Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-14


but we should all Of US accept the voice
of the people as final, at least for 4
season.
The tendency seems to be to become
our brothers keepers. We take it upon
us to look after other peoples morals
while our own need looking after. We
were all born free and equal in so far
as the pursuit of happiness is concerned.
If some of us were not born with a gold
spoon in cur mouths. the world is sup
posed to be growing better people are
beginning to think for themselves. and
are not so much as formerly bound down
by sectarianism and led by office-seekns
politicians and ] certainly think this
standing pat on resubmission and protec-
ton with trust subsidies added will be the
last straw that will straighten the back
of the Republican camel.
Democrats are not office seekers. All
that kind of Democrats went over to the
Republican party and got what they
went after; and | admonish my fellow
Democrats stand to your guns and boldly
face the enemy. Never let it be said that
We were wounded in the back. Never
mind their calling you rummy and other
pet names, as I have an encouraging
message from the Master for you. And
here it is:
BLESSED are We when men shall revile
You and prosecute you and say all man
| ner of evil against you falsely. for great
is your reward. Ye are the salt of the
earth. We are the light of the world
If you Democrats are not in line for
| that blessing l don't know who are. So
stand fast for justice and equal rights
| and if you fail let il be said Of YOU as
| was said of the woman of old:
"She hath done what she could
The Modes and Persians of the Re-
publican party claim great credit for
standing pat against resubmisSion
claiming that the last generation had
| a right to make laws to bind this one
and this one has right to keep them
intact to bind the next one they seem
to think that this obnoxious law is of
Divine origin too sacred to be submit
ted to the sovereign people. l happen to
know something about its origin, and
you may take my word for it that it
was anything but a Divine inspiration
that put it on the statute books. The
Republican party is standing pat on
| many vital questions. Standpatism if
persisted in is the rock on which the
Republican ship will be foundered. We
live under Democratic government
where the majority are supposed to
rule and one generation has no right
to pass laws to bind the next genera
ton. Noses was the only law giver
whose laws were supposed to be I'M
| changeble but these modern Moscses
| and Elijas that are Springing up like
toadStoolS in night claiming that
the mantle Of one or the other has fall
len on them makes us almost doubt
the genuneness of the original.
We have got to take man as we find
him today. 1t is useless to speculate
| about his origin or his destination
We find him endowed with apnetites
| and desires common to all. and the
same intelligence that caused his ex-
istance and gave him these appetites,
also provided abundantly the means
| for their qualification.
Man is free moral agent and has
a common right to all the provisions
| that nature has made for his comfort
| or pleasure The abuse of any and all
these natural gifts carry their pun
| ishmcnt with them. If he is deferred
by the sure punishment of natural
| laws he will not be restrained by hui
man laws intended to rob him of his
personal rights. Such legislation only
strengthens his determination to throw
off the injustice
The Republican party is with diff
Guilty. dragging around after it an alb
normal protuberance which may prop
prlN hn called n f1iI r
prohibition ard protection. This promi-
| ncnt member has been pierced by the
| enemy and the Wound has matterated
and is discharging profusely its cor
ruption and if skillful operation is
| not performed and that right quickly
the wound will prove fatal
Now l am going to tell YOU a little
story to illustrate the danger Of too
much tail Many years ago there was
an old-fashioned minister that used to
tramp through the towns of Cumber-
land county.
He had but little acquaintance with
hooks but claimed he had had a call
from God to preach the everlasting Cos
pei.
He would hold forth in the school
houses and the small churches IN the
districts where the people believed that
the less a man knew about this world
Gf he had been called the more he
knew about the next and believed he
had no need of writing his sermons;
indeed it was sinful to do 50. as he had
| only to open his mouth and God would
fiji ii.
All his sermons were practically the
sar,e and always told with great APP
parent satisfaction the story of the dog
and the rabbit. On one of these occa-
sions he mad progressed to the part
which he evidently thought to be the
climax. He with great JUNCTION de-
scribed the blessedness and safety to
be found in the "hole in the rock yon-
der" He depicted the dog pursuing
with murderous intent the rabbit which
was fleeing for his life, and the rabbit
discovering hole in the rock, made
for it in hot haste. the dog close at his
heels. Then the preacher raised his
voice and shouted: "Just as the dog was
going to grab the rabbit by the tail the
rabbit lodged into the hole in the rock
and was saved, yes saved brethren"
Then with an extra pound on the Bible