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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
The BLIGHT of the Primary.

tNew York Tribune)
The admission by one of the leaders
in the Roosevelt third party movement
that it cost almost $300o.0o0' to con-
duct the colonies recent campaign for
the Republican Presidential nomination
Is sufficient to condemn as vicious and
scandalous the experiment of choosing
delegates to national conventions by the
present loose methods of the popular
primary The Introduction of what in
many states is practically a preliminary
Presidential election has opened the
door to a profuse expenditure which
must eventually put a bar on the aspira-
tions of any candidate who is not him
self a millionaire or cannot raise through
friends an extravagant campaign fund.
Popular primaries We're held this year
in only L of the IS states. In this state
district delegates were elected by direct
there were very few contests. Had New
Yorks election occurred in May instead
of in March there would probably have
been fight all along the line. and the
Roosevelt expenditure here would have
run at least half million higher than
it actually did. If the present primary
system had been in use in all the states
it is not unreasonable to suppose that
it would have cost the two leading Re-
publican candidates from $s.000,00o to
$40 000, 600 to make their direct appeal to
the voters.
1t is no wonder that under these cir
cumstances the Republican National
Convention declined TO express its APP
prevail of the primary as a means of
electing national delegates Such an
approval would have involved regret
able departure from the wholesome pre-
cedents of the past under which pub
lie men of moderate means were eligible
to compete for the Presidential nominal
ton. Only the candidate with "a bar
rel'' would have a chance in a fight re-
quiring speaking canvass of three
months and the minute organization by
paid agents of Congress districts, and
even counties. in three-fourths of the
states in the Umion. If plutocraey ever
had say under the old system of max
ing nominations, it's influence would be
multiplied ten-fold under a general use
of the new method. Money TO spend for
advertising and organization would be-
come the first qualification of caudi-
date for the Presidency, and the longest
purse would put to rout the wisest head.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
Principles Secondary.
(Brooklyn Standard Union,

The reason for passing resolutions,
commonly called a platform, before a
convention names a candidate. is that a
party is supposed TO know It's principles,
whether it has made up its mind about
a candidate or not. TO come together
and pick a candidate first, and then find
out afterward what they believe in. If
anything. is queer performance By
any body of men pretending to be a
political party
But sometimes the queerest-looking
programme is the most logical. The
Democratic Convention is certain to
name some candidate. 1t is certain not
to be agreed upon principles. There
fore il is impossible TO overthrow the
reasona bleuess of the proposition TO
name the candidate first = further pro-
position to omit the platform altogether
would fit in, especially TO a situation In
which harmony is begged for ''at any
price" The price of not having any
principles at all might not be too much
to pay, if harmony is to be priced above
all things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

1t may be possible to correct the strik-
ing faults of the primary method by
rigidly restricting the amount to be
spent by or in behalf of a candidate and
by making all elections fall within the
same week, instead of stretching out
over three four trying months. But
until the giaring defects of the primary
as we now know 1t have been cured no
Republican National convention would
be justified in recommending its general
application. The system as SO far
worked out has stimulated excessive
and suspicious expenditure and brought
unnecessary decentralization and disor-
der into national politics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For Representatives to Legislature.
BYRON BOYD, Augusta.
WILLIS f. SWIFT, Augusta.
GORHAM C. CARR, Waterville.
FRED CYR. Waterville.
CHESTER H. BEANIE, Gardiner.
JOHN M. EASTMAN, Benton.
(Clinton, Albion. Benton, Unity Pl.
Glass;
EDWARD III. COOK, Vassalboro.
(Winslow, Vassalboro Glass;
FEN b. THOMPSON, Farmingdale.
chelsea. Farmingdale Glass;
CHARLES w. JONES, China.
(Windsor, Randolph. Pittston, China
Glass;
DANA C. SKILLIN, Hallowell.
(Hallowell, w. Gardiner, Manchester
Glass;
ARTHUR j. CHICK, Monmouth.
Monmouth, Litchfield, Winthrop
Glass;
ELLSWORTH E. PEACOCK, Read
field.
(Wayne, Readheld, Mt Vernon, Fay
cite, Vienna, Rome Glass;
FRED A. ScRIBNER. Belgrade.
belgrade, Sidney Glass;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
Editorial Comment
The Republican Course.
Oath Tiues.)

Our opinion of the constituency of the
new Roosevelt party seems to the Wa
terville Sentinel Incompatible with ou:
view that the national situation should
not affect the fortunes of the Republican
ticket in Maine. So far as the State is
concerned, the issue is between the
Haines ticket and the Plaisted ticket
between the party of progress and the
machine which has been making SO pitt
full an attempt during the past two
years to govern our great Common
wealth. Whichever view any Republic
can, however misguided, may take of
the national situation the Haines' ticket
must command his support in the field of
Names politics.
andthe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
The 4eold Coasts in Our Schools.

Class distinctions in our educational
institutions present grave subject for
consideration We have had occasion
10 refer TO the menuce, and to the
activity against it OF educators and
writer's who have interested themselves
in the matter. Other newspapers, some
OF the leading ones OF this country.
have taken the matter up and, just
now, foremost publications are giving
thought and space to the topic.
Below We give the substance of an
editorial article in the New York Com
mercial and which has been repub-
lished by the Boston Evening Trans
cript and other papers. We believe our
readers viii find much food for thought
in this article. and that il viii serve
TO post them on an issue that is bound
to come TO the front and be dealt with:
Our leading universities are furnish.
ing news OF social conditions In their
halls and dormitories thai possesses
sensational features. students are sun.
mixing proofs. every day in the storie.
printed of their snobbery, dissipation
waste OF time. extravaganza and IDIOT,
pranks. Strikes are the last word.
Universities have their gold coasts
or luxurious dormitories and club
houses which only the rich and social
prominent may enter While money i
A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
The Coal Mines Death Rate.

| That the high tide Sin The terrible
death rate in American eoal' mines ha'
been reached and passed iss the conf
| dent belief of the officials of the United
! States Bureau of Mines, Figures is
| sued today by the Bureau show tina
2.5l7 men were killed in the. mines las
| year as against 1884 for 1910. This
| shows a reduction in the number OF
| lives lost of S17 in one year 8 time. The
death rate in 1910 was 3 81 men in
every Loco employed. The rate in 1911
was 3,74.
Compared with 1907. the darkest year
in the history of Ameri. an mining,
when 3,197 men lost their lives. 1911
shows a decrease cf $50 in the number
OF men killed. IT was follow ing the rec
ord of this year that Congr ess author
lied the government to begini inyestiga-
tions looking toward a reduction in the
death rate and this was ,su plplementedI
in la10 ny the creation o: the, bureau of
Mines. Discussing the death statistics
Of the coal mines. DIR. Joseph A.
Holmes. director of the Bureau of
Mines said:
While these latest mortality Stats
ties in the coal mines of the country
snow slight improvement over the pre-
vious years. the United States has sill
no record to be proud of. In spite of
the progress we have made, we are still
far below the standard of safety. that
weAought to have reached.
ut is of course comforting TO know
that for each yeal- since 1907 there has
been Il decreasing number of men killed
for every million tons of coal mined,
and that for every life lost we have
each year taken out of The earth more
tons of coal. This is an improvement
in the right direction. hope that with
in the next year or two we will see as
great an improvement in tn reduction
of the number of men kill ed per 1000
men employed.
THE Bureau is cooperating with the
State Mine Inspectors the mine work
ers and with the mine ope rators in All
endeavor to solve many of the difficult
problems connected with the coal min
ing industry in this country. In this
effort all the above forces are coop
Grating in good spirit in the determina-
ton to bring. about better conditions
In this cooperative effort there is also
serious need of the statesmen. No
branch of industry in this country is on
so bad an economic basis today as is
the coal mining industry. and this in
dustry can never be placed on salts
factory basis until. through Important
legislative changes. improvement in
this economic basis is made possible y
1t was early in 1905 that the Federal
government began its Investigation of
the causes of mine disasters following
the climax of accidents in 1907. The
record for 1907 and the following years
is as follows:
19o7-St97 men killed, or ASS in every 1000
employed:
l9os-244a killed, or 1854 in every 1000 en-
ployed;
i9o9-266s killed. or four in every 1000
employed:
lslo-2ss4 men killed, or S91 in every
1000 employed:
l9li-25l7 men killed. or 374 in every
1000 employed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

million dollar line in 1907, the 700 mill
lion dollar line in 1910, and in 1912 APP
proximated 900 million do liars; and the
addition of the merchsendise coming
from our own islands bri gs the grand
total of non-dutiablc merchandise in
the fiscal year 1912 up to a round 1
billion dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
CIeuer Willie.


A rough-looking man entered the home
Of gentleman in a Western city. and,
seeing no one around but a small hoy
named Willie. said to him, IF you don't
tell me where your father keeps his
money, I'll knock your top-knot off an
afterwards eat YER
please don't" said Willie. you'll
find all the money we've got in an old
coat in the Kitchen
Two minutes later a bruised and bat
tered wreck was pitched through the
front door of Willies home. and sat in
the gutter and blinked.
THAT kids too smart said the man
Never said word about the oil man
bein' inside the coat ''-Lippincotts
.'were you much upset by the bank
failure?"
II es. I lost my balance t"--Satire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

From the many American ships that
carried on the whaling industry In the
waters to the south of New Zealand. in
the early decades of last century, not "A
few of the members of their crews must
have deserted and settled among the in
digenes. Now by piece of rare good
fortune we are placed in possession oil
the entire life-story of one such rebel
against civilization. kimble Bent is
tfor he still lives) the son of one Water
man Bent who once dwelt in the town
of Eastport, in Maine, where he was a
ship-builder, and of Eliza Senter. his
wife, who was half-caste Indian. be-
longing to the Musqua tribe on the ste.
Croix River. At Eastport he was born
on August "a, 1887 Seventeen years later
ne ran away from home and shipped on
board the United States training frigate
Martin He put In three years on the
sea, returned home. then sailed again
this time to England where he enlisted
in the army. A short time later he de-
serted but was recaptured and imprls-
oned for II years He fought two years
in India against the Maoris. was logged
for breach of discipline and deserted
again, going directly to the tribesmens
camp where he was accepted as a mem
Der. Here he was married under threat
of death to half-blind, "blubber' Tipped
woman savage. She left him In course
of time and he was welded to pretty
| Maori girl of H. He became medicine.
through curing the chief of serious
disease. At the end of year Bent had
| settled down to the wild life of the
Maoris in the bush He quickly learned
| their simple and musical language; his
uniform long ago gone, he wore only
| flax Kilt or waist shawl He became
AN adept in their woodcraft, in bird
| sharing and spearing, eel-fishing, and
pig-hunting. But it was war that spun
or colored the thread of his existence
| for the first six or eight years. The
| Hau-Haus had risen in implacable re-
| bellion against the British. and by a
| skiilful guerrilla warfare they held the
| regular troops and the colonial auxii-
| aries at bay. In 1881 when it was safe
| for him. he visited Auckland and other
colonial towns, but again he went back
To his brown-skinned friends. and with
| them he still dwells No longer a slave,
| he practices as medicine-man. In APP
pearance he resembles highly respec-
| table shopkeeper: yet he alone of living
| white men has witnessed secret rites
| that no mortal is likely ever again to
| see. At IA he wishes to work his pas
/ sage back to his native Maine and die
| in his mothers land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

This Is purely educational campaign To appre-
cate this great book one need not be church mem
Der or religious man or woman. 1t should be
available for EVERYONE and often referred to and
read here and there as the interesting of all
books--the book which has governed the develop
ment of the worlds civilization. No matter how
many Bibles you own you need this one. as its
pictures vivify the Bible Misunderstanding 1t
i present. living interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

''If this be treachery'' let us make the
most of it, but the Roczland Opinion
Oemocraticl evidently considers itself
safe in tie belief that the city luckily
has more to its credit than being the
home eff the Senator The Opinion says:
Mr.. Gardner says that the Demo-
cratic party owes Judge Parker nothing
OF course it does not. Neither does ii
owe Mr.. Bryan or Senator Gardner any
thing. But they owe it something-7their
duty and allegiance and their best ef-
forts to promote harmony and good feel
ing in the party in this campaign, that
1t may win victory for Democratic
principles. And their duty to their party
is ill fulfilled by throwing firebrand
into the convention at the outset unless
some good reason can be given for 1T.
Some such reason may exist, but it has
not at this writing been named.i
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

Little minds are too much
hurt by little things; great
minds are quite conscious of
them and despise them.--La
Rochefoucauld
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

Shades of Wood! Talk about the Bull
Moose and the ELEPHANT Take peek
at the Donkey. the Tammany Tiger
and Houn' Dawg!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
The Only
Really
illustrated
Bible
i'm the
World.

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rceand" nve N part
( The .meelya embe er
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help
andON complete lLLu STRATED Bible
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
Maine Gossip
Dapdeliops


I When the first dandeions came
And settled on my lawn
welcomed them with great acclaim
For then | wasn't on
thought them very pretty flowers
tAnd that of course. is true1.
l used to look at them for hours
When they We're far and few.
But when they came to go to seed
| learned this fact-alas--
The dandelion is weed
Which raises Ned with grass
And when I'd dug three thousand out.
With long and bitter toll
Three times that lot began To sprout
Within the turfy soil.
No matter how l fought. they gained
With energy serene,
Until at last my lawn remained
Without one bit of green;
The dandelions grew apaee
And forced the grass to yield
And when they went to seed, the place
Looked like a cotton field.
But I have made deep-laid plot
BY which to get ahead
Next year I'll make my little lot
A DANDELION bed
Ill fight the GRASS-beyond a doubt
1t will come marching on,
And choke the dandelions out
And | shall have a lawn
-Berton Braley
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For Register Of Probate.
RALPH w. LEIGHTON, Mt. Vernon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

A Boston American headline: Pref.
TEST GIRL IN NEWPORT WEARS
NO GOWN A SECOND TIMEi
Ought to have been arrested the first
tiupf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For County Commissioner.
HENRY F. CUMMINGS. Manchester.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
REPUBLICAN
NOMINATIONS
For President,
WILLIAM n. TAFT
~ of Ohio.
For Vice President.
JAMES S. SHERMAN
OF New York.
For United States Senator.
EDWIN G. BURLEIGH
of Augusta.
For Governor.
WILLIAM !. HAINES
\ of Waterville.
For Representative to Congress.
FORREST GOODWIN
of Skowhegan.
For State Auditor.
TIMOTHY r. CALLAHAN
For State Auditor.
TIMOTHY CALLAHAN
of Lewiston.

For State Senators.
JOSEPH w. ALLEN, Mt. Vernon.
FRANK l.. BUTTON, Augusta.
WELLINGTON T. REYNOLDS,
Winslow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01


The record for butter making in this
part of the State has been attained by
Alton Hodges of Winslow From herd
of five Jersey cows in ten months he has
made 1886 pounds of butter. He has re-
ceived 50 cents pound for it which will
give him 500 from the cows in year
The cows have cost him 80 cents day
apiece while in the barn. Considering
his success it is interesting to know his
method of feeding. He gives each COW
20 pounds of hay each. day. six to eight
pounds of grain according to size of
COW. He mixes bag of Indian NEAL
two bushels of mixed feed. one bag of
cottonseed. Last year at the Lewiston
and Waterville fairs on these cows he
won 81 test from a score of 100 and
none lower than 50 on the butter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

California women are searching for a
title to substitute for the word "suffra-
eist" The name Amazon" is hereby
submitted as both classic and Classy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Such name as Helen, round Ion
don, would seem to be more Appropriate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For County Treasurer.
BERT P. STUART. Belgrade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

The annual reunion of the Eighth
Maine Regt Assn was held, last week
at the regimental building on Peaks
Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

OWLS, AUGUSTA NEST, NO. 1886,
Darby Block, III Water street. Meetings
every first and .tiiird Fridays, at 7a1 F.
NJ. Visiting brothers cordially weIca ned.
NILES j.. PERKINS. presfJs Mt 2
G.. II. BANGS. Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

Monday, July I, 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

Wonder what the Senator from Rock
land will say when he comes home
Probably will want to start another
Democratic party in Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
We Can't Help Saying Ii.

We are now absolutely sure that Sam
Conner, special writer for the Lewiston
Journal, is way above other newspaper
men in Maine,-at least he was Mon
day afternoon when he went up witt,
Harry n. Atwood in his flying machin ne
at Poland Springs.-Rumford Falls
Times
Aw. stop soft-soaping Sam, Or, by
and by, his head will begin TO swell
and then he'll go up without any aero
plane.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For Judge of Probate.
HAROLD E. COOK, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For Clerk of Courts.
CHARLES w. JONES, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For Sheriff.
COLBY GETCHELL. Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

The biggest curiosity among eggs was
found recently by Mrs. Jennie Hodges
of Skowhegan 1t was a three yolked
egg and was laid by one of her white
Wyandotte two year old hens. The egg
was brought to the house with others
and was noticed TO be of larger size,
but not until the egg Was broken. after
it was cooked was 1t found to be of such
an unusual makeup This hen has laid
since then several double yolked eggs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01

For County Attorney.
WILLIAM II. FISHER. Augusta.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-10-11

States of America and man of good
moral character that he will apply
TO the Board OF County Commissioners
at Crown Point Lake County, Indi-
ana. on the first Monday in November.
1912. the same being the Attn day of
November. 1912. for renewal Of IL
cense to retail Intoxicating, spurious,
vinous and malt liquors in less guam
titles than five gallons at time and
permit the same to be drunk upon
premises where sold. said license be-
ing heretofore granted by the Board
of Commissioners on the 7th day of
November. 1911. and issued by Charles
Johnson Auditor of said Township,
County and State, for period of one
year from said date.
The precise location where liquors
are to be sold BY the provisions of the
license to be renew is as follows:
The front room on the ground floor
Of two story frame building located
on lot % block g. Morris addition te
the city of Hammond. Lake County
Indiana. Said room is 25x3s feet wide
and faces north on Morton avenue,
public highway In the City Of Ham
mond Lake County. Indiana. and fur.
ther described and known as the cor
ner of Morton and Howard avenues
/ There is one front. side and rear en-
| trance. Said room has glass front anc
an Of the inside Of said room may b.
/ seen from Morton avenue
CHARLES M'NERNEY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-10-11

Of the people He goes along making
speeches every day but his crowds are
not large nor are they enthusiastic 70
any alarming degree. II Is said that
this is also causing the Democrats some
uneasiness, becaue they mad counted on
Ralston to be one Of their strongest
speaking cards
All Of these things have Injected gin
ger into the Republicans VINO lew
weeks ago We're down in the mouth and
disheartened NOW when YOU meet
Republican that knows anything about
the political conditions. he talks with
vim and vigor that reminds one Of the
old days when Republicans We're in
control Of everything. The campaign
has changed from one Of little interest