New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08

dIsregarfcd. Pubic sentiment has much
to DO with this question the entoSs%en, or non
upon the general disposition of the people.
In his message in 1887, Governor Bodwell said:
In nom three-fourths to fourffths Of the towns OF
the state the law well enforced and has practcsy
abolished the sale OF spirituous and malt liquors as
beverages In the larger cities and towns, on the
seaboard and at railway oontres has ocen M, to1h ha
a but It 10 Re that at few points
in tho State Is liquor openely sold what
aedsd % a ns s
the law.
Governor Marbles answers to the questions arc as
follows:
~ Prohibition has closed distillery and brew.
sale and use Of intoxicating liquors. and increased
sobriety and morality among our people, especaiiy
e and 81 It is certainly the best law of which
have any knowledge aud wherever puoHc senonp ss
svO ITS %oss sas foo not The
machinery Of the present law Is ample. In my Judgment
can desire MARBLE
Augusta, Me. -
REPUBLICANS
The following reply Is from F. N. Dow:
a. Yes, on the assumption that law which sup,
presses runs shops rpresses intemperance; Az NJ
our territory the liquor traffic is practically extinct;
II still exists In some sections where tho law Is not
as to the effect OF pre- hibton but conducted in such
way as to lessen its temptations for those who have
not formed appetite for liquor or who, having
formed such, desire to be free from it.
% To your second question answer yes Bnt
"llconse' laws and not to its provision, IN detail In
stating my reasons, assume that IL VIII DC snnls.e c
rs or IN
law, achieve Its best results, must DO approved by
SS S1sni s. ss franc dp%S to
tends TO the creation OF the sentiment necessary ior
to- desire so% ns IN
hlbton effective instrument for the extinction OF
the sale a s M sssn and de-
and Of sS be-
ly prevented by the Ingenuity of legislation or the
violence OF officers. III. a.... D..
In m Opinion our y, Il. law sqs9 n
that can be reached by law, Whenever Puenc 9pmon
svails itself Of It, Erred N DOW
Portland, Me.
Hancock and now Judge Of the Superior City Court
Of Ellsworth, replies as follows
CD Yes, to a considerable extent
(2) do not think It Is in all respects ,,.
(3) A question impossible TO answer In the UNIV
aw eEsn mpecy onorcod better
than license law, and that the law would be better
enforced IN Maine were tbe penalties less severe
not be elective GEORGE p. BUTTON.
Ellsworth, Me.
Y.
CD The law does operate to repress intcmperance
wherever It is faithfully enforced. Many man would
drink II the opportunity TO procure liquor "eo
made difficult. This the law Will DO II properly Gil
forced A.. w
(2 In my Judgment 1T is the best law for that p ,no
pose. II Is and has been difficult to drive out inc
traffic in our larger cities but in the smaller places
the present law has in most Instances completely
driven It OUT and in the larger Ges hS5oush "OrA
~ do not think our present statute needs any any
change to make It effective. II II Is determieoiy
had he tpafic 10.
p"i RocMs and Me. C. E LITTLEFIELD.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs.
Neal Dow sends the following characteristic letter:
On The ltquor law of Maine and represses
lntemperance by REFRESHING and suppressing the manu-
factuIe and sale Of intoxicating liquors - ssS 10
say that the quantity Of liquor solp In Maine today Is
not one twentieth much as would be SOLD under any
other policy than that Of prohibition IN more imam
three Oarths Of population the nGuor .aG Is
. IN nbs Srr the se yet
fingers 1t is very small scale, ana Is oCnnou
persons all Of low S cha r ros the custom
and the habit Of drinking disreputabe Al pubic d,
here Eu0E oca 1Ts newer wher epfS% the liquor
society and credit a business Sss sssu %ap
pressed BY the law: We had one large wine factory
which has also been daor law for that
pose but it is the only lawI mean prGhieiti1a
has good " The policy
license by whatever name called, has never diminished
the H s51py Of Of liquors LIQUORS SS to SSf
that demand may be. The number OF hGenseo % .
n. sy Be Isr SmR s: but qnd ST P0hSs
whether licensed not, Will always turnsn Sone
liquors meet the demand, as they nave uon0
III en- do not mean to say that the Maine law as 1t
now stands fully meets @ 0Sr aWsys in the direction
of greater stiingency, but these amendments tTe 9
never responded to our demands nor met the point naV
I'D viaw NAMELY To make the liquor lftHO
profitable and uncomfortable 10 those my Horv
The changes In the law w oSap WI them as we shall
some day the saloons viii close their aoors %iIn1u,
fight in the courts sIa b ee he police We are looking
for that day in future Liquor sG6 O Gag
suppress it which fails to render it qGRr0hd n6w anu
very uncomfortable NEAL
Portland, Me.
The name of A. X. P. Buffum was furnished 10 Inc
Tribune az that of Prohbitlonst but from the man
ner in which he signs the letter. he appears 10 DO III
party matters a Republican. He writes as ioio"s'
ee9e Of such laws extend, think it is. 90 can
suggest no change the law for the present she
status "ss as Ss shops IN the State mad some
trouble to close the rum shops prior to one year @
on a"eUn 1 the customers were numerous, they
could nav the fine and keep on selling ana SUN MAKE
prom nd mnsonment so heavy that they find it is
not proftabls to sell, and have govn IL up prrrur
Gardiner Me. ,oc,,ro
FIX O'Brien makes the following repiy'
ID do not think 1t does. t2) do nor thnH J. ~,
al license lawfor this reason fhe law Is ope any
violated many dealers In liquor prefer 10 pay NM
eccasionally-no any further responsolty me sac
and use Of Jamaica ginger Is enormous anu soSns
msed in many small towns In the very small to"Is
the law is onfoved, but In towns OF tnroe tnou'an'
population more, the law Is not eiii9i' Spp1EN
Thomaston, Me-
George T. sowsI expresses tho following opinions
| IN Not effectively. (s) No 81 4 hlgh .N y
law properly guarded should be svos nuiSu S Is no;
spccfssti in attaining its objects IL Is not iuily
sustained by public sentiment and action, he
,acitIv assumes that there is no moral dlStincon pc
nen the use and the abuse Of thing and attempts
by legislative enactn' mt to compel an men 10 sa ,b
Tect of driving the sale OF liquor largely INTO tns
49, who, in order 10 OHsei