, 1874-10-31

r,.t,ot resolution u Wy passed. requesting Dow
resignation. This caused roverso ou tho ton
e,nneo ",ro Question: Ne1t year, 1885, tue Logie
license or rcgulatlvo oct. Innholtlors wero ,l'
ees,ties ! , their salos to strangers, travo!ors
H. 70 % minor without tho permit Of his parent
aut1or;va, .gwn ngcnts having liquor on hand wor
Thus M dtoa tho aIaino law. Still Eonl Dow wa no
dleheartencd. 11o rnlltol Lis cohorts around lin
II .poBsibio they bocame moro In oarnoat thai
ever ln two yeara tho storm Of opposition pro
1853, tho question Of " License hor probli,i
tion was submitted to tic peonIe. prohfiitior
won, and tho Maino law was rosurrectcd. Stnct
tnat day Maine las been under Prohibition. i
we may Judge from Htudy Of the laws It must b.
admitted TINT drunkonnosa was not considered .
worry serious o1onsa IN Maino oven twenty YEAR
ago. Tho Boiler aud not tho drnkor hld bco,
regarded as TUG criminal, md but littlo law Of
consequence existed on tho subject Of drunken.
ncaB Until 1859. That year MI net was passed. by
| which 1t was deoroed that any porBons found IN.
| toxicated should, on conviction for tho first Of.
| Tense. pay 0 flno mot oxcoodIng &c." and for
tAo Rocond oironBo limo "not o4cootling $40, II
| or Buffer imprisonment not oxccodin9 sirtv
days" '~e''>ns ''A''
THE sTATE coSsrAnuLAHY
Thus stood tho prohibltory law and the ton,-
perancc question without material change until
i8G1. 10 secure bottor execution OF tho law,
y Waa decided ahat yoar to croatc an organization
known ns tho "StAto Constabulary.' For that
purpose tho Legislature made M appropriation
Of 1000. The Hon. JoBhua MO Vas arpoint~
ed Chief OF tho force. In turn l,a appointed
twontS-ntno deputies, who received 80 day and
s1o ma 9aaa! M ic9a Tor travel They went 70 work.
tufo. Bhys: "At tho time tie Conatabuiary Inv
wns passed mora than 5000 persons iu tho State
woro engaged ln tho illegal sale OF Intoxicating
Liquors" Maine had then boon undor Pro-
frF tf,N1t,
to Mr. RS n NSoa u'paSSsn stors esF' Me saVs rat
".My aeputiea visited tic 6i2 nj munieipaii. n:
tics OF the state,. calling upon all porsons who
wefe .aapas9sd ;o DO onsaged n tho illegal sale
the State 254 wore found to bo engaged IN tho
traiiic. and 7sl rorsons iu Shops and private
nouHes Werc found to bo engaged In tho sumo
Illegal business" Yet leading prohbtiouiats in
tue state ind boon procIaiming tho SUCCESS Of
rnnl-shop III tho State. lii. Nc fuItbor r aavs
The Deputy ConstableB notified 347 kconorB Or
hotcla not to sell intoxicating drinks, and 901 In
other businoss." And he adds lin nearly oycry
caso tno people @ g. notilod solemnlg promised to
1oroveF Whllo others Baid Till tho law is ropenlod
and Mr.. hyo adds that during that yeart Moro than
2,00o Persons abandoned tho trahlc without one
prosecution" Whe'hor those 1000 rum. sellers.
arc membcis Of the church to-day. doos not an
pear. But there can be no question but Mr.
Nso dig big duty. Lis report SHOWS in addition.
.,aE tnsE "4so PEI persons wore Prosecuted" that
tnero weso Gos eoarches @ for liquor" OF which,
however, only "297 wcre Ruccesaful," AID yot
they got "l.G70 gallons Of liquor" which tic
State sod for S5,323. There was a cocdly in.
como On oda alHo from tlnea or tho appropriation Of
= 2o'oeo, only e17,slo.M WAS expended. Taking
tho "Constabuiary" certainly was not costir
institution. Yct tho very next Legislature. in
1923, repealed this Inv. Since then tho prn.
9ioitory q enactment has been enforced by tho
shorllls and local officers. Such, iu briof, is tLo
history OF tho Liquor lnw iu 3Iniln.
DIG "r1su STORY"
With tho exception, therefore, Of about two |
yoars, Prohibition has beon tho settled policy of |
Anime Tor we'll nigh quarter Of coutury, In
tho meantime the merits OF tho law llayo been
hetaldcd in tho uttorlnoss parts Of tic cartb. I
hare roccntly read u very interesting document.
which bus been much circulated in EnelonJ ii
g entitei, IA Cloud OF Witnesses, z Smoeess
II Prohibition In Maine" Tho document COM
ses ,'ea auoat eght pages Of testimony from tho
'ourcea,' including tho Zion. Sidney Porhan,.
len Goyernurof Maine; oar Representatives, ID
;ongress at TINT time, ,-Mesbra. Blaine, Tryo.
nee: IL ona totsEs Ma.. and Lyneh our senators
ho pastors Of tho various churchea Of Tia
atv, besides Judges of municipal courts and
'thera throughout tho State TOO numerous to
nention: They all give it as their opinion that
=. ,Ionloltlqn mas oeo'l - wonderful success."
q l872, aays: lilo 1Iquos-trado In thia Stntn
th'nk 1t safe TO say, IL very much lcBa than be-.
orc the enactment Of tho laN--prohnb]v MT
no,tonh as large" Con- Dow. in Tho State
te naone asa of 1s59 IN au address
ucccss III Ma1no. Tho amount OF intoxtca ;jnV
lnors consumed i'll that State il not onc-tonth
D !arge u It was before tho Maine law" And
:, a,Mayor M42e9;lwrlget Of Bangor in his opin-
ne-tonth as much Ia snld now as in years past =
nd IN Professor in the Theological Som;nnrv''n
10 ex-s!ayors, the Collector Of Insornal Ro;y-
aao aud ,hosa hosss Of other. al fully concur
I, tho Supreme Court Of Portland. md
ther officials. also eay: .'Wo aro Of tLo
nclacd opinion TINT tho liquur-trade is not
ae,tonth Of what it was prior to tho Maine
NJ" And Senators, congressmon, aud hosts Of
ergymon all concur. It may soon IilIo pro-
'!nption, therefore, in ono to question tic
'ove statements. Opinions OF mon VINO have
lined q name arc always looked on as u Kind Of
!Ih93raty. These opinions may notbe questioned
T. ~ ~! !lnPualtY. suppose wo may bo allowed to
TX tAo quoation: Arc they founded on facts?
ertaln1y 70 facts appear in tho document. That ]
mass Of opinions. Now could call q 4Icloud
Wtnossee s linen who lavo lived in the State
thetr AVes, 1non who hnvo won 1lamo and
or, friends and workeEa oven in tic cauuo Of I
mpora1ce-sho would toll you that tho Pro-
bltory law was iailn,o; Ind failed utterly 10 !
event intompoFance, or oyen to coHo the gror }
'ops., This would simply present war Of ouiii-
s.s. II would prove nothing, What, then. are {
o facts il tho caao? for tacta nlono
nst decide tue question. Take frat iu oriar .
q statements IA m Of ex-Gov; Pcrham and others
70 Say that not one-tenth us much liauor is 6
Id now as boforo tho onactment Of the S1n,nn t
WIN other words, That ton timos ag umch Q
luor waH sold before tho law ae now, II TINT t
Ho,-if ten times as mucla liquor ' was sold Of . ba. y
70 tho law as now, w,-thon theie must hayo boon 2
u t.mos as much drank. aud, consequently, ten 9
neB as much drunkenness. How muoh DRINK. d
!. aosa vas as thelo III tIaino in 1882 0et tsat @ .
1t and yon hayo your data to show tho an1omnt
drunkenness bofore the AIaine law. the ro-
IT Of tho inspectors Of tho State Prison shows 7
at for tho yoar ending Nov. so, 1879. thoro 4
re in Maiuo l7,80B arreHts for drunkonness. b
wv, suppose every man who got drunk i
Maint In 1873 was arrested. Thou. il
coroing 10 Mr.. Porham aud others M y
ere was ton timrs na much d,unkonnoss i
fore the Maine law tlera mnet ayo ueon tIten y
] slmos l7,808 making 178,0B0 druukn each Il
ar before thu Maine Inv: This would allow il
auk to oyory man, ministers not oxcopted.
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