The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-12

great speeches. According to the prohi-
bitionists he was poisoned. Perhaps 1t
would lie Il good thing IL we could poison
soiue Of our statesmen of today IN the
same way
When Gov. Goodale was elected in New
Hampshire the king pin OF prohibitlonlsts
was chosen. yet rum was sold in the motel
in which he boarded In Concord, ana all
be succeeded in doing was to send one old
woman to Jail under the nuisance act.
Rev. MIR. Wheeler then took up the
cudgel for prohibition. be said that the
doctors claim that prohibition does not
prohibit is a very old one. A gun won't
shoot, an axe won t chop an d scytne
won't NOW uni there man behind
Ii. So the prubi bitory Law will not work
unless there's a man behind IL. Inc
trouble Is not with tho law. III is with
the failure of sworn officials to do their
duty. He says that ali that Gov. Goodale
of New Hampshire accomplished was 70
put one old woman in Jail. Well, II the
dear old lady is living today, she Is
probably willing to admit that prohibition
prohibits. 1t may be true that liquor Is
sold In Lewiston and other cities, but
there are hundreds of towns in Maine
where it is impossible TO procure glass
of liquor. There is no more reason to say
that prohibition does not prohibit as to
say that license does not license The
doctor says that alcohol is food because
it stimulates. l recall one day when l
went out in the green fields to mediate
on the beauty of the June morning, but
did not make a good selection of place
for meditation. | sit down by hornets
nest and / was nightly stimulated, but
there was no nourlshment in the stimu-
lus. He tells of the man who lived to a
great age and always drank. That was
because he was preserved In alcohol AL
cohol Is good pickle. / might point to
many prohibitionists who have attained
great age. The doctor need not have told
his story OF Daniel Webster. We need
stat esmen better than Daniel Webster. 1t
was Daniel Webster who, with his brain
infiamed with alcohol, arose one day in
the United States Senate when the
national debt was under discussion and
said: "Mr. President, Ilet's stop all this
Talk about this debt. How much is the
thing. Til pay it myself" Daniel
Webster was poisoned.
l stand here tonight proud of the record
of the Maine prohibitory law, In 90
years it has stopped the sale of fntoXi-
oants i'll four-Hfths of the towns Of
Maine. 1t has reduced crime. One fact
is worth many theories. In 1906 the legis-
lature repealed the prohibitery law after
two years trial and for the next two
years we had license law. In those
two years there was Il great increase in
the number of commitments TO the state
prison. and the number declined again
after this prohibitory law was once more
enacted. l say that this fact bears out
my assertion. l say that the open sale
Of liquor in the State of Maine is an I'M
known factor There is not ar open bar
In the State of Maine.
A voice-True, What does license do to
remove the evil of intemperano e.!
Drunkenness stands as the BLACKLIST of
Grimes, because under the influence OF
alcohol man will commit any other
crime. What was the origin of license?
Where did 1t come from? 1t came from
the devil in the garden of Eden, where
the devil said to the woman: Thou
mayest eat, - as men say to their fellows:
"Thou mayest SELL My friend says,
Connecticut has repealed Its prohihitory
law. 1t has and what is the resultI
Connecticut has about the same popula-
ton as Maine. How do its saloons com
pare with the number in MaineP They
say we cannot tell how many saloons
there are in Maine. We can. Every liquor
dealer pays a United States license.
There are in Maine hoo such licenses,
while in Connecticut the number is over
300U. License has increased the number
stand here TO say that prohibition is in
tinitely preferable to license.
There was pause at this stage prepara-
tory to what may be described as the
second round A collection was taken
up while one of the grand officers went
down stairs for pitcher of water for
the refreshment of the disputants. Then
came two more speeches.
DIR. Everett started off by saying: My
friend may occupy higher seat in king
dom como than you and l. but then We
may meet him in that place down below
and If we do find him there whirling
sulphur over red hot Goals and we have
only one bottle of beer, let US be generous
and share it with him. My friend says
that the flesh of the stout Germans is n1l
healthy flesh. Does he know that the life
insurance rates are lower in Germany
than in any other country? My frienn
says that he is satisfied with the achieve
ments of prohibition in Maine. Well 1t
is a good thing to bs the possessor Of
sanguine temperament and TO be satis fled
with what fate sends us. The state OF
Maine sends more people to the Kelley
cures in proportion to its population
than any other state. daughter and ap-
plause.) In the city of Nashua last year
it cost $4,000 to support the paupers.
Liqours was sold there Why should not
a license be made to produce $50. 900 and
the rumseilers allowed TO support the
paupers.
DIR. Everett said in conclusion that he
hoped to see the day WheI- MIR. Wheeler
would write book entitled 1.-THE Mis-
takes of A. Wheeler" and the advan-
tage of the license system would be reoog-
ni2ed.
Mr. Wheeler who made the last speech,
Ieto ted When 1 publish that book /
shall dedicate it to the late DIR. Edward
Ii. Everett. Now l am disappointed
expected to have something to answer
1t strains n man to kick at nothing.
have learned, however that DR.. Everett
Is oItnodox. He believes in literal
hell.
Rev. Samuel K. Pearson of Portland
Thank God.
Mir. Wheeler-And he expects to be
there. daughter. And he expects o
lind bottle OF beer there, and he won't
be disappointed for the prohibitionists
propose TO dump it all into hell. am
glad TO know that the people OF Mime
Accidents come with distressing ire
II r.