The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-02-06
POrtland's Parkhurst,
TOUR OF THE SALOONS ILLUSTRATED BY
sTEREoPTICoN VIEWS AND BOTTLES.

sTEREoPTICoN VIEWS AND BOTTLES.
| At the Second Parish church, Portland,
| last Sunday evening, under the auspices of
the Civic League, Rev. R. 7. Hack delivered
| an address upon the rumshops of Portland.
1t was illustrated by stereopticon views. The
church and galleries were filled with people.
Mr. Hack began by saying that he had a
personal word to say. When he spoke on
temperance last September he was taken
severely to task He didn't refer to the
politicians, he expected that, nor to the
newspapers, but to his own people, He had
been told that he ought not to speak upon
SIMPLY moral certainty. He ought to be
legally sure of the facts. He was Indignant
at first He had never seen Iceland, but he
1elt that he had right to speak about Ice
| iand and say that it existed even if he
| hadn't. But he kept thinking about it and
resolved to go and see the rlmshops of Port
| land for himself
he was aware that prohibition might in
dlcate politically almost anything, but he
| couldn't forget the Republican stand against
| the last resubmission measure in the House
| OF Representatives. Despite that, it is fact
that prohibition is "a football between the
| parties
He said that he had been looking up the
records of the Superior Court and found 81
cases of convicted liquor sellers, that were
| contlnued Tor sentence, and there was no
| case OF any other criminal continued for
sentence. He had been told that some of
| those liquor sellers had been convicted six
| or seven times and their sentence was con-
! tinued all that time.
| He spoke of the Civic League and its pur-
| poses. tie said that some believed its sole
object to be effort to defeat certain po-
lltcal candidate. He declared that that is
not true and that they are after bigger game
than that, They seek to advance the King
dom OF God in this city and make it purer
and better.
a hot tha r,1,l,1 n4fiai ir1, bod
and again made the plea that they couldn't
enforce the law because public sentiment
was against them. He denounced such a
plea as that as craven hearted. The officers
have behind them all the military power of
the State and can enforce the law if they
wish to.
At this point Mr.. Hack said that he would
throw his views upon the screen. He had
gone so far as to do what he had said he
never would do. He had "bought the stuff
himself. The first picture showed build
ing on India street a little above and on the
other side from the Grand Trunk station. In
there he had seen them selling beer from a
sprinkler.
He had been told that it was difficult to
find the stuff. The next view showed
saloon in small wooden house on CONNER
clal street. He went in there and in the
back room was the bar and shelves, covered
with many bottles. Men were buying vari
Gus kinds of liquors and paying for them.
The next place was down on Middle street.
There Mr. Hack and his friend bought a
bottle of lager beer, The next view showed
a cart carrying a number of boxes full of
bottles. The next view was that of Keat-
ings rum shop on Commercial street near
the Grand Trunk station He said this place
had caused more misery than any other in
Portland He had visited it and seen the
bar, where you could buy almost ANYTHING
you want One noon he had watched the
laborers going in there and they averaged
two minute. He rdiculed the idea that
the officers couldn't find these places. He
had followed two policemen one night and
seen them look into one of the places W here
many men were drinking-em0nate and
ginger ale, of course
He showed view OF the Falmouth hotel
He told of visit to the bar in a private
room Behind the bar were three men and
in front of it were 26 men, all drinking some
thing. 1t wasn't such a difficult place to
find, as he had supposed He had been as
tonshpd at the number of vutng men that
he mad seen in these places, and the quality
of the clothes they Wore and their other out
ward appearance
He also showed views of Perry's and
Swett's hotels H, had visited both. He
had entered their bar rooms He also showed
a view Of the West End hotel showing the
archlyay uu the Congress street side He
walked down that arclway, and entered the
best bar he had found in Portland where
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