Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-02
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Bangor's Compliments to Portland.


dtions, it must be confessed that Port
land displayed great res ources and
| good fighting abilities in trying to
| wrench the capital from Augusta. In
| fact. it may be admitted that if it had
not been for her unfortunate position
| on the map of Maine. it is possible
that Portland might have captured the
trophy which she sought SO strenuous
lly.
| No sensible Maine man was impressed
| with the display Of the tentative 500,
600 or $1,000.o00. which Portland would
| have US believe was 50 all potent.
| Portland lobbyists are 50 accustomed
| to using the money inducement before
Maine legislative committees that they
really believed they could buy all
| Maine. The rebuff they have re
| received has taught them a useful les
son, and one which they should remeln-
Der.
| In all likelihood the capital of Maine
| will remain i'll Augusta for some years
! to come-at least until the State can
| save up money enough of its own to
| build a new structure without any gift
| enterprise assistance.
| There is a certain courtesy due to
| the defeated. which cities and News
| papers, which are claiming to be civil
| lied should respect. No matter how
| Augusta and eastern Maine may feel
over the victory regarding the reten-
| ton of the capital at Augusta. COM
mon courtesy impels us TO treat Port
| land with the usual courtesies of war,
and use her we'll. because We do not
know at what time we may need the
good offices of Portland for the boil
stering up of some idea. which may be
very dear to our own interests.
Portland made good fight for the
| capital and lost. On the whole, Port
| land fought fair-aS fair as Bangor
would have fought under similar con-
| ditions and because Portland CHANGED
| to lose in the final lineup. is no reason
| why Bangor or Augusta or any other
| place in eastern Maine should gloat
| unduly. We may feel like gloating and
rubbing it Uneven as the students at
| the University of Maine felt as if they
| would like rubbing it i'll to certain
| unreasoning senator from AndrOscoS-
| sin county; but calmer consideration
| leads us to reconsider our desire for
| open juhilation and impels us to recog-
\ L
| misguided antagonist. and to extend to
her the ccngratulatory hand, because
She has fought long and bravely for
what Snc desired and lost while stu
| fighting.
In spite of her many sins, III spite OF
her arrogance Of wealth. in spite of her
| lack of culture and cquipoise. most oil
us have an abiding love for Portland,
which small differences of opinion cail-
not Wcan US from. All Of US ike Port
| land with a peculiar liking such as we
have for Il dear friend who has gone
wrong We condemn Portland i'll pub
| lie. because, she is rich and arrogant
and boastiuI and lacking in virtue; but
| H. the secret chambers of our own
| hearts, when we cummun" with our
| selves in private we would do c"nsid-
| cradle to save Portland from open dis
grace. even to the extent of loaninS
| her money for any worthy purpose.
In particular the Portland news
papers are all right. They toll not,
neither do they spin, but Bert Smith of
Patten, Maine, in all his glory was
never arrayed like one of the Portland
daily newspapers. First and foremost
| in the ranks, there is the Portland
| Express. which processes to be
| friendly to the abolished Sturgis
commission, and which is forever op-
posed to rcsubmissiou-really. the
Portland Express is Il nice evening
| family paper. which is worth its price
| of subscription, and which will accept
| the patronage of the Portland rum
| sellers, or anybody else, who has the
cash. And the dear old Press, most
classical and most prim of Maine Re
publican daiies-thc Press is sane and
safe and sweet. and can be trusted to
tell the truth most of the time in spite
of serious misfortunes which have fall
len upon the party in control of Maine.
And how shall one designate the Argus,
except by saying it is the mildest dose
of Democratic castor oil that was ever
administered to constituency that is
| naturally Republican, From boyhood
to old age we have read the Argus with
increasing delight, and if we do not
have the pleasure of reading it in
Heaven. it will be because we are un-
avoidably delayed in reaching that
blessed abode. for we feel assured that
the Argus is read ana believed by more
genuine saints than are i'll the habit of
following the course Of the average
daily newspaper
Concerning the surprising merits Of
the Portland Daily Advertiser there is
little to be said. \ newspaper that
recognized the merits of James CT.
Blaine when he first appeared in Maine
a paper whose editors knew Willis and
Longfellow and Whittier. and re-
cognized them for what they We're
worth. paper which among change.
has remained interchangeable. u paper
which is forever clean and new and
sweet. does not require any commenda-
ton from Bangor
And really Bangor cannot afford to
invoke the wrath of these four most
excellent newspapers by saying sur-
ring and unkindly things about Port
land. just now when Portland is feeling
particularly sore over her defeat, and
wien the rest OF Maine is feeling I'M
fully elatcd over the fast that Portland
was whipped and whipped handsomely.
and whipped in Il fight of her own
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