Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-26
Governor Haines' Address.

In his address at Colby College
Wednesday, Governor Haines gives the
people of Maine straight tip 10 be on
their guard against the trickery ano
the sophistry of the corporations. With
ont calling names or pointing at indi-
yiduals, he plainly shows the deceit
behind the cry that the corporations
want the law.
If Maine citizens have any doubt oil
the Governors wisdom and honest de-
yotion to the States best interests, let
them use their eyes and ears and eNef-
else their common sense. Who are the
ones most strenuously opposing the
publi. utilities law? Who are most
loudly shouting for referendum .
Who is most earnestly denouncing the
nersonnel of the committee? Who is
most insistently explaining the nigh
cost and various imaginary iniauities
of peoples law as opposed TO the eA-
plotting corporations
Note carefully those who are bowling
for a referendum and then pause to
think in what manner they are tied up
with selfish corporations. Note that
they make speeious claims of holiness
while underneath is their selfish pur-
pose-greeG and political revenge
Think. for Il moment, who these men
are, who are most actively promoting
the public utilities referendum. Are
seme of them not the ones who nave
repeatedly attempted to sell to Maine
gold bricks in the form of so-cailed de-
velopment schemes which in reality
.vere slick swindling games to obtain
franchises of enormous value? Are they
not the ones that have been VIGOROUSLY
acting as groom and swipe ana swirl
carrier of rich combinations of capital,
and shady promoters of moneys grab
hing schemes?
II is only necessary to consider the
,acts To fully understand the source of
opposition to the public utilities law
snd to the makeup of the commission.
Hypccrisy, selfishness, greed, are at
tie bottom of the movement and the
signers of the petitions largely have
been fooled.
We have no fear of a referendum ana
have said little about it. because the
purpose of the OPPOSITION, from the
DingIey editorial saEctum to the Wat
,ryille Sentinel dictator's den, has been
so obvious.
The people of Maine became aroused
to the crying need of court OF legal
minds standing between them and the
trickery OF those in the service OF sucti
as Dingley's so-called "monopoiiers
They the people of Maine) obtained
from The Legislature the law they de-
manded. and from the Governor an
able legal commission made up oil three
of the keenest minds in Maine-and no
man can put his finger on moral
blemlSh IN either one VI thShi. - -
true they have been denounced by that
colossal bigot of the l.. j., but that is
n compliment to them and to the man
who selected them. Further than that
the man who insinuates against ana
impugns the motives of the Governor
and the men of the public utilities COM
mission leaves his hypocrisy bare IN
the light of his own close and Vafleu
connections with corporations.
Let selfish interests pay their money
for 10000 names. if they wish to gamble
On such slim chances. but the people OF
Maine. who became aroused to the ne
cessity of a public utilities board, Will
not let it go by default under the ball
lots of those paid to vote it out of ex-
istence.
Elsewhere this issue we publish In
full the address of Governor Halnes on
This important matter. We hope that
every reader of the Kennebee journal
will carefully consider his words, 1t
is for theirs and the states interests
that they do SO.