Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-02-20

or Agriculture.
MIR. lorND moved to adjourn lost.
Mr.. FAHRISGlHN renewed hi, mojion. and
the resolve was taken up.
MIR. CrRRAN ot Calais. then moved to adj
journ, which was carried by a vote Of is to
A.
Change the Record.
If the criminal record ,4adc by our city
last year Was startliu. and shameful. with il.
two hundred and Ettt commitment, to our
Jails, one in every thfty-two o. our popula-
tion, whilst III" balance Of tn" county hal
bat o." commitment in two hundred and
hhetN-t%u OF population. thc wear lN19 bids
fair to cclp.c it. oar CITY Marshal, report
for january. lN59. shows thiriy-niuc arrests.
fourteen for drunkenness. pnd th, most oi
the balance to- crime. directly ;raccahlr to
thc same cau.r. The criminal calendar of
the jail tor the first forts day, Of the new
year SLOWS forty commitments. Ihirtv-onc
of these are charged to Augusta. Fifteen
OF the thirtY-onc hsvc ''druuk" "marheda.tiu>t
Their names. All the drunk. are from our
rilN-E"t ore from the other twcnN-,evcn
towns that compose our county. So il viii
br seen that for the first forty dtv, OF tn,
new year our city j. charged with more than
thrre-tourtiIs of all commitments. and with
All the drunkenness. No one viii DENY but
tli, is Il record OF shame ! record thai
shows thu, the forty dram shop, and tipplin.
hou>c> on Water street have the iron heel
ON the neck of thc PEOPLE. eating out heart
and substance. The hu,inc-, men of our
city mas be assured that this state ut thing,
greatly Injuries their bu.iucss. Ii has at
tFacled the attention of the people in the
outlayin. towns. and of strangers soi0urning
with Us. said two gentlemen V i,hin our hear
ins, ''Yon seem to need a special law in your
city. from Whut s..e aud hear on your
streets. We sec sld hear nothing Of tho
Nm el>cVhtie. Ncl viii not longer con-
sent to- pay ciurm0 ., taNl> to support dram
1pS and !:pplih. houses. jthout protest
Cur business m.n should understand that
TIA" twcntN-t~o thousand dollars lcNir 1u the
rropl" of our county in l>.N. for criminal
costs, j. 81 mach of their money diverted
from business channels, and that quite three
tourthS Of the crimes that made this great
sum necessary. had their inception liz our
city. They >hould also remember that the
vast sum pal hy the victims of appetite To
the forty dram shops. more or less, on Water
street, for that which starve> and hc.1arS
not alone mothers and innocent little childron.
but soul and mind. SLING our alms-h"u>c,
with victims, for whose sdpport other iarsc
sums s'c levied. issu n,uchmorcdi,crt,d 4 from
the lc al business in which they are engaged.
Hush nd> and father, viii not much longer
endu this stat" ot thing. The, canrot at
ford to lave their wives. SON. and daughters
come here to trade. if wh"n they step upon
our chief hu>ines, street. or iraln places Of
b .iness. they are to be brought in contract
with a.Icrin4 drunAarl>. who's, coarse and
vulgar babblings polutc the air whose pro-
family is shocking.
cur business men can change the whole as
pect of Water street. They can command
the whole police force of the coustv-the
power of III" State Ii ould ,ccia that self
interest. il zone other should compcl them to
this course. We have but on" hu,nc>, .tr"Dt.
To this our business mon invite the people of
our county. of every age and sex. 1t would
seem to bc the dictate of a sound busin, IS
discretion, alike ON Tie part of such uw II
buildings. as of al who are doing lawful bp ii
ness thereon that they mAke it the mart for
honorable business. and not allow it lonLcr to
he a highway Of crime. honcy-combrd with
dram shops and tipping houses. Shall the
record he changed: