Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-25
MAINE PROHIBITION
AS LAfILY SEEN By fHB EDITOR OF fHI
"INfNLIalNcIR."
Open Ban IN furuaal-Ulvilliaga>a u PtsaisAt
In b b Qsoth-k &aain Il Great
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From Is W7esiisg IateQionss.
NO. I.
Fortune having driftsd me iuto Nai,s,
I determined that ths time was oppse.
tune, In visv Of ths psadency Of the quss-
ton ct home, 10 look little into the epe.
alton Of the Maine liquor law. Portland
being . city Of seout ths population Of
Wheeling, though With less ropulous sur.
roundingA I was particularly intsrsstsd
10 know how tie Law worked hsra On.
eequenuy I determined 10 prosccats my
inquiry on these lines: u The Law fAisly
we'll enforced In the Ststs at larIes 10
the law fsirly well enforced In The city Of
Portland? Has there bseo any impesvs-
ment in the enforcement Of The Law since
prohibition was written In the OoDsatu.
tion Of the Stat4r From . moral p,int Of
view, doss prohibition, statutory or con.
stitutionsl, offer any advantage over local
option, the condition Of public ssntimsnt
being the samt9 Dots prohibition In
Maine meet the expectation Of prohibition
lists, or 10 1t In effect only . msaaure Of To-
cal cptioua
do not intend In this one and arst ar.
ticle TO write to try 10 answer oil tbess
qusstions' shall therefore make this ths
overture TO saiee, and let Il be some
what mlscellant Ous In its eharsct<r, here
slittle and there little, ~ have gather
ed IL on the wing. AsI went along made
my inquiries Of OIL kinds Of people, hsck.
men, sire st-car conduet,rS bell boys, hotel
port:rs, baibsrs, lawyers, judges, sx.
judges, tradesnea, editors and the father
OF prohibition himfe!f, General Dow, with
whom I have very interesting interview
10 Iepar! latsr on.
NOT INCLINED TO TALK.
The first gentleman met, and hs wss
Q man OF prominence 10 tho city and the
State, 10 whom hsd . letter OF htfoduc-
ton, said in reply 10 my first question:
"Wtll, you may - wall understand 10 the
beginning that % far - Information %
second band is concs rned, you have no
easy task btfore you. You will nnd that
hardly snyb pdy whore testimapy may bs
against prohibition, will caie to hsvs bis
views quoted. You will aud among the
people born aud bred h,rs rstcsncs sad
Of opinion on this important question:
which has asitsted the State for . genera
tion. II Q man makes statement which
You sfterwsrds Hnd 10 be uotrNA you must
not conclude that be hAs desired TO de-
ceiye you; il would be more Just 10 iafsr
that he has been deceived bimssif.
could refer you to many Of our best citi'
zsus who seem anxious 70 d,luds toem'
,e,ves into the belief that there 10 msoh
more potency In prohibition than thee
really il. You will fnd II hard 70 gss %
second. hand valusble information. for tns
further reason thst many Of us, like my
self regard prohibition - the sstted policy
of the State, not psn 10 further discussion.
and therefore W ars avsrss 70 btne quefed
a. assailipg, even BY ssstsmsnt Of fscta.
the estsblished order Of thinss. binee you
intend 10 look for yourelf and take things
at frat hand, am quite sure that bsfsse
you leave the State you viii unds!saaa
yery we'll how the Law works II Maine.
II Won will excuse me sba'l sxpres no
opipion 10 you, bat wsit 70 beH yours q.
Ter you sba'l have spsnt twsnty-four hours
In the city"
A SIMPLE SAILING CnAbI.
I asksd Q bwbse Who wss ahavtsg -
what q msu did In Maine vhsA = waeeee
a glsss of stimulapt "0ese aad etu ~"
"Goe, whsr.3" "wsll, " b b stsppaee
st . hotel he goss TO the hotsl berpom."
"But II hs ID O stranger and they dont
koov him-are they not AFRAID Of 30 Nc
informed onp" The barber ,miled sod
said: "w.ll, 70 and try, and II you hsve
auy trouble 70 get what you want ice mo
know about Il; IL will sort of brsak ths
record,n "Wnsre IL the bn-room In this
bo,elPu ssksd. "WelI," rsplbd The bar
bsr, '.just siaud In tte bot:l efiios ana e
which way tbs crowd %; then yen f.ii 70
line and You will get where thsy 9e
etiog." / followed these vsry hnpie q.
sections, and without 1o0bls landed - Q
\ vsll.ap poinhd bsr.roow. BAr tsndsts u
the insisujs Of their tffics, Standing be'
hind The bar. smiling spd ready foe eaa'
,sss The bar wss fttsd up - tfsdiSG
mt, Of thst kind usually sss. Tnsrs
xsre man in the bar room, some drinkiss
bar, some ddpkisg whisky.
while I stocd thsrs two men sete:os
sdyuced 70 The bar, and bottle q wnis'
ky and two slsaes wsfe - oet oeISs
them. They did mot, ARR tec tacnen 9.
the Southern Colose'. ny, "A htue NOR.
of ths ssms," bat the bestsnoH kneW
their usculiss weskpsn. and wss nct W.
In Eating Il b. fore them. Tbsss ~ d
t,oubIs 10 finding that bas.fooU, no nye
tery or secrecy sbsut H. ! ssEed the nes
tsnder II that w. tbs way busioso vee'
ON sererslly. He ~ as eeee toes NJ NJ
= .trsns,y, snd smilipgjy sd: "Is; ~
,boIe thias 70 . frsud ssd eysryss6J
hpovs NJ "But," pat in, suppee
that the hetsis bavs soae specN. Ic
nity." swell" MD tbs bcrsssosf,
"you wont think % sft9 you nsve on.
hare DAY o. %, especially Il joa nave -.
|. rouni : litsie. You ortsisly 6set -
ncs, thst he kotsis q tbs ei'y NosId .
sIIovsd 10 mosOpsiiss - bio bs,a1so 2
IT, rum traffic Of PegtlnndT
on rHsrR WAY 10 1Hs BAsRoox.
u Ivss in ooavsrat'os lstse u the q,
vith 90 n the bot cit;ssn1 of PS0aoo
:. Having ssid y him thst u y. urIed ssl
side oi ths State thst sniy The Isvse c.
Of peopis in Msins vsuh d.scss! 70 sey
ins iptoxieants ia IL fsee q fhs ~. .
that tie liquss boisse h:sisS iAues :
mott eotissiy Into ths hsnd: q e6sZsss r
3 81 p,sn only tbs lowest eiss sosn
: foupd pss1osisisg The rom seCva y isa
:, e.t,d ose ef The lssdisg hs>als - =
:, sested vbae ShoaN y go 49, -
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: inr human tsds. "Ests," I'D - =
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, form ,oa, ewn endss oss o. IL -
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