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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
President and People.
indianapolis News.)

The people of the United States are
not going to pay Woodrow Wilson
SIS, 600 a year to act as dispenser of
patronage. That job is worth no such
salary. A $1,000 man would be big
enough to make appointments on the
recommendations of senators and rep
|resentativcs. The new, President will
have much important business to at
tend to. the business of all the people.
and not that of the few thousand men
seeking Office. The issue, if it arises,
will be one, not between the President
and the officeseekers, but between the
officeseekers and the American people.
1t is. to be sure, the duty of the Pres
ident to appoint to office, but it is not
his duty to create vacancies simply
that he may make appointments.
We do not believe that Mr. Wilson
will permit the pressure and impor-
tunity of a small class to interfere
with the performance of his duties
to the people. That would be an in
tolerable condition of affairs. If the
Democratic leaders are wise they will
do everything in their power to make
it easy for the President to redeem
the pledges of the party to the people.
Nothing could do more to make that
work hard than an unresisted spoils
raid. If the Democratic party is to
make good" it must devote itself to
principles and policies and programs.
If it is to win and hold the confidence
of the people it must be through a
wise craftsmanship.
One can not imagine the British
prime minister allowing himself to
be deviled by men seeking office. MOI
would the English people tolerate such
a thing. The business of the empire
could not be carried on under such
conditions. The work of an American
President is as difficult as that of a
prime minister. And it is specially diff
| ficult at the present time. What the
people are thinking of is tariff reform
rather than fourth-class postmasters
They are concerned with the high
cost of living; trusts; currency and
banking reform; honest, efficient and
Economical administration. These were
things that were talked of during the
campaign. The people voted the DEM
ocratic party into power because they
lapproved its general attitude toward
the great problems of the day. 1t is
important, therefore, that the party
las a whole should sustain it's Presi-
dent in his efforts to meet the just
and reasonable demands of the people
1t would be well if senator's and rep
Iresentatives would show more, cour-
lage-and indeed not much is needed
than they have as yet shown in deal
ing with this business of office seek
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Wbo is "the FoIksy? Dinoley.

| Gov Cobb and Judge Powers stanC
for interpreting Names June senate.
Trial primary in the terms of Penros,
vember ballot. The old battle of The
politicians against the Folks is OF
again The syndicated organs have
published hundreds of columns fol
The System but nothing in attack
thereon.-Lewiston Journal.
The editor of the Lewiston Journal
with characteristic bigotry, presents
his personal Interpretation of the No
vomber ballot as law and gospel and.
as usual, closes eyes and ears to the
opinions or rights of anyone else. He
assumes for his own dishonest pur-
poses that every man who voted for
Roosevelt is an opponent of the pri-
mary nominee for the L. S. Senate.
Every person who dares think differ
emily is a "pernicious politician" OPP
posed TO the folks" and he Dingley)
Is 1.-The folks by assumption. All the
papers of Maine other than the Lew
iston Journal, are ''syndicated organs
owned or controlled by "Penrose pill
layers" or predatory private inter
ests'' =
Dingley Is the folks" on the way to
Damascus; the rest of us the inter
ests" bound for Jericho.
Ne, the newspapers of Maine have
not published any attack on the
system" because there has been only
one source of attack unintelli-
gible jumbles of vituperation evolved
in the Lewiston Journal sanctum. The
argument has been almost unanimous
ly by Progressiyes-the brain and
strength of the party in this State
who oppose any course that every in
telligent, fair-minded person must
know, would ruin the new party in the
State; would drive from its ranks
thousands of honest men who went
into it because they believed it new
and clean and beyond the immediate
control OF political trIcksters; Would
stamp it as a political resort of dis
appointed ones and hypoerites.
Men of all parties are Disguised,
and frankly, forcefully say so, with
Editor Dingley's undisguised, personal
vindietiveness that has led him into
splitting the new party which he pre-
tends to espouse, wide open. We are
confident that those who have been
misled by him will see the folly of
such a position and stand for. the
'.suuare deal and consistency. In
that case Dingley will be left ma
reened on his isle of Dishonest De-
sire" fate which he has richly
earned by fifteen years career of in
veetive and character slaughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
QuarrYina Glaciers.

Quarrying glaciers and commercial
izing the product in a wholesale man.
ner are adding to Switzerland's
wealth, at the risk of running some
great scenic effects. The French
city of Lyons is the most important
consumer of this glacier ice, which,
owing to its purity and transparency.
commands a higher price than that
cut from lakes or rivers. The ice is
blasted out of the glaciers by means
of black powder, which it has been
found does not discolor the Ice as
giant powder does. Much ingenuity
is shown in building the chutes which
carry the blocks of ice down the
mountain sides. Curves are intro-
duced to impede the velocity of the
great ice blocks.-The Argonaut
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
The Right to Get Drunk.

| New York Trlbune).
The strike on the North Eastern
railway in England is of much inter
est in this country as a terrible ex-
ample. 1t is an example of precisely
the sort of thing which American
trade unions and labor organizations
of all kinds, if they are wise, will
scrupulously avoid The attitude of
the railway company, on the other
hand is worthy of emulation, and We
have no doubt that the overwhelming
weight of public sentiment in this
country would and will take that view
| of a subject in which the public is
universally and directly interested.
! Briefly stated, the men are striking
| for the right to get drunk. A loco
motive engineer was in the habit of
getting drunk when off duty The
manag ger of the road dismissed him for
that cause. Thereupon the men went
on strike against what they held to be
an invasion of the mans private
rights. They conceded that it would
be improper for him 90 be drunk while
on duty, but insisted that he had a
| right to do as he pleases between
turns. 1t is encouraging to learn that
the manager is firmly backed up by
the company and that there is likely
To be no yielding to the demand of the
men that the drunken engineer be re-
stored to his place.
1t ought to be obvious to every ra-
tional person that a man who gets
drunk, even if ii is only when off
duty, is unfit to operate a railroad To-
|cemotive. There can be no assurance
that when he goes on duty he is suf-
fieiently recovered from his spree, or
that he will not take with him into
the cab a pocket flask from which to
resume his rotations until he gets
drunk again at the throttle valve.
There is a strong presumption,
amounting to little less than certain
ty, that his drunkenness has SO i'm
paired his steadiness of nerve, his
clearness of vision, his alertness of
perception and of judgment and in
deed all his essential faculties, as to
make him less fit than he should be
for one of the most eXacting and re-
sponsible occupations in the world.
The natural and inalienable right to
get drunk may be moot subject with
theoretical moralists. The gross i'm
propriety of taking drunkenness or its
results into the cab of a locomotive is
not open to serious dispute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
A Kinq in No Hurry.

Alfonso XIII prefers st. Sebastian
to the gloomy palace of the Escurial,
which was formerly the summer resi-
dence of the Kings of Spain, and
where apartments are always kept
prepared for him. The present king
has lived at the Escurial only once, in
returning as child from Switzerland.
and then only for few hours. The
tombs of the Kings of Spain from the
time of Charles V to the present are
at the Escurial. 1t is destined to con-
tain, one day, the body of Alfonso
Kill
The guide who accompanies strang-
ers who visit the Escurial explains
that the young king has never yet
visited the tomb that is reserved for
him. and adds: The present king
says; %. that place there. Don
bother. .ailq,str there snon4emDmsh'."..1
From lie CT. de Paris. aotIa zniag8sfa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
How consumptives May Know.

Augusta is just becoming really
aroused as it ought to be. over the
work of opposing the advance of
tuberculosis. We are actually awak-
ening to the fact that many valuable
human lives could be saved by prompt
attention to early symptoms And
perhaps, too, we are more ready than
ever before to recognize the horror of
the too late" in our neighbor's home.
All over this country loyal souls are
working, jointly and individually to
disarm the dread monster by spread
ing the gospel of prevention and
recognition of it's earliest appearance.
BY this noble work every years sta
tistics show encouraging results. Let
every community do its part. 1t is d
matter of vital interest TO every per-
son. If a home has no incipient case
or prospective one, it has no assur-
ance that three months will not re-
veal the faint trail of the insidious
destroyer. Thus it becomes the duty
of every person, every family, every
community to guard with eternal
watehfulness, every avenue of en-
trance for the tuberculosis wolf.
DR.. Evans, in the Chicago Tribune
has given few plain clues to discov-
cry of the lurking monster. under the
caption, How Is Consumptive to
Know" His gift to the public fol-
lows:
1t is easy to tell late consumption
but then no good comes to the sick
person from knowing what his disease
is, because cure is beyond his reach.
Even the few who are cured have
lungs so badly crippled that they have
no endurance.
1t is difficult to discover early con-
sumption, but so much is gained by
early diagnosis that it is all impor~
tant. Very early consumption will ger
we'll after two to three months of
rest, air, and feeding. Early con-
sumption win get well in six months.
A diagnosis that is not made in one Of
these stages is not worth much to the
patient of average means. The aver
age man can find a way to rest for six
| months, but any need in excess of that
is beyond him. Who should suspect
that be is tubercular?
l. Any person who has been in
contact, within a year, with con-
sumptive or a cougher should consider
| himself under suspicion.
2. Any person who catches one cold
on top of another should suspect him
| self.
). Any person who has a cough
which holds on without cause.
a. Any person who does not fee,
vigorous, especially those who feel de-
pressed before in the morning and
| after 3 in the afternoon should take
the morning and afternoon tempera
ture. If the morning temperature is
| under IS and the afternoon is over 80
he should consider himself under sus-
| picion
8. Any person losing weight with.
out apparent cause.
/ Any person belonging to any O
these groups should have his condi
ton carefully looked into. This means
a careful examination of the chest
detailed inquiry into the history, ant
such other procedures as may be nee
essary, A good physician will prob
ably want to watch the patient
While before he makes a diagnosis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Abuse of Mr.. MeIlen.
(New York Post.)

President Mellen has made one pro-
test about his treatment by the news
papers in which he is more than justi-
fled. In a letter to Hearst's Boston
American, which that newspaper, to
its credit be it said, printed in full on
its first page yesterday, he relates
that few days ago he was met at
the State House door in Boston by a
representative of the American and
requested to pose for a photograph,
What happened then appears from
the following:
Please SMILE" said the photograph
er. And 1 smiled. But | did not
smile when later the American was
handed to me with my picture la
belled, 'Mellen Giving New England
the Laugh" What do you think
should have been my feeling as
passed to the bedside of my sick
daughter to again see my smiling
picture on the first page of the
American, and below it the photo
graph of the dead body of a woman
being taken from a railroad wreck OF
several months before--my smiling
face set above her dead body?
Now, Mr.. Mellen's railroad policies
are plainly fair game; that his finan-
cial mismanagement has been such as
to make the stockholders long for 9
new head for the road must by this
time be clear to any Independent
stakeholder or newspaper reader. But
fair play is fair play. and in the face
of this treatment of Mr.. Mellen ever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
State Master stetson's Candidacy"

Last week, with a blare of big type
switched Hon. c. S. Stetson, master
of the State Grange, into the 'Damas-
Gus Road and started him off with a
United States senatorship boomlet.
1t was the last hope of a personal re-
venge crusade that the Grange would
rise in a body and sweep the Jour
naps latest into the lime light with
irresistible force. Then, of course,
Editor Dingley could live happily
ever after, or something to that ef
fect-at least, until Mr.. Stetson
should have reached the goal and then
he would be promptly assailed as
some sort of hyphenated Hellgo-
monian heifercat.
But State Master Stetson came
down to Dingley's modest neighbor,
the Lewiston Sun, and gave out an
interview tos this effect:
Just where this idea originated !
approached or interviewed by any
body or the representative of any
newspaper in reference to the mat
ter and I wish it distinctly under
stood that ! am not now and 80
long as ! remain Master of the State
Grange, shall not be a candidate for
any political Office. | do not make
this statement with the idea that the
Progressive or any other party has
any intention of naming me as its
candidate, but rather to correct a
false impression which may have
been made as to my position in the
matter, by the publication Of un-
authorized articles"
When asked If he was affiliated witt
the Progressiyes Mr.. Stetson smiled
and said: i believe in progressiv,
ideas, but ! haven't progressed out o
the Republican party yet ] am still
a Republican and ] don't care VIII
knows IT."
The Dingley bumps are now comm
so often and so forcefully as to be
sorry spectacle, when we remembe
what the Lewiston Journal used I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
A Frank Answer.
Rockland Courier Gazette.)

(ROckIand Courier Gazette.)
out of the IS Republican legislative dis
districts in Maine. just nine gave a
plurality for Taft. Now do these 8!
Roosevelt legislative districts want to
send d Taft man to the u. S. Senate for
the next six years Lewiston Journal
OF course they do. 1t is what the
primaries said the people of Maine
wanted, and outside the editorial
chair of the Lewiston Journal we
doubt if there is a Roosevelt man in
Maine with so low a sense of decency
and honor as to induce him to
seek to reverse that declaration reg
istered by THE Folks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Monday, December 16, 1912.
Will Editor DinsIey Retract?

If the Kennebec journal would prompt
ly correct its own many errors, We shoulc
have some confidence in its reliability
For example. We could not find the Pro
greSsiVe State committees effective an
swer to the Burleigh bulletins in this
mornings issue of the kennebec Journa
tho that document was mailed TO that
and other morning papers y hours be-
fore it was sent to evening papers. TIC
seize the Immediate opportunity to cor
rect an alleged error is good proof that
The error was due not to general wicked
ness but to oversight. II the Burleigh
organs now and then would correct mis-
statements, they would show love OF
truth now conspicuous by its absence
Lewiston Journal
In the hope that Editor Dingley will
practice what ne breaches, we shall
send him by registered mail, on Mon
day. the envelope which brought to
us the communication from the Pro
gressive committee. This envelope
carries the return address of George
M Seiders chairman of the commit
tee) and the postmarks show that it
was mailed in Portland, Dec. u, at 5
r. NJ, just after the departure of the
afternoon eastern mail, and that it
was received in Augusta post office, at
$50 A. NJ. Friday. The Kennebec Jour
nails first edition had already gone to
press.
Nov will Editor Dlngley be broad
enough to seize the immediate OPP
portunity to correct" his error? And
while he is about it, will he also ex
plicitly retract the four false state
nrents involved in the single sentence
following:
.sThe hackers of Taft. including Mr.
Burieigh, who came out in the open for
Taft only after the September election.
conducted their own campaign heavily fl
nanced, 5000 being put into the Taft cant
paign by BuTleigil-whose newspaper sup
pressed Progressive party news and fore
bodied the political Waterloo of Roose-
Welt and the Austerlitz of Taft In No
yember.
l. The Kennebec Journal ran Mr..
Tafts name at its mast head" con-
tinuously from June % to the Novem-
Der election.
tribute one cent to the Taft campaign.
He did contribute generously TO the
September campaign and the funds
were used for the benefit of Republic
cans and Progressives alike, AS Edi-
tor Dingley has repeatedly stated that
in the November election 50 of the
rs legislative districts were Progress
sive, it follows. according to his own
logic, that sixty-nine seventy eighths
of Governor Burleighs contributions
went to the benefit of the Progressive
party.
3.-The Kennebec Journal has never
suppressed any Progressive party
news An allegation to that effect
made by a prominent Progressive in
connection with Governor Johnson's
visit to Maine, was conclusively
shown to be unfounded and we have
on file his letter acknowledging his
transformation.
4-The Kennebec journal never
foreboded either the defeat of Roose-
Welt or the victory OF Taft, if that is
what Editor Dingley means.
We put these matters squarely up
to you, Editor Dingley, and the peo-
pie of Maine, as well as the Kenne-
bee Journal, may be interested in this
tice the doctrines you preach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Another "Trustified Press Member


Hon. Carl f. Milliken, State Sena-
tor elect, of Island Falls. comes out
with a letter to his Progressive asso-
ciates which appears in another col
unn. Mr.. Milliken takes a stand re-
garding the proposed movement to de-
feat Edwin c. Burfeigh for United
States Senator. which cannot fail to
meet the appreciation of every honest
thinking voter in the State, regardless
of party affiliations. II the Progress
sive party in Maine, in its very in
fancy, begins career of violation of
It's own pledges, made in good faith.
the result will be not only the ruin of
that party as an organization to be
trusted by the people, but also the
Punishment of its leaders from the
confidence of all honest men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Editorial Comment
Another of the "Trustified Press"

tEIISWOrth Ameflcan.)
OF the Republicans who announced
their candidacy for the speakership OF
the House, all have withdrawn excep!
Mr.. Peters, thus leaving him unop-
posed except by the. Lewiston Journal
The feeling is growing that this
papers frantic appeals to Republican,
legislators elect to be false to their
pledges will avail nothing, and that
Mr. Bureigh will be elected United
States senator and Mr.. Peters speak
or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16

decent journalist must hang his head
with shame. Such brutality cannot
but awaken sympathy for Mr.. Mellen
and win him many friends, just as it
discredits the whole newspaper pro-
fession, which has sins enough now 70
account for in all conscience without
having any more added
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. 49,. r. G.
A. M. Special communication, Monday.
Dec 16, $50 r. M. Work in f, A. de-
gree. All sojourning brethren are cor
daily invited to attend.
CHESTER S. KINGSLEY, w. NJ
PEARL Il. FULLER. Secretary. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16

Actresses are commonly reputed to
wear paste" jewelry on the stage.
That some of them wear genuine dia-
monds, however, is attested by the
New York city custom house, which
recently assessed the gems of an in
coming French actress at $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Editor S Letter Box

The publication OF letter In this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of it's views by the
Kennebec Journal. This column Ia
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interesra
when kept within bounds of reason
and not Of q llbelous or abusive
nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
Maine Gossip
Not Homesick,

What, Me homesick? Nav. You'll find
That Pm not the homesick kind.
Got little headache, $ all,
An a funny sort of ball
Stickin' halfway in my craw-
Won't go up or down; but pshaw.
Must be somethin' that | eat
Never have been homesick yet
Like to see the folks? Well. say
That is, yves, if come my way.
Think 'twould be a peck o fun,
Without warnin' any one,
Jes' to drop in, on the sly,
An watch Ma jump up with WHY
An Pa stare like he was blind
But I'm not the homesick kind.
Let's see-half-past seven? Well
| can shut my eyes an tell
What they're dom. Ma she sits
BY the table there an knits;
Pa, he's readin' in his chair,
> Fore beginnin' solitaire.
Have it all plain in my mind
STILL I'm not the homesick kind.
Ma says: "Wish that Ned was here
(Gwani 1 yawned That amt no tear)
Pa he only wipes his specs
Then he gets his two old decks,
An he shuff1es themes So
An he lays the cards out slow
Ma looks on--whew! Glad to find
That-I-ain' ELECTROMAGNETIC
The HOuSekeeper.
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We Can't Help Saying 1t.

There was sound of deviltry by night
and Maysvile Center Grange had as
sembled her beauty and her married
folks. Soft eyes looked love at softer
heads, and all went merry as newly
divorced society belle. The company was
broken into groups, each intent on seek
ing amusement adapted to his own pc
culiar characteristics, when hush! bark
a sound echoes through the room, palinS
the cheek of beauty and corrugating the
placid brow of age. 1t was the call to
order, the summons to assume the stern
duties of the hour, for great and de-
cisve battle was to be fought, the result
of which would determine the policies OF
the Grange for the ensuing year. The
last officer to be elected was Lady AS
sistant Steward, and it was argued that
the hand that was meant to guide the
stumbling feet of the initiate over rough
and unfamiliar paths should be firm and
experienced. As if To show their utter
disregard for all precedent the younges
member of the Grange was chosen, and
Bernice Fitzpatrick. Maysville fairest
flower, is Stewardness of Maysville Center
Grange. Secretary Report.
Well, we can't say anything about
the soft eyes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16
ROSE OF SHARON cHApTER NO

13. o. E. S. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening of each month at
$50. All members sojourning in the city
are invited to attend
ELIZABETH 4. MERRILL, w. M.
ELIZA BETH A. THOMPSON, Sec.
aug2S m Wifi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-16

According to the statistics furnished
by the state registrar of automobiles,
the rural sections of Ohip arc buying
automobiles as never before.