Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-08-17
A BLESSING TO MAINE.
The Truth About the Help Given the Bangor AoosoA
Railroad by the State.

And this bold falsehood is put out
III the face Of repeated succinct and
| complete expOsitions. as to how and
why the representatives of the people Oi
Maine in Legislature assembled, care
fully considered the matter of this aid
TO u deserving roject-considered it
| from Il purely business Standpoint, and
thcn voted to grant that aid. doing all
IN lawful and legitimate manner
Candidate Davis was not honest
Wileh ne first voiced this allegation
lie knew, as u business man. that the
chtlrc prefecture was aboveboard and
clnlhently justified. He knew that the
iha'lef W;tS In no sense ii party one
put business proposition, in whcn
thtfe We're To be- benefits secured by
hoth S!drS-ard Of those benefits the
transportation Of troops in time Of
war, by the Bangor and AroostooX
WAS only means to attain an end de
sired 1y both parties to the contract.
MI Davis Is not honest now when
ne stands up and repeats q; busted cam
pAl"n dodge u fool his hearers into
resentment against an imaginary Situ-
atiGn.
The contract with the Bangor &
AlooStook railroad has been printed
broadcast by the Democratic party
east out like poisoned fox-bait to catch
the unwary.
First it was submitted to the read
ers Of Maine papers without a word
of explanation, as TO the reasons that
prompted the legislature of 1891 to
make the contract. 1t was accompa-
MED merely by 4 farfagu of JOSH"
written by the professional humorist OF
The democratic jokers-Wiiliam r. Pat
tangall Of Machias-who is always
ready to sacrifice truth 10 turn a joke
That any voter in Maine could really
be fooled by this thing would be q
practical joke on the people of Maine |
that "Patt" would never weary Of
laughing at.
IL is astonishing that the Democrat |
&c campaign manager should have |
permitted this silly canard To be pub |
lished with the party sanction accom- |
panying.
Candidate Davis must have had |
small opinion of the intelligence Of |
Maine voters, when he expected to win
votes by attacking the States con
tract with the Bangor & Aroostook.
He knew the truth.
He realiZed-if he has common can
vciousness of the attack
He was in the Maine legislature OF
1908. and as a business man. favored
a similar contract with the Somersc.
AS u politician he has now pitched
into Il method of doing business and i
accomplishing results that every Board X
nf rTrD. 10 in N1in ha fol IL,
success-that hundreds oda
Maine municipalities have adopted tfiel
order to encourage business activityfes il
Here is the proposition that the Delnch,
Ocrats of Maire asperse: tav. =
Aroostook county was standingheayily
In progress and valuation for wa and on
1 railroad 1t was a big propel the "a
hat faced the promotels-whc of the
Arooslook men. IL seemed az clasheC
'lsonaly rfoJect. outslde capl,. Aroo
~ AiooStook oouitS went uco itself,
'eaHS l"i @'-o''V''"o-aii 'tliiio practiC
1.e ~ Hei.' 'uie III iiii'iice IL set, so tha
: ne "'i'er ili''en eouh'ies would
II - "ii't.hs 'eeii sos ~ faciiit
=. 'i't,' nla" ny cstoa, Railro
i VI ''ie >o''n "oous' ~, in the
n"s J." ,,o,d in ol
III NdS ,,,os develC
:, ~ - VI. - ;i,.o,d so the Ii
" - I'LL ~. g.. o,t.id, to the
= ,"N'' condi
hat its bonds woulooStook.
money into Maine ahevise meth
The Legislature ha assistance 10
ii of extending patriotic citizen .lno @
Aroost"ok. that eNs newspapers III a,,,,r
f Maine who reaIgiw our Neish-
hose days wantee legislature after
,n,. ~ ,,,a Nor,bL HI devise a way jecto
,pcn ana just hs by that CONTRACT .i'c
If helping. Iavis and his c"tefle ,ou'
hat c.nditlat in the. spirit of jest .he
,rn nov, tr.,, aud uIIssir. when a ferre
hat is 50 ~ at stake @ ii
,reat questihis and 'his fhtfle .huhch "a. a.,
Candidatts laugh at tRe contract ~
# hired ja,gh at Struggling ;ATooS- man
Did thchand and foot py-are IRON r'co
"ok-b"he foreign Canadian taeihc on
ettcrs Ar,nstook. entreatiifs its tran
counties for a. bit of aide
ifteen;,, time of travail! piu ivy TOW
lrlp : Aroostooll in those days ibe
apt nav sneer when-the aid iraViiis, line
DE DEr.,nted-with axe and PICK an Sra
'eef With roar of blast and ctane Vi the
hr'r the great road went rusrilis VIII
rheh the forests into the plo"" car
~, of Aroostook? no
:. they lest because in iiNe for
"a, now, the Bangor q Ar"'o. toN
ID will begin to pay iht" w ro;
.as,,rv annually, taxes eS'ii''ne
rording TO present indicat!"ns-' bu
100 and over" the props.H, a
are waiting to take UP its tax o''io,', to
Iere il good reason TO thihk ! haI co
i hove been there. if Malhe =,
udgingIy withheld its hand ol nslp ex
that crucin time when its ac''oi' as
rned the investing scales. tn
Maine did help the Bangor ana Aroo' III
,ok-even as the Democrats SO hleii'S IL
ickle. .r. | q
Rut what has the Bangor & Areos- :,
,ok done for Maine?
The state assessors books show tiia' :,
nce the construction of the ROAD ti'eIe +,
as benn added to the valuation Oh N"e a
Immediate country. that the new iiiie
raverses with its life-giving arttiie
valuation accurately computed as
a liz for State taxes that the otate
raa sury is regularly receiving
,as beeu added the sum of S99'o' Zol.oo
,Nn ONE ii LIZ Mill |