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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-06

thanein others. This criticism is easy
to make, and does not come from
friends of the law. The conditions in
different parts of thu State are differ
ent. 1t is easy to crticise the enforce
ment of the law by saying that it is
not as well enforced IN one county as
in another, or to criticise the commits
sion because they have deputies at
work in one county and not in anoth
er. Pursuing this specious argument,
if it should be found necessary to put
deputies into every county, then those
same critics could commence by
towns. following the same line and
criticising the commission again be-
cause deputies were in one town and
not in another.
But however this may be, one thing
is certain, and that is that progress
has been made in the enforcement of
the law, as this very form of criticism
admits; for as it complains of laNity in
one place, it compares it with good
enforcement existing in other places.
The work undertaken by the Sturgis
commission was great one, and it
must necessarily proceed cautiously,
step by step, and the whole trend of
the Democratic argument admits, that
so far as it has gone, it has done well.
Their cry is that it has not rushed
along at headlong speed. Then, with
their usual fairness, after having COM
planned That the commission mas not
proceeded fast enough-hasn't put
deputies in many of our counties, they
turn around and persist in criticising
the Governor and Council for having
spent so much money. They say there
was an appropriation of $500 and
that this has been largely overdrawn.
In doing this they carry out the same
system of telling half the truth which
has pervaded all their other criticism.
The Sturgis act so called, in section
l provided for the appointment of
three members, the hiring of a clerk,
the paying of the expenses of the
commissioners and Incidental ex-
penses. The following sections provid-
ed for the appointment of deputy COM
missioners, who were to be officers
with the powers of deputy sheriffs,
and who were to actively engage in
the enforcement of the law. Section
1 provided for the commission and
the expense was left, as is usual in
such cases, to be provided for in the
general appropriation bill; and to COW
er these expenses the sum of $500
was appropriated. The expenses of
the commission proper, for its salaries,
clerks, incidental and travelling ex-
penses has been kept well within this
appropriation.
The trainers of this law took the
situation seriously and were earnest
in their efforts to secure the enforce
ment of the law. They did not take
kindly to Democratic methods, which
have often been exhibited, of acquiesc-
ing in law and refusing the means
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FOR DECENCY AND Law AND ORDER \!
Thec of Foundlisen
mentB rou TOWN.

can, to help hasten the time when this
hydra-headed monster of intemper-
ance shall be slain, and his servants
either turn from their evil ways, a.
hope and pray they may. or go to
REV. ]. L. SMITH, No. Berwick,
Maine.
ITO SO many minds the moral issue
is buried under the political issue. we
can hardly hope for independence in
the proletariat if at ALL
REV. o. w. PETERSON, Hillside
Congregatonalist Church, Cornish,
Me.
my heart and hand are with you in
the struggle against rum. I certainly
feel 1t my duty as a minister Of the
gospel, to use all my power and inf1u-
ence for the vindication Of the man
who has stood so bravely for the
honor Of our State and good of our
people. Governor Cobb surely ought
to have the support of every one who
loves courage, honesty and a decent
regard for the moral health Of the
community"
REV. c. A. PURDY, searsmont. Me.
II am glad of the present attitude,
of the State ticket. I do not under
take to tell people who they ought to
vote for, but do preach righteousness
and tell men they should vote to sus-
tain great moral principles regardless
of party"
REV. c. o. BROOKS, Norway, Me.
II believe Governor Cobb has
proved himself the right man in the
right place.
REV. ISAAC H. LIDsToNE. Union
Church. Vinalhaven, Me.
well, I have been at it already.
Sunday evening I addressed an audi
ence on this question from the stand
point of good morals and good citizen
ship. + consider the resubmission
movement a species of political devil
try for the purpose of catching voters
that otherwise might be Indifferent to
party platforms and shibboleths. That
political party or clan, who would bar
ter the morals of the people for the
sake of any office however exalted, is
worthy of damnation. political or
otherwise
REV. C. F. MCINTYRE.
81 certainly hope that Maine will
not go into the ranks of the saloon
power like Vermont and New Hamp-
SHIRE
REV. SUMNER BANGS, Oakland,
Me.
Il admire the position Governor
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COMMON SENSE ABOUT THE STURCIS Law.

One Of the humors of the present
campaign is that peculiar Democratic
claim that by opposing a law designed
to effect enforcement of a constitu-
tional measure of great importance to
Maine the Democratic party is IRE
deeming' the State.
It accuses the republican party of
multiplying the law and in the same
breath snaris because the party has
done it's best to enforce the law.
Critics who attack administrations
have an easy Job of it. 1t is only neccs-
sary to loaf on the fence and sass
the chap who is doing all the work.
Whatever the Sturgis measure. as
an attempt to honestly enforce law
may or may not be, the fact remains
that the democratic party has not de-
sired or even suggested any other plan
by which the prohibitory law could be
enforced. and the State kept honest"
TO use its present slogan.
On the contrary the Democratic
party through Sheriff Pencil of Cum
berland county declared openly that
notification of the prohibitory law
would be its policy. That was before
Democrats called that "redeeming''
Cum berland county. To follow such
. declared policy by calling the Re-
publican party a party of notification
Is delicious humor.
All good citizens are IN favor of the
enforcement of law. You can find no
seif-respecting man who will take the
ground that the laws should not be
enforced while they are laws. By adj
hitting that the prohibitory law
wasn't enforced in the State of Maine
as well as it could be-as well as ex-
perience has shown that it has been
since the Sturgis law was passed-is
not the proper way to do it-that isn't
good way to secure the enforcement
which they admit should be secured in
some way.
1t is up to them to propose some
method to secure this enforcement.
The Sturgis bill was the only meth
cd which was suggested to the legisla-
that bill, still claiming that they de-
gest no better way than this what
reason have they to complain that
this was adopted? 1t certainly was
necessary that some means should be
devised to secure the better enforce
ment of the law, 50 long as it re-
NAMED upon the statute book. 1t was
not a question of the comparative
merits of prohibition or license, but it
was question of enforcing the law of
our State.
The Democrats now claim that the
law is not enforced impartially, that
IS, in some parts of the State there is
more violation of the prohibitory law
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!, should be lifted

time when the voice should be lifted
against resubmission."
REV. A. E. SAUNDERS, Free Bap-
fist Church. Box IS, Sprague MIL. Me.
my voice shall be raised as in the
past. Ny influence exerted; The
shop. The greatest farce before intel
ligent men-resubmission. The foul
est blot upon fair Americanism, "a
party licensing wrong" Governor Cobb
in his stand for enforcement, is man
after my own heart; we may be proud
speech was a MASTERPIECE. Success
must attend such men,"
REV. E. H. BOYNTON. Camden,
Maine.
IT have in my pulpit and elsewhere,
already commenced the campaign in
favor of Governor Cobb. I consider
this the crucial campaign. So far as I
know. my entire congregation is COM
mitted to the right side of this issue.
One of our most notd vendors being
most hotly pursued by the Sturgis
commission said, II am going out I'M
til after the fall elections"
REV. EBENEZER BEAN, Bluehill
Maine.
st have voted in Maine about fifty
years. 7 favor the position of Gov
ernor Cobb on the temperance Ques-
ton, and thoroughly believe in the
need of the Sturgis commission and
the efficiency of it's work"
REV. RAYMOND FOWLES, Green
vile, Maine.
''I tell my people that the man who
votes for high license or any other
kind of license, votes to have a saloon
in our village where our young men
will be tempted and many led into
ruin. And more, he who lends his in
f1uence in favor of the liquor traffic,
deliberately opens the way Of ruin to
his neighbor's boy or girl. and may be
his own
REV. c. v. FRENCH, Cambridge.
Maine.
'"The clergy and churches certainly
ought to be in favor of prohibition and
against resubmission. Judging from
my observation in Massachusetts,, I'M
der local option. and in New Hamp
shire under both local option and pro-
hibition, and also in Maine under pro-
hibition, I can say unhesitatingiy, that
the people are much better off under
prohibition both as regards morals
and business"
REV. CHAs. W. LOWELL, Metho-
dist Church Corinth, Maine.
II shall keep striking as hard as I
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Cobb took at the Deering meeting. and
trust the day Of our doubt as to where
the republican party stands TOR action
has passed. feel and say 1t 10 not
question of politics. but of right. tenn
perance, and the best prosperity OF
our State: and all good men ought to
array themselves against such out
spoken demand for the license saloon.
You may be sure that will do all pos
sible to help destroy the power of rum
in our beautiful and prosperous State.
Long live Maine, the cleanest and best
of the bright galaxy Of the States
making this Union. but to keep her SO
we must fight, for the demon OF the
drink power plans hopes to win her
over to her foul business"
REV. HARRY A. KING.
1.-The Christian people of America
prayerful interest. Let me express to
you my most sincere sympathy IT.
your fight for right against rum. Let
me say in view Of, my confidence in
the good people OF the Pine Tree State.
that I expect for you an overwhelming
victory"
REV. F. e. FREESE. Gosham. Me.
II am a believer in prohibition. and
always vote with the party that I be-
lieve will best forward its interests.
Am certain it Is clearly the republican
party"~
KEW. 6Ahhx AEAEs r T1uhIuAs NC.
I'VE have fatal, and may not
say, a providential illustration of what
results will be under such regime. in
the State of Vermont since voting Ii
cense laws"
REV. WILLIAM BRAGG Ne. IS
Mayo Street Portland, Me.
Having lived under license IN diff
ferent states in the Union and in Can
ada, both high. low and local option,
I have seen the effects of all places
that sell intoxicants as beverage, and
none of them could keep within the
bounds of the restrictive laws of their
respective country. and the result has
been the same everywhere. I have
seen poverty among the poor, and
drunkenness and crime continually
increasing among the young of those
communities. I have seen the effects
of prohibition, which has been con-
trast from my point of view from the
state of affairs in places where 1 have
lived under the license law. And yet
with all the boosted notification I'M
der prohibition laws in both states,
give me the prohibitory law to live
under rather than the licensed open
saloon"
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Mr.. BASS SPEAKS.
He Declares He Was Mostly Re.
spoDsible for the B. s A.
Contract.

BANGOR, Me-, Aug. 2S.-The Hon. J.
P. Bass of this city, a prominent demo-
crat editor and publisher of the Daily
Commercial and a capitalist, in an in
terview, criticises the managers Of the
democratic party of Maine in this cam
paign in that they have seen fit to make
a partisan matter of the fact that the
legislature of Maine, in 1891, granted a
tax rebate to the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad. This rebate was arranged IN
the form of contract by which the road
agreed to transfer soldiers in time of
war, the State giving for this rebate
of IS per cent. of the tax assessed for
term of twenty years.
Mr.. Bass says: Il regret to see that the
managers of the democratic party have
characterized the Bangor & Aroostook
contract as a piece of graft. and to de-
clare that the contract was put through
the legislature secretly. 1t was merely
a matter of business and was so viewed
by the best judgment of all members OF
the legislature and was carried through
the committee, the House and the Senate
know that it voiced the sentiment of the
forty-five democrats in the legislature
of 1891 who were in harmony in regard
to this matter.
Il will say, that 1 was largely respon-
sible for the contract being made. was
In Augusta as business man VINO WAS
interested in the development Of Names
great northern territory and urged upon
my democratic friends in the Legislature
the advisability of supporting this pro-
ject. The Hon. Frederick A. Powers,
now member of the Supreme Bench Of
Maine, was in 1891 a member Of the
Senate and informed me that it would be
unconstitutional for the legislature to
pass the proposed tax rebate unless there
was proviso that the State was to re-
ceive an equivalent for the contract.
therefore I was authorized to consult
legal counsel in relation to this matter
and I secured the services Of the late
Hon. A. A. Strout OF Portland, one OF
the ablest and best-known lawyers of
the State and by him the contract after
ward ratified between the road and the
State was drawn.
Il regret very much to see that there has
been so much Misrepresentation in the
present campaign in relation TO this mat
ter for purely partisan politics, for real
ize that the legislation was for the best
interests of Aroostook county and the en-
tire State of Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-06

Out Of several hundred letters from
the clergymen representing all creeds,
tho following sentiments are chosen
those being used that suggest various
points of view. The symposium sug-
gests to the candid and thinking man
in Maine some cogent reasons for sup
porting at the polls the executive who
has stood early and late for obedience
to law so long as it shall remain law
on our books. Here is the real key
note of Names honesty whose sa-
cred title democracy has SO tnsulted.
These men represent the best In their
communities. Are the voters of Maine
leagued with law and order and de-
cency in civic life or with the gang of
destructionists that under the cry of
"Back to the People," seek to invade
the sanctuary of the law and the
homes of the honest folk of Maine.
When you mark your vote will it be
to the end that some cheap fellow may
your community or do you stand and
vote for cleanliness and obedience to
law?
Governor Cobb is enforcing.
Would-Be Governor Davis advo-
Gates rum for Maine.
AOcS ac Cs-tCI youI NotC'
REV. C. WELLINGTON ROGERS,
First Congregational Church. New
Gloucester, Maine.
From personal experience and OBJ
servation there is not an evil under
prohibition, with all its mistakes and
failures that is not found in much
greater degree under any form of Ii
cense that has yet been tried
REV. ARTHUR J. LOCkHART,
Methodist Church East Boothbay, Me.
Il do not expect we can abolish the
ocean, but let us not, therefore, de-
stroy all the dykes"
I'VE have a wooden mill with about
800 to 400 employees. At present we
see few drunken men and have an
average of not more than one arrest
in two weeks. License saloons would
give us purgatory every Saturday"
REV. H. l. HOLT, Hammond Street
Methodist Church, Lewiston, Me.
Il am in hearty sympathy with the
attitude of the republican party this
fall, and have already taken occasion
to endorse Governor Cobb. I was
raised in Maine under the license sys-
tenn, and know it in all its changes
and feel with others, that this is a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-05
nSTLTS CHAMBERLAIN
o,owD HOWLS HIM DOWN.
,o;o,n Warming Up-Conf-
Note for G. ". Balfour' Fails

THE political campaign 40
LonooH' r,. Already a number OF ols-
noT -.n.ttnes have been reported anu
orderly il' --..-, Chamberlain attempted TO
Ish' -,ass meeting ct Derby IN suppo. -.
sidress candidates he was howleo uo"N
the ,oe.nr,ing and was unable 10 o"'''''
from the Desi"
-, rellrose OF Derby. appeale" " ~
sr 80 give Mr. Chamberlain an opPoi
suaio- o,+rne his views. Mr.. Chahloe' O',
UNI u,s6ently elraged. again arose anu So"
Who ~-,.+eten in appealing TO the ineellisoAo'
De ..onle Of Derby This caused feiie~s
" end though Mr.. Chamberlain ious
"a WAS unable TO overcome the oppoai'-
nsio mica falling he retired amid coli'iiiD0'
uproar. ,so,o Secretary for War.
-. al a free trade meeting In honaon ui's
said It was the intention OIL inc LII =
-.-,-,a,t 10 maintain an acequaOe army ~
g.. ., vvouId be necessary before rea1 eloi - -
l1--.a-,ced to clear away much OF the u"'N
", ,,+t.- left by his predecessors ae pdAu -
80 To his immediate predecessor n. -
,-,o,d-Forster, but said tnat lhe Aoi
-.,.rr had not had free hand
s.o-s,arv Hsldane said it was true that 'ne
- ,ba military needs of Great Britain
COMPARISON Cl llo NO14A-
Sc. IN. German navy with the BRUSH army
-. ,ba British navy. It was the intention 10
- +he British army TO an adequate posluioh'
"a, and on this basis the artillery must be
~. =. =, n its present standard The volunteers
sasns must have every encouragement. but
- Ease needless expenditures must pe
,s.a Ha said that the Premier. Sir Henry
-.-.,,e,,- -Rannerrnan, had given him enure
.-..5on, of action. and he was now working 10
.u,,,s practical scheme which did not 1ncluoe
conscription. 49,,
ur,e+on Spencer Churchill speaking at Man
-. ,o-night- said that the first act OF the
,rh.,aI government. should It be returned 10
- would be TO advise the colonial govern
80 that no conference could consider pref
antjai scheme based on the protective ta1auon
:. soo5stunfs and that as soon as poSSlbe lho
U o-.rn-oanf would give the Transvaa1 repre-
.tatty-e democratic administration
Ua-hsr4 Henry AsqGith. Chancellor OF the
-ebanuer speaking at Sheffield. said that 70
+.s-,nt to utilize majority obtained on 1ne
go tra6e issue TO pass a home rule OH Woulu
be dishonest ,s4 oe +ba Esoard Of
rssa IN the Balfour Cabinet. addressing a
,.attne IN the Jewish quarter OF Leeds WTlcI.
~ repTesents in Parliament, faced storm or
ao,ositIon and was roughly questioned regard
tss the Aliens act After two stormy nours
s,ost+fon rs 20 give him a vote of confidence was
ssSsated by large majority
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-05
RODRIGUEZ DEATH MAY KILL REVOLT
Dominican Consul General Says Success ol
Caceres Will Advance Treaty.

- caneral T>enletrio Rodriguez who
led the Morales insurectton against -,
Ramon Caceres swill probably De the uea,'n 80
"a the uprising This was the opinion eApi W go
yesterday by Fabio Fiallo, ooii'i
Domingo in this city. -,
According n Senor Fiallo President Caceres S az
Give far more substantial aid to the pehule -
between the United States and Sahuo Doii ~.
further declared that General Mordles J -
,,oI,,tion "a defeat the treaty In discussing .ii
,o.ton ~ nc treaty to the present poitlcal ols
t,,rnance in his country the consul general sdiu'
,,raraI Morales's special aim was TO make Ger
.ain nrovisions of the treaty the means OF , es t
fishing 1 nus frction 4% with the Cabinet but the mis-
trust with which me Pegpt f5 tTeaty by which the
Washington government was enIoWsstteu y GIxec'I ecu
III arms and ammunition the DClHIIICdn h old
WIN banever the latter should require such aiu
Cor the re-establshment of order. ,a6 ~ no.
This cdd aTIic Be Beneficial to the American people
in our cSHnt6s 6ssrimentaI to our liberties Al
hooh no p0liiica party would dare 10 oIlIou [ Cd Cd
interven.ion ia ForeiGn land owners who would IKE
TO obtain through these inea''S 'ei ''--'i
2fhd ad the treaty submtedd to the f Tee
states aae o1, would not have gone to the revou-
,dnarv Dartv His present purpose Is ellor rdtions
feat the Ty men,y night give him dictatorial powers
u else provoke American Intervention
Pre9dehb. be treaty. than Morales could He not only M
has the fail confidence OF the the co1operation
Par;ii,po Teiera the Minister Of Foreign AGaI[s,
bo,,t doubt the most influential man IN odiioo ip
witnouI fja is a man of learning. recognized IN .
tserity and patriotism His eXeronS ions 1ndeS IN faE0F c
the ueS tha whole country that the treaty is 40.
Zens ot to Dominican interests and TO eniist
their support.
- tbe killing Of General Demetrio
rIsrionaz the rebel commander in the hshtins
= rerto plata was a shock TO his friends in this
a. ~ h1tboueh the reports from Santo Domingo
said that General Rodriguez was fighting to restore
Morales power It was Tesideery Himself self
General qdgneh5 IL vas sbtng goeag eagady 5 shown
won ms hlsscaeions He lived for some time IN TINS
otne[ !It ond % was a graduate Of Fordhhm college-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-05
SCORE KILLED TN NINE.
Gas CHECKS RESCUERS.
West Virginia Nine Wrecked by
Terrific ErpIosion.

Bluefelds, w. Va. Jan. 4.-Twenty-one miners
in the Coaldale Companys shaft at Coaldale.
W. Va. were probably instantly killed by an
explosion at noon to-day There were three
white and eighteen negroes entombed, and
no hope is held out that any of them escaped
death.
The explosion was terrific and caused intense
excitement throughout the surrounding country.
many people believing an earthquake had oc-
Cured
At $50 p. the body of of the miners
was found hundred feet away from the
mine entry mutilated that it unrecog-
nizable
All hope of recovering alive the entombed
miners has been shattered by the pouring forth
of gases from the different entries. If the
twenty-one men were not all killed instantly by
the explosion, it is believed that they must have
euccumbed to the great accumulation of gas fol-
lowing the explosion.
Great crowds attracted by the disaster
and large rescuing party soon gathered. They
are helpless until new fans are put into position
to force the gases ahead that they may enter
the shaft. This will require some twelve or
fifteen hours
The Coaldale mine is owned and opera ted by
the Cooper Brothers who also owners of the
Mill Creek and Mcdowell Coal and Coke com
panies. The Coaldale plant is considered of
the best in the field. Edward Cooper is the
ground supervising the rescue work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-05
Hr7RT IN AUTO" UPSET.
Staten Island Physician Hdd Mar
roY0 Escape When Tire Burst

Dr. George MorG. coroner's physician ana ms
chauffeur. Frank Ambrose. had marrow escape
so, or serious injury at clifton. Staten
r,,,,s vaster5av afternoon. DR.. Mord was
sn..dIng along Bay-st-. and had just passed
ov.. the Rapid Transit crossing. when the tire
ot o,A of the rear wheels burst and the car
.-~-ss g sornersault Dr. Mord was hurled in
o,s direction and the chauffeur IN another, but
nssrher was badly hurt.
The accident occurred when the machine mad
hardly cleared the track. II It had happened a
seoond or two sooner the car would have been
run down by light engine which came up at q
rapid rate from the yards just as the tire ex-
ploded. a-
Or Nord was severely shaken up and some
what bruised about the legs. Ambrose Was
slightly injured about the hips He was able to
go to his home after he had been looked after by
Or Mord.