Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-09-07
Political Advertising.

nature have just been reading one
| in local paper. 1t compares the rec
ord of the county attorney and sheriff
of Waldo county for the years 1899 and
1910 with that of the Democratic Off
GERS fer the years 1911 and 1912. Mr..
Justice Dogberrv said that eompari-
sons We're "odorous." and when we
compare those comparisons" with the
facts in the case the "0dor'' OF the
writer of them is such as to make him
Il most eligible candidate for the An
anias Club There is no danger of his
receiving a BLACK bali by any of the
present members unless they should
cast it out of envy or jealousy. This
advertisement states that Carleton &
BuZzeli turned into the county treas
ury in two years but 1865 in liquor
fines. And that is the good thing
about their record Carleton & Buzz
zell were not after ..fines;" they were
after the men, and they got them. too
They obtained Jail sentences against
the rumsellers; they appealed and got
bends. jumped their bonds and left
the State. and this same Buzzeil col
lected over $4,000 from their bondsmen.
So that the county got some 5000 in
fines and forfeitures in 1909 and 1910
out of the rumsellers and their bonds
men, and they drove the rdmsellers
out of the State where they could no
longer be menace to the youth of
our county. I admit this is not as
good business for the officials as the
present alleged and popular method
of small fines and big graft.
No p0I1td forget
and leave this item of three thousand
odd dollars out of the account, for the
Democratic county attorney was coun-
sci for the rumsellers bondsmen who
paid the forfeiture.
This advertisement goes on to say
that the Democratic officials turned
into the county treasury in 1911 and
1912. 81. s2s. or according to the court
records less than half the amount that
the wicked Republicans paid in. and
they kindly allowed the rumsellers to
remain in the county. and run at large.
1t would be base ingratitude for a
man to abuse his friends, especially
his political friends. This same ad
vertisement says there have been
sufficient successful seizures made
since the April term of court to war;
rant the collection of some $4,000 in
fines" Myi But there must have
been most remarkable increase in
the liquor business since our good
Democratic officials came into power.
For ii appears by their own record.
which they are SO proudly advertising
that while they were able to collect
hut slS2S>in the first 10 months of their
7.S,s ~se.t,. f1aa Of les,Ss
than S122 month; in the last four
months they have been able TO collect,
\ Ton paper) $4,000. as at the rate of $3.50
per month, an increase of over 500 per
cent. That looks lust as If the liquor
business was going some in Bleeding
Waldo.''
think it must have been true, as
claimed two years ago, that Carlton
and Buzzefl have driven the rumsel-
| lers out of this county" 1t must have
lsbeen mighty dry picking for our DEM
ocratic officials during their first year:
| but it looks now like it was getting
| "unctuouS" Who can blame them
| for wanting to be reelected?
| This most interesting advertisement
goes on to say that they have saved
over 1890 in court expenses in 1911 as
compared with 1910. 1t is the sim
pIest thing in the world to keep down
court expenses. Neglect to prosecute
| the criminals and the court expenses
cannot help being light. But the
| black hand of disgrace will lay heayi-
| ly on the officials who pursue that
policy, just as it is at the present time
on those in the city of New York.
| Does Waldo county want these dregs
in her cup, just that she may save a
| few paltry dollars? No! thousand
| times no.
| But Ruzzell had murder trial on his
hands which cost over $1,000 which
more than offsets the $1,000 they claim
! ed to hand the county. So if Buzzell
F, had not been so "officious" and dill
| gent in ferreting out criminals lie
might also have saved the county this
expense and would probably have
| been commended by our fugal Demo
| cratic brethren. This advertisement
continues its cheerful vein thus:
] There are today fines collectable at
the next term from appealed cases
| resulting from seizures made since
| April, another $1,000. How we could
roll up our assets if we figured our
personal affairs in that way!
That looks good on paper. Let us see
how it is apt to figure out. During pres
ent Democratic administration in this
icounty they have prosecuted 22o liquor
eases; of those 1911 had been mol pressed
continued or disposed of without fines
Showing that 81 per cent of their cases
| .'miscarried." So il they are equally
successful in those appealed cases they
| will be able to collect 13 per cent of this
Iboasted si0O0. or $780, How much will il
Icost to carry those appealed cases
Through the Supreme Court? 500? More
$50 if it is. going to cost us $500 to see
those cases through and we are to re.
ceive but $l3O for the job, which is the
lratio of their cases SO far, ] would adj
wise them TO drop the whole thing and
save money. There are more Bargains
in the political advertisements than the
good housewife can find In the Sunday
fpapers. And the simple way to get them
is to re-elect the present Democratic
party officials. But r must hasten; much
as l would like to notice all the gooo
things must not take up too much oi
your valuable space. This "ad' goes or
to say when the present administra
tfon came into office Jan. 1, 1911, this