Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-11
Those Who Denounce Us.

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/ Those Who Denounce Us.
| A Water street businessman. dis
gusted by the incident, has furnished
us with IA striking example of the re-
| pulsivc. unintelligent methods adopted
TO diseredit the Kenn4bee Journal and
| other respected and reliable news
| carriers.
Il used to do that he admitted
| candidly, until one day representa-
tive of the paper challenged me to
| point to a single instance of the Jour
nails alleged unfairness or dishonesty.
My memory is pretty bod and he gave
me time to search, but l had to throw
| up my hands in the end. | discovered
that the things our little clique OF
merry mudslingers had welcomed anu
professed to believe the papers infamy
came near to the direct opposite when
| considered submitting them to fair
minded man
The scene was a store and the cast
a person typical of the .mudslnginS
clique" He spread out the front page
of the kennebec Journal, stood back
| dramatically and proclaimed:
! Il see in this big type that John A.
Peters has a plurality of between 500
and 500 votes Don't need my specta-
| cles It's perfectly plain. See it,
Everybody did 1t was the 72-pont
TYPE of the first head announcing
Tuesday morning, that Mr.. Peters had
been elected. Ignoring everything
else on the page, the exhibitor whipped
open the paper to page seven, donned
his 4speetaeles and fiereely peered
labout-stili dramatically finally
his eyes rested upon three BREWER
lines enclosed in bold pencil marks at
| the foot of the fifth column. With
/, cried
| And here in the same paper | find
| ueading) Peters election is indicated
! by 1856 over Pattangall, and S405 over
Lawrence, Now who's goin' to tell
from paper like that? | don't know
| who's elected. Nobody does. I've got
to wal: for tho Lewiston JourTa! to-
night to find out | don't know whats
| worse than an editor who'll lie like
that 1t shows where his mind runs
In what he writes he says between 500
land 600 and by the real story in his
lown paper it shows only 1856. What
do you think of that"
| Had this man an eight year old boy
of ordinary intelligence the lad might
have pointed out to him that, an inch
higher at the beginning of this real
story. the statement is very plain:
Portland, Me. Sept. S-Returns for
: congressman from 100 cut of 1S4 cities,
towns and plantations in the Sd Dis
trict gave Peters-etc."
: Another inch above is the line, Con
tinued from Page One" and the cap
ton Bulletins" on lage one and
!, under Bulletins" We find:
The following bulletins show--as
usual-the early returns from the cit
c les showed Democratic plurality and
A how-as usual-later returns wipea
out the Democratic lead and proved
e of Ellsworth. to Congress from the 81
: Maine District" -.lis.s
n Then follow the bulletins in the or
der received, published to show oul
l readers the interesting progress
2 | toward the final decision.
$ Beside them Mr.. Pattangall concede'
e Mr. Peters victory. On the other sid'
:. are Senator Burleigh's congratulation
l to the leaders of the Republican fight
: On the same page is the Associates
: Press lead" giving the last word-a;
Y the figures with the exception of al
T unimportant island plantation-Mr
) Peters victory by 5S3 votes. Al
about are Halbert Gardeners admission
of defeat, Mr.. Parkhurst's figures an,
t Mr.. Peters statement of pleasure
l At eight o'clock, Monday evening
4 the Journal announced the resul
] within 125 votes of what the officia
t figures will show. Ten minutes late
: the bulletin was posted deciarin