Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-28
power and further increase its amaz-
inxly auadrqpled patronage.

any other man.
In a government such as ours
where three distinct and Independent
branches make up the government
legislative. judicial and executive
the encroachment Of any one Of these
upon another violates the spirit and
intent Of our Constitution.
The notorious interference Of the
executive with the legislative since
Woodrow Wilson has been in the
chair will read like the tale Of a die
tator in history. He has not asked
the advice Of any man in Congress,
has selected his advisers outside the
legislative and judicial branches.
but he has not hesitated, on many
occasions, to put his advice upon
Congress, without invitation or pre-
eedent.
Now he presumes to instruct the
American people as he would a class
in college. or primary school.
Woodrow Wilson has bluntly mott
fed the German people that he does
not trust the German government
Every true American agrees with
him. But it seems as necessary at
this time to notify him that the AM
erican people do not trust the Dem
ocratic party without the steadying
hand of a watchful opposing party.
Indeed the tendencies of no party
at any time in the history of the
country have become so serious a
menace to liberty and the fundimen-
tai principles Of free government, as
has the Democratic party under the
leadership Of President Wilson and a
handful of skilful politicians. No
party has ever so insistently and
successfully reached out and grasped
for power. No party has ever shown
such diligence in perfecting it's ma
chinery and in laying out its schemes
for domination without regard to law,
precedent or procedure-all In the
name of war necessity" and we
have permitted them to get away
with" much Of it, because we have
been reluctant to raise controversies,
and most Of us would rather swallow
personal convictions that lay our
selves open to instant charge by I'M
scrupulous Democratic politicians,
that our patriotism is questionable.
To our mind the most danserou.
problem confronting this country to-
day is an unbridIed Democracy under
the leadership Of such men as BurIe.
son, MeAdoo and others, who OBJ
viously intend to control absolutely
every industry, utility and home in
America, as the Kaiser and his oil
garchy have controlled the German
people.
The salvation Of this nation in this
great crisis lies in a government not
absolutely controlled in two Of it's
three branches by . selfish and de.
signing group Of politicians.
Americas greatest mistake would
be to return a Democratic Congress
for the political uses of the individ-
uals engineering this DRIVE FOR
POWER.
Elect Republican Congress or pay
for the folly in generations of polit-
ical oppression.
Beware of executive or party that
demands and fights for unrestricted
power, spurns advice and chafes un-
der laws and provisions that have
been good enough for all previous
generations of our independent peo-
pie.
Paternalism. smothers individual.
ism as domineering and intolerant
parent brushes out the initiative and
deadens the ambitions Of his child
rem.
/ TITS but peevish boy: vet he talks
ven: but what care I for wordso'-