The Portland daily press., 1895-10-28
Had Another Inning at Biddeferd
Yesterday.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
PACKED TO DOORS.
Several CIergymen Spoke-Recorder Wey-
mouth Scored the High School Alumni
for Having Rum Flayored Pudding
at It's Dinners.
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Biddeford, October 27.-The Enforce
ment Leaguers had another inning today,
holding forth this afternoon in the Second
Congregational church, which was packed
to the doors. In some respects the meet
ing was not as lively as that of week
ago, though one or two of the speakers
enthused over their themes
Rev. H. e. Frohock, pastor of the Foss
street Methodist church, presided. He
first introduced John P Kelly, chairman
of the leagues executive committee, on
whose spotter evidence most of the con-
victions in liquor cases at the last term
of court were based. He spoke very brief
ly, his object in coming forward being
to correct misstatement he made last
Sunday in designating Deputy Sheriff
j. +. Goldthwaite as a special liquor
deputy. He added that he was led into
that error by the remark of Sheriff
Hurd, who on the day Deputy Goldth'
waite took his oath of office before Judge
Burbank said: "You know, Golthwaite,
that your hands have been bound in this
liquor business; I want you to under
stand that today you are set free
Mr.. Kelly took occasion to say further
that if Hotel Thaoher had dispensed
liquors only to It's guests its proprietor
would have csc ped the leagues prosecu-
tion, for the spoilers would have been
unable to purchase liquors there.
Rev. T. Arthur Frey, pastor of the
Second Congregational church gave "a
half hours address, which he prefaced by
declaring that the league was not there
to discuss methods, or to debate on
whether the prohipitory law is right, but
simply takes a stand for the enforcement
of law and order He said he had voted
for both parties in Biddeford, but could
not see much difference between them SO
far as concerns their attitude toward the
liquor question. He said the city needs
public sentiment in favor of law enforce
ment; it needs public men who will dare
to stand for right; and, in his opinion it
also needs liquor agency, SO that there
will be place and opportunity for the
legitimate purchase of alcoholic liquors
for medicinal and mechanical purposes.
This last declaration he said was based
on his personal belief, and should not be
interpreted as the view of the league.
Recorder 6. N. Weymouth of the
Municipal court discoursed at length on
opposed to license. He got in an indirect
blow at the High School Alumni associa-
tion for it's service of rum-fayored
puddings at it's annual banguets.
The last speaker, Rev. Mr.. Frohock,
criticised the officers. He quoted Sheriff
Rurd as saying to the League leaders:
"You swear out your warrants, and IL
my officers do not serve them | will ap-
point deputies that will, whether 1T takes
two or twenty of them. In reply to this
the speaker said it is the sworn duty of
the deputy sheriffs to swear out the
warrants; that they are not living up to
their oath when they look to outside
parties for the swearing out of liquor
warrants He further said that when it
takes all the afternoon to get warrant
issued. there is ample time for the news
of it's intended issue to get to the ears of
those against whom it is sworn out. He
asked why it is that warrants issued last
Tuesday, with request for immediate
service, have not yet been heard from.
He expressed hope that some of the
threatened libel suits in which liquor
dealers and officers have been mentioned
az nlaintiffs might get into the courts
and be brought to trial; he believed the
CITY of Biddcford could afford to appro
nriate money to defend the parties sued
as the trail would be likely to draw out
some information worth the citizens
knowledge.
The speaker highly complimented City
Marshal Harmon as an officer, but did
not approve of his attitude toward the
LIQUOR law. ~ believe" he added, 'that
there is a reason why he has not been
nrrsuing the rumsellers. and that this
reason it's in the nature of an exoneration
of Mr.. Harmon. but and the citizens of
Biddeford would like very much to know
what that reason is.
In the Saco Congregational church this
evening, Rev. Philip H. Moore delivered
he handled the aIl-absorbing theme with
ont gloves He said he had been criticised
for his utterances of last Sunday that
some officers were taking hush money;
he wished to reiterate that statement and
to add the belief that some men still in
office have been and still are receiving
money for their non-enforcement of the
liquor law.