Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-07
Judge Foster Leaves No
misunderstanding.
Replies 10 PIaiSted and Others
in Terms Most Frank.
Uses Shorter and UglIer Word Ere.
quently and in Convincing Way.
Portland. Me, Sept. 3, 1912.

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| Dennysville. Me
My dear Hinekley: letter OF
Aug. 31st was duly received. in which
You state that John b. Madigan spoke
on Wednesday night at Millhridge
and in his remarks stated that the
Republicans had been paying me
$500 per year for long time. and in
timated. as you state. that l had
taken a false oath in regard to my
age in order to get it; also, that Pat
| tangall made the same remark al
| Calais the other night. and further
stated that / voted the Democratic
| ticket two years ago. and because
was turned down had announced that
| | should vote the Republican ticket
| this fall and that he further added
| that he did not consider my vote rs
worth $500 year,
l thank YOU very much for notifying
me of the remarks made by these men,
and / will say further, that / have
also learned that Governor Plaisted
made remarks at Saeo and Skowhegan
| last week that there was one man wh.'
would not vote for him this year. and
| that man was Enoch Foster a former
member of the supreme Court. givins
as a reason the fact that he had dis
continued the payment of salary
| which he had been receiving for a
number of years as a retired Justice
of the Supreme Court.
Now. in the first place | wish to say
that on Jan. I. 1910. my attention was
| first called by letter from Hon,
Charles p. Hatch then State Auditor
| to the Special Act. which had beea
| passed at the previous Legislature Of
| 1909, and which is as follows:
| ANY justice of the supreme
! judicial court or superior court
who having attained the age of
| seventy years and having served
as such justice for at least ten
consecutive years. resigns his said
office. or ceases TO serve at the
expiration of any term thereof
| shall. during the remainder of his
life. receive an amount equal to
one-h half of the salary which is by
law payable to him at the time of
| such resignation or termination of
| service; to be paid by the State
| in the same manner as the sal
aries of the justices of said court
are paid. The provisions of this
| ATT SIKH dEBiS 10 lIlt pitStbl anu
former justices of said court"
That is the first that my attention.
had been called to the matter. ans
inasmuch as the act in its last proviss
states. the provisions Of this al
shah apply to present and former
| Justices Of said court" and inasniucr
as | had attained the age OF seveIt
years on the tenth day of May 1909
the State forwarded, through its
treasurer. in accordance with said act
| checks monthly during the year 1910
| for one-haif the salary ! was receiv-
| ing at the time / ceased serving ms
! last term. | had served fourteen
years consecutively, in accordance
| with the act had attained the age oi
| seventy years, and therefore | was one
of the former justices" referred to ID
said act. l received nothing for the
year 1909, the year when the act was
passed, because the appropriations. as
| | was informed by the Auditor at The
| beginning of 1910 when my attention
| was first called to ii on Jan. Z by tbs
| Auditor, had lapsed and therefore, the
| only amount / have ever received was
| for that one year 1910. and nothing fol
| 1903, because | had not had my atten-
| ton called to the act and had made nc
application. When the year 1910 ex
| pired, the present administrator
ceased to forward me the amounts
| which had previously been considered
due me under this act although the
amount covering my one-h half salary
/ was appropriated by the committee OF
| appropriations for the year 1911, as
4 g -. - hot az tn
| formed me had been done, and l hay,
never received anything since the lasi
| amount received for the year 1910:
| and if
There was any impression given b,
Governor PIaisted that ! had been re.
ceiving this half salary, as he states
for a number of years." or as Mr.
Madiean and Mr.. Pattaneall state
"For a long time" as ! wish to state
here and now, it is absolutely false
and when they make that statement
it is a downright lie, undoubtedl,
made for political purposes, anc
whether it comes from the lips of r
w. Plaisted or any of his henchmer
emphasize the fact that it is {
falsehood, for as | have stated, | hav.
received one half the amount of my
salary, and that in accordance witt
the Act above referred to, and fo'
only one year, and have never re-
ceived a cent other than that, ane
that after my attention was called Il
the law by the State Auditor, and af
ter he had approved the payment O.
that half salary in accordance witt
the law. In accordance with the Ac
attained the @age of seventy years
on the tenth day of May, 1909, and
had served fourteen consecutive years
upon the Bench Of the Supreme Court
and any man who states that hav.
been taking false oath to my age il
order to obtain the one-half pay pro
vided for in the act is not only iaI
but an unregenerated scoundrel, and
brand him as such, and this you ma,
say to the people before whom an,
such statements have been made.
Moreover, Gov. Plaisted in making {
statement in repeating his little piece:
which he seems to be repeating al