The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-05-26
The Mayor says that his persona

The Mayor says that his personal
organ
has never said anything against any
citizen unless that citizen has shown that
his work was against the best interests
of our citizens at large, when through
such acts becoming the enemy of the
community's we'll being, no one could
question the necessity of destroying his
power for evil and thereby clear the road
for progress"
That is false statement as it stands.
The real meaning of the paragraph is
that all who oppose the Mayors political
aspirations or fail to contribute to his
pocket must be destroyed. But let US
see who he has attacked. The mayor
has called Mr.. O. E. Frost hypocrite, a
tool in the hands of INSCRIPTIONS men,
"a man who had sold his birthright for a
mess of pottage" and has reiterated this
and other defamation of man who as a
citizen and business man is second to
none in this community. AS the head of
the wood working factory of Mathews
Bros. Mr.. Frost has given employment
to some so men the year around and dis
burses annually in this county for material
and labor between $40, 900 and $4,000.
He has just been elected president of
the Belfast Board of Trade, deserved
recognition of his public spirit and bust
ness ability. Yet he is one of those the
mayor considers an enemy to the COM
munity whose power for evil must be
destroyed.
The mayor also includes in this cate
cory the law firm of Dunton & Morse,
and has made them the target for vene-
nous abuse. The senior member of the
firm, Hon. Robert F. Dunton, was elect
ed mayor of Belfast in 1893 and 1894 on
a citizens ticket, and in 1907 was elected
Representative to the legislature on the
Democratic ticket. That shows what his
fellow citizens think of him; and it should
be added that although now and always
Democrat-but not of those led tc dis
grace and defeat by the man who has
been permitted to use that party to sub
serve his personal ends and ambitions
he has in the public positions to which he
has been called recognized and perform
ed the duty he owed to all his constitu-
ents of whatever political faith. In the
legislature he represented Belfast and
its interests, and not merely a political
party. Another member of the firm,
Hon. J ohm R. Dunton, was elected mayor
of Belfast in 1906, and no one will ques-
ton his standing as a public-spirited,
conscientious citizen. The junior mem
Der of this firm, Ralph l. Morse, ESQ.,,
who has been specially singled out for
attack, for reasons that will appear OBJ
vious to the well-informed, was elected
as Representative to the legislature two
years ago, and was the choice for mayor
of majority of the taxpayers and bust
ness man of Belfast at the election in
March last. One who had known him
from childhood recently said eff Ralph
Morse ever did a wrong thing in his
whole life / have never heard of it,
Such are the men the mayor declares to
be enemies to the community, whose
power for evil'' he is called upon to
destroy.
lnthe campaign of 1908 the mayor went
about the county declaring that Hon.
Edwin c. Burleigh was worthless as
member of Congress" and making other
equally untruthful and unwarrantable
statements concerning gentleman who
has honored every public position to
which he has been called. The people
OF Waldo county were not to be deceived
and when they went to the polls they
buried the author of these and countless
other calumnies and elected honest and
able Amos F. Carleton as sheriff. Waldo
county has never had a more faithful
and useful member of Congress than
Edwin c. Burleigh. No constituent,
whatever his political belief, has appeal
ed to him in vain. He has given special
attention to pension cases, al many of the
veterans and the widows and orphans of
veterans can testify. The R. F. D. routes
which carry daily mail to nearly every
door in the county, and which give profit
able employment to many of our people,
are due to him. Work is now in progress
on an extension of the Belfast post Office
to cost $37, 1000, and Mr.. Burleigh secured
the appropriation. He is another of the
men this slanderer of the living and de-
famer of the dead is seeking to destroy.
We print in another column an an
fropo %ho por-.o. N..