The Republican journal., 1911-08-10


that was overlooked in our brief sum-
mary. Referring to license as money
making proposition he said that Massa-
chusetts received. in round numbers, 49,,
100, 000 for licenses, while the sale of
liquors entailed State expenditures of
10000. 600, That can hardly be consid-
-red a money making proposition, aside
from the poverty, degradation and crime
resulting from the licensed liquor traf-
tic.
We have an old account book dating
back to 1Sl1-l2 and have seen another of
later date in which a majority of the
charges are for New England rum, gin
and other wet goods, and ''but one half
penny worth of bread to this intoerable
deal of sack. In those days of free
rum the deposits in Belfast's one bank
did not exceed 5000, 900. Today, under
prohibition. our three banks have de-
posts of over So, 00O,O 600, and evidences
of prosperity are to be seen on every
hand. No one willing to work is unem-
ployed and larger pay is received for
fewer hours. In those good old days
men worked from sunrise until dark.
By the death of Senator VIM. P. Frye
Maine loses one of her ablest, most use
full and best loved public servants.
''Above and beyond the deep personal
grief at the death of Senator Frye, | feel
the loss to the State" said former Gov
ernor and Congressman Edwin c. Bur-
leigh who served for A years with Sena-
tor Frye in Washington. "a great
statesman, who ever had the interest of
the people at heart, has gone to his re-
ward His six terms in the National
House, surmounted by 80 years in the U.
S. Senate, speak eloquently of his service
to the people of Maine and the entire
nation The loss of his wise counsel is
nationwide and well-nigh irreparable to
the State he loved so well"
BY vote of 4S to 80 the Senate, Aug.
1st, passed the farmers free list bill
with a few amendments added to the
text written by the Democratic House.
The lone vote from New England for this
bill was cast by Charles F. johnson, the
Democratic senator from Maine. New
England Republicans found much conso-
lation in the fact that Democratic sena-
tors voted to retain the duty upon meat
and -four except when it came from Can
ada or some other country that admitted
our cattle and cereals free of duty. THAT
will be cheering tariff news to the shoe
makers of Lynn and other Massachusetts
cities, - said Senator Lodge. 1.-THE Dem
ocrats of the Senate voted to remove the
duties from boots and shoes and to keep
the duties on meat and -four In the
House, August LIST, the cotton bill was de-
bated. Representative Mccall criticised
the pending bill as more for the benefit
Of rich men because it lowered the duty
or classes of cotton goods used by the
wealthy people. 1t was also sectional,
as it favored the southern mills. This
country had a virtual monopoly in the
growing of cotton and Mr. Mccall said
ne thought that the industry of manu-
featuring cotton'goods should be fostered
so that this country should have lion S
share Of the industry.
Disregard Of law, of public sentiment,
and craftsmanship of an intense degree
are the salient characteristics of the one
man city government Belfast has been
called upon to endure. When the mayor
cast the deciding vote to abate the taxes
on a corporation of which he was the
promoter and chief beneficiary, even his
followers revolted and forced him to re-
l;nguish this attempt to increase the
burdens of the small taxpayers, for
which he has expressed such solicitude,
and later to admit its illegality. But he
has continued ever since to do the city
printing and advertising at his own price,
although the city charter says that he
shall not receive from the city any other
compensation" (than his salary ''for any
service by him rendered in any other
capacity or agency and the Revised
Statutes, chapter 4, section 38, reads:
"No member of a city government shall
be interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract entered into by such gov
eminent while he is a member thereof,
and contracts made in violation hereof
are void'' In the matter of tax collec-
tor we have another illustration of the
methods of this one-man city govern
ment. No bids were called for, as has
been customary, and the election of a
tax collector was deferred until the
mayors candidate for Judge of the