Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24
Wednesday, April "a, 1912.
Financial Experts squirm.

,,o,ted hin, IN trIaf denial. Now they are
one bv una admitting that the statements
made by esnx We're true.
admin ,ss sSsi aatto deceive the peo
e sse Icy a gss es sR s the pi sama
parties to diseredit the financial record
OF the administration of Governor
Observation-Disclosures sentinel
If the editorial department of our
up-countrv neighbor should happen to
tell the real. honest truth its press
would go on strike or blow up.
The Republican papers of Maine
have neverv denied exact conditions of
the states finances. Neither did
Governor Fernaid deny that the adj
ministrasion was creating, during the
states Splendid Improvement period,
debts faster than revenue was coming
in But Goysrnor EefnaId and the
RepaEsHcass press of Maine, knew that
provtsisn had been made for sufficient
reyennsta care for every onezof these
expendlrHrEsSS,in the coming few
MONTHS in addition'iato caring for
resulas current expenses, and with
out distressing the Taxpayers
That pFuHisions already made DID
care Tor the. bills as they came in. has
been fferaiaed from the honse-tops
by the Democratic administration
when everybody in Maine was aware
that Democracy had not provided one
cent in revenue.
The only thing which Democracy
had done up to the time they were
proclaiming the rapid wiping out oil
the States deficit" was to renew a
temporary loan-even while Governor
PIaisted himself was calling the at
tention Of other states to Names
bankrupt condition.
What have they done SINCE
Well they have pulled out of the
taxpay ers of Maine the heaviest taxes
ever pail since the Civil War. They
hayesissa The use of one and fve-
skins tisnes as much State tax as had
The previous administration, and nov
they are attempting toy sdeaeive the
people with bombastfc claim of RE-
dueins taxes
The Sentinel whines that Republic
cans are trying to '',liscredit the finan-
cial record of the administration of
Governor sPlaisted'' 1t is nothing of
the sort. Former Republican office
holders and the Republican news
papers have become Disguised with
the persistent and outrageous mis-
statements inflicted on those not in a
position TO understand State finances,
by the few Democratic leaders who
hope to profit politically by mislead-
ing the people.
The only hope of Maine Democracy
at this time lies in the hazardous pos
sibility Of fooling the voters on finan-
cial conditions. Their campaign prom
Uses haSesbeen so iiagrantly repudiated
that many of their strongest friends
have. been alienated. Their claims
for pub4fd approval have a9seen dis
credited by their own performances.
If Democratic leaders could, show the
smallest, grounds for their preposter-
Gus claims Of economic sagaeity, they
might stand. a show on. that single
score. asHut they made the fatal
blunder Of telling the people of Maine
how they were paying the debts of a
bankrupt. State - WITH THE
MONEY PROVIDED BY THE ADJ
MlNisTRATioN THEY SOUGHT TO
DlscREDIT.
Contrary to the Sentinel's declara-
ton that the Republicans have been
explaining. it has been necessary only
to tell the people that Democratic
leaders and organs were lying IN
scrupulously, and that facts would
prove it before another election. Now
thtSt idtl aIc uut anu coming every
day. And they were almost unne-
cessary, at that.
When Mr.. Taxpayer looks at his tax
bills last Yv-ffE si,s he has not a
hugeff6Hh,in Democrats protestatons
Of lowered taxes. The stupendous
falsehood in the Democratic State
platform is sufficient to convict the
party even If all the promises and
pledges Of 1910 had not been laughed
at and ignored by The promisers and
pledgers.
The administration of Governor
Frederick w. Plaisted will go down In
history as the two-year period OF
brazen ridicule Of law. defiant repudia
tion of party pledges and persona
promises. slanderous abuse OF Main,
and Sfer psppis BY inenmbents in Of
fee, and siisgraceful bargaining viii
the booze trust for party funds anc
personal gain.
No amount of squiriuing dodeinp