Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-30

welt, the founder of the Progressive
party.
VIII the Maine Progressives con-
tinue to denounce the Republican
party when Roosevelt gets back into
it?
Perhaps if Mr. Gardner had beer
present last night, he would have
urged the pressing need of recall OF
judicial decisions. Don't forget your
platform, Mr.. Gardner.-Lewiston
Sun.
Jealousy of each other among
political dictators always kills off a
party more quickly than all its enc
mics.
The bitterness of certain Progress
sive leaders against their old party
and all it's units is nowhere shared by
Republicans toward their Progressive
former brothers
Since Mr.. Gardner and Dingley hap
pened to remember that through death,
resignation and removal to other parts
of the country it would be impossible
to organize the House of Representa-
tives by Republicans before another
election, they have forgotten recall of
judicial decisions and all other plat
form declarations. They are devot-
ing every energy to an attempt to
mislead the people of Maine into be-
lieving that Governor Haines is not
or three other counties, because he
does not call a special session of the
Legislature to impeach purblind
sheriffs. And yet these men have
known from the start that Mayor
Newbert of Augusta, would be likely
to be speaker of House organized at
this time.
These men also know that Re-
publican Legislature is the only legal
means under the canopy by which one
of these rum trust owned sheriffs can
be removed and his place filled by a
man.
1t was because they discovered these
things that they stopped to the poIiti-
cal trckery of constantly heckIing the
Governor and pretending to the people
that they expect him to remove
sheriffs or stand the brand of eollu-
sion with rumseIlers.
There is your latest demonstration
of clean politics." of Justice and
square dealing" of "brotherly love and
a soft answer
We believe it is violating no conf
dence for us to say that if Governor
Haines had any power or recourse
under Heaven by which he could re-
move two or three sheriffs Of Maine at
this time they would go so quickly as
TO make their heads swim. The Hon.
Halbert P. Gardner knows that, Editor
Dingley knows it, w. R. Pattangall
knows 1t, and so does every other man
of any party who knows anything
about Governor Haines and his deter
mination to enforce the penalties of
the law.
First of all the rum trust knows,
through its skilled shysters, the in
ability of Governor Haines to remove
sheriffs unless Republican Legisla-
ture is elected; that until such time
the rum business and violating
officials are safe.
Democratic leaders know these
things, and every man knows the sue
cess Governor Haines would meet in
impeaching a sheriff in House of
Representatives organized by Demo-
crats-when the Democratic candi-
date for governor is blatantly promis-
ing wide open rum conditions if he is
elected
Progressive leaders and organs saw
these things and at once abandoned all
their pretended issues and opened a
campaign of swapping at the heels of
Governor Haines In attempt to deceive
the people. They thought Governor
Haines would be too stubborn to take
the people into his confidence; that his
certainty of election would lead him to
go quietly and steadily ahead in the
hope of SHOWING his friends that he
had all along meant what he said,
when he should have a Republican
Legislature to work with.
Before he goes to the polls in Sep
TENDER, every voter in the State should
fully understand the true state of af-
fairs and the tactics employed by
Governor Haines political opponents
to fool the people. 1t is necessary to
elect strong Republican Legislature
If the people are as determined as is
Governor Haines, to have rigid and
State wide enforcement of the penal
ties CT the prohibitory law.