Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-12

With high license law people vito
are bound To have their HqGos- and
plenty Of sneh people always have ex-
lated and always Will exist 10 every large
esmmanity get ekNir bottk allied
in respectfully keps places without the
necessity Of lying or acting the hypo-
erire- And the revenue AceruiBg from
ttse sale Of Licences can be devoted - the
education Of the youth. 70 permanent
improvements, OF 70 any parr,ose deeitsed
% by the proper authorities --Psrsiasd
Argas.
Here IL the bride which the liquor In
Lsrests offer the state Of Maine Ia return
for placing the zeal Diigo, apon il. ua-
holy work, for giving sE respsctabiilty
and the sanction Of law. The open saiocu
IL 70 freely aad feariessly nannt It's
entIeemenfs ia the faces Of the rising
generation. and Ia exchange fes this the
youth who escape from lie snares, will
be permitted extra educational facilities,
and the community Is 10 have permanent
pnbiit mprsvements--ali paid for oas
Of the blood money of liz devastated
homes, It's broken families, its ruined
manhood IL any community In Maine
prepared 10 pay this price for edaca
tionsl advantage, public improvements
or anything eises We certainly think
not. Wherever high license has been
tried 10 has increased the power Of the
liquor Interests to the undermining Of
soeIal order No community eaA afford
TO place the zeal Of responsibility, legal
approval, upon such an unIoly traffic. |
In Nebraska where stringent high !
license has been given q long trial. 10 |
has proved a conspicuous failure. Under |
IL intemperanee has increased at an
alarming rate The open saloon hlunts I
lts aliurement. In the faces Of citizens |
everywhere. The moral sentiment of !
Nebraska ha. risen in It's power and de- |
mandea a change. This fall a deter
mined fight viii be made there for the |
establishing 81 prohibition. The chance |
for success certainly look bright Maine |
has tried prohibition and ha. found i. a |
success. Liquor selling il under |
ban. 1t {. criminal. Those who en-
gage in IL are socially ostra- |
clzed They are treated a. vioiators of /
the law. Their work must be guarded /
with every means OF coneealment. No
one clalms that the laws are not violated.
All laws for the suppression Of crime
are violated. We have laws against
burglary, yet they have been violated in
this State many times during the past
spring and present summer. Up to date
no party has advocated high license for
burglary upon the ground that our
statute laws do not prevent 1t and are,
failure. One thing i.
certain, and admitted everywhere. At
the present time the violations of the
prohbitory law are confined almost ex-
to few cities. so close an
observer of the operation Of our laws
against the dram shop a zen. Neal Dow /
Is lead TO declare that "the YuGn-
,ay Of tt4aor nor sotd in This State
Is not ose-tgeatfeh so great rs
10 eas before The prohibnorg
la,s ami not one-thirtieth ms il poald he
NOR upder any form Of hccRse. The
balance OF the difference in this vast |
waste and loss goes to swell the value
Of property of the state and to better
ways Of living OF the people In every de-
partment Of domestic and social life "
With these facts 10 view, are the people |
Of Maine prepared t. turn their backs
upon the temperance work of the last |
half century and go back to the open |
saloon We certainly believe not. We |
are confident, too, that they will say so
in September with an emphasis that will
not be misunderstood.