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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
Counting the Electoral Votes.

Today will witness the formal ratifi-
cation Of the election of William
Howard Taft of Ohio and James
Schoolcraft Sherman of New York rs
President and Vice President of this
country, through the official counting
OF the electoral vote. This ceremony
will take place in the hall of the House
of Representatives and in the presence
of both branches Of Congress and the
members of the diplomatic corps. The
ceremony will begin at one o'clock.
Vice President Fairbanks will take his
place at the right of the Speaker and
will be presented with a gavel He
will then unlock the wooden boxes
containing the electoral votes and will
open the packages, handing the con-
tents to four teIlers Senators Bur-
rows of Michigan and Bailey of Texas
have been appointed on the part of the
Senate and Representative Gaines of
West Virginia and Russell of Texas on
the part of the House. When the
counting has been concluded it will
show that Taft and Sherman have
received 321 votes and Bryan
and Kern 1872 votes When this
result has been declared the Vice
President will inquire whether any
one desires to file protest against the
result as announced and in the
absence of any such protest will de-
clare the successful candidates duly
elected. Following this, the Senate
will return to it's chamber and both
bodies will resume the work of legis-
lation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

the deuce 1t would work that way
for a while; then after a little Whlle'
there would be no business and no So
ciety; simply chaos and anarchy
Said the manparty' to this easily
broken contract:
We are going to separate because
we find our liberty has been too great
lv restricted. 1 have been taking my
wife everywhere l go. and don I pro-
pose to have to do it any more she
feels the same way about her enforced
Difference to my wishes in many re
spects. We have given our contract
a fair trial and have decided to quit.
They may have given their contract
a fair trial, indeed; but if they are
under the impression they gave mar
riage a fair trial they are wrong.
Theirs was never a marriage. The
Saxon terms fit to classify it are not
pretty on the printed page Marriage
must begin in love and trust and
the desire of inseparability. These
things are permanent. The cere-
monv only announces their eXls-
tcnce to society and fixes up
on those who would enjoy them the
responsibilities they engender. one can
eniov nothing without assuming the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
New Rules For the United States
Senate

At the suggestion of Vice President
Fairbanks. two propositions are now
before the Senate committee on rules
which there is reason to believe may
provides that mo senator in debate
shall refer extensively to either of the
other coordinate departments of the
government or to the other branch of
Congress"
The other provides that whenever d
member reads a paper and there Is OBJ
lection, or whatever the reading of
any paper is called for and objection
is mace, the Senate shall decide by d
majority vote without debate whether
or not to let the reading go on. 1t is
needless to say that the latter rule is
the more important of the two, mas
much as it would operate very largely
20 put stop to filibustering. 1t would
prevent Senator'S who desired to OBJ
struct the will of the majority in mat
tiers Of legislation from taking up the
time of the Senate by reading from en-
cyclopedias or government documents
for the mere purpose of consuming the
time Of the Senate. Such practice Is
a menace TO free government and
ought not for one moment to be toiera
ted in the Senate of the United States.
Some Of the exhibitions which have
been given in this way in order to de-
feat legislation backed by a majority
and demanded by the people OF the
! country have been as absurd as they
have been disgusting and opposed to
every principle of Republican govern
ment.
Such rule as is proposed would add
to the dignity of the Senate. The ONLY
criticism that can be passed upon it
is not comprehensive enough, but it is
certainly move in the right direction
and as such will receive the hearty en-
6orsement of the American people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
The Entertaining Mr.. Gaines.

The Hon. John Wesley Gaines of
Tennessee is still gyrating about in the
national House in his customary
strenuous manner He even had to be
restrained last Friday by the sergeant
alarms. an experience, however, that
was by no means new to him. 1t is
said, however, to his credit, that he
has been at all times a source OF en-
tertainment to his fellow members on
both sides of the chamber. none Of
whom have ever made the mistake ui
taking him seriously. The VigOr of his
recent performances may be due some
what to the fact that his genial pres
ence will not grace the halls Of legisla :
ton in the next Congress. the unap-
preciative Democrats of his district
the former home of Andrew Jackson
having failed to bestow upon him the
endorsement of denomination. After
the 4th of next March John Wesley
Gaines will fade away into the en-
veloping shadows of the Tennessee
wilds and the haunts of national legis-
lation that have known him for q
number of years past will know him
no more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Prcsdcnt-clcct Taft and the eminent
engineers who accompanied him on his
recent visit to the isthmus of Panama
dam Wa- all right There will be, how
ever, a number of self-cOnstitutcd tex
pert3" who have never visited the ca
nal site but who will nevertheless as
Scrt with confidence that the members
Of Mr.. Tafts party and the engineers
tircly mistaken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The medical scientists are still car
rying on their warfare against cancer,
and national and international associa-
tions. heavily endowed, are using all
the wonderful resources of modern
science to find cure for this dread
disease No cure has yet been found,
though occasionally promise is held
out that such a cure is not beyond the
realms of possibility. 1t is given out.
as in some degree comforting. that the
apparent increase in the number of
cases in recent years is due to the fact
that symptoms formerly mistaken for
various other diseases are now dag
nosed as internal cancer. The most
comforting result of this work to date
is that it is determined absolutely that
cancer it not communicated from one
person to another by contagion. as Is
tuberculosis and other contagious dis
eases. The German cancer specialist,
Prof. Won Heintzemann. declares that
cancer is not transmissible disease,
which conclusion is corroborated by
Or Bashford of England, who. IN ex-
animation Of 669 parents, found only
70 wifi, fathers and ia with mothers
who had died of the disease. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The announcement is made from
Washington that there is no disagree
ment between the navy and agricul-
tural departments as regards the use
of benzoate of soda in food products
furnished our warships. 1t is authori-
tatively stated that before any new
specifications are prepared by the navy
department calling for bids on such
supplies, the department of agriculture
will be consulted regarding the ques-
ton Of whether or not to exclude this
preventative, and its recommendation
will undoubtedly be followed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

A militant woman arises in right
eous Indignation to tell other women
that mcn-mere men-dictate what
they shall wear Terrible isn't it? Still,
even if men lay down the fashions,
some of which we frankly admit are
grotesque enough to deserve the scorn
of all womankind, nevertheless we
know OF no statute law that requires
the fair sex to abide by them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
After month of discussion and cor

After Il month of discussion and con-
trovcrsy which sometimes reached Il
very bitter stage. it has been finally
decided in Missouri that the Eepubll-
can candidate for lieutenant govern
or was elected. This is Jacob r. Cine
Itch and he received a plurality of Ii
votes over William II. Painter, Demo-
Crat. in a total vote of almost 700. 900
Taft had Il very comfortable margin
in the state and Hadley, the Eepublt-
can candidate for governor. had a lead
of many thousand All the other can
didatcs for state Office on the Republi-
can ticket were likewise elected, but
the lieutenant govcrnorship has been IN
Goubt until last week when the above
decision was finally reached by the
canvassing board and Mr.. Gmelich
was duly inaugurated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

1t would he of interest to know how
many men there are now surviving i'll
at the election Of 1860 That was close
TO half a century ago and any man to
have voted at that time must now be
at the limit Of three score years and
ten. No doubt there are many such
through the State Almost every town
and city has them. but they are very
few in comparison with the total num-
Der WHO went to the polls at that mem
urablc and epoch making election.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The electoral vote is to be canva ssed
next Wednesday. Out in Nebraska
an eminent citizen will take but linn
tied interest in the ceremony.-Port-
land Express.
Except that Nebraska's eminent
citizen is now down in Florida where
he was in an automobile smashup the
row escape from death than he ever
had from being elected to the presi-
dency
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The time IS fast approaching when
everyone will have chance to square
himself with his enemies by mailing
them comic valentines suitable to their
cases. Nothing will be left for the vic
tins to do except to grin and bear their
Affections with the best possible grace
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

No less than AZ countries are rep.
resented in the University of Pennsyl-
vania among the undergraduates. Oul
Maine colleges are not thus favor
ed with such a congress of nations
but they have one overwhelming ad-
vantage in the fact that the great ma
jor!ty of their students are of good ole
New England stock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Carrie Nation recently smashed in a
London tobaccoists window and got
out OF her trouble with a small fine
1t is doubtful, however, if these esca-
pades abroad and the free advertising
secured from them will prove as lu-
crative to her as they did in this coun-
lated upwards of s2G0000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Just why Nevada should be excited
over the Japanese question, it is diff
cult to conjecture. 1t is not to be pre-
sumed that any of the little men from
the Flowery Kingdom would ever &c
there save through large pecuniary in
ducements or to serve out the sentence
of some court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

That story Of an attempt to as
sassinate Lincoln by means of a bomb
while he was on the journey to Wash
ington to be inaugurated is at least
interesting il true, but it has been q
long time getting into print. 1t is
pretty hard to believe that woman
could have kept such secret for al
most half a century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

One reassuring thing, SO far as the
relations of the United States and ia
pan are concerned. is the fact that
Congressman Hobson has refrained
from becoming excited over the situa-
ter all, it may not be nearly as acute
as some people have imagined. d
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Winter frosts may have a blighting
effect upon early strawberries and
peaches, but they cannot endanger the
crop of summer visitors, which already
promises to be an exceptionally large
one next summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

One good woman who poses as an an
til viviscctionist expresses the opinion
that the lives of animals are worth
more than those of human beings.
Looking at this statement calmly and
dispassicnately we are forced to the
inevitable conclusion that she is a dog
woman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Three hundred buxom Wurtemberg
maidenS are now on their way to Ore
gon to get husbands among the lonely
sheepherders of that state There has
long been a suspicion that these
latter-day shepherds needed looking
after and it is to be hoped that in
years to come they may be developed
into quieter, saner and better men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
Maine Gossip
"Write 1t in Letters Of Gold"

When you see aught that is good in a
friend.
Write it in letters of gold;
Some+"i''- or other your heart can COM
mends
AS Oh your journey you daily may wend.
That the dear import remain to the end,
Write 1t in letters of gold.
Hear the glad greetings as onward you
fare.
Write it in letters of gold;
Publish it wide on the mountains so bare,
Over old fields of the thorn and the tare.
I'VE can not wander outside of My care"
Write it in letters of gold.
There is the message to one gone astray.
Write it in letters of gold;
Tender is mercy, enduring for aye,
Guiding the others who might lose the
way.
Treasure the meaning for yourself-and
Sta.,
Write it in letters of gold
-Alonzo Rice in Western Christian Adj
vocate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held RESPONSE
BILE fer the preservation or return of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Governor Haskell Of Oaklahoma
should be able to make some use at
his approaching trial of that certificate
of character which Mr.. Bryan gave
him last year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Having summoned and examined $500
talesrlen, the state Of Tennessee has
finally succeeded in securing a jury to
try the brutal assassin of Ex-Governor
Carmack. 1t is to be hoped that they
are the kind Of men who will do their
whole duty in the case
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Upton Sinclair unblushingly asserts
that he favors trial marriages. 1t may
not be out of place, however, to remind
him that any attempt on his part to
put his theories into practice would be
likely to bring him before a trial jury
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

A Chicago man who frankly ad-
mitted that he had so wives has been
fortunate enough to escape them all
through a five-years Jail sentence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

1t is a significant fact that the prln-
cipal witnesses who have appeared be-
fore the committee on ways and means
in advocacy of free lumber are officers
Of a British Columbia lumber company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Mr.. Bryan asserts that Democratic
prospects for victory in 1912 are
brighter than ever" and certainly they
would not have to be very bright to
Justify his statement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Somehow the world cannot avoid sus-
picion that Germany's spontaneous
outburst of enthusiasm over the pros
pective visit of King Edward of Eng
land has hollow and mirthless sound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Inasmuch as Mr.. Bryan has been
royally entertained in Florida it is
presumed that he is by this time
thoroughly familiar with the merits of
alligator steak
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The Boston Herald expresses the SOL
emn opinion that airships will be a
great assistance in mountain climbing
Still, most men who are unwilling to go
afoot will be content to gain the
heights, as of yore. upon the back of
the sure footed mule
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

1t is too bad that California cannot
have a good supply of Maine ice at this
juncture. 1t might serve to cool the
fevered brows of some Of her long
haired legislators
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Tennessee is abolishing rum shops,
distilleries and bucket shops. and it is
to be hoped that she will be able to
also suppress that class of her citizens
who insist upon taking the law into
their own hands and shooting people
who do not agree with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

With 5000 office seekers cooling their
heels in the palace corridors at one
time, President Gomez of Cuba must
find the executive pathway anything
but a bed of roses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Cuban free government appears to
possess in a generous measure all the
varied and exhilerating qualities of a
dog fight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
Wednesday, February 10, 1909.

A whole fortnight has elapsed since
the loss Of the Republic and the Jack
Binns' five-cent cigar has as yet failed
to put in an appearance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Colonel Harvey n. Shepard. secre-
tary of the famous Appalachian Noun
tain Club, composed largely of Bos-
tonians, completed a deal with Ed"aru
c. Walker of Bridgton, when prihs7
Pleasant Mountain, one OF Maine
most famous beauty spots, INTO pos
session of the club. 1t will be kept as
-, nuh,ic reservation, and there VIII
no no bar to public access. Inc clup
will nrotect it from vandalism ana
commercial interests as well. Reail~-
mo that the steady advance OF the
woodchopepr's axe, and the Wantoi-
ness of irresponsible people wouio SION
deyastate this beautiful spot tiie
citizens of Bridgton were anxious ~
keen it intact, and the Appalacliah
club came to their AID. ms - liz
second reservation in Name tlld' tii0
BOSTON club has purchased Ihev ac-
o,ired Pleasant Point, at Buxton not
MANY miles from Pleasant Mountain.
some wears ago. The famous ola hotei
On Pleasant Mountain, once resort
for the smartest and most exclusive
people of New England, VIII y"
DESTROYED This was built in 1873, ana
on July 4. the day that it was com
Melted. 900 guests, the pick OF Ne"
England social life, were invited 70 ti'e
dedication by Hon. Charles +. 'ipps'
tho nroprietor 1t was q gaia day tiia'
is remembered by all the Oldest III
bahitants of the surrounding country
who stood with mouths agape to watcn
the rich folk arrive, and many ~
whom climbed the mountain that nlgilt
to neck in at the windows OF the Dig
dance hall and see the brllllant paii'
which lasted all night ana was iiAe
fairyland to them. The then famous
Cartar,s Rand of Boston was brought
down especially for the OCCASION
pleasant Mountain is partly in Brld az
ton and partly in Denmark and is 2'o29
feet high. Looking from Mt. WASH
ington toward Portland and the coast
it stands out boldly as the only eleNa-
ton rising straight from leVei pia'-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The Portland Water district reports
profits of s79,13S for 1908 as against
S52,152 for 1907 when the system was
under private ownership. The office
salaries have been reduced from
s20.S6O to 1894 by the change Of
ownership.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

responsibility it entails. People who
balk at this ceremony, which informs
the world Of their love and trust in
each other, do not possess enough Of
these to make marriage
The trial marriage" is an abomi-
nation, because it defies every law up-
on which society, business as such, and
the recognition of human rights are
founded 1t is evil, because ii 1ues-
tons and passes judgment upon the
eternal nature of love. 1t is abhorent.
because it sets up the standard of self
ishness in the human breast and would
insist upon anarchy-no law but that
of salf-in the constitution of mankind
People who can see any good in trial
marriages have started wrong They
would 90 we'll to go back over the
course Of the ideals and begin again.
Perhaps marriage is an imperfect in
stitution But it is designed for i'm
perfect beings. and whe n these become
perfect marriage will be perfect. too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The story of flock of 50 Robin
comes from Bath. but nobody il
obliged to believe it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

From all reports the new warship
Delaware is nearly as big as the state
she is named for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

upon the death of his father in Bangor
but upon learning that his father had
left no property for him refused to
view the body or make any arrange
ments for its burial, and returned to
Massachusetts by the next train. This
unnatural son was Henry Piedalne
of Greenfield, Mass, and the father
who died in poverty in lodging
house. was buried by charitable people.
Such a son as that is fortunately
one in many million, and his conduct
entities him to be ranked as about the
meanest specimen of humanity seen IN
this part of the world in the memory
of man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The mysterious burglar, Bill
Sykes is one OF Portland's busiest
citizens this winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

Up to the present time Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma has not sued the
federal grand jury for libel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

| In New York's Bronx geological
park there are nearly twice the num-
! Der of animals that there are in the
London geological garden
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

b. F. Fernald, formerly of VIM,
Maine, and now a resident of Jackson
vile, Fla, writes the Journal regarding
the death of Rev. Samuel D. Paine in
that city last week. Mr.. Paine had
been pastor of churches in Florida for
the past 80 years. NJ. Fernald and Mr..
Paine were classmates at Kent's Hill
over 40 years ago. The latter married
ali Augusta girl and for his second
wife a Miss keene of Damariscotta be-
fore going to the south.
The year just passed was bad one
for the large fleet of Maine schoone:s
that are engaged in the coal and lum-
Der carrying trade along the coast
Previous to the financial panic of 1903
the coal freghts from Norfolk, Balti-
| more, Newport News and Philadelphia
to Boston or Portland were from 90
cents to s1.00 a ton. At these rates
the large four, five and six-masters
| made an average of 20ec on the invest
ment. When the panic came the bot
tom dropped out of the coal carrying
business and freight rates went down
TO rs cents ton, then to 81 cents, then
so cents and even as low as So cents
At these rates the vessels were not
averaging over SO on the investment
which is very small, considering the
hazards of the business. Some of the
| owners take a chance and do not in
sure their parts, while those that d.
carry insurance are obliged to pay a
rate of 10 on a new vessel and a cor
responding increase according to the
age and rating of an older vessel.
The Bangor Commercial tells the al
most unbelievable story of son who
came last week from Massachusetts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10

The Bangor Commercial tells the al
most unbelievable story of a son who
came last week from Massachusetts