Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-29
The Record Of Two Years.


This should be done not only because
of Republican party usage but for the
reason that such an endorsement by
the party which Governor Fernald has
SO ably served, has been well earned
and is a merited tribute to the man
who, as Chief Executive of our State,
has proved a splendid leader of the
Republican party and at the same time
has been entirely faithful to the tax
payers and people of Maine,
Democracy fears him, knowing well
record is but as froth on the beaches
of the sea!
Democratic orators in conventions
and Democratic newspapers have but
one chief attack-only one-to make
upon Governor Fernald's administra-
ton of the past two years.
This is the administration alleged
extravaganza.
Let us see:
AS TO the SO, 1856 600 which the now
concluding administration has ex-
pended and about which Democracy
raises such a howl it is only $4,000
more than Governor Fernald estimat-
ed and announced that it would be in
his inaugural when he assumed the
Executive chair!
Moreover in every chief expenditure
the appropriations were urged as
needed and accepted as businesslike
and wise by the Democrats of the
Legislature themselves!
For example: The representatives
of both parties were agreed that the
State should assume the increased
school fund of 100000
Similarly the increased expenditure
for good roads was agreed upon by
Democrats as we'll as Republicans.
In each of these expenditures by the
State and also in the assumption by
the State of the care of it's feeble
minded, all endorsed before made, by
Democrats as well as Republicans, the
money expended in large part goes
them to keep their municipal expense
down.
Just mere the Kennebec Journal
would remark that whether Demo-
.crat or Republican be elected Cover
nor of Maine, there are certain appro-
priations of the State which must be
made by law.
SCHOOLS. 1-3 of a mill for roads. 40 of
mill for the militia.
OF the entire three mills of State
tax there is left, after the appropria-
tons obligatory on any administration
by the State law only LIS of a mill
for the care of all the institutions of
the State; for salaries and all State
purposes.
This / LIS of mill covers all the
appropriations over which any Cover
nor has any control.
1t is doubtful if any state has so
low rate of taxation as has Maine
Moreover, Maine has one of the low
asst totals of bonded Indebtedness of
any state in the Union, sssss, 600 in all
Governor Fernald has been criticised
by some, for not taking up any of
these State bonds. but none in the past
two years has been due and it would
not have been good business policy to
have taken up any such bonds at the
premium demanded with banks pay
ing per cent. on deposits by the
State.
AS matter of fact that is little
known, the bonded Indebtedness of the
State and of the cities and towns Of
Maine and all their Indebtedness has
been decreased under Republican
State control during the past 80 years
more than that of any other New
England state and almost any state
in the Union.
The present administration has
borne unusual financial burdens in the
matter of $3.50. 900 for the State House
enlargement, and 100000 for building