Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-09
Makinq New Money.
Bangor NeWS.)

| tfdUtOI -NtN''I
Every cent of the State expenditures
he continued is earned by the pePie
for no money is coined under IN s'u
ed dome at Augusta. As the. peopi'
| contribute the money, so they pfe ti'
right 10 know how it is sper ron
press report of Colonel PlaPeus au
dress delivered in City Hal bangor
Friday evening, Sept. 2, lsI
Wrong again. Colonel fialsteu
| Wrong as usual In W. sehse-i
| the only real sense 50 ia a. 'aAatioi
| is commemorative discldhg OF he"
and wonderfully proftole properly
| and the imposing of tees thereon foi
| relieving of the burdss VI ti'e oiuii''
| airy taxpayer can beiehiieu very at-
| curately as the maks u ne" "eai.i
| for every member 'iis .oiiiiliuiiilS
who pays taxes. H. an 'iii"usti 'ilf
Legislative sessiono iSo'' III" Ia"
n akers under II clided dome as
Colonel Plaisted hose to phrase 1t.
ua,a ,itara,ly ..cniEg money" not by
| can,s ard mill but by dollars and
double .oolas. I'd they We're doing all
| mic nv. increasg the tax on telephone
ona +.looranlc corporations. upon the
| Pullman car :" 'V = u9'' anu
| increasing z 'an oii 'i'e Niiu idliuS "
Maine by 2 'i'ii'S LOT every ''iia' "
| the valuat'.
| pooo,sag this increased tax on wild
.;n,harior. for which Obadiah Gar
a,,or has' orked and contended before
,ho Nat Legislature for more than a
| nd on account OF whose 10y
] lha of fai NJ hnnact
tax.., Mr. Gardner was rejected
III Srnod by the Democratic State
oo,,.iion this year. the entrenched
,;n,t harons We're compelled to pay
Ire to the common schools Of
NJ, and wer. forced to recede from
tt,aigh and mighty position they have
tsr for wears. so at the next session
t-ahe legislature with Bert NJ. Fernald
Ill occupying the executive chair.
Eh hopes are entertained that ade-
date taxation of the wild lands may
'e assessed in the near future. After
lifetime devoted to a fair system of
aXation upon all property in Maine.
fter years given up to the interests OF
he Maine Grange. Mr. Gardner finds
himself an alien and an outcast from
through the Vaccinations
# the Waterville Democracy, and for
hidden to utter word concerning the
.dded tax to the wild lands OF Maine.
hougn the Democrats knew then and
now today that the increased tax on
was one Of the most popu
ar triumphs over monopoly that was
chieved by the last legislature.
Vaguely and with fine scorn. Colonel
'la;sted denies that any appreciable
lumber of members of the Maine legis-
ature in 1909 voted for the large ap-
which were passed in 1909
nd which We're approved by Governor
Eernali. But denial is not refutatlon.
Tor example. Colonel -Plaisted has not
ct taken pains to- deny the open
harge that during the session of 1909
,e. Colonel Frederick w. plaisted. ia
ored the appr opriatio of s35o,000 for
he enlargement of the State House in
augusta and that he lobhied personal
V with the members of the Maine leg
stature to secure the passage of that
$50 900 resolve. and that he. Colonel
olaisted. labored personally and very
for most of one night with
specified member of the Maine legis-
ature for helping push this resolve
long 20 successful conclusion.
The charges that Colonel Plaisted
lad been guilty of lobbying for this,
1856, 900 resolve We're made at public
Meeting which Colonel Plaisted was
they We're heard and
III! .!ers: cod by Colonel 'Plaisted at the
ime they were made. and though Some
hree weeks have elapsed since that
late. they remained unanswered and
lnrefuted today.
Will Colonel Plaisted say upon his
lonor whether or not he favored and
worked for the adoption of
his 1886. 900 resolve. the passage of
which he now complains so bitterly?
If he SAYS he favored and labored for
his resolve, his whole argument about
falls to me ground. and
10 becomes q self-confessed hypocrite.
If he denies having worked for the
'esn've. he proclaims himself disloyal
o the best interests of Augusta and
he entire Kennebec valley
Which of these two serious horns in
he dilemma will Colonel Plaisted ac-
,epto He cannot claim to favor both
sides of the controversy.