The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-20

istration has employed men to work on
the streets. Politics are truly pure
down Belfast way if this is the worst
that can be said by The Journal OF It's
opponents.-Water Sentinel.
OF course the Sentinel has not stated
the case fairly. That was not to be ex-
pected. But letting it 60 at that, The
Journal could say much more OF the
man who is seeking to force himself a
second time upon the taxpayers OF Bel
fast, only that it does not choose tom
dulge in personalities or mud-sllnglng.
North and South the men OF all
parties honored Lincoln on his natal
day. This universal observance testlfles
anew to the fact that the fires OF sec
tionalism have burned out and that we
have in fact as wei! as in name the
United States. Secretary William ID.
Taft, in speech at Grand Rapids de-
clared that President Lincoln, were ne
alive today, would uphold President
Roosevelts work. At Lincoln ban
auet in New York city "a Tribute
from the South" was the subject OF
Colonel McCarty's address, and no
warmer eulogy was paid to Lincoln
than that delivered by the man who
fought for the cause of the South.
North and South, Republican and
Democrat, joined at the Lincoln Day
banquet of the Republican Club at the
Waldorf. Astoria, in praising the mem
DRY of the Great Emancipation.
The Democratic Brooklyn Eagle thus
clearly defines its position on the presl-
Dental question: ''The platform ana
the man can be awaited. No Bryan on
any platform, and no Bryan platform
| with any man whatever on 1t Will be
here supported" The Boston Trans
cript says: '1t has for some time been
known that quiet canvass was IN
progress among the Democrats in Con
gress to see if any plan could be devised
for side-tracking William j. Bryan. IL
has been an open secret that most Con-
gressmen who regularly declare TOT
him. do 50 to meet the wishes OF their
constituents and not because they them
selves believe it expedient to nominate
him. 1t is a plain case of the Demo-
cratic masses on one side and their
leaders not knowing whether to nave
the courage to over ride the popular
preference on the other The situation
of the Democrats in the country IS
strikingly like that of the Democrats IN
Belfast.
ALBANY. N. Y, Feb. II. At the re-
quest of Attorney General Jackson,
Governor Hughes announced tonight
that he has designated the Attorney
General to appear personally 'or by
deputy before the grand jury of the
SUPREME Court in New York county,
now in session, to present certain evil
dence in the possession of the attorney
general against the American Ice Com
pany and it's officers. The attorney
general contends that the American Ice
Company is criminalIy guilty of violat-
ing the so-called Donneily antitrust
law, by maintaining a monopoly in re-
straint of trade.
Whether the American Ice Company
is found guilty on this charge or not
we all know that it has completely de-
stroyed an important Maine industry.
Before it bought up all the valuable zee
privileges and ice houses on the Penob-
scot and Kennebec rivers every winter
found hundreds of men and horses en-
gagged in ice harvesting on these rivers
and ice freights gave profitable employ
ment to our coasting vessels. They
would bring coal east and carry ice
back, giving them a freight both ways.
Now with the low freight on coal and
no return cargoes the coasting business
on which so many of our people depend
has been improbable, and there is no
employment for men and horses in ice
harvesting. For this loss of employ
ment, and of revenue, the American Ice
Company is responsible.
Hon. William T. Haines of Water
Vile candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, was intro
duced and made a rattling speech on
the issues of the campaign in the State
this summer and expressed entire con-
fidence in his success in winning the
nomination. Following hearty applause
for Mr.. Haines and his candidacy, nomi-
nations for mayor were called for.
This paragraph from a report of the
recent Republican caucus in this city,
published in Maine daily, does injus-
tice to Mr.. Haines and is utterly devoid
of truth. Neither Mr.. Haines nor the
other speakers made the slightest ref
erence to his candidacy. Mr.. Haines
confined his address strictly to State
matters, and the applause given him
was for his interesting remarks on this
line and not for his candidacy. AS we
could give but little space to his speech !
in reporting the caucus last week we
now present some of the salient points
In reply to the charges by Democratic
newspa pers of extravaganza in State
affairs and of excessive taxation Mr..
Haines gave few figures from the
State treasurers report for 1906, not
having at hand the figures for 1907. He