Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-03-12

and Saco Water Co. an act to incorporate
Casco Bank; an act to increase the toll of the
Nahmakanta Dam Co.; an act in relation to
fees for travel and attendance in the Superior
Court for Kennebec county; an act to incor-
porate the Merchants Bank of Portland.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House resumed consideration of the
matter under discussion when the House adj
journed, and Mr.. Freeman concluded his
remarks.
Mr.. WHEELER of Easton came here
pledged to carry out no particular thing, but
to act for the interests of the whole State of
the temperance record of which he was proud.
He regarded cider as more dangerous to the
youth of the State than rum, for the latter
they would not drink when they would the
former. He would be ashamed to return to
his constituents after having voted for the
repeal of a law which is the salvation OF our
young men.
Mr.. VERRlLL of Portland regarded the law
of 1880 as legislation backwards in the cause
of temperance. The cider clause authorized
the sale of five gallons or more
of the hardest kind of cider
to any party and it should not be considered
intoxicating, but it prohibited the sale of a
quart or any quantity less than five gallons
of the sweetest of sweet cider. and if it was
SO sold it should be considered Intoxicating.
twas this that had brought the prohibitory
law in his community into ridicule. He
cared nothing about the cider clause eX-
cept that it contained that proposition. The
other clauses proposed to he repealed related
to the methods of enforcing the law and
not to any of the penalties. He ar
gued against the cons tabulary clause because
it gave to the executive power to
appoint officers to superSede officers elected
by the people and through the people, taking
from them the duties which they had been elect
ed to perform. In reference to the removal of
county attorneys. he said its constitutionalitv
was doubtful question; but whether consti-
tional or not it was the worst kind of bad
policy, and he had yet to learn of the first
precedent for it.
Mr. RowELL of IIallowell, replied to the
last speaker and quoted from statistics to
show how the law had been enforced in Cum
berland county. The question arose who was in
jured by the law of last winter? \ OF the innocent
man who attended to his Legitimate business
but the rumscler who had been deprived of
his liberty and forced to pay heavy fines. 1t
was the rumseler who was sympathized with
and not his poor victim. For his part he
would rather see a persistent rumseller look
u.
Mr.. LORD of kennebunk, opposed the
minority report, not deeming it for the benefit
of the people to repeal any part of the pro-
hlbitory law. lnefficiency of an officer was
no argument against the law, and he proposed
to stick to it as it is and believed it the duty
of every temperance man to. adhere to tho
stand he had heretofore taken.
Mr.. THOMPSON of Brunswick. took the
ground that there was sufficient law for the
suppression of the liquor traffic prior to the
law of 1850, but it was not backed
mp by the temperance people in in
stituting proceedings, because it made man
so acting unpopular and hurt his business
So they sought by legisleton some expedippt
which should punish and prevent without
obllying them to make any complaint
Inc majority report was further advocated
by Messrs. Cook of Lewiston, and SHAW of
Lisbon, and the minority report by Messrs
FREEMAN Of Cherryfeld. STAPLES of Parsons.
field, and HALL of Rockland.
MIR. Goss of Bath, explained that he should
vote Tor the majority report, and if accented
would move something explanatory of the
cider clause ''e
Mr.. Morrill, of Augusta, closed the debate
IN reply to the friends Of repeal he
alluded to the picture drawn by the con,lo-
man from Winterport (Mr Ritchic) of the
prosperous condition ond beautiful homes of
MS constituents, and reminded him that il wos
entirely at variance with the governor's
ADDRESS which had been made the m;nor;,r
report oil the Committee on the Condition ~
the commonwealth. He hoped the maiori.y
report would be adopted, and then if thera
was any explanatory clause in regard ia
oiuer or any other particular that any ono
ueslred TO introduce, the proprietv of its adon.
ton could be considered.
Inc yeas and nays were then taken. result-
IN refusal to substitute the minority rcno-,
for the majority, as follows: ''''
iEhs. Messrs. Aver Bartlett Eenper poo.,
~ Bradstreet rf Palermo, Bragg. Rrd hIo,n
freeman Of hlaer, EidTed, Fisher, Folsom Foss
c;I. in oi ,Cherryfeld, Freeman OF I.iucolnyil,o'
Ioer1, Goodal Goodwin of Hudson. Hall HI M
lng' Hafch, Heath. Hutchinson of Honi,n,, 'i E
Nickels. Move. 1 Pot Of Bangor, Loud, Ma,ston,
S.' staples of Dayton, Staples of Parson ssa,d'
Swas. T r., Eliot Strout of Portland stnryant'
vinaI. Wa.ers thompson, True, Trufant, Verrill
wyman.E5;. "e''' wheeler of Etna, White,
nean Messrs Achorn, Andrews. Ashford
Buraell. B nryib. b, n Boody, Bragdon, Brown
Cook, Crosby of Norridgewock Cun mnase. Clark,
Hm a, La'on, Edgeeomb, Flint, GoodaIe CT rat 81
Hopkins. Ta,cb ~ lsath Harris. Haskell, Hilton,
tunrop Jones of Brighton, Jordan J Ion oi IN
Iihhn ;. hlng Lang. Leavi:t. Leighton. IeIsnd'
Marble. McKa1Ias' lord Of kcnnebunk. MaIlett'
Part1;a, Nicserson of Brewer. Norris Nm.. OF
s.f,dRe; feriey. Purinton Perry Redion Pn, ,er'
Vernon. Sprasn ein'sa Of New sharon: Smith Of Mi
Easton-70. u"eh' wheeler of
N me majority report was then accented
MI. KING Of Caribou, for the nnrn
snaing the matter now. moved to raa"r:.
'ne vote refusing to substitute the m;no.;sr