Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-21
Charity is the scope of all
Gods mmands.-Chrysos
GRANGE Master Wilson Re elected.

OF course the majority, being ma
iority. is tory" and old guard, ana
..reactionary." and Limousine ele-
ment." 1t is "standpat" and refuses
10 be manhandled by the progress
sive" faction.
The Grange will do we'll to sink It's
differences and allow the majority 10
carry out its program. which Is more
likely TO prove safe and sane than are
some of the wild and unconstructiVe
schemes of the so-called progress
siVes.r The only road to real ac-
cenplishment lies through the s"ampS
~ iealousv and rivalry, and over the
corduroy OF disappointed ambitions
Real progress can be made only py
n,ase pIavs (ca,led ring rule" by the
Jealous and disappointed ones) ana py
good hard lighting according TO Wen
studied system and with a real
tangible, goal in view.
Obadiah Gardner is probably the
Lewiston Journals type Of pro-
uresslve," but his spectacular play 10
the newspaper galleries before ever
aoina near the Grange session, was
an illuminating example of what con-
stitptes a certain kind of progress
sivism and stands as the crltlc ol
advancement through standlhs io
.ether for common purpose
co.b mon as Gardner and the editor
of the Lewiston Journal seem to thlhh
the only thing necessary to entifeiy
diS.reai, a man or q movement. is to
call it conservative.
The Manchester Union reviews the
Gardner snectacle. It says the way
he tore into National Master wilson
was caution. About the miiaes'
term which he used in reference TO
Mr.. Wilson was skunk while state
Master Jones of Indiana was caileo
the Murphy of the grange and Mf,
Wilson was characterized as his tool
The National body was described as
being to the order what Tammany had
been TO New York city Mr.. Gardner
declared that 1.-The National Grange
will never make any progress under
the machine that now controls IT.
EditoriaIly the Manchester Union
served him up as follows. under the
title "Obadiah's OUTING:
"frhe coming of Obadiah was spec
tacular. .,.,, .ohv, II ms,
s,mniv has TO be. When Maine gets duli
and nrosy. when the people get blue ana
down at the mouth in the Plne itst re-
State when the 'pertatef crop sets lle '
black rot and the pip up II AtoosdGoh 6hs9jo !
county, they always turn to obadiaH
Gardner. . oaross
And Obadiah always comes across
"When Captain John Smith dlscoHereo
the Isles of Shoals, and incidentally the
State OF Maine, he also uneartnea ths
greatest political marathon runner OF
the century 1t was Uncle opduiali u -
Even in those days he was running lol
office on the Democratic ticket, and since
that time he has continued to run and
run and run, and then run some more
If had got so up in Maine If Obadian !
name was not on the ticket, the eiectlon
was declared null and VOID, ana aho'hef
held in its place
but he finally landed.
ssThrough the death of that peerless
patriot and able statesman, Seaat u
William F. Frye. Obadiah was found or
the steps of the national capitol ont
morning, with a new suit OF clothes ano
a certificate from the governor that ne
mad been appointed United States SEN
ator. .a,, s;,, J., ns Ia,
him toast his shins on the coal stove
gave him square meal ana GOT MN
sworn in. Obadiah then stepped INTO tht
shoes of the late senator Frye ana ne
was q happy man. but he made so mucf
noise rafting around in them that IL be
came necessary on several OCCASIONS te
ad dioufn the senate on account OF the ain
"Obadiah passed through the senate
with the same gusto and eclat and prac
tieally with the same speed attained BY
the dog with the tin can applied TO III
rear appendage. He remained at the pit
counter until the Maine Legislature me
and cruel fate drove him out OF Wash
ington, and back to his native state o.
Maine.
..He Immediately got his second wine
and began TO run again. lie started al
ter the job now held by Secretary o
Agriculture Houston, but he never go
beyond the running stage. lie chase.
President Wilson and foreign post al
v
i'm his net He entered long-distanc'
marathon for the secretaryship of thu
senate but he went lame. lie beat i
back to Maine and started on the hom
track, where he thought the running wal
better, and he entered the ffee-for-al
for the colleetorship OF the port OF fort
land, but he got the distance flag IA
entered the steeple-chase for collector
ship of internal revenue, but he fell a
the first hurdle and was disqualified.
.'He got over the line into New Hamp
shire. and he caught Frank Streeter ia
and out of condition. and beat him ant
captured a $1,000 job as a United State
boundary commissioner. When he got j
he did not know what it was or what L
do with il. and he wired President vii
son as follows:
Can / wear "eppylets" with this job
when the news was flashed bac
that there was nothing with this 10
either in the way Of work or adorn
ments, except the salary, Obadiah wa
sad and sorrowful. He has not bee
right since. The salary was a goo
thing, but he wanted the 'eppylets' NOR.
..As far as dress parade was cor
cerned a man mignt just as well be /
iaiI as to be a boundary COMMISSIONS
1t gave him no chance TO sit at the hea
table tuck his napkin under his chi
and eat his peas with his knife lie n
ceiyed no summons to hire dress su
and parcel out wit and wisdom at tn
banquet table. He found his st0rie
were beginning to be covered with moul
and that his original anecdotes woul
have 10 be preserved in alcohol
sAs boundary commissioner Robir