Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-01-19

lftN4iAfN AllENt ''lHH.-t fiaN IT W .' ift.t.tN
moro disposed %. by magistrates taI
police couils without reaching ,n'
supreme Cnult. IL is believed that 20
least $4,000 hucs were imposed 1al
collected OF yiolators ot the laws agaiu,t
jram-shops du,ing the past ycar-m"tc
than sufficient TO pay Inc cost, ol prose.
cutions IL will bc observed that there
have been during iIe ,~J years, uud,.
the ,herin enforcement act aud tac temp
ance reform movement, double the con-
lictions, commitments and fines collected
OF rumse.erS that there has been in auy
similar period previous The great im
pruvement the past Year is worthy ol
notice The increase in The number oi
commitments 10 jail j. significant. Tie
great Improvement in the efficiency OF
The enforcement OF the laws against
dram-sellers. during the pas, eight or
nine years, is truly significant. aud ought
to give new encouragement to temper.
ance men to press forward in their work.
Outside OF two or three cities the ey!-
denee Is conclusive that the laws against
many other similar crimes and whatever
sales OF liquor there may be. in seven
eighls OF the Slate they are carried on
very secretly and spatingly. The bene-
fetal influence OF the verg general en-
lorcement OF the laws against dram.
shops is marked. Crime has decreased
The number OF sentences TO the state
Prison being twenty i've per cent less
than ten years since. The number OF
sentences TO The State Prison and iaiis.
exclusive Of commitments for liquor sell.
ing, the past year or two, is nearly thirty
per cent, smaller than in 1866.
In response to the call Of the Governor
the several county attorneys OF the State
have furnished the Attorney General facts
in regard 10 the endorsements oil the
liquor law; and the following Is an
abstract OF their reports:
ANDRosooGGlN-No open dram shops
10 the county, and no secret sales Ol
much consequence outside OF Lewiston
and Auburn.
ARoosToOK-The Sheriff has done bis
duty faithfully, and there is less drunk
ness and liquor selling than ever before.
In Houton the change Tor The better is
remarkable. The enforcement oil The
law has diminished the number OF dram
shops and driven the rahlc inlo secret
places.
CUMgFnLlNp-In Indictments and AZ
pealed cases 212; lines collected 50, ,lIi
larger than ever before, UnSeiier
imprisoned, 10. Beside those there have
been very large numbef OF seizure
cases in the Police Court OF Portland, 10
which S3. $50 in fines has been collected.
No difficulty in securing convictions. --
The only difficulty IS in getting evidence.
FRANHIlN The Sheriff has Discharged
his duty faithfully. aud there j. 10 diiiI
Guilty in enforcing the law and supprc,,-
ing dram shops. Law every Nay sue
cessiul.
n,NCook-Thcrc are few diam shop,
outside Of Ellsworth, in the county. la
Ellsworth the traffic has yot bccu sup.
pressed wholly, but in no places Is iIuol
sold openly. Law works well. = III
dictmenis The past year against none the
previous year.
KNox-Couuty Attorney Rice does not
believe in prohibitory law, bat admits
that in the rural towns OF Knox county
no liquor i sold. In Rochhnd and some
sea oard towns lac say respectable men
have left the traffic. but it ha; fallen into
the control of low srogRe!ics.
KENNEBLc-At least one third more
successful liquor prosecutions have been
had in KenncLec county during the last
eighteen months, than during any pre
vious similar period. Local officers have
done most OF the work.
LINcoIN-2i indictments and appealed
cases in 1874. against 10 in l>Ij-lquor
traffic driven out OF the county except in
Damariscotta, ,WaldoJoro' and Wlscasset.
la the trst two places Inc work OF sup
preston Is going on well. Eyert rum.
seller in Wiscassel was indicted 81 'he
Oct. torai. and each paid line OF ~i'n.
Fines collected, $500
OxroED-No dram shops so far Is
known to the public or the officers. The
few persons who have attempted liquor
selling have been prosecuted.