The Republican journal., 1888-03-22
The P. L. @. of Belfast.
THE HOME JOURNAL LAUGHS AT IT.

The P. L. @. Of Belfast.
THE HOME JOURNAL LAUGHS AT IT.
The Home journal, of Gardiner, says: : Ont
of the most laushabe of all the new partie.
which we have heard of is the Personal Liber
ty Club of Belfast. About 200 voters, who
claim to he the best citizens and business mel
of Belfast, have formed a league for the repea
of the prohibitory law and the enactment of !:
license law instead For our part. we do moi
see how license law, if it prevents selling
and the speakers of the =. l.. Z. claimed that il
was more successful in stopping the liquor
traffic than the Maine laws not just as hard
on personal liberty as prohibition is. 1t is more
so, If it is more etlectu;l in cutting off these
Eicn's hippcrs. The Portland Advertiser has
never been prohibition paper, hut its remarks
OH the new Club will carry some weight with
persons Of that way of thinking. Perhaps more
so than ours would 1t says:
Don QuiXote's tilt against the windmills was
not more absurd and useless than the move
ment begun in Belfast to repeal the prohibitorv
| law and to secure license law in its place. 1t
appears thar 200 voters of Belfast, about evenly
divided between the two political parties, have
~ "i'' " SoH''i l4pcIty clib, WIFI tIe iNoN-
II ,n.t ho nr" w" Th n; ,a! s1.''s w '.i's emu
acted in 1861. For nearly forty wears If has
hecn o" the statute book. and recently has been
haue u part OF the organic law. In all the
cues OF ne STATE, ;ss III Belfast. opposition TO
,he law mas been strong from the first: but the
license men of the cities are Il small minority of
clIehs. ne rural districts rule the State. and
N me firai districts orthodoxy on the Maine
Jaw mas been for a third of century Il test of
ItspertabiiitS. bcile1 III the virtue and efficacy
Ci ffohsbitloi has become lngralied among the
farmers and villagers, and until this faith is
>i'ahe" 'helG IS no prospect OF repeating thc
prohlohofN law. III Is not party matter
i'eihocratlc legislators as well as Republicans
>u>tah ,hc prohibltory scnehie. iersoii' iiber-
y i NOT seriously lhNadcd GOOD citizens buy
tiP,t >urpies az tnc autnoriItu agencies or ord
tf tncM from boston. MoSt or them thlhk The
law is a good th'lS Tor their nei@hbor> and are
wiling I" sufier IL htt!c inconvenience ina good
cause b''t except III extreme cases. they 90 not
tNntri strict enforcement OF the statutory
penalties. ne pfonihi'ofy law cannot he ioSi-
caiiE 'irirhaea; but II Is undoubtedly sl=n OF
preNailih@ iubiic sentiment III opposition to
the hi>use OF liquors. So long as public opinion
h"E'> III ms channel with so much force. 1t is
aS ifreSi>i'ir as me incoming tide. Ihe Person
al lihrrly tiuh VIII probably 90 the way OF the
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In the course OF an able and earnest article
on the JiM.-.Iam parts of this city, the Rock
land Free Press savs. put without ho;,r TOO
"' """o"' ''"s wv
iH'ih'ei'Ne H> 10 tHe elements Oh thc orsaiiiZa-
.'''., ~ ''",.,"i> = hs open aNo"a OF Hosllty
I" ,ie i'"h'hiior! Jaws Oh 'he state and ITS
"lP"S' ~ 'HP"hSt ineii' irChi 'hc puDic
statutes. taken IN connection with the additional
fact that Efforts are being made to create SINH
lii oIShh'Hiiioh7 IN othcf ioraii'ies' are Signs
whieh >!lou''' not ne "isre@ar'!ed bv the stead
M Mia>! a'iH constant friends OF legal prohlbitioh
,il', .lh:c oi serious tfiai lor .hat pollcy may
, ne al ilal' a'i, llt ihcy hl!>t oe prepared Tor
NV '",'tS' ~ .ouil'Gi oIs'h'%a'loi. III Is tiihe
ihat 'he! fcNic" dispasslohately the ground
over "hl'li thes haNc travelled TO reach the
ritSeHt Nahta9e Sro'h"' iakc account OF Their
.ri'tN an" ihe'i resources a'iu determine upon
Tie piah OF campaign Tor tie future. For
one ,!e encn'N nave come out OF lhe WOODS
an" uttered thcir challenge iii language direct,
,u uuhtInNoFa' ana hol 10 bc m'>uhdcr>lood
ny ",h' il'ei'H hhfe,'raii'eu pl law. Inc!
"'>iEe shc privilege 10 drihN rum and sell rum,
/" hoeP >ohef OF 10 get drunk' 10 rum them
.vNcs a'u necl' thel' l''ihes ~ poverty by
Masl'ng !Icir ilhc ana ,helr substance and to
nln,g ''el r'ii,'iei, lollpW ai,er 'hem III lhis
Si",ii ,''iNti vi lti >oh' 'ieoaoi'i' WITHOUT lei
or n'luiahct. lhes DO hot recognize the TACT
thai toh!'h.'nM! mas any interest OF business
"i!h 'i.i' '""N 'uu'' Toh"ut'' th"ush IL may
ul'lS 'neH! ana 'H VINO aFe dependent upon
'hen' 10 a c'a'e ol ueSrauat on crime ana pow
i INV IL, ,',' m II 'o >oe m anu thrifty
WI WIN nav .heiii 10 support. lEey 90 not recoS-
my IN. ltot ma. ,ieIe Is 10 more reason 1of
HohipEtiht against the laws ihat restrict or pro-
Hinil .',G sac oi liquors lor purposes OF lnt"N-
1't'oai ''. I'st nose ieslrlclliS lhe sac OF
olt'n, ol 'iose plo!iinltll.S ana punlshlhS
.nu i'ee ,i oi p:rsoal lust or
o,,e i nires. ~, . 'nese NV .llrihse upon per-
soiai l'el..: nu' lle eh''Sn'ehea sehthen, OF
TN g., iiiIeu NATIONS REGARDS them as wholesome
liai'',aiioh, OF such lncrty: lhey are the
ien"i' " .ne lll'Ga''Senee oi p!-Yoe
.N"is' NV 'p:lotsions 'l''c u. uNiuuai> 10
s,o",I , oi2a'i,Hen "'," oeienee,l' governments
i',i" ,.I ;Gtui. ana peace 10 @ ne a'taineu ohly
njity Of , nrohiItnrv iaw. has hem t.Ntad m
i'',s VI 'l,I .aW> mas oeIil !esteu ny
''" ~. on! III Ma'e'
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y, n''' .''uSo...! illehus oI t1e tat.Se'
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ton.:'"'ion "o"'u take lle Iuestioh OUT OF
Io,'i's' n'. IL was io,'o" Gu os ihe holiiin'!-
t o a,'lii,t y, for oo p,p oi Ma"sas' 's proh,oi.