New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-27
LEITERS From THE PEOPLE.
THE MAINE LAW IN MAINE.
LETTER FROM NEAL DOW.


70 N EdttOr or The Irt0uhe.
SIR: 1t is fact, as you say, that " many
curious bits Of news come from Maine about this time
and not the least the curious statement that the Mayor
Of Augusta has ordered the liquor shops to be closed
duuag the present excitement Would 10 be impertnent
10 inquire how liquor shops happened 70 be open
Ia The eye the law there shops OF that descrp
ton 10 Augusta open shut. One day we
that The Prohbitory law is strictly enforced. The
day that Ia many places Il is entirely dis
regarded. There must have been liquor shops In Au-
gusja. or else how could the Mayor close them"
Your Inquiry Is very pertinent. and thank you for
GEOrdng opportunity to answer, as The same
difficulty nu1t 10 great many persons beside
yourself You not suppose that all violation OF
law confined 60 NewYOrk nor that your CRY officials
the only dishonest men VINO are false 10 ther duy
aud their Of Office. We have some roguos aud
ratcas as you great many, who care nothing for
God. law order or che public good. While vo sympa-
tnze with you NeW-Yorkers in this matter we wish at
the same tine that ell such people to be found only
your island But have cur share OF them possibly
as many IL proportion to appropriation a. you nave.
YES. there ought not to be grogshops in Maine,
secret open The law orb1s them. but the pains ana
uuacs % fac law yet sui cient to restrain the
VINO yet sell liquor IN Maine. though they do 1t
with great -rcrec, and caution. These rumseers ere
almost without exception men Who have Iett Their
country across the Nater Tor TIER c"uniryS RoOh'
aut have come us, poisoning the very atmospheric
with the moral malaria which they brought WIN them
nucu. NHrn caught, tnCy often are they pay thtr
Hur- prison for fcy months, and thcu keep
or IN th" same old way. We shall hy-uf-by have the
machinery at the law adjusted that when II suikes
runcleT ne VIII tuuk horse Nck hin, and VIII be
entirely sQuclchcd hy experience OF 49, power.
As to the Augusta 10 winch yuu aude, havo 10
bishops there. not many, hut
some of le'a. Inc Jayor ordered tle Cty Marshal 10
pa. policeman shop suspected Oi Deiuga rum
raDD, aud to stay there. the wss, aud r.. that
among the thousands ~ excited futn ln Augusta who
d,d tn st.eri- public places and the rotuuds Ot
le STATE House. there nOr the smallest suspicion Of
H.sfft ID. ~ l.. mn \ T.
there Were Hguy rOughs. fONdes and rasos WhO w0id
hayc been iId@'deu 10 madness by LIQUOR IL 10 cOuiC
have been OD AIMED.
Ibr mass oI the people there intensely excited
y co. the lreat wrong W hch Governor Garreoh
AID inflicted them aud upon r state IN reversing
verdict people, and Sttutng Ter % bis own
Wish, iranViiuC foOf ft VIII OF tue copieas K
pressed mpAatIrly foe, full lrir. Euuts election
sicu persons tuaf CROW ~ Augusta were ID greRt
m.itrty, auI get there attempt al violence, no
thought appeal fIom tie tremendous crime per-
uttrated agalu- fice n-iiu1ofs, except 20 the Jaw
THIS wOuld have been mn O-sibe, except among people
O.utciy free from iuc tuBt 0f strong drink.
In larger town. AID cites hcr. arr VET some
cr.t ErOg-slops. Ne VIII cXiu-Jii7n tAtH byand-bF
patient Duf rer--tc.t. la Z" ou rural disriots
sud sua.I'r town aua village tie liquor tiaiuc
BE- absolute uuEuou where 20 Was universal aud open
bt.ur. fuc .tuurut uf Prohibition. NEAL DOW
IOrfiiHd, Ne, Jan. -, 1850