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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
The Result in Maine.
hNn shin OFT IN PnStl

The election of a Democratic Cover
nor and at least three members OF ION
srcss in Maine yesterday carries us
back to the historic log cabin cam
paien. when the state went hcli-p"nt
for GOV. Kent for a striking paralei
only l94O was not an Off yea" anQ
Kent was not a Democrat.
While the loss of the State ticket
need occasion no great surprise, III
view of Republican admissions that the
result was doubtful. the failure OF
Messrs. Swasey, Kinds, Burleigh, and
POSSIBLY Guernsey to pull through. an"
the possibility of Senator Hale's beng
succeeded by a Democrat adds TRAIN
of disasters of greater moment.
The explanation is offered that the
Republican candidates for the House
were swept down in the rout OF their
party on other than national issues
but to oil appearances the ISSUES IN
vOlvcd We're not such as could De
shirked by the Republican organlza-
ton. state or national, and the result
cannot he robbed of 4 significance that
does not end at the Maine border. The
defeat of Asher Kinds is especially
matter of regret, not only from parry
point of view. but for the reason that
his parliamentary skill made his pres
ence on the floor most desirable.
The ovcrturn in Maine was to an eX-
tent made possible by the efforts of the
Repuflicans to vitaliZe the obsolete
prohibition law. This policy was re-
solved upon five or six years ago, since
when the old-timr majorities have
dwiudled to the vanishing point. The
means employed to stamp out the
liquor traffic produced widespread dis
satisfaction in the towns. and but for
the fact that 1908 was a presidential
year the flop would most probably have
occurred then. On national issues the
state is as realably Republican as any
of her neighbors in the New England
group The drop in recent years of a
few thousands from the ratio of two
Republicans to one Democrat is owing
to the influx from Canada of an ele
ment to whom the WAYS of the proli
bitonists are most distasteful. They
know no distinction between STATE and
national questions. and hence PUNK fer
the Democratic ticket.
There is no wave of insurgency in
Maine. scarcely a ripple. Democratic
speakers who aSSailed Republican
standards made no inroads. The new
paternalism smacks too much of the
workings of tn" new prohibition law.
which nullifieS the hOme-rule principle
by sending State deputies into coun-
ties to enforce system of house-tr-
house espionage and raiding which the
local officers shrink from. Having got
lesson from once hearkenine to the
rhapsodies Of political and social revo-
lutionists who failed to make good
there is no latchstring out in Maine
for the new breed of agitatorS.
Once rid of the incubus which was
only sc0tched Yesterday. Maine will
swing back to her mOorings. as was the
case after revolts had occurred in
Iowa. Kansas, Michigan. and other
states which have found themselves in
similar fix.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Wealth in Our Water Powers.

Other states are awakening to the
power and other wealth of the nation
al domain which produces revenue if
PROPERLY handled for the benefit Of
the people. This has become an
established policy of the Republican
party of Maine. and cannot be ignored
or neglected by the party which is just
coming into power. In round num-
bers. from half to three-quarters of
tine country's water power. is now in
lands holly under state law. except
as a stream Is navigable. Water pow
err follows rain fall, and the great
share Of the American rainfall is east
of the Mississippi river. Mountains
have very little to do with water pow
er. Drainage basins of no large area.
possessing a steady flow, and under
year. well distributed through the
twelve months. furnish the best con-
ditions for water power. These condi-
tions exist in this country. principally
in the states east of the Mississippi
and north of the Potomac and Ohio
rivers, and with additional water pow
err territory in the Southern Appala-
chians Rainfall in this region. how
ever. is more capricious in its fall
throughout the year. In 1908. this
country developed water power to the
amount OF $685. $50 horse power. Two
fifths of this is in New England ana
New York, or 1885, 900 horse power.
PENNSYLVANIA has more possible water
power than New York and New Eng
land put together, if Niagara Falls be
omitted, but had developed. in 1905.
but 30, 000 horse power. This is be-
cause cheap coal has postponed the
day, while in New England the demand
for white coar' began early.
Maine is not only interested deeply
in conserving her water power, as well
as other natural resources, for the good
of the whole people, but in inducing
capital to develop the great sources
of wealth which the State vet has as
q source of revenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Cups of Campaign Comfort.

There are measures of comfort for
Republicans in the results of the
campaign just closed that do not APP
pear at first glance. One is the
philosophical and kindly way in
which defeated candidates accept the
verdict of the ballots. The size of the
Democratic victory is comfort in
that it expresses a general discomfort
rather than feeling toward any one
candidate or faction. Democrats
more than Republicans are today ex
pressing regret that it is so difficult
to cut a ballot that many voters dare
not trust the attempt.
Democracy has the horse and the
pillow; now let them go ahead and
raise a crop. If it is the right sort
they may be able to retain their hold
on the ballot in two years from now,
but it may not be out of place to sug-
gest that it is a mighty sight easier to
sit on the fence and sass the plowman
than it is to hold the pillow.
Maine Republicans recall with pride
the dignified and clean fight waged by
Gov. Bert NJ Fernald. He is ever
the frank, courteous, candid and
good tempered gentleman. He has
nothing to regret in his remembrances
of the campaign. In defeat Gov
Fernald shows his quality-he wishes
good luck to his successor and
pledges him every aid and comfort
toward an easy and successful adj
ministration. We congratulate Gov.
Fernald on his showing Republicans
are proud of him and Democrats
respect him. Maine patrons of hus-
bandry will remember the caliber of
the man i'm their ranks. Sometimes
So called defeat is victory in dis
guise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
community on such questions at suit

community on such questions at suit
able intervals"
The Republican party in Maine pre-
ferred to stand pat" on prohibition.
DENYING the voters a chance to pass
again on the question directly. fhe|
have now passed on it indirectly. no'
only eIecting an approximation Gov
ernor. but giving him a Legislature
anti-prohibtion in both branches. The
extent of the reaction is shown in the
ca pture of the Legislature. which mas
not been Democratic in both branches
since before the war But a reVoiu-
ton in the legislative branch was
necessary to carry out the publl' VIII
and the voters accomplished tha'
revolution. As Ex-Governor 'obp
terselv put it yesterday: The peo-
ple apparently wanted change III
laws and men and methods, and ihey
made it.
Two Republican candidates for con-
gross were carried down in the deIeat
of the state organization. and the other
two won bv small pluraiities Gov
ernor Plaisted's plurality was apou'
$500 The Joint plurality of the Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress was
1900 That difference suggests 'he
greater pressure OF local issues Ma
tional questions played see"iiua.!
mart in the campaign. but it would De
,,iStake to saw that they played no
,.rt The loss of two seats in the
House of Representatives is warn
ing to the Republican party that II
must fight this year in many sections
of the country against the drift OF SEN
timent instead of with it. 1t cannot
win by standing pat Its only chanee
lies in united action in support Oh
progreS sive policy. BY New YORK re
publicans especially the result ~
Maine should be taken as notice |"
emf loose from the incubus of bosslsn'
reaction and rule from the top ana 10
90 to the voters with a program 'hor-
oughly in harmony with the lncfeaSii,s
hubble demand for fuller popular RUE
and higher standards of government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

doing in the nineties. With New
York's huge population, particularly
that in the greater city cut into dis
tricts b. a Democratic Legislature,
that State alone would make so
large a contribution, as with the solid
South almost to insure Democratic
control of Congress; particularly
would this be true if the Democrats
retain control of the Indiana Legisla-
ture. They could then do as they did
in the ninetieS-masS the Republican
majorities in a single district, making
all the rest in the State nominally
Democratic They could also arrange
Legislative districts so as to give
them the United states senatorships
FOR . decade. too.
The outlook is thus not happy for
the Republican rarity. and hardly less
50 for the business interests of the
country. in spite of Wall Streets conf
uiacencV today. 1t has long been said
that this year looks like 1890. In the
contests thus far recorded. il looks
very much more Democratic than did
that memorable wear; and Yet those
voters who saw what came out OF the
victories of 1890 may well pause be
fore demanding their re-enactment
The Democratic victory. eliminating
in the presidential election of two
years later. was followed by period
OF prolonged business depression
from which the country only
began to recover with the Spanish
War Period. For nearly ten years the
industries of the country merely
marked time. Does it want another
spell of slackened activities? This
is the Issue how before the voters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Frederick j Quinby. an amateur
aviator, who lives at Babylon, l.. L.,
took out his biplane at sunset today
for flight across the country to
the home of a friend. who had invited
him over to take tea. The trip was
without incident, but i'm attempting
to alght ON the lawn in front of his
friends house he fouled a pole and
dropped 60 feet to the ground. diSio-
eating his left shoulder and suffered
internal injuries This dropping in
to tea isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Coming Events.

Sept. 14-15-Reg. Reunion 18th Maine at
Bangor and E. Corinth (2nd Day.
Sept. 14-16-State Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs, Skowhegan.
Sept. 20.-A o. II. State convention at
Bangor.
Sept. 2-23-Androscoggin County Sum
day School Convention, Lewiston.
Sept 22-23-Maine State Board of Trade
at SkoWhegan.
Sent. 27-2S-Northern Hancock Agricul-
tural Society holds its Fair.
Sept. 30-Meeting of governor ana
Council.
Oct. 4, 5, 6,-Annual meeting Of Maine
State League of the National League or
Postmasters Of the United States. Au--
gusta.
Oct. 14-17-State Sunday School Convsn-
ton, Portland.
Oct. 26-28-Fourth Annual Meeting OF
Maine State Conference Of Charities ana
Correction, Portland.
Nov. S-10-Annual Exhibition of Matns
Pathological Society. Auburn.
Dec. 20-24-Stats Orange Augusta i
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
M aine Went.
tNeW York Tribune


Nobody will dispute the fact that
Maine went hell-bent' in an opposite
direction from that in which the Re-
publican party in that State was
headed. 1t would have caused no
great surprise if only the Democratic
candidates for State offices had been
elected. But very few Democrats in
Maine expected to carry two of the
four Congress districts and to capture
the Legislature and a United States
Senatorship. The decisiveness of
the Democratic victory is obvious
Maine has turned temporarily to the
Democratic party as an agency to ac-
compliSh results which it thought that
the Republican party was derelict in
not accomplishing.
So far as the State administration
was concerned its overthrow this year
was pretty clearly forecast in the
elections of 1906 and 1908. In the for
mer year the Republican plurality for
Governor fell to 1858 Git had been
26.S00 i'm 1900, and in the latter year
to 1858, although for President Mr.
Taft carried the State by plurality
of 1854. Dissatisfaction with the
prohibition amendment to the State
constitution and with the methods
used in enforcing the prohibition laws
has been growing steadily. The
Democratic candidates in 1906 and
1908 stood for resubmission of the
prohibition amendment. The Re-
publican State administration OPP
posed resubmssion and also enacted
law taking the responsibility for
enforcing prohibition out of the hands
of the county authorities and intrust-
ing it to a State commission. The
Tribune said on Sept. 16. 1908. COM
menting on the result of the Maine
election of that year. that the Repub-
lican party had been put on the de-
fensive by declaring against resubmis-
sion" 1t pointed out that in YER
mont. where a similar situation had
existed. the Republican party had
wisely yielded to a popular demand for
a referendum on the issue of slater
wide prohibition versus local option,
and that the voters had substituted
local option for prohibition. We add
ed There seems to be no reason
why a similar course should not be
pursued in Maine, for there can be no
harm in taking the judgment of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

the farm Irrigation and dry land
farming, new bread and fodder plants.
the growing of sugar beets to make
500, 900 tons of sugar last year. the
prospect of using the carbon dioxlde
of our atmosphere to make all of our
sweetening, the development of rice
on the Gulf Coast to equal our con-
sumption, the study of tobacco of
home growth to save the nations
money, the exploration of the Old
World for plants to increase the food
of the people and add to its variety.
All these and a thousand other activi-
ties that affect agriculture the people
read about.
There are we'll known methods of
farm management which our best
Maine farmers are practising. and
these methods bring good results. The
domestic animals have been associat-
ed with profitable farming from the
earliest times. The pasture on which
THE dllIIldl dZtS IL lliC pt'oe hii'''
method of restoring the necessary
physical condition that is impaired by
cultivation, as we'll as being the
source of cheapest production. When
a farmer desires heavy crop OF any
kind he ploughs up a pasture and
seeds down another.
Continual cultivation and use of
commercial fertilizers, without sys-
tens of rotation, or domestic animals
is advised by some latter day adj
venturers in agriculture, but the re-
suits are not permanently good, and
where this method has had long trial
it has brought disappointment. If
our country is to grow and develop as
a patriotic people hope, we must con-
serve the fertility of our soil; and the
moisture that is precipitated, not only
on our farms, but that which falls
upon the high lands and now flows
idly to the sea in all sections of our
country must be conserved.
Maine farmers are learning these
things. and their sons in the agricul-
tural colleges are learning more. and
the father goes to school to the son.
The spirit of the times, as we'll as the
inspiration of the schools and the
methods adopted, is bringing about
that better understanding and better
appreciation of the benefits and real
happiness to be obtained from the
farm home, more effectively than
could have been dreamed of a quarter
of a century ago. 1t is our desire not
| only to congratulate the Maine
farmer and his sons and his daugh-
ters, but to adopt every means in our
power to encourage and inspire those
things which make toward the general
welfare of the State and the nation.
Coming as it does through the real
builders of the independence and the
mainstay of our people, it is matter
of the utmost Importance to the peo-
pie az a whole to increase the interest
| in farm life and thus the production
| of the necessities of the home and in
that manner reduce the high cost of
living
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

There Is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together. and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
great many years doctors pronounced
it a local disease and prescribed local
remedies. and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease and there
fore requires constitutional treatment:
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
j. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
dro>s to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY. & CO, Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

A man is proud to be in business for
himself if he does nothing but lose
money at it.
A man wants his wife for a partner
at bridge. so that when he's beaten he
can blame il on her.
Nobody in the family doubts the
baby is talking plain English. especial
" when nobody understands it.
A woman comes to thinking her huS-
band is affectionate when he eats his
breakfast without growling.-New
York Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Reports of betterment in the iron
and steel trade are supported by the
the market, more orders are going to
the mills, and shipments of material
are heavier to consumers at present.
than in any period for some months.
A lower condition of stocks is indi-
Gated. and fail delivery buying is soon
expected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

When the Upper Iowa Methodist
Conference convened in Charles city
prea chcrg for 81 charges. That mum
Der pastors quit the ministry to
engage i'm secular work. because their
salaries are too small to meet the
present high cost of living. Verify,
the ways of Providence are beyond in
depreciation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Here's a question for the arithmetic
class: If cotton persists in soaring
around the 20 cent mark and sheep are
all converted into mutton. how long
will il take IA ten-year-old lad to wear
out a pair of shoddy pants
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Giving and Gaining.

We reap in return for our sowing,
And not for mere dreaming of gains;
The winds that are fitfully blowing
Across the wide, billowy plains
Will bring us no shiploadS of treasure,
Unless we have ships to return;
The world gives us measure for measure
And hope for the hopes that we earn.
The world gives us joy for enjoyment
That we have the grace to impart;
The heart is soon out of employment
That ceases to gladden. some heart:
The pleasure and profit of living
Are sweetened bv effort and zeal;
The world gives us gains for our giving,
And not for the empty appeal.
Chicago Record Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Vle man who got a hunting instead
of the marriage license he wished per
haps may become convinced that he
was being let off easy"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

That English aviator, Robert Lor-
raine, who flew SO miles and swan
two deserves credit for adaptability il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Senator Lorimer says he is going
to explain. Some things are better
left unsaid."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

No notice whatever will bo taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held zssponsi-
bic for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and Advertisements
to BURLEIGH 4 FLYNT. Publish.
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

The municipality of Paris offers a
plum of $4,000 to aViatOrs-if they
can fly up to it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Loss of Appetite

is commonly gradual; one dish after
another is set aside till few remain.
These are not eaten with much RELISH
and are often SO light as not to afford
much nourishment
Loss of appetite is one of the first
indications that the system is running
down, and there is nothing else so
good for it as Hoods Sarsaparilla-
the best of all toniCS.
Accept no substitute for HOODS,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Walt Mason asserts that he isn't
dead and hasn't been dead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Maine, also, had an aviation meet
did you see 'em go up?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Oh, yes, Maine Democrats can
"come back"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Get busy, kids, and work as hard as
you have played. AL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

1t isn't the size of the bills but the
denomination that interests US.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Well, that Democratic rooster had
been shut up for thirty years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

OF all the poultry at the fairs that
Democratic rooster takes the prize.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

The one man who energies with
credit as vote getter from the Name
election is Asher &. Kinds. In the
most Democratic district of the State
he has pulled through, while candi-
dates in party strongholds have been
overwhelmingly defeated
With a Democratic Legislature the
new Democratic Governor of Maine
will have to redeem his promises.
This probably means some system OF
local option for the regulation OF the
liquor traffic. But what VIII the
Democrats then do for an lsShe =
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Editorial Comment.
Remembering Maine.

The fun text of one bit of deggerel
is worth quoting today. 1t was ex-
actly seventy years ago this morning
that the country was singing:
"Oh have you heard the news from Maine.
Maine. Maine, all honest and true!
She went hell bent for Governor Kent
And Tippecmoe and Tyler too
And Tippecanoe and Tyler too,
And now We will beat little YAM
Maine was Democratic State in
those days, and it's support of the
Wing candidates made quite as
memorable a victory as its overturn
TODAY constitutes-Boston Transcript
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
Chicago Record Herald.

1t was a schooner load Of ice from
the Nennebec river that put and end
to the ice shortage at Biddeford Pool.
The supply of the local dealers ran
out and for two or three days before
the arrival Of the schooner from the
kennebec il was almost impossible to
get a pound of ice in the vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the ~ u@.l

As usually treated, n sprained ankis
will disable man for three or Ioea
Liniment freely as soon as the injury
is received. and observing the directions
with each BOTTLE cure can be enecsgS
IN from two to four days. FOE
= --aA-S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
600 FELLOWS SALL

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70. REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at O'Clock.
Work in First degree Friday evening.
Sept. 1G. -
X. II. BROWN, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15

Margaret Overlook of Liberty will be
100 years old next Saturday. Arrange
ments are being made by the residents
their grand old lady" to have the
event duly celebrated.