Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-29

making ,irau.safs. seeking fgr epparfapitie-
~ divide an corrupt. Their j. inieesl ne
organization 50 ,7onpses aud powerful IN pro
portion 10 IT, numbers - the eros-.hop
( Eeeper-; and il require. the Uuxear!ed ef-
, forts Of the friend. Of Temperance, composed
as they are Of cttizen- Whose interest Ia the
f5tliss i simply that Of every good citizen, TO
prevent the liquor Interest FROM obtaining m
advantage wherever Unbite interest la-.-'
Senator Frye Gays: The run.sllErr opiE-
ion. what Is Is: Nc matter, he says II !: cost
you sun; 10 matter II il robs 4 wife Of her
husband; 10 ustter Il il iiis ais; 10 matter
/. II II makes teggzr. no matter IL it makes
rnarierers; 40 matter il Il haze your OaiE
son upon the gsliows while toe hungry cry
FOR bread and the soErowi1g weep alone no
matter what. ! an to bs permitted to make
money By seliiag intoxicsnts user the counter.
Give me, as shy,0es says --Sfy bond and
care not what becomes OF you This 5 the
fllEnseiier'S motto and yst there are men who
sYIpassize With those friends sad when the
offeers Try 10 hunt them DOWN jeia siih them
la the cry against doing their duty. Dat upoa
them and confusion be in the rzaks Of the
liquor dealers and their aiher, ats. Why,
my trtersl, there are banhreds Of thousands
rnsn rho derry Veal Dow. Neal Dow has
tormented me IS much a. he has formertsd
anyone politically. He has made repeated
thra-ts at The Republican PARTY. Most
VI hts thrust have been at them 10 recent
years. baI be niay Keep on making thrust. n
any political party, morning. noon and night,
% log a. he viii only stick the knife into the
rlffnseiIer. Neal Bow may be j fanatic,
admit that b. Is, but he -tsrte,i this law. lin
my Judgment, for the be>t), and b. has
fought for its establishment, it, pr0eres. and
Ks enforcement from then untH now. and Il
nas Maine pfe-eDinent. not only IN this eOun-
Try but throughout the wide world for 10
temperance and virtue. What We want 10
thls Temperance work l. The fanatic. We
want The man who talks tfnl4 erante in sea-
-on and out. Or the streets and In the stores,
Tue man VIA stir. up dormant public senti-
nsnt. lie is the man for this work. There
Is remedy for rum>eIinG. Men snd women
owe It 10 themselves to zee to its enforce
ment. ! say there is a remedy. 1t is the
same As for any other crime. Il IS law. Let
law -ay -omethihz. Let the peaaity he BIZ
enough too, 10 make the rum-elier afraid Of
Il. A good many people doubt this,
II am not talking about rum-eliers
Ia this. We will put them aside as entitled
10 opinions Ia lhl- matter. A good BlanA
people think it all right for people to eat.
drink, and wear what they choose, unless,
AL there's the rub, unless II j. their son
who chooses 80 eat and drink " hat he pea-e-,
Then ne ~ay-- no. License IL no remedy
liquor sold under license int0x cate, As
quickly a when sold Illegally under prohibit.
ton. Glasgow, IN scotland, licenses. but
when in Scotland was prevented from see
ING the great iron ship building plants IN
operation becau,c OF a fair held but one day
In that city. For this fair the wOrklnen
saved so much and drank 80 bard that the
great ship building plants employing 1000
men bad TO shat down eight days until the
men got sober II yOu license RUN drinking
to make men sober, WHY not license thieying
to make them honest and prostitution to
make them yirtuDu-t'
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multiplied indefinitely. The city OF WOr-
ce,ter, Mass. voted mo License in 1s9D,
and ''Liceuse" In ls9l For the four months
from May first 10 Aug. 3lst, OF those wears,
the following arrests for drunkenness were
made: In io90, Al; in 1891, 1866. 4 re-
ligOu. paper tells Of q southern town IN
which northern visitor in the course Of his
rambies, came across q small prison, and, as
be has been in the habit Of Addressing prts-
ouers, he stopped there for that purpose.
To his surprise the door was aar. and % re-
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