Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-03

The First Boom or the Enforced Pro.
hIbition Party.-A Tame Amir

At Josnus Nycs Eaiy IN 0ranlte Hall last
evening. The auditorium was about half
filled, with scattering of people in the
galleries. Perhaps there were four hundred
persons present. 1t was heterogeneous
assemblage. There were quite a number of
well-dressed ladies and gentlemen who
dropped in out of curiosity. In the rear of the
hall was large delegation of fusionists. who
were on hand to show their sympathy with
the cause of enforced prohibition" Among
other prominent movers in the new party we
recognized VIM. r. Smith, Mai. Chisam
Maj. French, Col. C. B. Morton, Col. Darius
Alden, Oscar Holway, Esq, A. J. Cameron
Edward Rowse, B. F. Morse. II. X. Morrell
of the Gardiner Home Journal. Barnsbv
Hedge. John Robbins, ex- President Diplock
of the Reform Club, Capt r. w. Black.
DIR. L. j. Croker, VIM. Hodges, DR.. Lam
caster, w. A. Warehouse, James Keeean.
Gorham Towle, Henry Pishon, Potter the
lawyer, Joseph Anthony, Charles Stafford.
Walker the station agent, VIM. Fi6eld.
Thomas Colby, Dan Rice, Henry Staples
Rufus Vivian, A. G. Andrews, and many
others. Outside of the hoodlum element
it was very respectable crowd
Chas \. Qulnt acted as chairman of the
meeting. He remarked that he always said
his say; and proceeded to say his saw in
about ten minutes talk. Like the lannon's
Delphian oracle his remarks were Ambiguous
and it was hard to tell what he was irving TO
drive at. He closed by making the awful
and dark threat that unless certain party
changes its tactics. the temperance men in
this State will roll up such majority that
the old ''bloody shirt that they have been
shaking will be buried out of sight. GGreat
applause from the democratic portion of the
audience.
Gen. Neal Dow of Portland received a
feeble amount of applause as he began his
remarks. His speech was much mlder in
tone than was anticipated, and he was I'M
partial in his attacks upon both parties.
Some of his thrusts at the democratic party
made his democratic hearers squirm around
on their seats like cells in frying pan. He
first went into history Of the temperance
movement in Maine, and contrasted the pros:
porous condition the commonwe alth to-day
with the time when liquor was sold openly in
the State. In the old rum times everything
was in state of dilapidation. We say poll
tics are corrupt; they have always been cor
rupt. In the old democratic times we had
terrible politics in Maine. Blank looks on
the faces of the fusionists. In old times
when we had free rum the State of Maine
was a terribly democratic State. More
blank looks. The leaders of the democratic
party set their faces like flint against the
temperance cause, and the party went down.
Great silence.] ANY party that sets its face
against the temperance cause must go down.
! hnmnsratg thnr
playfully in the ribs and remark, ''Hes hit
ting the republicans now l am a great
republican. (Glum looks. Democrats are
democrats because they are democrats. As
far as l am concerned | will not help the re-
publican party unless they take the temper
ance men with them. Democratic applause.
If there is any republican wire puler here,
let him take warning. We will snuff his
beans for him. More democratic ap-
plause. We won't allow the democrats to
snub us either. Democrats maintain
silence. The general then paid his respects
to the greenback party, as a party which re-
pudiates honesty. We want to put the grog
shop down, and we will put everybody down
sad looks.
The General went into the history of TEN.
perance reform in the United States and
England, from the dark days of free rum TO
the present. The place to put you petitions
is in the ballot-box. | see the danger of
solid South gaining control of the govern
ment. The animals look unhappy. But
that would be far less to be feared than a
solid North in favor of rum. [Applause.]
God forbid that solid South should ever
come into control of the nation. Silence
Last winter a law was passed. On" of its
objects was to put down the club-houscs.
These have been put down. General Dow
charged that Gov. Davis had neglected to
thoroughly enforce the provisions of the
statute relating to the appointment of special
consiables. His peroration was substantially
a repetition of his ordinary speech on temper
ance, and was delivered in a candid. straight
forward way. 1t was not so fiery or ultra as
his remarks in Meonian Hall last winter
and on the whole was good republican talk
JOSHUA NYE.
MANY democrats who had patiently re-
NAMED through Mr.. BOWS discourse and
swallowed his unpalatable truths as if they
were sugar-coated pills, began to brace up
when Mr. Nye came forward. They antici-
pated delicious morsel in the shape OF
caustic attack upon the republicans; but MIR.
I'VE was very guarded in his remarks. lie
read a report of the Old Orchard meeting OF
Wednesday, from the Boston Journal, ana
then proceeded to reply to some structures
upon himself in that paper. In regard to the
fact that he had acted with the republicans
at the State convention in June. he said that
up to that time Gov. Davis had said that he
would appoint special constables wherever
they were wanted. Two years ago there was
not an open bar in Maine. Because the cleo
ton was adverse to the republicans in re-
nobscot county last fall, the officers neg
lected to enforce the laws. Last Monday
looked into 70 open rumshops in Bangor.
Last winter bill was passed by the legis-
lature providing that upon the petition OF
thirty or more well-known taxpayers inc
Governor shall appoint two or more
special constables in any county ior
the better enforcement of the liquor
law. Twenty-eight members of the House
voted against this BILLS republicans anu ~
fusionists. Mr.. Nye proceeded to give inc
amalgamated portion Of his audience niue
tafy. He next paid his respects to Mr;
Osgood. He said that that gentleman nao
been in favor of the enforced profioitioh
party; that he knew in the forenoon that nc
was to be the nominee of the convention tor
governor. Coming home in the cars Mr.;
0sgood had proposed taking the stump anu
he had nut $50 into Osgood's hands from the