The Portland daily press., 1882-03-11


night.
Rev. Mr.. LeLacheur was then called upoI
| ard stated that as he read no notice of thu
meeting in the PRESS he did not know that i
was to be held, and criticized that paper fol
not keeping him informed. He said this wa.
political temperance meeting, and we are
here as political temperance men. He con-
graduated them on the vote of last Monday
He was not going to say word against any
candidate but proposed to compare them and
see hich one stood on the right platform. Mr.
Deering is a Republican who was dominated by
the citizens and endorsed by part OF
the Democrats-not by certain class of them
however. The next candidate is Mr.. Libby,
the nominee of the Republican party. When
the party was organized their platform con-
tasned two great planks-anti-slaver and pro-
hibition. Slavery is done away with and the
great plank now is prohibition. He claimed
that Mr.. Libby did not believe in prohibition
and consequently, as a Republican, he could
not vote for him. Mr.. LeLacheur then said
that this election would have great influence
in the fall campaign. A Governor, judges and
State officers were to be elected and the right
men must be put up. He was not going to en-
dorse man whe says he is opposed to prohibit
ton and in favor of license. We are going to
stand on the old platform and want the party
to put up men who believe in it, The last can
didate is Mr.. Littlefeld. He is a Republican
and says he believes in the prohibitory law.
Rev. Mr. Low den said curiosity was some
times very easily satisfied. Touch a hornets
ind
out whether they were alive or not. We come
here as hornets but are stingless He believed
in moral suasion and that great work had been
accomplished by it. But it could not accom-
plish all and prohibition was needed. He had
heard that prohibition had not been a success
and that the law was constantly violated. All
laws are violated as for that. Others say,
you ultra men are making mistake. The pre-
pie are not educated to it. But legislation is an
educating factor. The men who are saying
prohibition is a failure are striving to weaken
the force of the law, but there is nothing that
will DO it so much good as to see it enforced
There are multitudes who do not look right
~ at it, but what we are trying to prove is that
the law is success by having it well enforced.
Some have said it was too bad to "bring in
side issue. Why don't you temperance men
see what the situation is and waltz" Here he
illustrated his remarks by the story of the
farmer who was one egg short of the required
number and and sat down to wait for the hen
to lay. But they were not going to wait. He
did not believe it was side issue. He did not
understand the situation, but did not know of
any question before the people that was so i'm
portant as the temperance question. The
name of the party was nothing, but the prin-
ciples everything.
Rev. DIR. McKeown also had hit for the
PRESS He saw no notice OF the meeting in
his morning paper, although he understood one
had been left there. 1t had ridiculed their
meetings in Congress Hall and made them APP
pear like bowling devishes. What was such
paper as that to put before his children? He
then lookup editorial in Wednesdays
PRESS, in which he read that the Republican
party was committed to prohibition and that
prohibition was the settled policy of the State.
How could the PRESS support man for mayor
who was opposed to prohibition? He called
upon it to pull down the Libby flag and run up
the LittlefieId one instead. He said that he came
Will d pIOuu dHu happy Aodib pA"e III pIO INOo
ton whether Gorham Corner or the temperance
sentiment of the community should have sway,
1888 had voted for the right 1t was great
victory, but not what the city ought to have
done. Everyone was against them the pap
ers, office-seekers, and all who had an axe to
grind The old party lines "dear to me almost
as my life," he said in a shaky voice.
"were against US. 1t was the charge of the
Light Brigade. Here part of the famous poem
was repeated with figures substituted to suit
Into the valley of death rode the four hundred"
He had heard it said, by some person whom he
could not recall, that Mr.. Libby was not faith
full officer until he was. called to do hisiduty by
a superior officer. He could not recollect who
told him, but someone had Informed him OF
the fact. He could not say it was true 1t had
been said also that Mr.. Libby did not believe
in prohibition as the best method of suppress
ing intemperance He claimed that in this
Mr.. Libby had left the Republican party, an d
that no one went back on his Republicanism
because he did not vote for him. We are here
to hold the Republican party to what it IS COM
mitted land we mean to do it or kill it. May God
dash in pieces the party that stands up and re-
fuses to hold the prohibitoay law in its plat
form? If they will came back we will forgive
them, but we shant go after them. We want
to stand SO near together that when the two
great parties put up men who are not accepta-
BILE to US, they cant't elect them, and that
when they do put up right men We can eject
them
Gen. Dow was the next speaker, and after
looking at and under the table for the report
ers, said that in England papers sent reporters
two hundred miles to report his speeches. He
did not consider this movement a bolt from
tie Republican party, but the party had bolt
ed from its platform. The purpose was to do
away with the liquor traffic. The movement
had come to the front among the English
speaking people the world over. He claimed
to be Republican and that there was never q
time when he held closer to Republican prin.
ciples. This movement was forced on the Re
publicaDs by a small ring and they had under
taken to stampede the party. At the begin
ming of the movement, thirty years ago, the
Democratic party was great and strong. L
had the entire control of the State and was or
the rum platform. Bot it was put down ane
not bubble has shown itself since, excep
| Gov. Garcelon. Mr.. Libby knows the create
| part of the Republicans are in favor of prohibi
ton aud that if he is elected it must be BY
Democratic votes. Could he honorably urge
| his nomination under such circumstances o.
accept one? The election of Mr.. Libby at tn,
| next election will be a fatal loss to the Repub
lican party in this State. The Democrat
won't vote for Republican next fall and tn
temperance men can't They can't afford t.
bring discord into the party. If Mr.. Libby ]
| defeated we sheathe the sword; if elected W
throw away the scabbard. We are going t
put down the grog shops. We put the Demo
Gratis down and we will put any other part
down that gets in the way. U7less we get as
surapce that we can have such lnendments t
the constitution as we want, We V i'll run ther
aground He then related story Of John
Hale, the anti-slavery champion, ia which b
said that the party opposing slavery was not a
that time SO much in itself but that it wouldn
do for the Old party to "split it off," He CAV
warning to any who desire to see the success {
the Republican party not to "split us off"
At the conclusion of Gen. Dow sspeech d.
True announced the meeting closed. Rev. A
H. Hanscom of Cape Elizabeth will speak
City Hall tomorrow evening.