New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-29

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the Maine Law are circulating reports that
the friends of the Temperance Law have
been outnumbered in the recent Town
Elections. Their authority for this is main
Iva small anonymous Rum organ lately
started in Portland and named The Name
Law Erpoator. But its alleged facts are
falsehoods, or isolated facts, so arranged
and distorted as to have the effect Of
fal.ehoods. A very large majority Of the
People of Maine have voted to sustain the
Law wherever the question has been raised
and that has been wherever the lovers Of
Liquor felt strong enoug b to cherish hope
of SUCCESS. Rum has carried but few
towns, and those generally snail ones,
while Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Saco, and
nearly every place of note has chosen Ma
nicipal officers favorable to the Law.
There will of course be sharp struggle
to Dust NEAL Dow from the Mayoralty Of
Portland. That City oftsner fails than sue
ceeds in elecdng Mayor on the first trial
Every man who hates the Maine Law will
vote against Mr.. Dow; but his opponents
dare not take issue with him on that ground.
They have nominated Albion X. Paris
against him as Democrat, and will endeav-
or to elect him by the votes of Temperance
Democrats, though Rum Wings were active
at the meeting which nominated him and
one Of them made speech in his behalf
And now, if by clubbing all the votes of
Rum Wings, Ram Democrats and Temper.
aLce Democrats, they can elect Paris over
Dow, it will be shouted through the land as
a verdict against the Name Lao.
The Mayor Of Bangor, E. L. HamlR,
(Whig candidate for Governor in lS4S,) in
his Message to the new Council of that city
on its organization, god inst, thus bears tes-
timony to the benign effects of the Maine
Law:
"The enforcement of the Law in relation 70 the
suppression Of drinking houses and tipping Stops
was commenced about the list Of July last, and the
concur in representing its favorable effects in those
departments. The number Of persons committed
during the past year to the Aims House and House
of Correction was us for the year prior, l37-ma.
king differe nee OF twenty-five. The whole number
of car beard furnished to the of the Alms
House and House OF Correction was g. 93. For the
year before, H. 206-making difference Of 30l4 in
favor of the last year. The Overseers of the Poor
remark in their report as follows We cannot with
hold our conviction that the partial enforce.
n eDt of the Liquor Law has had a marked effect
upon this department, and that its more vigorous en-
forcemeDt will gradually reduce the great bulk OF
psuperism, as il has already reduced that OF crime
in the city,
The City Marshal remarks that the city has been
reeT OF crime and disturbance during the last year
than any year before since he has been connected
with the Police Department.
the eight months prior to July J. to DO lol For the
eight months subsequent TO July !, So, making
difference of So. He says: "On the LIST Of July,
when gave notice that should enforce the Liquor
Law, 1Q6 persons were selling liquors here openly
20 of them have left the city, and understand that
most OF them carrying on their trade in Massa-
chusetts. OF the remaining IS, not one sells here
openly"
Men of CONNECTICUT and RHODE ISL
AND would you Like to have such reports
from your Municipal Officers? If so you
know how to secure them. Stand firm for
the Maine Law