Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-27
MAINE PROHIBITION.
A CONTINUATION OF EDITOR HARrS BX.
PERIRNCRS.
Liquor Sold Openly and With Iupunity in Port
land-A Talk With q Frank Rum
sellsr-Msn Who Favor
he Law.
From The Whstlino Int:Riotnctr.
NO. III,

From The Winding IntRotnctr.
NO. III.
Armed with my Informal introduction
from General Dow, / went to visit Mr..
Timothy Twig, 81 York street, Portland,
the rum. s.ller whom General Dow dc.
clared that he respected above all Others,
te1ause be would not sail his principles
for protection in his traffic. Mr.. T~ig
does businefs in q substantial brick
building Of three storiee, near tie water
front, and not far from one Of the rsilwsy
stations. The great warehouses srs near
him; vessels come in hard by; pecp'e
are constantly gong pet his door ON
their ways to ard from trains, and al
together he ii in very busy locality.
did not need to be ttld that this was the
place Of liquor seller; that was to be
seen at glance. It should be added that
In addition to the very thriving retail
traffic, Mr.. Twig has by energy aud salts
factory dealing with his many customers
bnilt up considerable Wholesale trade in
Portland, which shows what can be dore
by an intelligent and enterprising man In
the facs of obstacles of seemingly great
gravity. l askei ore of the crowd OF
Young men on the corner if that was Tim
Tgig's place, and whether the proprietor
was in. l was told that Mr.. Twig was in.
side, and had him called out. In in
frrmed him that was q stranger,
and the bearer of an introduc-
ton from q gentleman who found it incon
venie ,t to come and present me IN penoo.
"Wto's thatP" asked tall, handsome
Irishman, his face showing great curiosity.
General Dow," l replied. Now his face
showed greater perplexity, which / en-
deavored to relieve by remarking that Gen
eral Dow had spJken 80 highly of him that
I had asked for an informsl introduction
''Well, what did he say about mep He
never saw me in his life, and didn't cup
rose he had any good to say OF me. )" "Ye',
be told me that you are the only liquor
seller in Portland WHO has not Joined the
r. publican part in order to get protection
in your b1sines'; that you are by principle
a rum sellerIAnd Democrat and refuse 10
sell your principles. R,ther amusing,
isn't it," said with a laugh, "that any
body should te introduced to you by Gen.
ersl DoW?"
NIB. TwIG TALKS.
EYES," replied Tim Twig, lit is the
fonnies. thing 1 ever heard of. What
Gsn. Dow says is true. l am the only
rum seller in Portlsni who continues to
vote the Democrat ticket. think there
u Ied to be three or four Democrat; rum.
sellers, but the Beplblicaus managed to
got them in; but they couldn't get me.
/ PROPOSE to stand by my party. sup
DO ,e they want ID me because when l work
/ am generally able to do something IN
politics. Now last spring didn't have
apythirg to do with it. You krow
the Republicans renominatcd Mayor
Chapman. Well, the Prohibitionls,s
wee not satisfied. They s,'d that
CHAPMAN hadn't erf)rcsd the
'aw, though I think he had done very well,
and they nominated 1nIa a. 1ea; LOW: 3ren .1 Inc
wa, understood that the psrty were to
support Dow. Then it looked to some
pe,ple es though ought to support the
Re e,ublican nominee, but wouldn't do It,
I didn't want TO support Dow, and rs be
wes,'t ths Democratic no ninee anyhow, l
didn't think had to. lust did nothing
7 didn't work a, I'd l didn't vote. Nov" "
continued Mr Twig, with little chnckie'
"ths Republican rum ssl!ers say that In
stead of being punished am treated DEL
ter than most Of them. You want 10 know
if that i, so? No, don't think it is. l
will tell you. l think in age leral way
the law is as well enforced as ii can be
Because, don't you see, people don't want
il enforc ced any better; that il what
mesn,n "Mr. Twig," l asked, how
have Won managed to go along all these
Years selling ut retail aYd runpiug cn
siderable wholesale brs nsss, as l am in
formed YOU do?" "WelI, try to run II
the right kind Of way. won't sell t.
children nor to people who are in the habi
of get,iug drunk, and no man en- kick al
10 " in my house, and if any toable De
gins away he go%. He knows don
want HIM back nny moe. You see
f don't sell it myself-I don't sell drop o
il. have GOOD men behind the bar, ant
I simply watch what is going on aud se
that the business is carried on gentee
: manner. am as much against drunken
ness as any other man."
EVERYBODY KNOWS 1T.
Giant it known TO everybody that Jo
sell here?' "Of course it is; hut don
thew know that all these other pl ices sell
They know it; they make seizures; toe
! spill the liquor; psopls get fined; some
. times they 90 to prison; but tavea't yt
lived long enough to know that ce'ta'
e number Sf men want liquor and are goin
: I, have il? With tie exception of fe
2 crsnks, every man in this communit
:, knows III It this thing is going to be don'
o and that il cam. be stopped. How muc
better. then, that the busintss should
in the bands Of mn who carr
It oa cltfd'ly, as / Try TO 90
l put to Mr.. T~ig ths question
y have put 10 almost everybody W.,
'r whom have talked. "lf public sent
II ment in P. r land demanded tie enitrc
: ment of the law do you think 1t toald
II enf,rced?" Why, certainly / do. b.
l. don't you zee public sentiment don't q
m,nd it. They fot the law, aud sn
ro,ed they do as well as they can with
think that what the penD,e exPc'
e have ia iust about 30 much enforceme
d and no moe, so as to keep it down som
b. OF coure Prohibition is farce. stiu,
: have no reason t, comp ain. They hs'
of s,izei rome of nv liquors, but then gu:
r they don't treat ne any worse than IT,
b, do ths rest, aad l suppo'e the tbi
will 20 along atout as il hiss dor
sometimes little more enforcement Al
some lines little lees. Anybody csn
j. wu,t he wants 10 Portland, and rh1e'
y, tells you anything Use either dresn't kDt
. or il deceiv:ng you. But expect by I
~ time you leave here, from the way you
Il. going OF it, you will know for yourtelf -
t. NOT AFRAID TO SELL TO ANYBODY.
said, "You never saw me before 9
=, vou have talked very freely with ms
IN "Why shouldn't J." be exclaimed, II
ed oniv telling You what eyeIybO