Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-07

and electoral machinery. The presen
legislature of New York has been on
Of the most shame1essly subservient il
the history of the United States. A goo'
/ primary law ought to have the resul
| of putting men of independent eonric
| tions, high intelligence, and upright
| character into the Assembly and Sen
| ate at Albany.
| 1T is true that the present legisla-
| ture has permitted a number of me1-
| 1orious bills to become laws Most
members of this one, as of all leglsla-
tive bodies, are we'll disposed towards
many right things, whenever they are
| IN a position that gives them freedoms
of action Reform measures are almost
invariably prepared outside of the leg
isIature; and they are brought TO a
successful conclusion through the sup
mort of newspapers and public opinion.
obviously the bosses wish to curry Ia
vor whenever they can, and they Try 10
Obscure their own misdeeds by giving
support to good things that do not
greatly intrcnch upon their prerosa-
tives. But the struggle for direct pfl-
maries is an attack upon their eohtioI
Of politics and government. Ihey VIII
do all that they can To confuse the rs
size and to discredit Governor Saizef.
but he has risen to the emergency, ana
lie has a good chance to win victory
..william Sulzer. Governor, found
ont in a very short time that ms popu-
lar wavs would avail nothing at Al
hany unless he were ready To blink at
the current game or become silent
nartner in If. Three courses were open
Ia him, He could quit being an honest
man and become rogue; he could re-
ston. he could fight. Fortunately ne
was not tempted TO faii III win ehe
game of the crooks and corruptionsts,
Being an honest man, he was liihi,eu
To the alternatives OF reslSilifis vi
fighting. He decided, OF course eiia'
he must night; and in TINS lie Mas
heartily supported by very selsioie
and right-minded wife. Among etiiei
things that he speedily discovered Wiz
The fact that so far as results Meh'
there seemed to he just TWO neihoeis
of the legislature, those being the TWO
hoods of the Democratic and Repabi-
o,n organizations of the state anu ds
raoards every matter that involved VI
,al reform these two forces were acting
together.
..yyhen man stands up in the slate
NJ New York to fight against the pony
,oal machines that are held together ny
Tho cohesive power of plumber, ne mus
-, axr.act 10 be treated with coufts-
-, or nersonal Difference. Theohore
po.,savelt in making such flShts, his
,,,,a,..a every kind of Islander and VIM
at;on charles F. Hughes was the
-, of unmeasured ridicuie anu
- william Sulzer could not expect
- no exempt where Roosevelt ana
" haa IN face the methods OF
.asaarate snojlsmen and corrupt con-
spirators. -
o,ha{r troubles will not be ended III
New York. when they have dlfee' pr
,ias Governors must go on f1ghtlhs'
and they must have the support VI '.e
Intelligence and character Of 'ne sen-
80, ,,h,ie without regard 10 poii'ies'
r,a says are rapidly passing when
,oljtical eussedness will be oVerioohe"
nv great majority of the same pa' -
~, the forces of evil are always actiNe
and when they are ao" 49, -
they bob up in another.
Evil nromoters are picked up out Vi
H.. n,,re wnere they have been thrown
,,,,,shaa off and made to look as re-
noot,b,e as possible, by an element I'll
the nress which caters to the raoo'e
ona its sympathes, for the money
-. e. IN II We have such repre-
sonta,,ves of the press in Maine. lnva-
r,ahlv they espouse the cause OF .he
..oersonal liberty" advocate, ana argue
AGAINST moral progress and asah's'
nd II the means which those desii-
mo better conditions may invent. Some
OTHER way is always better. ana ,iie
,t,or IF the "better way is invari-
ab,v the man who piles up gold rom
his agencies of the under world.
The yellow press and the poii'iea'
syirdlcr go hand in hand ana Iies
roake n hard team to defeat. the cost
of progress is eternal vigilance OH '"e
nort If honest men whose skin is SO
| ,,,;o,, nc ia be impervious to the snow
orc Of lies. sneers, innuendoes anu
hlaclxmail. Direct primary and a series
:. bonost courageous governors VIII
help New York.