Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-04

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1906. expenditures were ,.. 2.423 .O2 q.
1895. income was ............... 26Os, sos o.
1871. cost OF Legislature ......... O.yOW
iSy3 eai,ries ~ S,ada ns,o,, as % +
1882. salaries of clerks. etc. -. s.25OOI
~ satarlea Oh ota!e oHclais so'y9s
I'm In The I.,st 70 war many az ney, denart
ments have been added, and the duties of
the oid ones more tnan doubled
states Office :, - nov
State Treas Office ................2 now I
Ian" Jill noIie' ~
Adit. Gcn'Is office ,.,'..-.....'..i, now &
Fish and Came ................none. now
H. X: toln r. olnc. ......;..:....;,..!, now
raised ia arree viii Tho nropress of tho
times and the increased cost Of labor and
materials. ana IN inns connection II may
rx,."s ri . hrick mason mo ar niumbcr wa {
about 500 for T. hours work. while it is
flu Tor hours WORK at this time.
AS 10 the new departments, they
have Leen added after popular appeal
addressed to the legislature and voted
for by Democratic representatives as
well as Republicans They have all
been strictly in the line of that prog
ress'' that Mr.. Davis and the other
Democratic orators are now glamour
ing for. IS there any office the Demo-
Gratis desire to aboIisho Can thew dos
iynate one State salary that is too
Iar,e Mr.. Davis carefully avoids do
ing this and rests his claims Of ex
travaaance on mere General aIIeea-
tions
A convention ne s.I,r;es n.id J.,
nuhIic officers in Maine With those Maid
n similar servants in other states has
froorantI,, boon n,ado IN tho rewsn.
more and in everv c.sa IN tho advan-
toe If a,,r ocnnomy n como in
stances the salaries maid in Maine for
u.b.t 10 conceded IN no einguIarIv Of
fectiva n,,,,Iic eervice arc "a small as
70 ho nathetic r. u not nacescarv IN
oo intn detaiIv Anv man in Maine
c,r rood tho calarv Lief in Mama
po,;eter
Tho n,,,lic of Maine arc not General
Iy f,r.iI;.r With tho nature of tho du-
40. &c n,,b,;o oeic;.Is no, copyereant
u.,tb tbe ereat Volume of business
traneacted YEARLY under the pilded
dome at Aurusta IT is a Mace of IN
ceecant animation in all denartments
hecausa state business means q sue
coes;on of infinite detail That tho
state of Maine has such Ioyal. able and
.se;duous officials at salaries that
worId make even a third-rate LAWYER
smile Is a niece of good fortune for the
State and even a cursorv ANALYSIS Of
the facts makes Candidate Davis As
sertions seem ridicrIous
Candidate Davis is not nersonally a
believer in ,reacre salaries IT is known
that ha offered 2 wcll-known Maine
man for three months Of his services
as editorial writer on tho Davis organ
during this camnaicn more money bv
a tbo,,sand dollars than any state of
fieer-vith one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for
a vaar.e work II will he noted that
Candidate Davis considers the best is
none too good for Citizen Davis in his
anxiety to get hold of State Govern
ihen'' pit Wren ~ coiiieS 70 auliiiiiis
terng the affairs of the biggest cor
pol a. 'o 81 -. 49,, 80. Ca 80 -, I.
iiie>S ~ 'iie Sto'e W.
f;ciencv If no ,s honest in bic .sscver-
,t;ons Nc ;s d.nvi,, tn tho St,+e tho
results of its own progress and pros
perjty
crch .+titndo ~ tba mart of j.. buei
ness man and a supposedly loyal and
- for,,.ara boncct ,nd legitimata nuh,;c
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