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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-21

From the Senate: Report of the
committee on salaries and fees, sub
hitting the following order:
ordered, that a special joint COM
mittee of three on the part of the
Senate and four on the part of thu
House be appointed to inquire into the
amount of compensation and services
rendered by all state and county Of
ficials whose salaries are determinable
by the Legislature. Said committee is
hereby authorized To sit during any
recess and after the adjournment of
the present session, with full power to
employ a stenographer, summon. adj
minister oaths To and examine wit
nesSes, call for books and papers, and
in general to obtain all necessary in
formation upon which may he base&
Legislative action looking towards
equalization of salaries, and report in
writing their findings and recommen-
dations, which report shall be filed
with the clerk of the House not later
than December !. 1914, and be re-
terred to the next Legislature without
further action thereon"
On motion by Mr.. Dunbar of Jones'
port, the report of the committee. with
accompanying order attached, was
laid on the table and specially as
signed for consideration on Wednes-
day of next week
From the Senate: Majority and
minority reports of the committee on
Judiciary on bill, An Act in relation To
the Ellsworth Municipal Court. ma
jority reporting ought to pass" mi
nority reporting ought not to pass.
On motion by Mr.. Sanborn of South
Portland both reports were laid upon
the table. pending concurrent action
with the Senate, and special assigned
for consideration on Wednesday morn
ing of next week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-21

DR. A. w. Turner wishes TO thank
both the physicians and the people who
have bestowed so much praise on his
pamphlet on the sure cure Of rupture
and piles without the use of the knife
and without detention from business.
DR. Turner wishes to state that any
physician interested or any person suf-
fering from rupture, piles, fistula and
rectal troubles can have n copy of the
book without charge by writing at once
to him nj Hotel Pelham, "A Buylston
ST, Boston. Mass.
feb7- f4-2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-21
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE.
Thursday. February 30. l.

Thursday. February 20, 1913:
The House met according to ad-
journment and was called to order by
the Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev Mr.. Lusk of
Gardiner
Journal of previous session read and
approved.
Papers from the Senate disposed Of
in concurrence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-21

An ACT 10 amend Section five OF
Chapter eighty eight of the Revised
Statutes, relating to the Jurisdiction
of trustee actions.
An Act TO appropriate moneys for the
payment of salaries fixed by law for
the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen
An Act to amend Section fourteen Of
Chapter eighty-four of the Revised
statutes rs amended by Section one of
Chapter one hundred and eightv-sx of
the Public Laws of nineteen hundred
and seven. relating to the limitation
Of actions against Executors and Adj
ministrators.
An Act to confirm the charter of
York Harbor Reading Room and to
authorize it to provide for certificates
Of membership.
An Act authorizing the city of Yves,
brook to assume control of Sacearappa
cemetery.
An Act for The better protection If
alewives in Patterns bay in the town
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-21

Act IN amendment to section one of
chapter 1876 of the Revised Statutes,
relating 10 sentence IN criminal cases.
Grabbed for printing pending refer
ence on motion by Mr.. BragdonD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

wit h Emersons essay on "Self-re-
lance" in his pocket. In our country
the citizen can severely criticize the
chief-magistrate and go about unmo-
Tested.
| am glad that men no longer fight
duels over idle words, do not kill an
enemy because he uses false syntax,
and can honestly differ on great ques-
lions and still be friends. l am very
glad that we have learned enough
sense to see that men can differ sin
cercly and that difference of opinion
on any subject does not imply i'm
morality, impiety, inf1delity or atheism
on the part of either contestant in the
intellectual battle of life.
Personal Freedom, American Ideal
1t is good to know that the ideal
Of the American people is personal
freedom, which involves the right to
be ones own master. This ideal was
purchased with too much bloodshed
and has in its hall of fame too many
noble martyrs to surrender it lightly
or treat it with contempt. The right to
choose ones own calling, to change
ones vocation, to go where one pleas
es, to form and express ones own opin-
ions; the right to participate in govern
ment, the right to start equal before
the law, the right to remove all arti-
fetal disadvantages placed in a free
mans way, and the right to work and
save and get on, to earn and spend,
and make a home and be a citizen of
this republic these rights are the
bone and the sinew of our organic
law and strike their roots back into
the rich soil of great statutes of per-
sonal liberty, such as the Petition Of
Rights of 1928 and the Habeas Corpus
Act of 1876.
l am also glad that l was born and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
Ice as a Public Utility

Numerous practical ideas are originated in
Kansas.
The latest is to place ice on the list of utili-
ties, and the suggestion comes from John S. Daw-
son, attorney general of the state, who will draft
bill regulating the prices of ice sold for dome7-
tic purposes. Mr.. Dawson intends to present his
bill to the next legislature.
Ice is a public necessity and there is no reas-
on why it should not be classed as public utili-
ty, just the water, gas electricity.
The local ice company sells ton of ice at
prices ranging from $500 to $500. If a private
consumer should purchase ton for household
use it would cost him the maximum amount. On
ly ice company patrons who use wholesale
amounts of ice get the advantage of the mini
mum price
If the statements made by some manufacture
of ice-making machines and cited by Attor-
ney General Dawson authentic, the local ice
company makes a big profit on its schedule
of rates.
Mr.. Dawson has been informed that ten
ton ice-making machine can be installed at al
most any Kansas railroad point and ice manufac-
tured at cost varying from $16O to $500 per
ton, depending on the cost of coal.
1t should not cost more, if as much to manu-
facture ice in Indiana than in Kansas
Domestic consumers in Richmond can pur-
chase for $500 an ice book with coupons for 500
pounds, rate of 40 cents per hundred pounds
At Chattanooga, Tenn, ice is now being sold
at 20 cents per hundred pounds to domestic con-
sumers, and the ice company asserts it is making
a good profit. Maybe the Chattanooga company
gets its water at a much cheaper rate than the
Richmond company does, but this does not ap-
pear probable.
If the rates for ice in Richmond and other In
diana cities are too high, however, the citizens
have no recourse They must submit to the
gouging gracefully as possible, because ice in
Indiana is not public utility.
1t would be popular move if the next Indiana
legislature gave consideration to this question
All the assembly would have to do would be to
declare ice a utility and the public service COM
mission would do the rest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

( ture articles on socialism wish TO beg
pardon for the above personal express
sion of my views. II was necessary. II
has been said over and over again. and
Is as true today as in the days OF the
oppressed under the PharaOhs. that
those who feel are the only ones who
! think From the cries of the Cypress
ed, from the down-trodden. from the
unfortunate. from men who despair.
and from women who weep. have come
the noblest thoughts OF earth. Liberty
is the child of tyranny. born in revolt.
There have been times when a rag was
a glorious banner and the restitution
and poverty and despair of the Valley
FORCES and Andersonville's were the
cradles OF liberty.
In every intelligent discussion it is
first necessarv TO know what you are
talking about. and IL is also necessary
10 be able TO give a reason for the
faith that is within you" Can you de
fine your subject? That is the test In
the old cook-books the recipe for rab-
bit pie says, first catch your rabbit. "
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
THE SONG OF A DREAM

What have you done with the dream brought you
Late last night at the fall of the dew?
Over the brink Of the world l sought you,
And never paused and came to you
A dream of golden and purple feather
Let follow its flight together.
The fairest dream that spread
In the moonlight, shining wings.
1t perched in the blossom overhead
OF the apple tree where my soul sings
Sings to you. 1t came, it
When through the dark least star shone.
knew not if twas star bird or flame
But stretched my hand out and it perched thereon.
Sweet, sweet-ah, sweet.
See how its pnions glistent
All love. all Joy is in their beat
And in its sultry pinions Listen
To its enchanting strain
Like sorrow turned to laughter,
Like the sound of rain
Falling in desert places, or
Delight WEAKNESS comes after.
Long waited for,
Which still renews itself again.
Margaret Sackvie, in the London Sphere
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
Is This a Good Law?

The law under which Seth Lucas has es-
capped trial for the murder of his wife, is the
intent of which may be good, but its execution
is vicious.
Lucas was presumably sane at the time he
set fire to his wife. The act was apparently not
premedtated. On the spur of moments anger
he struck the woman the head. The burn
ing of the body while it still held life was incl
dental to quickly conceived plan of hiding all
evidence of the crime in the total destruction OF
the house and body.
His confession came naturally. One branch
of the Christian religion recognizes the tenden-
cy of human mind to secure at least par
tial release from having to hug to itself knowl-
edge of personal crime or error. That is what
happened in the case of Lucas. His wifes
screams as he applied the match to her oil-soaked
body haunted him until he sought partial ease
of mind by taking a fellow being into his con-
fidence.
Because however, after his confession and
incarceration in jail Lucas apparently became in
sane the new law sends him without trial to the
insane ward of the penitentiary.
Now it does appear that this law lends itself
most readily to escaping the penalty Of the law
where the guilty one can successfully simulate
insanity.
Furthermore, some one temporarily deranged
might confess to a crime of which he was not
guilty. If the arrangement persisted at the
time the case was called for trial, under this law
the man would have to be sent to the ward for
criminal insane at the penitentiary. Manifesty
the proper place would be one of the state in
sane asylums. The stain of criminal insanity,
however, would have to hang over this suppose
tious under the new state law, and the man
and his family be permanently disgraced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
SOCIALISTS COMMUNICATION
commonwealth?
Editor of Palladium

Editor of Palladium
In your editorial of June 22 you disclosed your ig-
of socialism You asserted that in opinion
government monopoly greater opportunities
to grafters than private monopoly.
You mention corporations guilty Of graft
admit there is graft in franchise grants
tract awards.
This is because the interests of the public and the in
OF franchise seekers
cal Just the interests of employee and employer do
not coincide.
But to get at the of the subject If CRATER
der private ownership graft there is always field
invest his loot, and thus perpetuay exploit society.
But under system of collective ownership where all
the of production and distribution collectively
owned, there would be opportunity invest graft
money.
He could buy plants railroads. factories etc.
etc
Yours respectfully,
]. w. Putterbaugh
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
By Edgar Tiff

live in a country that gave the great
| soul of Lincoln to the world. and l
ardently wish that en- every school
room wall, and in every shop and pub
lie Office and in every home. and on
the fly leaf of every Bible. there might
be written these words OF his:
Lincoln's Cheering Words
twenty-five years ago | was a hired
laborer. The hired laborer of yester-
day labors on his own account today
and will hire others 10 labor for him
! tomorrow. Advancement-impr
ment in cOnditions-is the order of
things in a society of equals. Nowhere
in the world is presented a govern
ment of so much liberty and equality.
To the humblest and poorest amongst
us are held out the highest privileges
and positions. The present moment
finds me in tie White House, yet
there is as good a chance for your
children as there was for my father s"
1t will be said by the pessmist and
the knocker that times have changed.
. Indeed they have. When Lincoln said
that, the nation was half slave and
half free. Now the ex-slave and the
children of the former slave show
the most remarkable material and So
cial advancement in the history OF
races. The freed serfs of Russia might
we'll be proud of such a record OF pro-
gress.
| want to express my views in the
following articles on socialism as con-
cisely, fearlessly and truthfully as l
can. The great motto of the old Wing
party was to "Hew to the line, let the
chips. fall where they will" 1t was the
motto of nearly all the old newspapers
like the Broad Axe of Freedom"
Eat and Be Eaten"
Looking at the world from an in
tensely sympathetic point of view IT
appears that the natural law is, Eat
and be eaten" 1t looks like the strong
everywhere devour the weak. the cum
ming prey upon the dull, and that
brute strength drives the poor and de-
fenceless to the wall or the human
shambles. This is the law of animal
life. Nature, of which we pirate so
much, and upon which so many poems
have been written, nowhere tells us
that it is wrong to kill. There is this
difference between man and animal
The animal follows the narrow bounds
of his nature; he has the same needs
no matter how much you educate him.
Man alone has progressive wants and
developes from lower to higher forms
of life. The animals sole competition
is the struggle for existence and to
supply his needs.
Mans competition is wider and
broader. He seeks to give up the cave
for a hut, the hut for house and the
house for a refined home. He goes fur
Their He desires food for his develop
ing brain, things to satisfy his grow
ing sense of harmony and beauty. He
has a longing to be more than the
beast whose chief good is but to sleep
and feed. He developes love and mer-
cy, justice, law, and order, security
and the paths of peace and pleasant
ness. There Isl government by the con-
sent of the governed. There is liberty
guaranteed by the sovereignty of law.
There is the right of man secured by a
compromise of each man surrendering
some of the rights which Rosseau held
the individual received from nature as
natural rights
Personal Expression Necessary.
Having laid the foundation for fu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
Regulated Competition VS.. Socialism

III another column appears a communication
from a socialist challenging the assertion of this
paper that the graft existing under private mo-
nopoly in industry would be magnified in the
government monopoly of industry proposed by
socialism to end industrial evil.
The writer contends there would be no graft
in government monopolized industry because
there would be no incentive to graft. Since all
industry would be owned by government there
would be place for the investment of the pro-
ceeds of graft.
Inasmuch, however, as there would be just
as many ways of spending money under social
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

Lincoln commented on this coun-
try's freedom of opportunity when
human slavery fiourIshed in the
South.
Socialism denies existence of
equal opportunity in days when ala
very 10 no more.
Mr.. Haywood, despite his lengthy
explanation of socialism, left 1t as
vague as ever.
The Socialist idea of lone class"
government should be particularly
combated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

seek no office.
In this day of demagogues and by.
pocrites one is supicioned of self-seek.
ing if he talks too glibly of his love
for tho people" for it is time-honored
saying that patriotism is the last
refuge of the scoundrel."
l am glad that 1 live in country
and an age where thought and speech
are free. There is a vast difference
between Russia and America. In the
first country man goes TO the Siber-
ian mines as a convict if he is caught
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

In Russia man goes to the
mines If he is caught with Emer-
sons essay, "Seif-reIianee," In his
pocket.
In this country the citizen Is
guaranteed his right to criticise.
American ideal is that of person
al freedom; the right to be ones
own master.
The right to this Idea was pur-
chased in the blood of our fore
fathers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

lied industry exist at present, the editor can
not agree with the conclusion that the incentive
to graft would have been eliminated.
Under monopoly there is naught but human
agency to check the grating of those who cater
to their instincts for higher living standards at
the expense of the industry, and hence, of the
consumers.
Under regulated competition, such has
been proposed by this paper, an unwritten and
automatic law will make graft Improbable.
Of course, it depends upon which school of
socialism the writer belongs to, to determine
whether or not he believes in trying to carry the
principle of competition into a socialistic COM
monwealth.
If he is a scientific socialist he appreciates
the value of competition and would arrange for
it's continuance under socialism.
If he is a syndcalist socialist, he probably be-
lieves in the monopostic principle pure and sim
pie. In that case he most likely agrees with the
syndicast teaching that all men should work at
their different trades the same length of time,
preferably 3 or hours daily, and draw the same
wages regardless of the difference in value of
their work to society. Dead levelism, in other
words. The antithesis of competition.
socialism the writer belongs to- we are going to
take it for granted he is scientific socialist
Therefore, we offer him this proposition for
criticism.
Is it not fact that under socialized industry
trial unit belonging to government to purchase
it's raw materials on an absolutely equal price
basis?
IS fapt h9f
change of such government ownership of indus
try would be to charge only an equal price for
such social services as supplying gas electricity,
water power and all the rest of the host?
Is it not fact that, so far socialists of the
scientific school have been unable to produce a
working, practical plan for socializing industry
and at the same time provide for the undeniable
benefits that accrue from competition?
If these facts are true, what is to hinder ap-
plying the equal price principal to industry it
is at present constituted? 1t will take away
from monopoly it's basic fundamental and free
The consumer will always be guar
anteed the lowest prices for products that COM
petition can engender
By establishing through the law of the land
another basic principle of equality of price, name
ly, that manufacturers and laborers shall be pro-
tected against destructive competition through
freedom to reduce wages willynilly, the interests
of labor will be conserved. A minimum wage
for fair minimum output in a specified reason
able number of hours in each working day per
man, will absolutely protect labor and assist in
competition on the basis of freedom
as against monopoly.
Is this not a more practical and easier attain
able form of equality of opportunity for all man
ind hon no ro6 of bo i've
commonwealth?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

es with their ideals and
aspirations, and rejoices
with their triumps.
| hate cant and hypo-
cristy, political and relig-
ious. l hate the demago-
que who seeks power
through fomenting class
prejudice. l wish TO speak
freely and truthfully, /
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
ANOTHER $1,000. 900 PERIL.

Washington Star.
the Amazon River. 1t will be generally welcome
South American serum expert should loom up its
travelling companion. .s--.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

| In the discussion on socialism I would
| first like to see true definition of the
| creed. Here we are badly handicapped.
for no one has yet clearly defined it.
and it remains today as vague as the
| milky way in the skies of a summer
night.
Did Not Define Socialism.
Mr.. Haywood presents us in the Pal
ladium with over $4,000 words and in
clusion he refers US to a list of books
he has read in our public library, but
his exegesis is absolutely valueless so
far as definition is concerned. Without
wishing to offend l desire to say that
he is up in the air"
In the following articles I will at
tempt to show that socialism Is I'M
American, absurd, revolutionary. sub
versive of liberty, and an attack upon
the organic law of America. | will try
to show that II has no more legitimate
place in this republic than weeds and
tares among the corn and wheat fields;
that its terms proletariat" and
'bougeois" are imported and have no
home or application among a people
who have recognized no fixed classes
since slavery days.
VIII Treat American Socialism.
1 will treat of American socialism
particularly, give attention to the ref
erendum and recall historically,
speak of the proposed emasculation of
courts, and turn the guns on the at
tempt to destroy the supreme court of
the United States. l will also combat
the Socialist program to put the whole
power of government into the hands
of one Glass" at the same time show
ing that really there are no classes"
in America
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
Socialism Wrong
A Personal Appeal

r am glad that l sprang from the
loins Of the common people of
America. My heart beats in rythm
with their toll and my soul march
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

Work in the Rank of Knight will also
be exemplifed. Visitors welcome.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26

will be held Friday evening. The
meeting will open at 1880 o'clock.