Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-02-12
Absolutely Pure.

get through life without being brought up and
imprisoned for some cause. He believed
there should be no more Legislation ON the
subject of temperance until the State is edu-
Gated up to it. To-day it is said there are
from % to - private club room. in the city
of Portland where young men of high stand
ing can go and take their liquor day after day.
Still, there is no law to reach that. He be-
hcved greater danger came from these
places than from the sale of cider, or
from the sale by all the rum Ups in the
State. While he was opposed to letting
down the bars to allow any cllSs of pcU-
pie to have any more latitude in the sale
OF liquor, h" was decidedly opposed to max
ing any further restriction by hich men are
liable at any time to bc shut up in Jail.
Mr.. PooG of Schago. was sorry to
>cec some of his political associates
of the democratic party taking ground
against the amendment. He was
here Ia represent strong democratic towns
but II was his temperance principles that elect
ed him. The cider business in his vicinity
was tending towards these very club rooms
which the gentleman from Cornish (\ndrews) }
had so strongly condemned. \ part of the
farmers that ha pat large quantities of cider
into their cellars last fall-hc would not say
th' wi ole of thom-had no more souls than
ti'c calt-skn> that they carry in their pockets.
and the result i that this cider i. used rs the
kiudling-woad Of the appctites of our young
boys and men for strong drink. The cnor-
moas increase of the paper population in the
towns hc rcprcscntc Wis attributable to u
great extent to into icating drinks. Nine
tcnths of th, intoxication is caused hy cider.
The mothers and fathers in the country are
to-day looking to lis to see that we vote for
thi> Amendment anl ave the Young mon from
disgrace and destruction.
Mr.. l"NEs of Lewiston, thought the ol,-
poncn;s of the measure had sought to cast
du>t in the eyes of IN .mbpr,. The farmers
are not touched BY the bill, as would be seen
when read They have a rigl; to manutac-
turc their cider and to sell it. The law at
tachcs the penalty 'wh"n kept or depos itcd
with an intent to sell for tipping purposes.
And tiriing purposes j. understood for bad
proposes. for purposes of intoxication. The
intent to sell must be proved before the law
can affect any one.
Mr.. HOVER of Bucksport, proposed to vote
for the Amendment. and lac could not see how
it was going to iniurc any well disposed cit
izrn. Nor would it iniurc the farmer who
has apples to grind into cider, if his inten-
tions arc honest.
MIR. BRow& OF Bangor. suggested that q
$dit Is tN liltENF VI tit intent ltItITtNt To III
the law.
Mr.. IIlxcei.r1 of Blnclill, thought it was
small legislation. lie believed the wor,'
cideJ should not be mentioned in the legisla.
ton of any State. and lac intended to vote in
favor of indeiininite pOstponcmcnt.
Mr.. YoUNG of Brunswick, acknowledged
the evils of intcmpcrance. and that young
men will get drunk but it is not on cider
that they get drunk. 1t i, not our farmers
boys who get drunk, but the boys of our
cities; and they yet drunk on something else
besides cider. He had looked at the word
tpp}'HJ in the dictionary. and he found that
it means to drink frequently. without ahso.
lutte intoNicaton. SO this legislation applied
to drinking frequently without intoxication
He objected to it because too broad, making
no distinction between new and old cider
Mr.. HALL of Alfred, said hi, constituents
are farmers and make cider; hut ninc-t tenth-
of them arc opposed to the sale of it for tip.
ping purposes. They are satisfied to sell
new cider. But now and then there is on,
who desires greater latitude. Rather Il an tc
have the law 50 that our young men can drink
it and abuse themselves they woud give
thpir apples TO the hogs and cattle II,
claimed that apples are worth more t. Civ,
to stock than to make into cider to sell
Mr.. LAMsoN of Freedom. was elected to d,
what he believed right, and he did not fear Il
assume that position. He declared himself
in favor of temperance. He was in favor
of wholesome honest laws that sh; II restrain
the criminal from wrong doing. The matter
before the House was on controlling the ap
petitcs of men touching the interest of every
individual in the State. Thc'underlying stone
should be honest. 1t should be predicate,
upon the good faith of the people. Law
makers should not he law breakers Law
makers should not permit Intoxicating liquor,
to be sold under their noses, as it were Will,
they are making laws. He ha been told thai
it is sold in 40 laces in this city. The great
flood gates of ruin are opened upon
us: and vet we seek to 'strain al
a knat aud swallow Il camel" W,
give opportunities throughout the whole
State for men to CRAFTY their appettcS Will
manufactured and distilled liquors, and still
are going to say to the agric Iltura producer,
that will debar YOU from the benefits de-
rived from life of toll He could not sec
the necessity for restricting the sale of cider
The axe should be laid at the root of the evil
and il should he made a crime of piracy tC
import Intoxicating Ii, uors into the State ol
to manufacture them.
Mr.. RlrcHIE of Winterport moved to indie
fnitely postpone the motion to substitute, ano
on this motion the yeas and nays were taker
on motion of Mr.. SMITH of Hodgdon, result
ing in the affirmative as follows
YEAs-sIcssrs Andrews. Bea, noynton, Braekett
Bragdon Brown, Burbank, Burr, Cragn, Creamer
Cunningham, Dana. Dickey, Dingley, Eldridge
Farrell Frank, Colder Guptil, Haley, Hall of Her
mon, Hammond, Hankerson, iiansc0m, Hanson
Hatch Higgins of Iampden, Hill, Iinckley, Horne
Hunt lIurd, Jones of Lagrange, Kennedy, kimba
Lanson, Laughton, Lewis Of Ripley, Libby. Moore
of Machas port, Morrill, of Vienna. Morrill, Of Wind
ham, Monitor of sanford, Moulton of Scarboro
Murch of Casco, Murch OF Ellsworth, Newton
Oakes, Pickett, Pierce, Rice, Rigby, Ritclrie
Robinson. Russ. simpson, STABLES, Stinson
STYLES, Tavlor TruewOrthy, Wallace of Bel
fast, Wass, Weeks Weymouth, Willoughby, Wilson
Wincapaw, Wing, Wood, Woodbury., Woodcock
louDg-93.
NAYs-Messrs. ATWOOD, Barron, Beverage Chase
Chesley Cobb, Dodge, Douglass Eaton, Emery, Far
rington, Garcelon Gibbs, Gilman Gouldng, Hall ol
Alfred Hall of Newcastle, IIawes iodgkins, Homer
Howe, Hutchinson. Irish, Ives, Jones of Lewiston
.lone. Of China, Lane Lewis of sherman, Lord
Lovejoy, Martin, Merrill Merserve, Moore of Day
ton,h, Nash, Parcher, Perry of Poland
rickard Poor, Rand, Reed, Richards, Rob
bins. seward, Shaplegh, Smart. smith of lIoigon,
Smith Of Mapeton, Spaulding Stanley. Steward
Thomas Of Yarmouth, True, Nickery, Wadsworth,
Wallace of Mlllbridee-5G