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New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
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Washington. Dec. lis there a strik-
ing resemblance between William Howard
Taft and John Quincy Adams? This cues
ton is being asked with great seriousness
and some anxiety by loyal friends of Presi-
dent Taft That Judge Taft became Presi-
cent after a training and experience en-
5oyed hy no previous Executive except John
Quincy Adams Is generally admitted. That
President Taft may cherish those same high
ideals which led President Adams 10 reject
every suggestion which might have fur
thered his political welfare is, however,
feared by some OF his advisers. Thus far
Mr. Taft has shown q disposition 10 put
aside all political considerations In his
selection Of officials he has disregarded the
political standing and influence Of the can
oidstes. and sought only the man who
seemed best fitted for the post to be filed.
In his selection Of judges. OF his Cabinet,
and even Of other officials. he has even dis
regarded party Affiliations. and in stiii an
other instance does the course Of the Presi-
dent afford some ground for comparison
with that OF President Adams President
Adams. il VIII be recalled, cherished such
high ideals that he deemed il without the
prov ince OF the Executive 10 interfere In the
slightest degree with any official OF his ad-
r1inistrafion when such official sought IN
the most open manner. 20 promote the po-
litical defeat Of Mr.. Adams and 10 further
the political interests OF other aspirants for
tie Office OF Chief Executive, and some OF
NJ Taft's most loyal friends fear that ne
esDouses the same View and that IN MS
anxiety 20 accord political freedom 10 al
tire members Of his administration he VIII
not consent 70 take cOgnizance or any forIn
o. rolitical treschery or disloyalty. II H.
q course. too early TO form definite conclu-
sians regarding the policies Of Mr.. Tart az
Chief Executive. but the impression "hlch
~ : making those close TO MN Ger
IL affords material for interesting gossip
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Norfolk. Va, Dec. 1e.-Rear Admiral
Schroeders Atlantic battleship fleet lies
IN Hampton Roads tonight ready TO sail
tomorrow for New York. where the ships
Will remain through Christmas, afterward
returning to these waters in January. pre-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

The steps taken by Secretary MacVeagh
20 extend and make more thorough the ex-
animation OF food impOrtations Is a source
of qualification 10 those who pin their faith
q the pure food law. Many have been
convinced that, for some reason they did
not clearly understand, many misbrsnded
o. adulteraied food products have been i'm
ported and permitted 10 enter into compe-
htion with those American purveyors Of
Ike products who have been held 10
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Highly important and valuable work is
being done by the Department Of State in
Ste efforts 10 prevent tariff wars. The deli
cacy Of the negotiations and the large
number Of interests involved make il in
advisable 70 publish the details OF the ne
Eoiiarions as they developed, but il may
be said without violation Of confidence
that the desire Of President Taft 10 avert
tariff wars j. being effectively carried out
ny Secretary Knox. who has intrusted the
details Of slis important work to Mr..
Hoyt. solicitor for the Department Of
State. TIE work being done al the State
Department in no way conflicts with that
Of the tariff board. whose duties are lin
ited 10 procuring the facts and submit
ting them 10 The Executive. Where those
facts indicate undue discrimination against
the exports Of the United States il be
comes the function of diplomacy 10 seek
SUCH notifications as viii warrant the
application of the minimum tariff. ana 10
that end solicitor Hoyt is working. He is
iu almost daily conference with the diplo-
matte representatives of the leading
powers and present indications are that
bis work viii he crowned with d large
measure of success
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

a norular magazine has undertaken 10
test by straw vote The ATTITUDE OF us
readers toward the Taft administration
9 proceeding hardly friendly 10 MI Tart
IN view Of the fact that sufficient time
has not elapsed 20 permit OF any accn-
rate estimate. The results Of this straw
vote are. however. interesting despite 1he
rsrt that they may be subjected to The
,7,ost radical alteration in the course OF
,he next few months. In the main the
results are not discouraging- out OF a
total Of 1902 persons who replied 10 the
questions asked 5.27s Republicans said
tbev believed they had cast their vote
wisely last November. as against $40 who
repented their choice. while 1923 Demo-
Gratis are satisfied they voted wisely. as
against 2Os who believe they erred The
vote shows strong disapproval Of Speaker
Cannon and Senator Aldrich. and the hope
entertained by 6.293 Republicans. that
the President will not support and CO.
operate with those members OF Congress
as against $50 Republicans who hope he
viii Such polls prove comparatively
little. although they are susceptible of
being used 10 the grave detriment Of an
existing administration. Careful judges
viii probably bear in mind the fact that
with al the highly creditable achieve
ments Of the Roosevelt administration
practically nothing had been accomplished
even when the first regular session Of
Congress OF that administration was
ended.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
THE DAWN WASHINGTON

rigid accounta bility under the pure food
and drugs act Not only did this consti-
tute unfair discrimination. but 1t proved
material obstacle TO those who have sought
by legislation TO protect the food supply
of the nation. American exports 10 foreign
countries have been subjected to the most
rigid examination under sanitary laws. and
especially is this true of exports to Ger
many. whereas grave suspicion has been
entertained regarding the character Of some
Of the delicatessen products which we i'm
port so extensively from that country. II
is believed that Mr.. MacVeagh has found
the weak spot in the enforcement of the
law and that its removal will constitute
important achievement in that general re-
habilitation Of the customs service he is so
earnestly striving TO accomplish.
Representative Roberts. OF Massa-
chusetts. has called the attention of Con-
gress to the absolute necessity Of estab-
fishing some measure OF federal control
over wireless telegraphy. and TO that end
has introduced a resolution providing for
the creation of a commission of seven. rep
resenting the War. Navy and Treasury de-
partments and the commercial wireless and
telephone interests. and including ''one
scientist versed in the art of electric wave
telegraphy and telephony" Mr. Roberts
provides that this commission shall. thirty
days after its organization, submit to Con-
gress a programme Of the needed legisla-
ton. The rejection by the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations of the inter-
national wireless telegraphy convention on
the ground that 1t would promote monopoly,
makes Mr.. Robertss step most timely
G. G. X.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Mr.. Taft is extremely anxious that Con-
gress should authorize the creation Of a
civil pension list for the Philippines. He
will include recommendation to that END
in his message on Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. a. has already been told in this
column Not only f. ne convinced that the
creation Of such a list the expense TO be
met out Of the revenues OF the islands
vii materially promote the efficiency of
the Philippine service, but he keenly real
izes that IL viii save him much worry and
embarrassment Men burn ost fast in the
Philippine service, and not only does their
efficiency undergo rapid depreciation, but
they become possessed by q longing 10 re-
turn 70 their native land. To dismiss the
wOrn-out eInplOye because he has given
the best that is in him 10 the PEilippine
service does not accord with the Presi-
dents humanitarian ideas. On the other
hand. every effort 10 take care OF such en-
plOyes in the federal service in this coun-
try proves 3 source Of embarrassment. and
too often il IS an impOssibihry.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

President Taft Is devotnE considerable
time 10 The preparation OF a special mes
sage 10 Congress on the subject Of Alaska.
II rs his purpose not only 10 reiterste m
empha1Ic terms his disapprovsl Of ter
ritorsl form of government for that dis
tric1- n hiCh he expressed in his annual
message. but TO suggest 4 comprehensive
scheme OF Eovsrnment which he viii work
out in every detail u il. indeed. proba bic
that he viii prepare the legislation he be
heVes should ne enacted. although he may
hold IN reserve the actual text OF the bill
unti IL is asked for bv Congress. content
ing himself WITH outlining the policy in
fns speoisl message. The President VIII
also recommend the transfer Of Alaskan
affairs from the Department Of the In
terror TO the Bureau OF Insular Affairs 10
which vas recently transferred supervision
over Porto Rico. Mr.. Taft entertains the
view that Hawaii also would be better off
represented in Washington by ;his bureau.
although il Is unlikely he viii include any
recommendation on that subject in his
Alaskan message.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Besides regular umbrella stock there here
day nearly 1000 special umbrellas to sell at S675 s. So
g. 80 and 81.
These were carefully selected from several Of reg
uar makers Christmas cOectonsa gift umbrella ought
be good better than those for oneself.
Handles of beautifully carved japanese ivory. etched
deposited decorations PimentO wood stag hOn natural
wood-such handles and silk would usually be found only
in So to S15 qualities.
Makers of the enterprlsing kind with whom deal
keep stock of umbrellas hand at holiday time to supply
hurry orders at When orders STOP next door to
Christmas, they gladly give the surplus to their best
customers.
At silk umbrellas Natural
At $3.50, silk umbrellas for union tafeta
At So SIS and S675 silk umbrellas
fancy and highly artistic handles
Umbrella Old Building
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

There IL mors Catarrh IA this section Of the
couutry than all other diseases pAt together.
pronounced IL . local disease ana prescribed
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
able. Science has proven catarrh 70 be . con-
seitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls CatArrh
Cure, manufactured by r. J. Cheney q Co..
Toledo, Ohio, In tue only constitutional cure
on this mar kct. 10 In taken internally In doses
from 10 drops TO q teaspcouful. IL acts d.
rectly on the blood and MUCOUS surfaces OF
the system. They osfer one hundred dollars
for any case II fails to cure Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address.
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold BY all Druggists. z5c-
Take Halle Family Pills Tor constipation.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
The Merchant Marine Problem.

The Merchant Marine Problem.
"Here in a nutshell is the problem
of the American merchant marine,' =
says Winthrop l. Marvin in the Octo-
Der atlantic. "We have established q
protective system, and We have left
out of that system the industry of the
ocean shipowner. We have hereby
killed that industry exactly as we
should have killed the manufacture of
cotton goods or wooden goods il we
had left that industry alone out Of the
protective system.
"The manufacturer could not buy
his labor and materials in protected
market, and yet sell his product I'M
der terms of free-trade competition
with all the world. The shipowner
has not been able to buy his labor and
materials in protected market-it is
only of recent years that materials
have been free-and yet sell his pro-
duct, which in this case is the service
of his ship, under terms of free trade
competition with all the world-or
worse, under terms of free trade
competition frequently aggravated by
the hounties or subsidies of other
governments"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
Congregational Committees.

Congregational Committees.
The social committees OF the Congrega-
tional society for the winter have been
appointed Is follows:
Observation-Disclosures j. Fl. Brimner,
}. F. Knowlton, A. w. King, L. A.
Emery, A. H. Joy, J. F. whitcomb,
Arthur Shute. K. +. Robinson, c. p. Dorr,
G. w. Mason, Alice NJ. Hooper, n. c.
Cunningham, A. /. Saunders F. Fl. Nc
Farland, Miss Anna Hight.
-Mesdames II. NJ. Hall, A.
p. wiswell, c. c. Burriil, G. A. Parcher,
F. W. Rollins, J. T. Giles, II. J. Joy, L. II.
Cushman, F. II. Osgood, Marks Hertz, t.
E. Hale, G. F. Newman, Misses E. True
| and Alice Scott.
-Mesdames F. c. BurriH,
II. II. Higgins, A. +. Stockbridge, +. q.
Silsby, Lewis Hodgkins, r. J. Goodwin,
w. E. Whiting, L. NJ. Moore, E. r. Rob-
inson, jr., Misses Helen Bonsey, Agnes
Lord, Mary Stuart, j. A. Thompson, Eva
| Aiken, Hannah Holmes, May Bonsey.
-Mesdames o. w. Tapiey, II. Il.
| Davis, H. E. Rice, ]. A. Cunningham, n.
c. King, H. r. Holmes, P. j. Phillips, w.
r. Parker, II. F. whitcomb, II w.
| Haynes, Misses NJ. A. Clark Mary
Holmes, Louise Eppcs, Annie Lord, Ber-
nice Giles, Ruth Goodwin, Ethel Brown,
| Harriet Rollins.
APRrL-Miss Isabel Alexander, Mes
DANES <. Bonsey, Emily L. smith, j. E
Parsons, T. j. Holmes, 8. A. Goodwin, l.
J. Backus, J. A. Bowden, J. F. Royal, L
l d. Foster.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
GREEN LAKE.

Monday fish car Ma left witan fifty
five cans Of fish.
Mrs. William Emerson and niese will
board for the winter at Marcellus Emery's.
F. L. Hodgkins and wife, Miss Lois
and Miss Gould returned to Bangor last
Tuesday.
Saturday Miss Clara Chapman and Miss
Dillingham; entertained large partS ut
their cottage.
Friday DR.. c. NJ. ThoEns and wife,. OF
Brewer, entertained . large party from
Bangor at their cottage.
Miss A. l.. Lord, Of Ellsworth, sppnt
Wednesday with her parents, Cam
Horace F. Lord and wife.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
ADVERTISEMENTS.

CURES REMOVE DOUBT
ABOUT ECZEMA CURE.
Read Whist Yosf Druggist Says Absst on
Of Winfssyseen Compouad.
Druggist E. G. Moore submits the fol-
lowing to the readers Of THE ELLSWORTH
AMERICAN:
For several years we have announced,
with our Recommendation, that we had
found positive cure for eczema; . simple
skin wash, oil OF wintergreen COM
pounded with other ingredients.
Yet we know there are people right in
this town who have eczema, and still have
never tried this remedy.
We have, therefore, arranged with the
d. d. d. Laboratories Of Chicago for .
special offer OF trial bottle ct Is cents, in
stead Of the 600 bottle as regularly sold.
We offer this trial bottle with our rec
ommendation and assurance that just ~
soon as the patient washes his itching
skin, this mild liquid will take the itch
away instantly. e. q. MOORE, ELS
worth, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Miss kura Trewcsgy is recovering from
an attack Of typhofd fever.
Edmond r. Giles and son Hollis were
here Friday night Of lest week.
Leonard X. Jordan has gone to Bing-
ham, where he has employment.
Adrian Phillips is moving his family
to Lamoine, where he has purchased q
farm.
Charles Lynch and wife are visiting
their daughter Mrs. Warren Jordan, in
Brewer.
Mrs. William h Brown was in Bangor
over Sunday, visitssss her daughter, Mrs.
N. G. Aver.
Frank Moore, who has been here for
several days with hts wits, left Monday
for Kingman.
Mrs. Mary E. Kincstdy who has been -
riossly ia ssversl weeks, 10 now able to- -
about the house.
Misvs Belle Flood is hcsne from Baugcs
for visit Of few days sith her parents
Asa c. Flood and wife.
Charles H Leslie, OF Cniooville, is
spending the week at homswith h1 moth
er, Mrs. Alexander Rogers.
Mrs. Mary MaEee and dsugAees, Mrs.
Lillian Ingrns1zzs, Of Camden were guests
OF NJ. NJ. Moore and wife, LAST week
All the members OF the lsAies' sewing
circle are invited by the ladies' sewing
circle at North Ellsworth to go on ThArs-
day noon train to- the parsonage camp at
Nicolin to spend she afternocn. Dinqer
will be served upon arrival at tNe camp ~
the North Ellsworth ladies. The retusn
trip can be made ON either OF the aft9s-
noon trains.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
The November Elections

hS .NONCAuOCA SEfSSthVnSs
If Judge William H. Gaynor, Tam
many's candidate for mayor of New
York, who was elected yesterday
over Barnard, republican, and Hearst,
independent, was sincere in saying
that If elected no boss would dictate
to him, his election is rather barren
victory for that organization; for
practically all the other successful
candidates are republicans, who will
control the board Of estimate and
superintendent, body which has the
disbursement of about quarter of a
billion dollars annually.
The republican candidates for dis
trict attorney, sheriff and supreme
court justice in New York county
were elected, and nearly all the
boroughs comprising Greater New
York elected republican presidents.
In Massachusetts Gov, Draper was
reelected and with him the entire re-
publican ticket, but by majority of
less than 1o,000-an astonishing drop
from the governors majority of 5000
last year.
In Rhode Island Gov. Pothier, re-
publican, is re- elected by an increased
majority.
The picturesque Tom L. johnson,
for four years mayor OF Cleveland,
was defeated for fifth term, and
with him the bulk of the democratic
ticket. Cincinnati also elected a re-
publican mayor.
Mayoralty contests throughout the
country we're mostly settled on local
issues, and have little general politi-
cal Significance.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
Surprise Party at somervire.


A. enjoyabfs surprise party was tendera
Mrs Horace Tarbox, 70 Austin street,
East Somerviller on her birthday on Oct.
"a. Among the guests were Mrs. Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. BiEine-, Of Cambridge, Mrs.
Chester Ames, Of Belmont; Mrs. Shaw, OF
Newton; j. NJ Moves, Of Dorchester;
Fred TArbox, of Melrose; Mrs. Torrey
and son, OF SomeSviiie; Mrs. Cora Hard
ing, of Sargcntville, Me-; Mrs. James
Jordan, sf Deer Isle, Me-; Mr.. and Mrs.
Watts, H e. Tarbox, wife and son Har-
old, and Miss Dow, Of Somsrville.
Mrs. TATbox wss remembered with
many beautiful GIFTS, among them silk
skirt, hand-embFoidered centre piece,
limoges china, cut flowers, Irish crochet
collar, and useful kitchen utensils.
Refreshments were served, and after the
quitting Of the enormous birthday cake,
the party dispersed q midnight wishing
Mn. Tarbox rany pleasant birthdays.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
Castine Alumni Associations.

CaBtlue Alumni AsSoclhtIOos
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of the
Castine Alumni association was held Fri
day afternoon at Lewiston. The good
fellowship that exists between the, recent
graduates and those Of earlier years ID
one of the pleasant features Of alf The
Castine reunions.
The meeting was called to order By
John L. Hooper, principal Of the Webster
grammar school, Auburn. The secretary
report was read and accepted. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
John l.. Hooper, Auburn; vice-president,
Henry L. Upton, Augusta; secretary and
treasurer, Harriet L. Mosher, Bangor,
Executive committee, Mrs. Lillian Eaton
ChiIcott, Bangor; Alonzo Knowlton, Bel
fast; Miss Katherine Quigley, Bangor.
Interesting remarks were made by Prof.
Richardson, OF Castine.
The next meeting will be held in Ban
gor on Thursday evening during the next
annual meeting Of the Maine teachers
association.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
lfgaI Motifs.


UHEREA6 Margaret G. Howard o.
w roma, in the county OF Hancosk, y
OF Maine. by her mortgage deed datsa :
TENDER n, ivoe, and recorded in HancoeE ,
istry OF deeds. book 4s3, page u.s. CONVEYS !
mortgage 10 -shs undersigned, George We
sett, then Of Euiotfsyille, In the county
described real es;ate, namely: ee,n.
or parcel Of kpd With the buildings WA
situated In said Verona. in said eouas|
Hancock. AnA bounded and descrloea
lows, to wis: Beginning on the eas is.
Of the road leading down the east ~. "A
Island. NJ the southeast corner u -,
William CoVan: thence by said coWsh
eAsterly 20 the So called Thoroughiss',sss
southesly by said Thoronghiare -
called 10 1ley lot; thence westerly
Bcwiey lot to the aforementlohsa
thence byNsaid road TO the place oi pes.
Also another lot OF land situate on " ".
erly side a the county road in ssla ~
In said county OF Hancock. on lns
side OF the IAland and bounded ana -
~ follows. Westerly by the eouns :,
northeriy by land OF Frank Howals s,,s
By the Eastern River ThorousnWl" n
sOnthsrly by land Of Roderiek "a 10
Being the same premises conveys \,
Margaret G. Howard by Mary peiAhs s,ss,
dated September u, 1908; and sne 80
conditions OF said mortgage nav ,strl
now remain broken, this notice. 80
hereby given for the purpose o' 'o'
the same ~ provided by law. o...h,,.
Dated this thirtieth day o, sa.ssss
lsse. GEoReE W mi
By his attorney, Mattne~ Laas
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1909
President TAFT on the rarir.

President Taft on the Tariff.
SIT will be observed that the object
of tariff revision was not to destroy
protected industries in this country,
bat it was to continue to protect
them where lower rates offered suf-
.ficient protection to prevent injury
by foreign competition. That was
the object of revision as advocated by
me, and it was certainly the object of
the revision as promised by the re-
publican platform.
~ want to make as clear as I can
this proposition because in order to
determine whether bill is a compl-
Ance with the terms of that platform,
1t must be understood what the plat
form means. A free trader is op-
posed to any protective rate because
he thinks thar our manufacturers, our
farmers and our miners ought to
Withstand the competition OF foreign
manufacturers and miners and farm
ers or else go out Of business and
find something more profitable to do.
4.Now certainly the promise of the
platform did not contemplate the
downward revision OF the tariff rates
to such point that any industry
heretofore protected should be in
jured. Hence those who contend
that the promise Of the platform was
to reduce prices by letting in foreign
competition are contending for free
trade. and not for anything that they
had the right to infer from the re-
publican platform.
.'Mr. Payne reported a bill-the
Payne tariff bill-which went to the
Senate and was amended in the Sem
ate by increasing the duty on some
things and decreasing it on others.
The difference between the House bill
and the Senate bill was very much
less than the newspapers represented.
1t turns out by examination that the
reductions in the Senate were about
equal to those in the House, though
they differed in character.
.sNow, there is nothing quite SO Diff
ficult as the discussion of tariff bill,
for the reason that it covers 90 many
different items, and the meaning Of
the terms and the percentages are
very hard to understand. The pas
sage OF new bill, especially where a
change in the method of assessing the
duties has been followed, presents an
opportunity for various modes and
calculations of the percentages Of in
creases and decreases that are most
misleading, and really throw no light
ut all upon the changes made.
Zone way Of stating what was done
II to say what the facts show-that
under the Dingley law there were
2,024 items. This included dutiablt
items only. The Payne law leave
1,150 of the items unchanged. There
are decreases in 654 Of the items and
increases in go of the items. Now,
of course, that does not give full
picture, but it does show the proper
ton OF decreases to have been three
times those of the increases"