The Republican journal., 1911-10-19
IS 1T YES OR NO?
THE Oxford County Citizen. ]

This is the question that has beer
.,tad throughout the State of Maine,
- fact. throughout the world, dur.
10 the past month. Those who
1--we read the newspapers are
-rare that it is No, and it may be fair
., add that those who have followed the
nroceedings of the executive team have
,bserved a dyed in the wool determina-
I'm to make it read Yes.
The question of incorrect returns from
.o- towns of Lines tone, Athens. West
4s5 and Matinicus Plantation is not an
qt these four towns reversed their
4yures in making the official returns,
.-4 that by thus reversing them a plur-
rty Of 26 in favor of repeal was obtain
The Associated Press in it's canvass
+ the vote had different result, which
gave nearly 500 No plurality. 1t will
remembered, too, that the Secretary of
STATE, who by the way was the first
n4mocratic candidate for Governor to
wage real rum campaign in the State
# Maine, got seriously stirred because
the Associated Press in its news gather
me- capacity had detected the errors
that had been made and informed the
agbic that the Noes had won. We
nav however, thank our lucky stars
that We have an Associated Press, be-
,slse were it not for the canvass made
b. SAID Associated Press the rum crowd
would have won on the face of the offic-
s returns, and jollifcation headquart-
rs would have been maintained under
,t5 gided dome during the remaining
AVS and months of the present admins
~suon.
But as to these returns, the clerks of
,na towns and plantation above mention
i rave appeared before the Governor
arc Council and given testimony that
be-. returns which they rendered were
IT correct; that the yes vote should
r-5 no and the no vote read yes in each
sse And any fair minded person who
-ss cad the report of the two meetings
@ ave been held must observe that
Governor and Council, instead of
-g0g a fair and impartial hearing for
nurpose of obtaining the right vote
I'll Sc towns as cast by the citizens of
@ towns, all appeared as attorneys
t- Tie rum crowd, and they came little
-r.t Of abusing the four clerks who
there seeking the right to correct
DC. errors which they had made in copy
heir returns and thus having the
t. If their townsmen recorded cor
n.y.
Q-ring the campaign the slogan of
rum crowd as set forth in the rum
.rss Vi the State was, Let the People
-e, but if any Of our readers can see
aclinatlon on the part of the pow
mat be to let the people rule in ac-
4nce with their votes, manifested in
attltude taken by said powers con-
cg the errors which honest men are
ing to have corrected, we may then
-l,t them with desire to let the
pie rule.
TIE intimation is abroad that the
Ell forces, working through their
-nts, our servants Of the people, will
win out and the &c Yes vote will
,i good. We do not believe that this
BE- the case. The Attorney General
-- rynceded in a public speech before
". c. T. U. the victoryof the No Lii
ST. forces, and though there may have
.--n desperate effort to cling to those
Vet votes, yet we cannot believe that
it is positively known that there is
leality of 75S against repeal, Govern
Paisted will ever issue a proclama-
r declaring the rum crowd has won
The Constitutional Amendment must