gladdens
half the day
A liant, elusive odOr, a shadowy perfume
There drifts in on the Ereezes whit of
alder bloom.
And through its silent magic out of the
The songs of olden summers, the blue of
olden skies
The dawns that broke in silver upon the
distant heights
The Star-strewn depths of glory that made
the olden nights.
With eyes half-closed l fancy hear the
little stream
Go leaFing on and laughing with jewel
flash and CLEAN,
While over it the alders their snowy
blooms have hung
AS though they caught in armfuls the
pearly foam upfiung.
The snowy alder blossoms! AS delicate
as lace
And cool with scented comfort when
pressed against the face!
A honey tang as heavy as oriental musk
SWEPT from them through the shadows
that crept in with the dusk.
And so l sit and fancy the old days have
returned
The olden golden summers for which my
heart has ycarned.
And memory is weaving upon her rest
less loom
A warp ard wool of sweetness--a Whit
Of alder blOom.-ChicagO Evening
Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

FOUNDER being captured by another
camping party day or two before.
Every day or so a fine salmon is re-
ported to be taken from the lake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

FASHIONED attack on his city council. He
said: Let us go to the council, not like
lamb but like the wolf, and take the
bull by the horns"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Here is an increase in six years Of
$4,000. We do not hear any great
cutlery against this item of expense.
Al per cent of the total valuation of
the State and only &c per cent. of the
road mileage. If this item grows in
the same proportion in the next six
years. there would be only satisfaction
expressed at the progress shown
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

That beautiful monument to Elijah
Kellogg in the old Harpswell church,
yard will be dedicated tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Fort Fairfield Review: improvements
are being made in Fort Fairfield vii
lage on every hand. Indeed we do not
know many Aroostook towns in which
more for the general public betterment
is being done. Church building, sewer
building, sidewalk building. Well-drill-
ing and general improvements of
houses and grounds figure largely in
the uplift. The Aroostook Telephone
Company is making engagements and
improvements all the time, the INDIE
pendent Telephone Company is soon
coming in and direct telephone COM
munication will in a few days be estab-
lished between Fort Fairfield and
Perth. n. E. Poles have been set
through the town by the Maine e. New
Brunswick Electrical Power Company,
and wires will soon be strung on them.
Crushed rock is being placed upon
some of the worst places in our roads.
buildings are being removed to better
locations and property fitted for the
purposes they will best serve. FIX
cellent barns, stables and potato
houses are going up. There is no
standing still in Fort Fairfield; it is all
going ahead.
Boston Advertiser: Time was when
both Newport and Bar HarbOr claimed
prominence among American sum-
mer resorts. each being backed by an
influential section of New York's 400"
Then Newport forged ahead in the
y = ;aJ
Mecca of the Spenders, those mil
lionaire miners and packers who buy
some slight endorsement in London or
Paris and turn hopefully homeward,
banking on fat pocketbook i'm their
application for admission to member
ship among the socially elect. New
port bled them and took them in, and
in time their tastes began to be re-
Elected in the style of entertainment
popular there. There were doll par
ties and dog lunches, cOtilliOns which
ended with tennis at sunrise and hilar-
ious breakfasts on the lawn. In re
cent seasons the first spirit in social
affairs has been an eX-Wine agent. who
married an heress and wormed his
way to the front by grotesque perform
ances. And what was Bar Harbor do
ing all this time? Conducting itself
like a se!f-respecting place, maintain
ing the dignified standard of its social
founders. 1t has no Harry Lehr, but
it numbers among it's summer resi-
dents diplomats and society leaders OF
the old school. persons eminent in
literature, professional life, and the
arts. When a musical festival in aid
of some local charity was recently Civ
en- there was at hand an array OF tall
ent seldom approached by concerts in
oslr largest cities. Bar HarbOr is not
snowy. 1t is even old fashioned
enough to exclude the automobile. But.
though less dashy and clamorous than
that of Newport. its society is the best
to be found at any American resort.
1t is our summer social capital. If we
have one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Dailv kennebec Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be hold responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
1ected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Here Is dog story from up in Oxford
county. The dog it appears frequent
ly swims across Lowell pond to carry
notes from young man on one shore
to his sweetheart who lives on the 9TH
er. There are many salmon in Lowell
pond, and without entertaining much
hope of the success of the venture, a
fish line, well baited was tied to the
faithful animals collar on recent trip
across. 1t might happen that a fish
would bite the hook on the way. The
dog started out and the line trolled
along behind him. He delivered the
note to the young lady. but when he
reached the other side, the hook was
bare. but young woman saw through
the scheme and started him off again
well baited. He had been gone some
time, when his master, thinking that
something might have happened to
him, walked down to the shore The
dog was barking loudly and cunning
about, evidently well pleased at some
thing. Walking down to where he
was. the master was thoroughly sur
rrised to find large salmon glistening
on the bank where the dog had hauled
him up. 1t had bitten the hook on the
way across and the dog had tired it out
in his swim. The fish weighed ten
pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

1t will be a long time before some
parts of Maine forget how that hot
wave broke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
For County Commissioner.
CHARLES f. KILBRETH of Winthro,

For Representatives to Legislature.
FRED G KINSMAN Of Augusta.
BENEDICT F. MAHER Of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

With two or three weeks Of this sea-
son left, the York Transcript is telling
about the bright prospects of the resort
for 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Monday, August 81, 1906.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

Bath people now get Central by
simply lifting the receiver off the hook,
but it will be a long time before they
get over the habit of trying to turn the
crank.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

For Register of Deeds.
HARRY P. HAYES Of VassaIboro.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Only n week to Labor day,

4 week more OF the Trolley league.
Another great Sunday at the shore
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

For County Treasurer.
JAMES e. BLANCHARD Of Chelsea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27

The electric light building at Kid
der's Point, Stockton, is nearly COM
pleted and the lights will be ready in
September. There will be 40 arc lights
on the Cape Jellison wharf