Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-10
SPLENDID REPRESENTATION.
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ooTttie candidate in spirited intro
dnetcry statement. Il cont need to
reeite to YOU the conditions of the
roads, went on Mr.. Lawry. Last year
a 27-mill tax forced that home owner
t. pay So ii. This year he paid S67.50
and next year he will pay $3.50 and
he Will keep on paving it as long as
the Democrats are enabled to retain
the reins OF government in this city.
THEY have paid no attention TO this
mortgage in a business way. 1t has
been customary to ignore it, and when
Ran has sold his property no men
ton has been made Of that s115 or
mere. The Democratic argument has
been that the per cent. debt limit is
so small that it could easily be in
creased 10 l. per cent without danger
or serious Inconvenience. That would
| be true if that 5000, 900 existed solely
for the purposes of the city"
Mr.. Lawry compared this situation
to that of a worker in the Eaton shoe
factory who has. a camera for outside
amusement. We mortgage this prop
ecty to secure peace of mind. condi-
TORS assuring health and safety and
the other needs of this corporation
| which He call a city" he said. Sc
you will hear tbs matter OF refunding
| bonds passed over lightly
That ) per cent wouldn't impair ouI
security in the least if our. complete
valuation were intended for purposes
of Our city" repeated Mr.. Lawry, but
| il those homes ale already mortgaged
| fer large per cent. of their valuation
tnat ) per cent. added is very seri-
Gus matter And if we should increase
the power 10 raise that Indebtedness
as has been proposed, it would Woe
| fully impair our credit and thrust a
| great burden upon the people.
He then pictured Mr.. NeWbert il
| Tat now notorious address upon tht
| floor of the House during the post
| officer night and demanded the rea.
sons fer the Democratic candidate. ;
| asserted shame"
Concluding. he questioned the VALUE
of Democratic words and challenged
any man present to deny knowledge OF
at least one broken Democratic prom
| Use.
When ] came here many years ago,
said Mr., Lawry, they were going to
give US u lower tax rate the next
sprine. 1t didn't arrive. 1t hasn't come
| yet ana It never viii come-from them
| Eon't forget"
Hon. Frank G. harrington.
| The Hon. Frank G. Harrington,
| who, last year, so nearly upset Demo
| cratic calculations. was the next
speaker introduced, and he was greet
ed by a round of cheers and hand
clappine.
| He went at once to the heart of the
situation. declaring the break in Re-
publican ranks 70 be sincere diff
ference of opinion though he feared
| it had been enSendered to a great
extent by certain Democratic politi-
cams. He had been informed that az
| the Progressive meeting of the week
before these. Democratic politicians
had appropriated the seats of vantage
and near the throne" and had been
| foremost amons the Progressive adj
yisers.
Later he had taken the trouble te
go to the city clerks office and had
| there aseertained that al least one
half of the sisners of the petitions
| necessary 10 put the third party in
the field had been "old-time Demo
Gratis.
The ProsIesstves," he said. main
tain they have received promises OF
Democratic support, but the Demo-
| Gratis declare they signed out OF
| courtesy" But when / read on those
petitions ihe name of Wallie w
Morse, that old war horse who chung
to the Democratic hulk when ii was
lacking spars. sails and rigging
wonder if he signed out of courtesy
or if he proposed voting for e. NJ
Thompson
"On another page was the signature
of our genial. smiling, Misunderstanding
friend, Niles l.. Perkins. the present
city treasurer of Democratic persua
sion. Elsewhere | found the name OF
S. c. c. Ward. aldermanic candidate
for the Democrats in Ward T. and
again, The name of B. w. Cote. and a
great many others of like standing
Gentlemen. it is ridiculous to pre-
tend that those names We're put there
for an% other purpose than to re-
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