Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-24
1t Is ''Team Work" that People
OF Maine Have Learned to Fear.

a f ne 'Y5fq5 lad a ear F ee Experiences o re
o f't 9o % iiated address skoS R
Governor Paed refused the questions prepared for
him by Skowegan citizens He did deny his 1910 to
enforce all the laws long they remained on the Statutes lie did
repeated that he could control the shers He did not explain
lwhy mills collected last year and nothing said about
under Fernd to four mills under Paisted
praise Sheriff John Mooers whom he endorsed and praised 1910 lie
tory law He did single thing he had done to prevent nu
fcaion
Journals charges against The System justified and true
pleased team work. where we have usual
ence 1t is a distinction without difference.
We have this Democratic work. the strongest
OK of the team being the Booze Trust.
work" has proven expensive, morally and
financially, to the State OF Maine
II this team work that has made possible Maine Democratic
campaign fund of more than 100000
1t this work that sending false cards and
pamphlets every corner of the and
fully into those sections not reached extensively by the daily
1t team work that distributing copies of 1.-TWO Years
of Democracy compilation of ophsry misleading claims and down
right lying that would shame organization allied with and
astingy tied up immoral and uhog traffic
1t has been team work that has kept the preensons of
ous leaders before the people Of Maine attempts Justify don
and dsreputabe of raes who have sold their party
and almost succeeded selling their State ouof State nanufac
of criminals and wholesalers of human suffering.
work that attempted wipe Cndrens Hospital
Portland out of existence The people of Maine will remember how
it saved
work that down the support other charitable
institutions of the State to make showing of economy about which
Democratic stump speakers and campaign literature could brag
1t has been team work that has kept from getting
their pauper bs-so that Paised Paanga Davis and
their like might boast of financial astuteness
team work that Matched and nrsed the gerymander add
the Democratic chances of retaining control of the Legislature
1t team work that has taken thousands of dollars of the
arrangement to aen the pockets of Secretary of State Davis At
General Patanga and others of the Democratic
cially interested in the Watervile Sentinel.
It team work that prevents the refmdng of fraudulent
ly collected from the State after the illegal
eaed by the Kennebec Journal and have been acty admitted by the
offenders.
put through the Special Session of the
New Englandtfe York county impeachment
1t team work that inflicted mills the
payers of Maine for the of creating mboyant phrases for
Democratic orators when FIVE mills would have paid all the debts
and all the running expenses
perfected the scheme to start all the bal
lots for the office of the secretary of State within hours after
polls closed the the
to candidate who might wish inspect the ballots And
was team work that put the job to all these ballots into the
hands OF one man as soon after election possible
1t team work that ignored the verdict of the VOTERS OF
Maine constitutional question wchs Overwhelmingly supported
by the CITIZENS of Maine and put the State expense of
special booze trust ordered session of the Legislature.
1t team work. deliberate determined resoucefu that al
turned this State the hands of liquor
team work active deliberate determined
today as it was before the referendum vote last year
It has been team work that has persten continuously
our State
It has been team work that has openly brazny ouraged
violation of the State laws. 'a51
has been has aarng Increased the crimes of
assault robbery and murder has digusngv soknev built
up social evil in State.ea ~ : ~. a5ae
This team work has every day 20 months shown that its
most powerful factor relentless gabbe which
lars from the souls OF men and the bodies of children
II the voters of Maine make the mistake of continuing this team
work another two Governor Pated and his
ead io hy VIII hx this State months of
those who have fear OF officials they buy disregard and
denncatlon OF law by the highest officials of the will fix at
the throat OF Names industry and character the hand of
rust with its host of booze pddars, bu thugs and criminals to
whom Paed Patanga Davis few others directly a
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