Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-28
ROCKETS AND RED FIRE.
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| more expensive IMAM the army ana not
half as patriotic h. declared He
then reiterated the statement made iii
the Democratic campaign text book
that in 20 months the Democrats had
reduced the State debt $l059,0o0.
| He claimed that $4,000 were all
the assets that the Democrats had
from the Fernald administration, In
| stead of s1.9o0,010, arguing that the
taxes coming into the State treasury
| in 1872, assessed by the Fernald adj
ministration, were offset by $l,5ol 900
| in school money, $4,000 returned to
| the town In railroad. telegraph and
telephone taxes, 100000 in dog taxes
and $4,000 in wild land taxes, return
| ed to the towns
He felt obliged to admit that there
had been a six-iifill tax rate, in 1911,
after making the assertion that the
Democrats found the tax rate at hVe
mills and left it at four mills.
He claimed that $4,000 had been
saved in the state House depart
ments, $4,000 of which was by the
adjustment of the Cattle Commission
and then devoted the rest 10 minutes
to ridiculing the expense account OF
the cattle commissioners.
He defended the expenses of the
special session of the Legislature by
saying that the regular and special
sessions of the Legislature of 1911
were not as large as the expenses of
the regular session of 1909.
The speaker then took up the mat
ter of alleged Irregularities in the Of
fee of a former State treasury and
,s..t1 81 - ,. pnfat
now say was that no official of theirs
ever stole any money and got away
with it.
Ballot Scandal Minor Issue.
He dismissed the ballot scandal as
minor issue and said that he didn't
know and he didn't care whether or
not the Watervile Sentinel printed too
many ballots. and that Mr.. Davis ac-
ton i'm ordering the ballots was taken
after consulting legal advice.
| The claim was made by the speak
er that many tax reforms had been
accomplished under Governor Pia1s-
ted.s administration. He also SIDE
stepped the prohibition issue with two
minutes conversation, in which he IN
ltimated that Mr.. Haines would no;
/ state in the cities whethehr or not he
would enforce the prohibitory law and
accused the Republicans of having a
shifting platform
ct is not the duty of the Governor
Ito enforce the law now that tbs
Sturgis law is repealed and God knows
YOU don't want the Sturgis Law
iagain." cried the speaker, but his
statement did not meet with the ap'
lplause which he apparently antici-
pated.
4 He concluded by quoting Theodore
Roosevelt to the effect that the Ike
lpublican party was dead and urgee
1.-The Republicans to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. in September as well a.
i'm November.
81 love a lot of you. ! used to o.
one of you." said Mr.. Pattangali' II
his semi humorous appeal to the oia'
line Republicans to come into TN
| democratic fold. which followed M
appeal to the Progressives to vote TO
Wilson. He then threw in mild DOS
Iof praise MIR. Gardner which go
hit more applause than he cares
for. az
| Durine Mr.. Pattangalls speech
Governor Marshall came into the hal
1
speaking earlier in the evening, ans
at the close of the attorney genera
remarks. was introduced by CIT!
Clerk Newbert.
The audience arose and the pau
PLAYED Hail to the CHER as the IN
diana Governor came Forward y
speak. He put the audience IN goo
humor at the start with funny stor.
or two and after declaring tnat ih'
lpresent campaign was mot ITO. pu
q revolution revolution, whici
| would bring return to the old Dem
tocratic simplicity, plunged into th'
heart of his tariff speech.
"The Tariff and the Trusts"
| In substance Governor Marshal
said.
"An my public utterances are in
tended to be without venom. l wan
to attack systems and not men. Pro
family is wrong, yet many good mel
swear. Because they are good the,
fought not to expect me to stand FOL
their profanity. Although they know
rcbuke is merited, sometimes the.
j get mad. A good man is as likely t.
go to sleep at a place of danger 'as q
| bad man. because ne Is Soou sildii
rot awaken him although | must jolt
| him to do it?
| II know nc protected manufacturer
| who is not pillar of society. He
goes to Congress and says he musi
help to run his business Suppose te
awaken him from his well-fed and
i contented condition / should say to
him You're a beggar.' Would l gel
out of town alive? But can this mar
who insists that he must have protec-
ton tell me how he differs from the
man who goes to the overseer of the
poor and says he must have help to
| live? Perhaps he has never thought
of it in that light. And when he gets
over his anger his pride will assert it
self and he will say, I can and will
get along without help. He ought
| not to get mad at me. Some men
would say he is not a beggar, but a
| strong EARNED man. That would be
| worse.
4 IF a man honestly believes in this
| theory of taxation and his judgment
| and conscience approve, it is easy for
| him to take the next step towards a
MONOPOLY. If the government can