Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-29
The Fiaht Isn't Ended.
The Portland organ of the rum il


terestsi has this to say:
The organ of the lumber interests was
mistaken as usual. The Argus mas
awaited the course of events and bded ITS
time. 1t can now "serenely announce
that If OPPOSITION to reciprocity IS not
dead il is reported to be dying, though
il may finger in the last throes. Yester-
day the Kennebec Journal as news
paper was Obliged to publish the news
that the Root amendment 10 the feeip
rocity Agreement had been defeated by
an Overwhelming vote. That the over
whelming defeat of the Root amendments
foreshadows a similar fate for all amend
ments that may follow, is the pelei III
Washington 1.-THE vote on the ROOT
amendment is considered to be indicative
of the probable vote of the other amend
meuts" SAYS the Washington correspond
ent of the New York journal OF Com
merce; "this makes today's action ot-coh-
sderaby greater interest IMAM l! , LIZ
wise would be" And he adds that thef9
were confirmatory expressions on AZ
sides today with reference to the bellel
that the Democrats would not allow tne
Introduction of amendments INTO inc It re-
ciprocty measure This view IS cotIop-
grated bv the Washington dispatches
generally Senator Penrose. chairman OIL
fhe Senate committee on finance. Is .auot-
ed TO the effect that 'feciproclty Is MI
stronger position than ever as rTsuie
Of the activity of the Insurgents. nu9
il appears that the activity Oh the shsul
gents, which the Maine organ Oh ,rv
| element of strength" against RECIPROCITY
has proved to be a new element OF Wsako
ness The insurgents seeking 70 lhlIi
| rocinrocitv have only succeeded ~ tieip
mo II and in hurting themselves nave
no fear whatever that we shall DE un-
| able to nut the bill through as II now
stands" says Senator Fehros sa dou OF 81
| mis- we conclude that the ONCE deVll oi
| M Arpns has not started the ARGUS eur
| Tor off on the wrong tran nut HaS a., ), ~
| The Law of the land in TINS f ecipi o@ ',l,
I IL
| 6denca in the Argus office devil Is ho'
| vet impaired.
From the above we conclude ehdO
tho Argus is a better sheet today imam
over before. because confession Is
good for the soul and this Maine
organ of the private liquor interests
frankly admits that it follows ITS
nrivate devil submissively White
the Kennebec Journal Is publishing
the news every day, it is also pub
Fishing the views and voicing the de-
nands of it's constituents. 1t has not
claimed that the reciprocity de-
huston would be defeated, but that it
should be. and has kept its readers
informed of every possibility OF
amendment that would improve the
proposed arrangement. The thing
we have declared from the start was,
that allegations of overwhelming
sentiment" among the people FOR the
measure were downright falsehoods
land based on nothing but the hopes OF
selfish interests. We have the proof
of this assertion. so far as Maine is
concerned.
The Portland organ Of the rum in
terests" quotes Senator Penrose's con
fdenee that the bill will pass as it is
but it fails to tell its readers that the
Democracy and insurgents may force
the acceptance of Democratic tariff
schedules as the price Of ratification
: OF course the Portland organ Of thu
rum interests" would rejoice in such I
climax. and the farmers of the coun
try would feel that others were to suf
fer as well as themselves, but the con
sumers for whom reciprocity" wa
! constructed would discover that the
had purchased a gold brick at dea
lprice.