Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-09-05
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1906.
what Shall the Answer Be2

What Shall the Answer Be?
Before another issue OF THE AMER
rAN is published, the voters of Maine
viii have recorded their views upon
the issues that have been so fully and
Freely discussed in the campaign that
Is now closing.
80 campaign in recent years has
Been conducted by the democrats
with more vigor, with more relent-
kssness, with more disregard for the
truth and with more disingenuous-
lie ss than the present one. They have
So ped at nothing and stopped to
ao,hing that by any chance would
arm vote their way.
STARTING out with The slogan: "Shall
N due be Honest?" they have clearly
L. uoustrated that under their rule
suy good State could not very well
so.tiuue to be honest II its affairs
sbsuld by any chance come under
sh-.r control. aud be handled in the
"a ne way they have handled facts
and figures on the stump, in their
newspapers and other priased matter.
Not an issue has ueen presented by
he democrats that has not been
Freely and successfully met; not a
charge made that has not been refuted;
not half-truth uttered the other half
Of which has NOT been supplied to
shsir inter dtseor fitura
They have charged graft; have they
Uncovered any? They have charged
scandal; have they unearthed any =?
They have charged extravaganza in
ahe expenditure of the peoples
money; have they substautiated the
aharge? They have criticised giving
aid 70 railroads in the form OF tax
rebates; Mr.. Bass, democrat, ''hasn't
done thing TO that issue but kill it.
They have alleged the State tax to
be burden; have they told that the
State debt mas been reduced since
1882 from 100000 to $1,000, 900?
Have they said anything about the
saX-rate being reduced from four and
one half mills in 1882 10 two and one
Aalf mills now?
THESE are some of the things they
Aave not done. Let's enumerate a
iew OF the things they have done.
They ask: "Shall Maine be honest?"
Implying that she has not been and 10
not now and will not be until the
management of her affairs is placed
IN democratic hands. In the light Of
N ines growth in wealth and material
pr .sperity during the past twenty
ave years; in the light of the in
aaence she yields In Congress THROUGH
ksy pee less senators and representa-
Sives; in the light of her educational
influence far beyond her borders; in
tus agne of he fiaaaciai and moral
Standing among her sister common
wsalths, is not the suggestion that
shis good old State of ours has been
and is dishonest gratuitous Insult
that deserves the severest rebuke
that her outraged citizens can ad
ministers
And is il not humiliaing TO know
thar such a charge emana7es from
within her own borders? Il is diff
su!c to Believe that This assault on the
good name OF our beloved State will
mot receive on election day the rebuke
1t richly deserves.
Shorn of all its attempts to deceive
the people, the one real issue left to
she already discredited democracy of
of publicity-its advocacy of the
open saloon; the legalizing of traf-
&c dangerous to every phase of life
the individual, the home, the State,
the nation. True the object they seek
is thinly yelled under the guise of re-
submission; resubmission hrst--if
they can get it; after that-the del
nge.
A vote for Davis is vote against
everything that makes for political
Integrity in Maine; q vote for Davis
h slap in the face for heroic gov
srnor who has the courage of his con-
victions, who prefers defeat to COM
promise with what he believes to be
right under the laws and constitution.
A vote for Governor Coob is a vote
for a brave man, for the principles
and policies of party that for gem
grafton has taken no backward step
in the States march toward peace,
progress and prosperity.
A Islander Rebuked.