The Republican journal., 1910-06-30
AN OPEN LETTER.
EDGAR F. HANSON:

Sir: Your egotism has led you to as
sumo that in the controversy which has
arisen you are the chief issue, while as
others see it the case stands: ''The ma
terial and moral interests Of Belfast VS..
E. F. Hanson. AS you have on more
than one occasion addressed me person
ally through your paper l take the same
method of saying a few words to you
not pages-that would be out of place in
the editorial columns.
1t appears from the last issue of your
''non-partisan paper" that you do not ap-
prove of my personal appearance, while
you are evidently we'll satisfied with your
own. That is matter of taste, as the
old woman said when she kissed the COW.
l have never made any pretensions to
personal beauty, and am of the opinion
that only person Unfortunately vain
would present, his picture to the public
every week. Such person, to use a
common saying, must be ''stuck on
himself" And that this Indecent ex-
posure" is not favorably regarded by ev-
cry one is indicated by note received
the other day, in which the writer said:
eff anything could make one believe in
the Darwinian theory of the origin Of
man that face would seem to be suffi-
Gent"
You insinuate that have claimed 'su-
perior intellect" and business abilities;
to which l plead not guilty. l have
made no such claims. The business of
The Journal under my management has
been conducted on the lines laid down by
William H. Simpson, who ranked high
as newspaper man, both from a bust
ness and literals standpoint. In this
connection it affords me great pleasure
to inform you that The Journal has never
been more prosperous than in the past
two years; that the business in the past
five months was better than for any cor
responding period in the past thirty
years; that the circulation today is con-
siderably larger than when you began
Boosting that you would drive it out of
existence; that it is growing every week,
and that we have every assurance that
July will be banner month in our sub
scription department.
I appreciate, at its true value, your
offer to "pay for the Opera House." in
which you could collect your followers to
select a jury to acquit you of charges
that are of record, and that could not be
disproved by such self-constituted
tribunal l would suggest, however,
that you hire the trotting park, so that
there would be no roof in the way of
your bump of self conceit, and where you
could listen to your own voice without
the peace of our city.
AS for your proposal for flag of truce
and cessation of hostilities, beg to re-
mind you that l was not the aggressor,
and that it is up to you to ''call off your
dogs" CHARLES A. PILsBURY.
Congress adjourned last Saturday, and
despite the delay in action on many i'm
portant matters, due to the Democratic
and their allies, the Republican
the session closed with a
record for enacting legislation that sell
dom, if ever, has been equalled. That
President Taft did his best to have car
ried out the reforms to which he had
pledged himself cannot be disputed and
in many instances he was successful, as
the following summary of legislation for
which he contended shows:
Striking revision of the railroad laws,
including the creation of commerce
court.
Admitting.New Mexico md Arizone as
States.
Concerning the establishment of postal
savings banks.
Giving to the President unlimited au-
thority to withdraw public lands for con-
servatlon purposes.
Providing for publicity of campaign
contributions.
Authorizing the issue of 500, 900, 900 in
certificates of indebtedness to complete
reclamation projects.
Creating bureau of mines.
Extending the activities of the tariff
board and appropriating $3.50, 900 for its
use.
Looking to the suppression of traffic in
''White slaves"
Creating a commission to consider
economies in the administration of the
federal government.
Providing new tariff system for the
philippine Islands.
Legislation which, ultimately, is ex-
pected to give practical prohibition to
the Hawaii Islands.
A comparatively small number of
measures which had administration SYM
pathy failed of passage. They were
measures on the subject of ship subsidy;
anti-injunction; for new forms of govern
ment in Alaska and the Panama Canal
Zone; to create bureau of health; to
provide increased rates of postage for
second class mail matter; to create the
Appalachian Forest Reserve; and to in
crease the engineer corps of the army.
The mayor through his personal organ
proposes flag of truce. A flag of truce
from an honest foe is entitled to recog-
milton. hut NOT when treachprv 1l1rkS in