The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-06
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST

The city council of Oldtown finds little
legitimate business to do and so fills in the
time with lot of resolutions as follows.
First, without implying our city marshal has
not performed all the duties of his office in a
faithful and proper manner he is instructed to
use his official power for the enforcement Eof ali
laws, With SPECIAL emphasis upon those pertain
ter protection of city property and for the pro-
motion of peace and order to our city.
second, That it Is the opinion of the members
OF this council that the past and present mimi.
cipal administrations have sought to enforce
and have enforced the laws of the state as fulIv
as previous administrations, 40 -"''S
Third. That it is the opinion of the members of
the council that the paper or petition presented
to It relating to the more stringent enforcement
OF the prohibitory law, etc., would more prop
erly have been forwarded with specific charges
10 Inc Snerl11 OF this county.
Fourth, That this council considers the
Spasmodic enforcement of the prOhibitory law
in the state during the last forty years Injurious
to the cause it processes to uphold and to the
best interests of the towns, cities and counties
in the state and of the states at large and that
its impracticability has become fully estab-
Fifth, That this council considers THAT nv
the retaining of the prohibitory law in our stat
ute laws while the people of the state are un-
Wllllng 70 assume the burden OF. complaint for
It's VIOLATION the public respect for all laws is
leSSened.
SIXTH that the members of this council be.
lleye that the towns and cities of the state can
better promote the cause OF temperance and
better control the sale and use of alcoholic
liquors in their municipal limits through a sys-
TEN of local and high license than through the
of the inhabitants of the state can be better ex-
pressed through their town and city govern
ments than through the state laws, admitting
no local variation in the cause of proper re.
At the Bangor House is a petition to
Senator William P, Frye requesting him
to deliver at Augusta at such time as
Will be convenient for him. the Blaine
memorial address delivered by him at
Lewiston. the proceeds from the sale of
tickets to go towards thee obstruction of
the industrial building at Good Will
Home, now under process of construction
under the auspices of the commercial
travellers of New England. 1t will he
forwarded tie Senator Frye before long.
The death OF Rev. E. G. Crane, grad
uate OF the Bangor Theological Seminary
and who formerly preached in Holden
and 0rrington, occurred at Plymouth,
Vt, June 21st from the result of an ac-
cident. He was riding a bicycle and
going down hill he lost control of his
wheel and was thrown from bridge.
falling some 10 feet into brook and
breaking his neck. He was forty years
OF age and leaves a widow and four
children.
The Canadian Commissioners have
been in Pittstield investigating the work
ings of the Prohibitory law. Their
headquarters were at the Lancey house
and quite number of citizens appeared
before them, some Of whom wore VIM.
Dobson, Frank W. Hovey l. IL. Lancey,
Mrs. e. g. Bryant, president of the VI.
z. I, u, j. w. Manson, H. S. Nickerson,
B. D. Bowdoin, Rev. S, c. Whitcomb'
H. A. Morrell, J. c. Crunn. c. E. Wick,
cry and z. D. Lancaster.