Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-09-04
Good Republican Doctrine.
MEETING ADDRESSED BY MEssRs DYER,
CARLETON AND HAN.

A good audience, including humble
of ladies, assembled in New Hall for tn
Republican rally Friday evening.
George n. Atwood, chairman of thu
Republican Town Committee, called thu
meeting to order, and introduced as thu
first speaker Frederick r. Dyer of Buck
field, the Republican nominee for repre-
sentative to the legislature in this class
Mr.. Dyer spoke but few minutes
devoting his time to defining his position
regarding certain matters which may
come up before the next legislature. II
would be, he said, with pleasure that be
should, if elected, vote for Senator
William P. Frye to succeed himself.
He was in favor of legislation by which
the wild lands should pay more tax than
they now do. He should oppose resub-
mission of the prohibitory amendment.
In concluding, he paid tribute to the
honesty and courage of Governor Cobb.
Hon. Leroy T. Carleton of Winthrop
was next introduced, and for about
three-quarters of an hour discussed state
issues, taking as the basis of his remarks
the speech of Cyrus w. Davis, the
Democratic candidate for governor,
made at the opening of the campaign at
the Democratic convention In York
County.
In Mr.. Davis indictment of the Re-
publican administration of the state in
this speech there were eleven counts.
Only portion of these could be taken
up in detail. The first treated by Mr..
Carleton was the charge that the taxes
of the people had been enormously in
creased by an increase of state expendi-
lures. In answer to this he showed
that the state tax had been reduced
from 1-2 mills in 1882 to IL mills at
the present time, and that the whole
amount of this direct tax was expended
for educational purposes, the relief of
old soldiers and their families, and state
roads, leaving the rest of the state in
come to be made up from other sources
than direct tax on property.
Mr.. Carleton next took up the hedge
hog bounty, and the payment of the
Sturgis deputies, in both of which mat
ters Mr.. Davis had charged that the
governor and council had made illegal
of money from the state funds.
These charges had been shown to be
false, but Mr.. Davis had not had the
fairness to admit it.
Another statement of Mr.. Davis to
which Mr.. Carleton paid particular at
.entiou was that the state was paying
s65, 900 year to establish great game
preserve in northern Maine, but nothing
or the farmers. The actual appropri-
.tion for the protection of fish and game
" the state, said Mr.. Carleton, was
s25, 900 twelve years ago, and it is just
he same to-day. The rest of the money
lsed for fish and game protection comes
rom fees imposed upon nonresident
hunters, and he dwelt upon the great
ain which the state gets from this
ource. As for the farmers, he read a
list of expenditures by the state for the
Iirect benefit of the agricultural in
erests, amounting to $4,000 more per
ear now than in 1882. /
Referring briefly to the wild land
uestion, of which so much Is said by
he Democrats, Mr.. Carleton pointed
ut that the appraisal of these lands is
q the hands of nOn-partisan COM
mission, the chairman of which is a
Democrat, and that every wild land
wner has a mortgage on his lands
1hich he can not remove, in the form of
he free fishing and hunting privilege,
pen to the poorest citizen of the state:
In conclusion, Mr.. Carleton referred
0 Mr.. Davis denunciation of trusts,
nd read portion of list of corpora
ions, aggregating s23, 50O,O 900 in CAPT. |
in which Mr.. Davis is stock |
older, director, clerk or treasurer, or
oldS several of these positions.