The Republican journal., 1873-07-31
For the Republican journal.
The Liquor Law in Ellsworth.

Mr. EDITOR: | notice the following in
the ellsworth American" of July oath
Our Ellsworth officers complain of the
hard time they have in Selling liquors and
the meagre hauls they make. Let them
read the following and see how the cause
of temperance and morality is maintained
elsewhere in the State. Our SheriffS and
Constables have got to be up to a trick or
two, or they will be outwitted every time.
This remarkable stirring up of the Els
worth officials is followed by an article
copied from the Lewiston Journal, where
in it is related at length, how two certain
officers of that place started out on the
war path, fully determined to investigate
the domicile of one Patrick Sullivan, and
how, having nearly given up all hopes of
finding what they went for, they at length
succeeded in finding a two gallon keg
buried in the cellar.
Now, Mr.. Editor, was not aware that
our officers ever complained of being out
witted or want Of success am certain
that they have no reason for such com
plant. On the contrary we have plenty
of complaints from those who delight to
wet their Whistles that the officers are
too contoundedly sharp, and have 'dried
us up beyond the bounds Of reason. On
the 10th inst, our officers seized four bar
rels of bottled ale which came into town
rs mineral water. On the same day they
extracted not one but two ten gallon kegs
of rum from the centre Of a hogshead of
coal, and on the end inst. they made a
descent upon d vessel at Bar Harbor and
took theretrom about twenty gallons OF
rum gin and whiskey
But if YOU will take pains to examine
the columns Of the American YOU will
fail to discover any laudatory notices OF
such seizures, such as republican journals
delight to point out i'm order to show their
wonderful devotion to the cause of tenn
perance and morality, when the officers
making the seizures happen to be fellow
republicans. But where a republican law
is rigidly and honestly enforced by Demo
cratic officer, il is "a horse Of another
color" and the temperance principles OIL
the Ring can not stand that, especially
if there be fears that some honest repub
licans intend to sustain by their votes an
honest and impartial enforcement of the
Maine Law, even though it may have been
done by democrats and liberals
Ii has been whispered, Mr.. Editor, that
certain great temperance retormers have
been seen buttonholeing, very lately, Ger
tain men that they used to call vile rum
sellers, but lor whom, it is said, they now
profess unbounded admiration, friendship
and piety, which sentiments are warranted
to last until after election 1t has also
been whispered that certain promises have
been made by the Ring TO those who have
been prosecuted for selling liquor, which,
having some grains of honesty about me,
should blush to name.
Now, mind kou, Mr., Editor, these are
only Whispers | 10 not give them as facts,
and hope, for the cause of temperance
morality thar they are not true.
1t don't believe the officers whose bust
ness it is to seize Intoxicating liquors in
Ellsworth and vicinity expect or desire to
be rewarded by any putfs in the American,
but know that they deserve better treat
ment at the hands of a concern so emf
nently respectable AS the Hancock Publish
lug Co., than slurs and hints that they
could not manage a ease with the acute
ness which was displayed in the celebrated
raid on unfortunate Patrick Sullivan. 1t
io"h-' - though such remarks We're in
tended to remove any favorable impress
sions which the strict and impartial man
ner in which the prohibitory law has been
enforced here may have made on honest
temperance men"
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