New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-11
A TALK WITH NEAL DOW.
noes PROHIBITION PROHIBIT IN MAINE'
mn s.Ys 1T DOES, THEN HE SAYS THAT 1T
poFs Nor-ANYHow, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

R.rH. Me-, Sept 10 Especial. -General Neal
,o, AZ Mr. Blaine said to-day In his speech "a, Danar
,otta sives character 10 The thrdpar movement IN
chs state. what ST. John. or well known Democrat
,,ss Finch or any OF the imported thrdparty speakers
have 10 say little effect except as u Is o"ehec
an bv General Dow There good many p"opie woo
,hnk that General Dow. who was the thd-Harts candi
Cor President In 1850, led 10 abandon tho tnirC
a-,v in lss4 because his Collector at Portland
"a th, Democratic success ana the loss OF the onco
rncopscously perhaps inausnceI him this year 10 1e
,r-n 10 the third blu. he Ia well known 10 ne peo'
=, this state, and Mr. Blaine and OTHER Repnh''esn
r.aksrs though they think he Is delndei give MN
80, 10, honest intentions He masing speecheS
o., the third party and last night spoke al Booh BAY
A. wat nc has TO say is Of more interest than what
sny other third-party man says, fHE TRIBUNE CORE
nondeut got him to-day statement OF rs reasons
for abandoning the Republican party alter having sup
rorted it for many years He said
After we defeated the Republicans in lssD IN ths
STATE and before election Senator Frye wrote 70
Se from Washington aking what we weie eoirs %
selves do certain Things for tue o
Her platform which would write we womb DC
satisfied That resulted IN my writing tae plank wic 9
IVES unanimously adopted at the couv sptDn "a sn-
redging the submission Of constitutional smenu.-en.
snd favorins tie enforcement Of the law MHe s w.
went to to redeem their pledges IN tue neh
lsture they treated with scorn and contempt anu
concluded tina, we mus, put down ,ne submit
Correspondent 1iu NO, 'Ho NeP
the constitutional amendment 49,. pr, ,h.v -a,used
10 pass our amendments to the law =, . .so ,.,
Correspondents Mr. Dow u tnawsss inc aS- ION
leave party. why did you support tne p-Ts ~ nan
General T s s ssTe nsos Was adOpsd
his Fspers no 1t was N isS@ o.ses oTs
this: The party largely made up OF the intesenee
and culture OF the country Tie bosses Inasi ,i,
they can induce elements in the party 70 IoI2"
on steadily In policy OF upnoding the liquor uao.
Tney ind themselves mistaken We wont 40 ~: nnei
fourths Republican PARTY IN TINS STA arc noes.
" IN favor Prohibition, but the bosses WORK tue parry
iO Observation-Disclosures proportion OF the Democratic
rarIy is In favor OF Prohoiucui
General Dow-Not more than one third
Correspondeut WIN It help prohibition TO turn out
,artv three fourths OF whose members you say are
psrty twothiris OF whose members opposed to ~
Gener. Dow 1T is no fault Of ours tnat ths asns Is
tie law The carrying Of the Constitutional amendment
did not hurt the erog shops ,...h
.p-ra DO vi want law to make 81. 900 fine aud
vear's Imprisonment TO sell liquor and II tnat would
not DO il, would pass law to hang them up oy one
'corre.ponient-IIave you had int Oduced N the
Legislature bill such as yoa AK fort ,,,
II sIch a law we're passed they would stop selling.
Correspondent- DO you think 1t possible To st"p the
sale OF liquor absolutely any more Than Il Is 10 r"'eh'
murder, larceny or ats other cImei 4, .a,,io.,
uouor are sma and II toe punishment is large a uan
viii not the chances OF being caught
Corrrspondsut-- But wouldn't the enforcement depend,
Just Dow on the election OF local oncers
General Dow-No. because, II the penalty was large
Ne
do 1t myse but now, even Il they ARE hned' they go
erre.ponaent-Gener has it not been the case that
whenever tue passage Of prohioitory law uas been
opposed other states on the ground that II could not
he enforced that tbs temperance people have Away
pontsd - Maine - show tbat 1t couii be- and have you
not them 10y asserting tha 80 per cent OF the
trc hsi been suppressed In this stated Now that you
say that the law ia failure, won't II do great harm 10
General Dow / don't say that the law is failure.
stand nv al have ever said. see That Mt blalhe
quotes my letters this subject. am not aading
fault Iarty has done but with what mas
refused to do the srog shops here are very fe" an
gros men Of the West said the Rel ublcans sS4
you DO anything to Inrt me grogRsrprrs "a Maine
IA. Republicans refused DO anything. The position Of
tuition and the devil take the Ii We are going to
ssapd ty the gTogshops.
Republican party. you did not discover that 1t was 80
General Dow 1T was Just So but didn't know it.
They have oeen putting resolves IN theIr platform every
having passed ne prOhbil0ry law and we supposed
was ali in good faith. But II was all sham;
Correspondent DO yOu not Tear that should the Demo
orats come into IOweT threeiOurths o. then being
posed law they would repeal IT, az the constitu-
tioDal provision would amount TO nothing without
Genera! Dow yenementlyl No sir. Prohibition is
the Republicans. The Republicans have had It's en-
n r0a a. whs+ he law isp't enIely Ignored
There ming in the Courts ct Ne" IoIk more shock
Jet. There is the superior Court OF Cumberland
COUNTY in which is Portland, where live. The 1adge
of IL Mr. Bonnev IS an honorable man and personal
friend and be is Prohibonst, bat for al that
his court abs 3utsy nulines the law Now IN the name
his court he used 10 nnllfy the law The law says
una S af o a er xix monR jude Bonney says that
shall not > 90 hn" and shah not 20 10 Jail
the law is used al the state
.Correspon hentD Do you mean to say that Judge who
would deliberately Dulhfy law In that way 10 an
honorable and Prohibitionistl
General bow on They compelled to DO by the
bosses. Judge Bonney the other day. Ee SAN:
you could understand the pressure that is brought
H." the Democratic party of New-York any more
bound W by groesLops than ehe Republican par,y in
grOg shops than the Republican party OF Maine, and
you can put that IN TIE TRIBUNE from ne. Mr. Blaine
says that ungrsteful. II only when found
tue Republican advocacy OF prohibition a cheat and
cham that turned my back on II. Why. the Maine law
was passed by Democratic legislature and signed by
Democratic speaker and Governor.
Correspondent Was not the original law passed by
combination OF Wings, Free-SOilers aud a minority OF
the Democrsts Did not majority OF the Democrats
Genera Dow -lhssItating.l I don't know.
Ana didn the next BsmocTatc Leg.
~ho signed ths law repud ted by his party
General Dow Yea that true; but The Re pubcans
didn't take Tn" responsibility OF passing it. They merely
submitted It TO tile people. II the Republicans hal
given rs twenty years ago tie amendments we wanted,
there would he no Prohibition party to-day.
Correspondents Have they not amended the law thirty
General Dow on YES, but those amendments don't
smounI 10 anything. When l went to the Legislature
for amendments 10 the law, he said: Now, must
bosses l insisted asking for what was needed ami
be backed out. There is not state which you'd not
pass prOnibitOry liquor Law II the Republicans you'd
give the IeOpe the opportunity 70 vote on u Why We
carried II in Ohio. but the Republicans iraudulenty
threw out 25 900 votes, " make the number fall
short of the constitutional requirement and defeat
Correspondent-Haye not six Republican states
passed PronlbitOry law and some OF them put II in
their Constitution
General Dow Yes, but take the of Rhode Island.
for Instance The bosses submitted IL TO the people not
having the remotest idea That 1t would be adopted
Ihey amazed at the result and Immediately put
the enforcement OF the law In the hands one OF the
worst rummies in the state.
respODdent-Wel, General. Senator Aldricb. whom
believe TO be an honorable man. has given quite a
different version OF that matter
General DOw-Ohi he Is Republican get my news
about il from The FrOUtd,nce Journal.
correspondent Have you known OF any Democratic
Sts,e giving the people opportunity u vote
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