Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-25
MAINE PROHIBITION.
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OONsttuco IfVns L"ot = VIZ.
quences. 81 do not doubt at all what You
say" he replied, "bot / can assure you
that If an officer hai made his appearance
on the scene, before be could have Ieiehed
TIE bsr-IoJm every evidence OF the tals of
intoxicauts would have ben spirited
away, concealed in convenient place, or,
if M ei bs, entire y destroyed. You would
he surpii. ed to find to what ingenious d.
vices tie liquor sellers resort to eve: up
the evidences of tteir g1ilt. Why, there
are carpertsrs here, at least two, / believe,
Of special facility in that line, who a'e
kept busy dsvisipg and constructing fer
the liquor dealers new avenues OF escape
in time Of peril" It is probably as this
eeotleraa say S, bat think if an officer
of the law, bent upon business had stood
where stood, and seen emerge from tie
BARRON in tbs condition in which saw
him, the bus mess man of whom / have
spok e1, there would have been at least
enc evider cs of the rum traffic which
could rot h,vs te,n elsily spirited away,
though it msy lie that tbs drunken siti-
Fed wouli not have heen admitted as
comp cent evidence in cOurt.
AS SEEN FROM THE STREET CAB
PLATFORM.
got on the street car and Ioie on the
platform in order to have little chat
him was stranger in these parts; he saw
that at q glance, and he knew that no resi-
dsrt Of the city would 60 out 70 lightly
clothed IS / sesmed to be, wearing light
suit o! chssiot and light oyercoat, while
he was mufflsd to the chin in heavy
ulster, as he said wearing the same cloth
ing that be had worn all winter and feel
ing very uncomfortable ut that. 1t may
have been also that my fine West Virginia
accent betrayed me. However that may
be, he knew that / was q stranger and
frankly answered my questions. Its the
fashion here" he said, Ito tell the peop!e
that the prohibitory law ia enforced, and
may be it is enforced as we'll as it can be.
but that isn't very vel. Ii you are
drinking man you needn't go dry five
minutes at time ia this city, nor, as far
as / know, in any other city or large
town in Maine" "Do they make any
attempt to enforce it?' "Yes, by fits
aud starts, but tie rum-ssll rs 60 right on;
If their stock is &c zad they get another
one, and altogether they can't be bothered
enough to make the business unproftsbls,
or they would go out of il. have been
eight years on this road, aud all have
got 70 say is, if prohibition is emf reed In
Portland, would not like to bring Up my
children in place where it isn't enforced,
that is, if il is any worse in such place
than il ia here. / don't think that all the
men that get on this car with liquor IN
them impoI il 10 bulk from Outside OF the
State, aud so about with to!tleI in their
pockets"
AT THE HOTEL TABLE.
SSH to q gentleman in business near
the hCtal that altar all the assurance to
the contrary, it seemed strange that even
the hotels would dare to drive the traffic
so openly. Than I asked him if he
thought they would 60 to the length OF
furnishing liquor to guests at the pnbllc
table. lob, no." hs said, don't think
that they would be so Tod as that. / be
lieve that they do run their bars, and
that guest could bs supplied in his
room with anything hs might want; but
You know the ri4k would be tO) great If
they were to supply it at the public table.
They don't know who might be watching
them" did net think it necessary to state
to this gentle nan, what was the fact, that
hal seea sic and wine served at dinner
that day. A gentleman sitting at the same
tib'e at which sat asked the waiter II be
could get something to drink. Certainly"
replied the waiter, as though he was sur
prised to have that question asked. II will
bring Won a wine card" The guest called
for a bottle of Bass; it was brought to him,
the rk pulled out with scuorous pop,
and the flowing ale went gurgliDg into The
glass. The gentleman who assured me that
this could not bs done was, am sure, hon
est in his statement, only he was not inform
ed. Doubtless on general statement Ofths
operation Of the Maine liquor law his word
would be taken before mine, and peIhops
with reason, bat not bsiug blind, all the
man in Maine could not convince me that
LIQUOR is not served at one public hotel
table in the city of Portland. Following
up this particular br anch Of the inquiry,
have the assurance of men who have seen 1t
served, and who have had it &C. we'd t, them,
that the hotel If which / spsak DOES no
mora than ell other hotels do. II IL the
Common custom to serve at the table such
inulants as the guests want, just as they
serve them tea or Cofes, with only this diff
ference, that they Fay extra for his liquor.
A MIDNIGHT STROLL.
Shortly bsfo:e midnight began to stroll
around 10 1n to ses what evidences, ifsny,
I could find of the sale Of liquor. had
be.n told that under an order from the
City Marshal. no drinking places were
optn after 10 O'Clock at night 1t is q
far that this order was issued. II il not
a fact that il is universally obeyei.
Coming upon place which bore all the
outward .i2ns of this inward sale OF liquor
I halted, heard the blinking Of glasses,
heard the iiscordant sound Of voices, as Of
man far gone in their cup, ard sll esger
70 be heard at once; the sounds rising
hieher and higher as the more determined
onss sought to he heard above the din.
P, @ sntly the DOR opaaed, and through
the ordinary opening in q partition, say
three feet wide, l could see men sitting at
tho bar with glasses before them. did
not enter here and see the drink poured
ou., and so tho point may be made that
nv testimony is not competent with re-
gard to this case. No! fac away saw sub
siant;a'ly the same thing, though the light
ia the room YVES not so bright, and could
70, see so distinctly. Both Of these places
!, are known to be rum shops. BY midnight
I had covered With a G )od deal OF care sew
erai squarss, ard + und the Maine liquO,
law in this kind Of operation. IL occurred
+ TO me that the time had come for the local
: suthoritie, to issue a second edition ofthe'l
: 10 O'Clock closing order, if they expected
, any body TO relieve it.
, 1 may say in regard to the hotsl wher,
: rsaW the strsam of yeuog men and oC
nsn pouring in, and met the inebriatet
, business man, ttas I made survey o
3 to,s places after ten o'clock. and feunt
3 that the business Of the evening seemet
TO be Just besinuirg. do not regard TIL