The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-19
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AUGUSTA.
STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
Especial dispatch to the Press

AUGUSTA, Jan. 1S.-The Convention was
called to order by Mr.. Dingley. The fifth res.
olution reported last night was recommitted to
the Committee for amendment. The sixth res
olution relating to the Convention of religious
socties was taken up. Mr. Martin feared
that not sufficient interest would be taken to
make the Convention a success. Mr.. Dingley
welcomed the Convention to Lewiston, where
it would be received with open arms. The fifth
resolution was amended to read as follows:
Resolued, That we have little sympathy with
the often expressed opinion that we have law
enough now upon the subject if they were only
executed ;'but ON the contrary, while the pres
emit law is in many respects good one, yet in
several of its essential provisions 1T Is detective
and in Others contradictory, lacking other pro-
visions which are absolutely necessary and
thereby fails to carry out the often expressed
opinion of the people in favor of prohibition
and until this end is accomplished we will not
fail to demand of our legislators such laws as
shall shut up every grog shop and to make such
provisions for an executive force responsible to
the Governor as will effectually and impartally
execute such laws.
The Committee ON temperance legislation re-
ported as follows:
Believing firmly in the wisdom and efficiency
OF prohibitory laws as applied to the traffic in
ihuoAiOdtluS anu DcllcNiuS tldG Tile
present liquor law of the State, although a good
one and of general scope, may be so amended
as to become much more effectual than it is, we
recommend that the Legislature now in session
be requested to amend as follows:
First, That section 2 of chap. q r. S. should
be SO amended as to include in it the form of
the bond prescribed to be given by innholders
and victuallers, clause binding the party Ii
censed to the observance of all laws of the State
relating to intoxicating liquors;
Second, The clause of section % of said chap
ter which exempts cider and made from fruit
grown in the State from the operation of the
law should be repealed is illogical and absurd,
great hindrance to the enforcement of the
law and a scandal to legal temperance reform
and the section in the law of 1858 relating to
this subject be substituted therefor.
Third, That section 80 of said chapter which
holds the seller responsible for injuries commit
ted by persons Intoxicated should be so amend
ed as to make the owner of the building in
which the liquors were sold equally liable with
the seller for such injuries when it appears that
such owner has knowledge that intoxicating
liquors are sold there and the remedy as now
existing should be made more effective;
Fourth, Whereas, section 49, of said chapter
provides that the penalty for drunkenness shall
be imprisonment in the common Jail not ex-
ceeding 30 days, which provision is inconsistent
with section Sc chap. LA relating to the same,
and
Whereas, The provisions of the last named
act are the more just and humane, we recon-
mend that so much of section 40 as relates to
drunkenness be repealed. Believing that rum
selling is emphatically crime to the person as
well as the property of individuals and that all
proper means should be employed to prevent it,
we think that the provision of chap 100 r. S.
relating to proceedings for the prevention of
crimes should be extended to this crime. and
we recommend that the legislature be asked to
enact law making it the duty of magistrates
and judges to require any person convicted of
violating any provision of the law relating to in
toxicating liquors to recognize with sureties in
sum not exceeding $40, 900 nor less than $1,000
for the future observance of the law for peri
Oh OF one year, the recOgniZances to be taken
ana returned as in case to keep the peace
AS the Committee on Resolutions have touch
ed the subject OF the execution of the law we
have no suggestion to make on that subject
We recommend that the Committee on Tenn
perance legislation urge these and other amend
ments before the legislature with such other
legislation as may be necessary to secure bet
ter execution of the law
Report adopted.
A list of county committees were raised con-
slstlng OF three from each county to superintend
public temperance meetings. The committee
for Cumberland are E. H. Starbird, S. A.
Strout, Benz. Freeman.
Quite an animated discussion in regard to the
duties of the church to temperance took place.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
The Judiciary Committee at its meeting this
afternoon voted to report a bill to incorporate
the Blanchard Boiler CO.. and to legalize the
doings of the same. A hearing was appointed
on the order relative to accident caused by de-
fects in highways on Thursday 25th inst; on
the orders relative to vaccination and the right
of married women to make contracts, it was
agreed to report legislation inexpedient 1t
was voted to report a bill to increase the salary
of Judges of the Supreme Court to $4,000, and a
bill to change the punishment of rape and 9TH
er life sentences from life to a term of years or
for life, at the discretion of the court.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
The Association met this afternoon in the
State House The President, j. A. Homan,
esq, called the meeting to order. Jos. Wood
of Wiscasset, was chosen Secretary pro tenn
Committees were appointed on qualifications
of membership; on business; on job printing;
on advertising and agencies, SC.
The committee ON membership reported a re-
solution that membership be limited to the ed-
tors and publishers of bona .Jide papers, issued
to paying subscribers, and job printers. The
committee on essayist and poet reported Capt.
Boutelle of the Wing, for orator, and E. L. FL
well for poet. The committee ON advertising
reported that not more than 10 per cent be al
lowed agencies, and that swindling concerns be
shown up. -lI .l1I.H &C.
The following officers were elected for the
year: E. E. Shaw, President; A. Sprague, G.
w. Drisco, Frederick Robe, Vice President;
Joseph Wood Secretary; Enoch Knight, Cor
responding Secretary; M. NJ. Rich, Treasurer;
F. E. Shaw, N. Dingley, jr., w. Noyes, N. K.
Sawyer, Executive Committee.
Resolutions were adopted noticing the de
cease during the year, of VIM. H. Wheeler of
Boston, Geo. H. Knowlton of Biddeford, and
VIM Thompson of Bangor.
Mr. Homan of the Farmer gave the members
or the Association reception in the evening
at his residence which was one of the most
pleasant occasions ever enjoyed by the craft in
the State. .--
COMMITTEE.
Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., in behalf of the
Temperance Convention, addressed the Com
mittee and urged legislative action to secure
more uniform and thorough enforcement of the
present laws against the sale of liquors. He
urged the suggestions of the Governor relative
to putting sheriffs under the control of the Ex-.
ecutive for the enforcement of all criminal laws,
also to make county attorneys subject to the
same appointing power. He presented a bill
embodying these views. Messrs. Hall os Rock
Iand, Shaw of Paris, and Hitchborn advocated
the other suggestions of the Convention. The