Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-08-02
THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
sn.c,.n nC..9 Cn9 ON the Appointment OF
OF the Liquor Law i'm Tork 1o~rs ment

yesterday afternoon the Governor .,s
Council gave a hearing in the Council Cham
Der on the appointment of special constable,
Tor the enforcement Of the lionor lou. 5,
York county
Two petitions signed BY I2S of The eit;zs,.
Ipsis OF the Ladies Christian Tenn.
pa"ee hion OF Old Orchard and anothe,
run lhe same town signed by John Jameson
anu 10 others were presented in favor of ,ha
McAiiister If Old Orchard annearat !, -
OF thr petitioners; F. NJ. Higgins, County
| A'eorLey ofs I ork county, opposed
| hr- mcAillster in opening the case said
ne peculiar difficulty in contending with in
temperance in Old Orchard is with the su,n-
mer hotels. We claim that the Iio,or Iaw :.
not enforced III Old Orchard by the local or
county officers. We claim that Eonar :.
soia IN our town in open defiance of the
| prohioitiory law We charge thas an or
gsnizrd conspiracy has existed in the town i,
| opposition TO tiie enforcement of tie Law
| The temprance people have no rerires.thropob
the local authorities. 1t has been the pur.
pose Of the hotel keepers of OI1 Orrhsrd ,o
defy the prohibit Law They all ho d
United States licenses, which Is a eoncesqion
that they are violating the liquor law We
are sf', as far as our local authorities ara
conce rned, in the hands of our city marshal
| who Is an open yiolator of the law We
| asked hr Getehell. sheriff of the countv
| some two months ago, 10 appoint Mr.. Lyon
OF Old Orchard deputy sheriff for the on.
| forcement of the liquor law This he did
not DO Liquors are sold openly in Old
orchard l have the bill of fare of the Old
Orchard House which is wine list
g.
| our town
Mr. Lyons Of Old Orchard stated: Mr..
Whittier has not had the reputation of being
IN favor Of enforcing the liquor law went over
| TO see the sheriff about appointing a deputy
sheriff for Old Orchard. He said he Womb
| come t. our town and look after the matter.
| Said he thought it was best to look after the
hotels. When he came to Old Orchard he.
| thought 1t was best to let the hotels alone. |
can remember when rum-seller came into
our town TO set up rum shop he had better
order his coffin. | believe there is no town
| IN Maine where there is so much rum sold As
| in Old Orchard. There is very little done to
meddle with the liquor traffic there. Have no
| doubt that liquor is sold in the hotels of Old
Orchard. see intoxicated people quite fire.
quent in our town. There are hotels that
would sell liquor to residents as well as
guests. Adjourned until evening.
EVENING.
Sheriff Getchell Of York county made a
statement in r, lation To the appointment of a
deputy sheriff at Old Orchard Said he
would appoint any man except Mr. LYON.
provided he was Temperance man and one
suitable for the position. He wanted a tenn
perance man.
Letters were read from r. NJ Stevens,
ia,l pfN
| clerk OF courts; Judge Hobbs, VIM. II Deer
ing, chairman of tie York board of county
commissioners, and Others the tenor of
which was IN opposition to the appointment
Of constables.
The record of the Saco municipal court
since February was read figures were also
presented showing that from Jan. lst to July
lst, l73 search and seizure warrants had been
issued from the municipal court of Bddetord
and 81 seizures of liquor made in that city
Sheriff Getchell held up the wine list OF a
| certain hotel and said it was worth something
to replenish the treasury uf York county
Said that the prohibitory law mad been en-
forced in York comfy to the best of his
judgment in the past and should be in the
| future. The temperance people of Old
Orchard had first asked tor the appointment of
Mr. Lyon deputy sheriff. | would not ap-
point him. Next rendered the appoint me mt
| to John Jameson and Mr. Jelleson, respec-
lively. Neither of these gentlemen would
accept, appointed four deputies for the
espec ecial purpose of enforcing the liquor law
in the county. | instructed these deputies
and all my deputies to clean our any place
where liquor was sold. In my judgment 1
consider the appointment of special consta-
bles reflection on myself If the prohib-
itury law is not enforced by the local officers
tl,ink it is the duty of the chief executive to
appU mt special constables.
j. +. Hewey, clerk of courts for York
county, read a statement taken from the
dcckets Of the Supreme Court covering the
the past eight years, showing that large
amount of fines aud costs had been collected
through the court and put into the treasury
of \ ORR county.
Sheriff Getchell stated that his liquor dep
uties ere constantly at work throughout tine
county and that he intended to stop the sale
oi liquors at Old Orchard.
No decision was reached last evening as
| another petition, from Blddeford, for the ap-
pointment OF constable in York county, has
been presented aud a hearing ordered for the
2Sth inst.
Foilowin the hearing the Governor and
Council adjourned until the 2lst inst.