Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24
"Gunnino, Methods of The Sentinel.

The citizens of Augusta We're very
| muci, surprised TO read in the Watel
vile Sentinel of Tuesday morning
! .spo,.iaI" dispatch under big headlines
and an Augusta date line of oct. Il,
| stating that at a hot meeting OF the
Augusta city government Mayor
plaistcd had paid his respects to w.
n Fisher Continuing the Sentinels
..special' stated that:
In one of the most important and
uarInrst meetings of the city govern
n.nr neli here III some time in which
| Navor Plai<tcd commented l.nnn F.N-
| Citv Solicitor ". u. FISHERS actions
| while III office as showing Incompetence
and general nrncra Stnation and IN
| ability ana which was also marked by
a scathing Arrangement II the NeN
! England Trlepilonc d. Telegram Com
| pany's service. in Augusta. the city
| fathers met in regular monthly s"S-
sion tonight.
To say that our citizens We're amazed
| mildly. Ii seemed "a tnem incredible
that Mayor piai.t.l ,ln"Ii have 50
far forgotten the dignity as his office
| as 10 have hem cniitv rf any such
vicious and uncai"'! for .,tt.irk upon
Il universally rc-p'ct''. private citizen
| of Augusta. = "fnti"i:t2n al high stand
! ing at the bar. Wn" mad, in former
official capacity. served his city faith
| fully and well, without the slightest
complaint or criticism from any source
| whatever
In Wednesday mornings Sentinel APP
peared another special, under an Au-
gusta date line Of Oct -. which con-
tanned the following additional light
upon the dispatch OF the preceding
| day:
. After a conference between Mayor
! Frederick w. Plaisteh, city Solicit II
\. NJ Goddard and Ex-City Solicitor
W r. Fisher this evening. Mr. Plaistrd
gave out the following statement in re-
gard to the story of his alleged attack
on Mr. Fisher III the Sentinel THIS
| morning.
Il exceedingly regret that any re-
marks which | made at meeting of
the city government last evening
| should have been understood as they
| evidently We're relative to the official
action of Ex-City Solicitor William IL.
| Fisher. ] certainly intended in no
way to reflect upon Mr.. Fishers abl-
ity as a lawyer or his general conduct
as q city official. Mr.. Fishers rep
utation in this community and
throughout the county is too well
known and his ability rs an att"rn y
| is too we'll established to b" ql"+-
| toned The tenure of my remarks
was rather in the nature Of q defence
or jus: ification Of the position taken
| bv the present city solicitor in per-
| sonaI damage case entered for trial
at the present term of court. instead
of being Il reflection upon the conduct
Of a former law officer of the city.
Il did not intend % convey the idea
that Mr. Fisher was incompetent ~
guilty Of general procrastination or III
ability while in office and certainly did
not uS, thos.. words
Mayor Plaisted was further quoted
as saying:
For Mr.. Fisher personally | have
the greatest esteem and for his abil-
ity rs lawyer The highest admiral
ton
We are glad that the Sentinel has
had the. grace t. set Mayor Plaisted
right b, fore its readers in its news
columns II is a satisfaction to
! learn from Mayor PlaiSted HIM
self. through the columns Of the
Sen. incl that he was not guilty of us
ing the harsh and unwarranted Ian
guage attributed to him; that he was
MGR ly the victim of the grossest kind
| Of Misrepresentation. But what sha IL
We say of the newspaper which was
guilty Of putting him before the pub
lie in such a false position?
The citizens of kennebec county ap-
preciatc full we'll the constant straining
of the Sentinel To make political cap
ital on any and all occasions. They
have learned To discount its political
utteran"es. Its columns have contained
many attacks upon the public men OF
Maine; and it has even been guilty Of
placing private citizens before the pub
lie in an erroneous and diSparaSnS
light. We GId not suppose. however
that il would ever go to the length oi
placing false language in the mouth OF
Il Dem cratic sheriff and a Democratic
mayor in order to get an derhand-
ed and vicious dig at an able and rr-
Spectrl citizen. whose only offence APP
. ! pears to be that ne is n member of the
. Republican party. WI" will he safe il
tins thing is to continue? Shame
Shame "" say. upon such methods
Decent citizens everywhere. irrcSpec.
tive of party affiliations. should IiSt
: up to condemn them. Well may Mayor
FlaiS:cd protest against them and il
: that Protest have the united supper
Of all lovers of decency and fair play
l Ii would scarcely seem sufficient, 70
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