The Portland daily press., 1892-08-20

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suit by deducting the charges on the
public debt and the mill tax, and COM
pairing the actual
Expenses Of Running tho State Govern
ment.
for. the two periods. This increase is
not warranted by the increase of the
population of the State which has only
increased 1877 per cent. I have made the
statement that there has been an increase
of salaries of our State officers. This in
crease has been over fifty per cent.
We call upon the Republican party to
show us what it has done with the
money which it has raised by taxations.
There is another matter which concerns
us in the State of Maine. The Demo-
cratic party at it's convention, knowing
full we'll the hypocrisy with which the
Republican party had dealt with
The Prohibitory Law,
and feeling that we should have on our
statute books no law that could not be
enforced, we determined that the ques-
ton of the retention of this constitutional
provision should be submitted to the
people.
/ noticed the next morning that one of
your papers had over the report of the
convention the heading "Johnson and
RUM loud applause.] I should
hardly know what this meant; whether
I was to run with rum or against it.
Loud yell in the audience. l am not
here to discuss before you tonight the
merits of any law.
No one realizes more than I the evils
of intemperance. But after forty years
of attempted prohibition we find that
liquor is still sold in many parts of the
state, freely or secretly. Now we Dem
ocrats believe first that we should be
honest in this matter as in all others. It
appears that 1,025 people have paid a
special tax in this state for the privilege
of selling liquor. This makes one dealer
to every 600 of people. Therefore, we
have decided to go again before the peO-
pie and ask them if they really believe
that we should continue to keep in the
constitution of the state, a pro-
vision which is daily and hourly
trampled under foot. We Democrats
believe that it would be better to have
the method of dealing with the liquor
traffic changed, and have that traffic
placed
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placed in the hands of responsible
parties, instead of as it is now
sold by irresponsible parties.
Col. Bradbury introduced
Hon. Darius 81. Ingraham
as the man who had carried Portland
with whoop last spring. Mr.. Ingraham
received an enthusiastic reception, and
said in substance:
I am glad to be with you here this
evening to discuss Democratic principles.
I have been engaged during the last fort
night in addressing audiences with Mr..
johnson. And I can assure you that
wherever I have been / have found en-
thusiastic audiences all over the
district. In Brunswick we had a mag
nificent meeting. In York county there
is great enthusiasm. At Bridgton we
had a large meeting. In Falmouth and
Casco the farmers are aroused. At our
meeting last evening the resubmission
idea was loudly applauded. And will
tell you that the country Democrats are
alive to the
Iniquity and Hypocrisy
of the Maine liquor law as enforced in
Portland. loud applause.] And lead
ing Democrats said to me: ''Do not be
frightened by what you hear. We are
with you." They understand the hum
bug that is presented under this ques-
ton of prohibition. [Applause.l We
want municipal independence. Zap
plause] And let us go in and elect rep
resentatives to send to Augusta to repre-
sent us. We want to be allowed in Port
land to manage our affairs in our own
way. [Cries Of good, good, and ap-
plause.] We do not want laws
imposed on us by other peo-
Pile. We know that there
is as much rum drunk here as ever; that
the law is openly evaded, and that the
agency is the greatest establishment of
all. My friends of the PORTLAND PRESS
who call me Brother Ingraham, Laugh
teri were as dumb as oysters about the
sold at the agency. A pretty
at that institution. We have not only
This institution; but we have imposed
upon us
Foreign Constabulary
who have to be paid out of the pockets
Of the tax payers. 1t costs $4,000 a
year out of the county treasury, and
what good does it do? We would be
willing to pay that if they would go
back onto the farms and stay there. |
Loud yells and applause.] Would these
which are stencil in the nos
trels of our people be allowed to exist if |
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