The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-26
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
r,lt with a Wholesale and Re-
tail Rum-seIIer.
WIDE OPEN BUSINESS
,,.,, ,,I,n an Ex.Govcrnor of Maine,
wis opinions Diner and why
Prominent Men Decline
to be Quoted.
40. III.

tom General Dow, l went to visit MIR.
Tn,o,by w., Twig, 81 York street, Portland,
I'. ,nm.scllcr whom General Dow de.
~, I,,8 tba, he respected above all Others,
S'',, t-,n.a he would not sell his principles
sS,,......;.a-.in-hiAt traffic, Mr. Twig
- Iu,iRcss in n substantial brick
G,ai,rp otthrcc stories, near the water
wv, and not far from one Of the rail-
~,~ -.~ .tgtions. The great warehouses are
..., him; vessels come in hard by; peo-
H. are constantly going past his door on
,toir way to and from trains; and al
~,s,ber he is in u very busy locality.
ri;iro; need to be told that this was
H., Nv ',,ars Of 4 liquor.seller; that was to
tI' .tnp ot n glance. 1t should be added
vs., In addition to the very thriving re-
.,i .'i' ,rllir Mr., Twig has by energy and
.',,i.acory -, dealing with his many Gus
ta"srs ,ar, built upa considerable wholesale
,y,icin Portland, which shows what can
t% ~ ,Ionc bv an intelligent and enterpris-
'n,,ngu in the face OF obstacles OF SEEM
io5ly great gravity. asked one
II tbe crowd OF young men on
,bc corner il that was Tin
TEi,'s place. and whether the
s-onrp,or was in. | was told that MIR.
Trir was inside, and had him called
mi i informed him that was
.,r,n,er. and the bearer OF an introduC-
,ioD iroul gentleman who found it in
Convenient to come and present me in
Sr.oa, "Who's that?" asked tall,
handsome Irishman, his face showing
rreat curiosity. General Dow l re-
SSliJ Now his face showed great per-
pj+yty, which endeavored to relieve
by rrnsarkiny that General Dow had
,oErn so highly OF him that had
a.krd ior an informal Introduction.
@Weu, what did he say about me? He
never saw me in his life, and didn't
suppose he had any good to say OF me-"
+Y.s he told me that you are the only
l5ror.seler in Portland who has not
i5tneA ,he Republican party in order to
M notecliOn in your business; that
you are By principle u rum-seller and a
Democrat and refuse to sell your prin-
dples. Rather amusing, isn't IT," l
lii with laugh, that anybody should
Leiniroduccd 10 you by General Dow?"
NR. TwIG TALKS.
ayes" replied Tim Twig, "it is the
funniest thing ever heard OF. What
Gen. Dow says is true. l am the only
nm.sclIer in Portland who continues to
vote the Democratic ticket. l think
there used to be three or four Demo-
crl,ic rumsellcrs, but the Republicans
managed to get them in; but they
cOaIin't get me. ipropose to stand by
my party. | suppose they wanted me
bsciusa when / work l am generally
able to do something in politics. Now
laa spriag didn't have anything to do
with It. You know the Republicans re.
nominated Mayor Chapman. Well, the
Prohibilionists were not satisfied. They
said that Chapman hadn't enforced the
law, though think he had done very
we'll, and they nominated Gen. Dow.
Then the Democrats made no nomina'
ton. and it was understood that the
party were to support Dow. Then it
booked to some people as though ought
';osupport the Republican nominee, but
Iwonlintdoit. ldidn't want to support
Dow, end, as he wasn't the Democratic
nominee anyhow, didn't think / had
10. Just did nothing. didn't work
and didn't vote. Now" continued
NJ. T%ig with little chuckle, "the Re.
publican rum.sellers say that instead OF
being punished l am treated better
than most OF them. You want to know
iithat so? No, don't think it is. l
will tell you. | think in general way
the law is as well enforced US it can be.
Because, don't you see, people don't
want it enforced any better; that is
What ! mean" "NIr. Twig," l added,
"how have you managed to so along all
these years, sellingat retail and running
i considerable wholesale business rs l
ammiormei you do?n swell, try to
run in the right kind Of u way. won't
sell to children, nor to people who are
in the habit of getting drunk, and no
maa can kick up row in my house,
and iiany trouble begins, away he goes.
lie knows don't want him back any
more You sec don't sell it myself
don't sell u drop OF it. / Ihave good men
behind the bar, and / simply watch
what is going on, and see that the busi-
ness is carried on in u genteel manner
lam as much against drunkenness as
any other man"