Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-14

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sAs oaly sgsncy and the only ran shop 4
present that b ranaing il fail blass il Tia
city agency. Go dsun 10 ths city Of Part
land today and inQulfs of shs afsa drunken
man yca meet On ~ lszeet. where he gets
his hqaos and b viii 1all ye1 b. ~ Ii q
ths agency. Put hin on oath and he viii
swear 10 il. and nine tinss ont often he
viii swear 10 tho tzuth and nos 70 lie. 60
into the cities Of Didislofd Ne siston
Or any of the othsfs. and nine ont
at ten Of these men will tell yca
he bought his rum at the agency !;
ard il able 70 trace il out you
will dnd il absolutely true. What il
the reason for Ii? The reason is. Because
il 10 for the interest OF the party in power,
! care mot what party il may be, whether
mine or yeurs or xny body's else. The
question 10 In politics and ii Is in here 10
atAy. You cannot wipe il oat. The two
great parties Of Maine have already lost
1000 Of their voters and more are going
every year and every day simply upon this
liquor question. It Is time thsS halt vas
called In this matter. II IL time that the
people 10 Maine the tvo old parties who
sis here today. should place themselves on
record on such terms and such grounds that
the people Of the State will know where
they stand. Gov. Burleish in his Inaugural
address says: "Maine stands. by the
emphatic declarations of her citizens,
in the very van Of temperance
states. In keeping her there the fsisnds OF
Prohibition must spare no effort or shrink
from no fesponsibiiity. IL Is an effort TO
keep her there. Il IL . responsibility We
t,aw hova ~ - ktnk la
assume. 1t 10 responsibility that ou- con-
stituents are looking for Us to assume. So
much in relation to the liq1er agencies.
Section 3 Of the bill simply provides
for the bouds which the present ststuts pro-
vides for in the case Of the liquor agent.
Section is also in the same liae. Section
to amend section 81 Of chspter ~ Of the
Revived Statutes, which section now reads
~ follows, and you have the printed bill
and may follow me; mo person shall
knowingly bring into the State or know-
inely transport from place to place in the
State any Intoxicating liquors with
intent to cell the same In the State in viola-
tion Of law or with intent that the same
shall be 80 sold by any person or to aid any
person in such sale, under penalty Of
$50 for each offence - The printed bill
makes this penalty $500 AMI costs and q
year in jail. What have we been doing
here this winser7 We have enacted Law
after Law. We passed yesterday. 10 be
eDerossed, aud ii was tabled to be enacted
bill charteYing water company--we have
done it al winter loug-prosiding that il .
man, woman, child or boy throws the dead
body of cat upon the ice in certain lscsli.
ties they are liable to be fined $1,000 and
70 years in Jail. The bill that was tabled
yesterday, reads little different--"Shall
BE- fined not less than $1,000, or shall suffer
imprisonment not less than one year 10 jail.
for drowning Q cat in brook in Audros-
coggin county. Take your paper any day
and look over the criminal record---the
Lewiston journal Of last night, and see the
report OF two infants murdered in New
York by drunken mother pouring rum
down their throats, and then come here
and tell me this is serious mater, = per-
nicious thing to fine mau $500, and send
him to jail year for rendering it possible
for that mother to murder her two infants,
when at the same time you send man TO
Jail for two years for throwing the dead
body Of cat upon the ice in brook in
Androscoggin county. Out upon such per-
niciousness Pefnicions! Think OF it
gentlemen! You will punish man more
FOR polluting, rs il is called, little
stream OF running water, than you
will for polluting o mau's brain
and making him insane so that he
will shoot man and his own daughter as
10 the city Of Portsmouth, N. IL. All!
gentlemen, perhaps, had constituent
who had declared that he would spend
$2500, in the halls Of this Legislature
rather than this bill should become q lsw,
perhaps. l say, i would be opposed to the
bill. Who is it that asks for this bilI2
We had before the committee and have
before the Legislature the request of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union Of
this State with the request of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars in this State with
ls 900 members in good standing. the petit
ton haviug more than 5000 sigbers, adult
citizens of this State asking for more law.
and many of those petitions ask
for the very articles embodied ia
this amendment. took occssion a short
time ago, to walk down Commercial ST.,
in Portland. and call upon the rum sellers.
l went into place after plsca and ifqsirsd
if they sold liquor? Yes only one man
denied 1t, ard that man. upon little ms-
ture delberation concluded be would show
me how he kept it. l asked these men
the question: How do you DO II, and why
do you do 1t, and how do you dare to DO il?
One man ssid: II have sold rum 40 years,
paid four fines, been in jsii four months,
got four indictments hanging over me.
The present law does no, rise to the Dig
nifty Of low license" He says: II have sold
-
day; and in the forty years have been
in the business l have only psid
s4c0 fines- Ny father was 8 ruuseller, /
have been one since my father died; and
shall stay in the business until you pass a
Law to put me in jsil, and then I will quit -
have been erglgsd for three years in
this rum business, as chairman II the eom-
mitteo of the Grand Lodge Of Good TEN.
piars upon the prohibitory enforcement
Law, and know something abou. Ii. ! hsve
been assaulted in the court room Of the
city of Rockland by drunken rowdy and
be has been taken in charge by the sheriff
into private room and kept until he vss
sober enough to be let 60 50 that the city
marshal could net get at and arrest
him. can tell ycu the principal
in your own city, and
10 the principal large cities and
towns Of the Slate. ard how many OF these
men voted, If you want to know, in the
election, can tell you a great
many more facts; bu. the unanimous senti-
mens and feeling OF the rum sellers
the State OF Maine 10 that when
you pass Law to send .thep to jail for 4
year, they will 60 out Of TIE business; ans
you can convict them ~ easily IS now. +
know whst it il to convict. I have been
before grand jury. I have seen other
men try cases know men who will drink
rum will lie nine times out Of ten. have
been deputy sheri6 and engaged In this
business and know all about it from begfr-
ming to end; and know il 10 no more difi-
cult 70 csnvict when the penalty 10 $500
than when II 10 $50. II makes no dif.
ference what the penalty il. Yonr jury
men are sworn to convict when the evidence
before them IL such ss to sstisfy them.
Section 8. The remainder Of the section
81 ~ amended by the Pnblic Laws Of 1851.
chapter 40 Of the Public Laws Of 1857
continues - section 81 reads in the present
statute until you get TO the ~ lire after the
word, ''pIsce.. Then ven come to this
clause ANY steamboat, railroad or *
press company kaosingly transporting or
bringing such liquors inso the State stsli be
punished, upon conviction BY flne Of $500
md costs for each o6ence- knowledge on
Ihe part Of sny emrleye Of such co.npspy
hail be deemed knowledge of the corpora
Eion." Under this &C. would Il bs poisible
for the Boston { Maine Rsilrosd to
lake . carload Of beer from Porssmoutll
bilIsd 20 Portland and run Ii up TO North
Berwick and hrdiug an efIicef in The cal
run Il up on side track and run It bSck "a