Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-29

sWss; 500 tam yasr bae4T e01sts-
osssy trorsred q gentleman pxozEineuf
Ia Mxsrse politics n reporter II the Sys
vto had called a. kis kOseL
Esrys,sly vsotsrina vkss April idsos
hsA beeu Ssosssiag his ovssoosf. the
,s<xsY4er sainfzs1y twisted ksDself into
position favorable 70 overlooking kis
own hack
$40, no, pa miscndseseasd me-
and tbs Masns man hastily shseksd the
eonsortsonia, Ga the nAesd sdes o.
ssrskssm1os. mean, shAU ve snus oar
Uar -,
Hsd YoouvteS, = and WIZ
"P6sw. nsa. 900 ssy yo1 have called
70 80 ~ about he voskiu&s q tie
Maine iiqsS iav, and - DO not sseta
, x,,, II ins.ny IN goa sAi' S'inds''
Altar ahssusiy t0uehing ths essc.rsc
tsli ard allowing ths FsvoFssr time 70
ssasmilsts his frss Issson N pss lan-
Rnass. ths citizen II The odd vsssf essss
oentinusd:
TO propsriy usdssssasd Maine pro
hihsti1D, or 70 thoroughly Appreciate
pass whisky. II is necessary 70 i've ~
Maine.-
as i, saen. true that liquor Is scarce
thersFv
aPurs liquors are scarce, bat intoIi.
ossss aDd iut0xtcatsoo are not NJ al
So
bat it rs asserted by the father Of
10y
"'Lsss,' a. cons Maine nsn call him
aBy GENERAL Dow, sh.s the sale Of Ii
auor 10 confined ~ the iovest and most
sjsgradsd u your foreign population"
sYes, I know; these ASSERTIONS are
more than twice told tales 10 a. al home
bat Mr.. Dow 10 nos the hrsss evidence 90
that point. ! 50 that The San ID csiiine
bis attention pretty sharply 70 tbs issue
Of some twelve hundred Wholesale and
retail United States internal revenue
lscenses 20 Maine liquor dealers In q
single year. Nov the lowest and most
dngrsded vouId find IL difficult 10 obtain
or pay for such lioeases- DO you sup
pose that tbs heroine Ia Mr.. Dow's IA
vorIte fable, the woman Who, ~ he says
carried ksr whole stock Of liquor under
hsY pettic0sts, stifiensd her skirts with Z
Government iiocnseF
Then you regard prohibition a. 3
fsiiureT
Morally, perhaps; politically, no; it
In q most invaluable political engine,
generally ous Of order, bat slvays capa-
bis of being tinkered up about election
time; always dis0rgsnized, and therefore
always ready ~ be reOrganized IN the
interest Of any OF all Of the political
parties Of the STATE" and here the pol
iticlan's hand moved mechanically To-
ward the dscanter, and closed trustfully
about it, n OK.
who sell liquor in MaineF'
"Druggists, hotel keepers generally
and restaurant and saloon keepers u
customers"
by this glass, opsnlyF
More frequently by ths bottle or pint
and secretly. Secret drinking In one OF
the triumphs of the Maine law. There
hind tbs bar and into CLOSET 70 take q
drink that u too apt 10 attract . very
young or very foolish man INTO violating
Law he cannot respect"
docs General Neal Dow know oi
these tricksf'
Well, he In q fine example Of the rud
dorie0u Yef01Inor, ana you can imagine
Just how far such men 20 In self-decep.
tim. Then, too, he never drinks him.
self, and probably has no means oi
knowing how freely liquor 10 obtninable
or how Rensi ally wi6us and liquors are
offered at balls and parties, weddings
and dinners, and at soJial gatherings
and merry makings Of all sorts, public
and private"
HAS Gen. Dow ever been accused OF
using liquor himselfT'
Mot 70 my knowledge, and such m
accusation would be utterly false. The
surgeon Of his regiment IN my authority
for the statement that the combined
fortunes Of Hatteras and seasicknoss
never conquered Mr.. Dow's repuQnanc<
to liquor. No. We ought 70 be proud Of
Mr.. Dow. Ar long A. he lives we car
say there In one man in the State Of
Maine who does not know the taste Of
whisky"
And the rest Of your inquired the
reporter. a. no rosa 70 leave.
I'VE turn our backs and shut oui
eyes,"