Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-03

nave " IN September. rum, free rum.
II vas eelehed in language, he vas free
TO admit, that might not bear that irsespre,
tA,iea. but tel yes." said be. 'yoa
come eefers the people and you have got
10 face the facts ~ they are Why all
this talk about the Democratic Stas Goa.
ven,ien adopting one set Of resolutions and
sending eat9Anethsrs |, vas simply put 10
in there for the purpose Of endcavoring 10
give the delegates Of the convention the
idea ths, uassir means had hecn used. Ia
reply 10 all that had been said upon tha,
question. he would simply ask II the gen
,ienAn meant TO give the convention TO un-
ders,snd that the convention assembled
here en- the 9TH day Of June adopted res.
oiation IN favor Of heense or in favor Of
submitting the question TO the people,
There was no question in the world but
What the resolution ~ read by the soeretx-
ry of the convention, was the resolution in-
eorporsted in the majority rerort of the
committee on resolutions. aud it was upon
the question OF adoption that report or rec
oianons similar 10 the oae the gcntlemAa
had introduced that discussion had taken
place and vote had eeen taken, He con-
CURED With the gentleman that the way la
which the republicans have managed the
prohihttory Law is contemplate aud Ahom-
inahie- II Was not good politics or good
policy for the democratic convention OF
this state TO make that the issue. The res.
olution would have the effect Of dividing
their own party.
lie thought thu, ii would be improper to
pass this resolution when only tao thirds of
the original convention WAS present, and
when they came there for the simple pur-
pose OF nominating cSaii1stc for COVER
nor The States of Rhode Island and
Massachusetts have many large cities, diff
fering from Maine In this respect, and that
WAS the reason that those States had voted
down prohibition. The rural population
forms quite all important factor of the
State Of Maine, and in his Judgment they
couldn't succeed with any such resolution,
Mr.. Clifford of Portland said that they
were having dinged into their cars the same
terrible spprehensions that they had heard
for the last twenty years. nne gentleman
had assured them that they would commit
political suicide IL they adopted this resolu-
ton. Perhaps there was some choice be-
tween political suicide and a lingering
death. Laughter They hsdn', tried
this prorosit Of resabmission TO the
people and therefore they had no, vet suf-
fered suicide. but they had tried forty years
of lingering death. The question wa. sim.
ply whether they thought this system of
prohibition had been sufficiently tried and
whether OF not they thought that the peo-
pies opinion may have changed and when.
after five or SIX years OF constitutional pro-
hibiuon, they didn't think Il was advisable
TO submit that question to the vote of the
people once more
Mr.. Elliot King of Portland thou ,ht ths,
the wishes of the rural population should
be considered IN this question. Should
they adopt resolution in favor of high
license simply because prohibition under
Republican administration has been fail
ure, lie thought II would be far better
taste to put into their platform resolution
that they enforce the liquor law exactly as
II stands on the statute book.
Mr.. T. l.. Roberts Of Presque Isle said
that he believed that scven-tenths of all the
Democracy Of Maine believed that they hal
had enough Of prohibition. Now. gentle.
men. If that is what you believe have the
courage of your convictions and say 50 "
Why Ism, the prohhitory Law enforced
in Maine Because the people of Maine
don't want H. Cries of good '' and ap-
.'lanse. lie was assured that
we take and pay for more
United Stt'es licenses in Maine, according
e. our reputation, than any other State In
,he tpion. lie believed prohibition WAS
WONG in nrincipal We cant get rid of
iie'.ur. The question was whether they
should regulate the traffic or should OXEN
the sluice gates and turn loose those hor,ies
Of irresponsible liquor dealers upon our
State. From the earliest history Of man.
kind down to the pre.en, tiay he had never
yet read or heard of any country or any
people who have successfully lcplsla,eJ
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