Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-04

seizure. 'e !. Ste s;,sepss e.t-Thirty-Thrs.
Morse to -Four ia Eiev.n sso ~ as a, n !
1euscessor.-What the Records OF ths
sasnicipai Court show In Regard to In.
Inc dropping off of Col. Morton from the
new Age has evidently liberated anothe,
species OF newspaper wonder in the shape OF
boomerang thrower who, disheartened in
an attempt to figure out how seven men at ,
cost OF $50 day can manage tweuty-one men
receiving $40 employed on the public build.
inR' has turned his attention to city affair,
aoo with his pen grappled heroically with the
enforcement of the liquor law.
But what has been the record of the New
age and its party on the enforcement of the
law IN this city? Has it not been one OF
hypocrisy from beginning to end? How
much has the democratic party ever done
towards the shutting up of the rum shops in
this city! Let us see. During the municipal
year lSS4-S5 the New Age ring controlled the
police force of the city, and consequently the
enforcement of the liquor law. 1t was the
nrst time for several years The people had
been esjoled by the promises of the Age and
were led to believe that the doors of the
liquor shops would be speedily closed.
FRANK l.. Harrington, the chosen
servant of the ring. was made City
MARSHAL an officer of long experience
and superior attainments as a law enforcer.
he began his duties and what. pray. wa, the
result! Was there decrease in the number
OF the death dealing saloons, which all true
temperance men agree are cursing the land
Not at all. There was an increase in the
number of shops, there was more rum poured
out, more drunkenness, more men staggered
up and down the streets. The New Age
under Whites administration frequently re-
ferred to 1.-The forty rum shops" The records
of special taxes paid by the liquor dealers to
the gen raj government we're very significant
about this time. They showed that during
the year ending January LIST, 1885 there was
an increase OF eight in the number of persons
IN the city paving "a special tax, and
this was under democratic ring rule.
This increase of eight persons paving q
special tax showed a consequent augmepta.
ton of the rumshops, and, taking 1.-THE forty
rumsbops," as given by the Age, the number
of saloons reached forty-eight under the ring
Marshal. Now the New Age in its last issue re-
fers to "The thirty open rum shops in Auqus-
ta" Thus from the figures of the Age mathe-
matician, and which must be correct, we find a
decrease of 10 rum shops in the city since
Col. Morton's man Harrington went out and
Marshal Morse came in. What inference
would the man of candid mind draw from
these figures? An increase of 3 saloons I'M
der New Age rule; decrease of 10 under
republican. Can the true temperance man
for moment wish to return the city govern
ment into the hands of the Age ring?
Furthermore, what was the record of
Farrington's efforts to suppress the deadly
traffic in strong drink as compared
with those of Morse. Let our prohibi-
ton leaders, and they are by no means few.
mark the figures. During the twelve months
of Farrington's work he made but four seiz-
ures at the rumshops. What has been Mar
shall Morse's record ? For the last eight
months he has made 80 seizures, or 81 more
in four months less time than his predecessor
under the hypocritical direction of the Plais-
ted & Morton gang. Oh, yes, give the city
more democratic rule
Again, the amount of drunkenness during
the municipal year lSS4-5 was enormous.
What DO the books of the municipal court,
always a true indication of inebriation in the
city, show. They exhibit the fact that in one
month of Farrington's work, November, 1884
there were so cases of drunkenness in the
court. The same records for eight months
beginning Jan. LIST 1886, show 90 cases
more than half as many cases in one month
of Farrington's administration than in eight
of Marshal Morse's How plaisted & Co.
would suppress inebriation Why, if we
should have five years of Plaisted manage
ment where would the friends of prohibition
find the city?
The New Age states with much flourish
that there has not been one liquor indictment
for eighteen months. This is false. There
has not only been one but others. Lying
is cheap with Paisted & Co., and it makes
the choicest of boomerang material.
TEMPERANCE.