Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-25
"Fair Play" Through a Convex Mir

luIe ceTIalHly as Slps"iS uiii"li.
Under the caption Senator Bur
leigh's Tariff Position" We recently
published the following editorial:
.fn an editorial entitled Names New
Tinted states Senator Fails to Vote on
the Underwood Bill, the Lewiston
Journal makes the following comments.
Our new United States Senator. Mr..
Burlegh. whose unfortunate illness mas
prevented his attendance IN the SENATE
during the present session OF Congress
did not participate at all IN The senate
vote on Tuesday on the Underwood
Simmons tariff bill
When senators are absent for causes
good or otherwise-and Mr.. Burleigh' $
absence is involuntary-it is their custom
TO pair with senator's with wnom theS
differ. But il Mr. Burleigh has been
paired on any other issue before the
Senate in the last six months. he neg
lected TO pair on the Democratic tafiii
bill. Accordingly. Maine in the United
States Senate, gives one vote for the bill
and does not further participate. We
can easily conceive reasons for MI
Burleigh's hesitation further to go on
record on the tariff issue HIS support
of the Aldrich tariff drove him from pub
lie life. He has many friends IN the
Democratic party who have supported
him at the ballot box ~, and nd LII, to o, vote
The above contemplate insinuations
are worthy of their source.
Senator gurleigh,s position upon the
Underwood tariff bill was clearly stated
in his open letter of Sept. ), wherein he
said:
Those of you who share my belief in
the principle of protection of American
industries and labor, should be found
shoulder shoulder, WORKING Tor JOIln
Monday sent s. Maine, of ali states,
would suffer most severely from the pas
sage OF me iara 1s eiii n9M b penui ~ 'r
manufacturing. commercial and agricul-
fnrai interests. me present bii winch So
seeks 70 SUI oai M 30 ~
anu oiiiei so"i - ,es @ia,a 10 ~, 49,. 80, ~
Of this State, and should prompt him to
act. and TO cast nus vote Where WI
ton reaii1ss the immense Significance Of
this special election in Biaipes old dis
trict III VIII De eltnef an enaoi ss =, :,
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SO. As early as August 6. Senator Gal
hnger, the minority leader. wrote sena-
/. ~ pa' 40 i''o"'
for vn,,. b,,t II is refused on the Dano
ersue soc =; RS - .ns arst nine anains
who was i'll has not been taken care of
haen YannS innassihIt ia bring II about .
Senator GaIlineer was kent fully ad-
vised OF Senator Burleigh's physical con-
ditioh' ana Vi Tue reports Oh ms phSsl-
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cumstances you must not come to Wash
ea,a,o, pnr,aian To-. ,.oet.a,a =, a.
hospital at Baltimore, Editor Dingiey
niled his columns day after day with
i"i'' ~ ''oi anu
,leman If we have STONED ia nat,ee II
in this instance it is perhaps obvious to
our readers that 1t is not on account of
ea,,.,na - - &C. u.s., oqn a'isiuS
ter of current interest and importance >,
From tho foraooing n viii he econ
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that the Lewiston Journal had COM
Hhehteu uhiaVofapiy upon senator Bur
ta,eh,s failnra IN nair an tba enaI tariff
. W pan oi' 'iio i''"i =" III
vote and that the Kennebec Journal
hau explained fully the reason ana the
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'"s'tiNasioii ioi SUCH l"ii"ie.
Under any definition of flair MAY
or tine square deal, what should the
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e"'a'o' """i MAJ 'i'eii h"NS u'ie' we
leave that ouestion To he answered. h,.
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our readers, Republican, Democratic or
p..s.,.oru;,, D.. .,io =; al, -,
1iosieasiNe' Put inns IL WHAT the
Lewiston Journal actually did. as we'll
as failed to do:
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~ oiieieo ho ap"iosy LOT its pase-
less insin,ations ipporad tho facts
stated in our editorial, and failed to