The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-04-01
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
i, now ANSWERS A WHlsKEY BIS
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!, Grand Old Man Defends The Truth.
W. have in New England
]. v" VT care to say where-a bis
~ o. W. Who is bitterly opposed to
p W. he insists that it is a
allure in Maine and ought TO be
'sn because it's not support
! by public opinion, and what
: : s ~ worse than that makes
,. ,iouors bad. not pleasant or
sIs lls to take. Ny bishop
|. MT a Methodist or Catholic.
!, Ts a had several bouts to-
,stber in the papers as to the re-
'n,ts Of Prohibition, but 1 have
10, MOTIF questioned his assertions as
n the bad liquors; I am no Judge
~ ~ that matter, and to doubt his
IN of it would be an I'M
n n in me. I feel the great
sst interest, however, as to the
s;shon's averment that Prohibi.
lion in Maine is not supported
BY sy1 public opinion. There isn't a
shadow of truth in that declara-
lion; public opinion here is over
s Wheel in its favor after a
trial of it forty-fve years.
IN 1851 it was adopted by a
,ote of IS to 10 in our Senate and
sSto 40 in the House of Repre-
septatives. In 1884, after a trial
Off 80 years, it was put into our :
constitution by a majority OF
47O75. the affirmative being three
times larger than the negative.
At our State election of 1892 our
Democratic friends were led to
believe that majority of our
people were weary of life with
out drink, and would gladly go
back to old rum times if they
could find leaders brave enough
10 point the way. Our friends,
therefore, put into their plat,
torm utter ruin tosall pgohi bition
Eia free license. a
Our Democratic friends count
ed the ballots anxiously and
found the result ve,y far from
their hopes and expectations.
Our Senate has only thirty-one
members; our friends did not get
even one of them: Our lower
house has ffty.one members OF
this our friends had only five
This was the election of 1893.
And even now our bishop de-
clares that the public opinion OF
the State is in favor Of licensed
grog.shops. The liquor here
must be very bad!
Now, what is a part of the
wonderful results of the Maine
law There was thirty five dis
tilleries in the State-six oil
which and two breweries were in
this city, some of them very
large ones. Now there is not 6
distillery or a brewery in the
State, nor has there been one II
many years. At the same time
great quantities of West India
rum were brought to US by the
cargoe. Many cargoes every
year; now not a puncheon cones
tous. nor has there been one fol
many years. All these liquors
we're for home consumption. BY
reason of them our people use t.
spend in drink the entire value
ofall our property of every kline
in every period of twenty years
as the nation is now doing II
every period of thirty FIVE years
Maine at that time was the poor
est State in the Union. Every
where there were abundant
proofs of dilapidation and decay
shabbiness and dilapidation il
every part of the State. Now
Maine is one of the most prosp-
eFous States in the Union. We
are saving every year more thar
Go,0Oo,ooo, which but for the
Maine law would be spent ane
wasted in rum. Now, Maine il
every part of it shows not The
least indication of laziness ant