Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
The Sentinel IN conniptions.

ing? Mebbe business is light in the
particular ''booze" club for which its
editor holds the license and he has
had opportunity to write with pencil
instead of scissors.
What. You don't see the Sentinel
and would like to know what we are
driving at? Ny. my,
Well, the other day we said some
thing about the way floating mill pop
ulatian comes in from other states IN
times of labor difficulties. principally,
who bring their license-educated APP
petites with them. who pay no prop
erty taxes, and many of whom are
ready to exchange their franchise for
poll tax or other slight remuneration
from cheap politicians or representa-
tives Of the beer interests. We said
the Governor and his political asso-
ciates seemed to appeal to that class
and wanted it to make Names laws.
We calledaattention to the Governors
desire to secede with the cities, be-
cause they hold all this irresponsible
element whose vote he can control.
We said that he would place this
floating population of non-tax payers
against the property holders. the in
telligence and character of the people
of Maine.
Oh, yes the Sentinel had compton
several of them, in fact and. as it
had nothing new to say, reverted to its
out columns of denunciation of the
Kennebec Journal and conditions in
Augusta in the long ago-in the days
when the present distinguished editor
of The Sentinel was contributing tenn
perance articles to the Kennebec
Journal.
How the mighty have fallen. From
the confidence of respected people to
license holder of a beer club in a city
of notification made SO and held so
by the connivance of Democratic Of
ficials
The Sentinel attacks us with its
class prejudice chatter, AS If THE
CLASS TO WHICH WE REFERRED
WERE READY TO DENY THAT
THEY ARE FOR PLAIsTED. AND
PATTANGALL, AND RICHARDSON
AND DAVIS, AND GARDNER, AND
JOHNSON AND ALL THE OTHER
ADVOCATES OF LICENSE, AND
Z BoR OPEN LIQUOR SALOONS.
4 These people to whom We referred
do not include thousands of perma-
nent citizens who are city people and
min workers, and who pay taxes, and
who are honestly divided Gas are the
people of the country districts) on this
question of handling the liquor traf-
fic.
If there were any particle of fair
q ess or tolerance of other people
Inions in its proprietorship CT editor
d the Sentinel would admit that
= Is vuor Plaisted has nude the fatal
6 ,.gr of placing this question ir-
h, tbly as a partisan issue He
onnosn the Democracy of Maine no
fran tyto register its verdict or
bas policies in convention. He
cross to nail his party to the
Iate cearse His pretense of the
renglS y tdllf1 en.a.j5ge no conditions"
is been abandoned.
The Governor OF Maine comes out
boldly and defiantsy. for saloons. lie
considers not those, men of his party
who with heart and soul oppose th'
liquor traffic in all itssdevilish meth
DDS and ramifcations, and will at
tempt to hold them, by political ties
TO his latest and most '. obnoxious
scheme for admitting the liquor IN
terests to Maine He defies the wishes
and lifelong position of widely known
and respected Democrats of his, Stat
and bids, as we have stated, for. tina
element which has no responsibilities
no love for Maine, or pride in her in
stitutions or reputation. He is vel
come to that element, If they beliey'
in him and with him; they are no
of the citizenship which should Civ
inspiration to the law makers.
The Sentinel would carry the i'm
preston TO its small congregatio
that the Kennebec Journal has no re
spect for ANY of the thousands VIII
are skilled workmen in our faetorie
II lies, as it daily shows itself az
mlrably equipped to do.
We believe the population Of q
cities are as evenly and as honest
divided on this question, with the e
ception of the more or less migrate
element to which we have referred,
are the country districts. We al
believe that Governor Piaisteas a
peal TO this element to turn the ii