Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-07-09
TEMPE RANCE MASS MEETING.
City Hall Crowded With People TO Hear Rev
W. r. Berry Speak.

In spite Of the great heat, sunday
evening, City hall was crowded Whch
the temperance mass meeting was c'il-
ed to order Rev. Il. l.. Marsh Of t1e
congregational church, presided over
the meeting ana the RrverandS Whi'-
temore of thu Baptist church. Pcttih-
;:ill Of the Unitarian, Lindsay 81 IN"
Methodist, Berry and Horace Purint"n
were seated on the platform. All taklhS
part in the program in various ways.
In his opening. Mr.. Marsh stated lh''t
he wished always be considered To De
strongly ON the side of tcmpcrahC" ana
willing to aid it in any way II" "ouid.
Mr. purintun spoke in his usual 1"r'I-
blr manner showing the great need
Of work against the saloon in the Guy
ana briefly skctChing som" u th''
IN, thndS by which it could b" done"
Rev. w. +. Berry. secretary of tho
Maine Christian Civic League, was tn"
~ Iiucipal speaker uf the evening. lie
began by saying that hc had not come
tp bitterly dvnuuncr ur condemn inc
rum seller. II was not IN" Tune Ter
that. but rather the tim" to stimulate
an interest in tn work 7 In" better
enforcement of the law. H." wished To-
take an account of the dangers of tn
rum traffic and to devise means nf con
fronting tn. dangers. iir wished il tr
bc understood that hc Itd never dunr
ANYTHING in his work fnr temperance
through hate uf ,ncmity. but only
through love. He believed hr Was do
iu.; man 4 Kindness y I'n hr trol.
him from the li,pcr husin"S=. Tn
great object of the STAT" was the hnp-
lines, ana W.ll hrin., uf thr prori"-
The saloon WAS only base drstructiN"
ana ovil. Ii Wls bal from III" begin
ming t. thr end How then could il ~
lic-us,d2 1t would br lill. licensing a
rlttl"Snake IL run ut iIrg".
Tn, rr are at present ~ stluuns in the
city which have United States licenses
Two uf these arr Wh,lrsll.rS. The.
an from - to 80 I ms uf liqupr coming
into rhr city every month ana being
distributed from h"r". The saloon is
carrying ON its work openly. lie had
received uniformly kind treatment
from the judge of the municipal court
ana the city marshal. The speaker
then read TIL. statutes regarding tho
duties If tn" municipal officers in rr-
gard u H. liquor law ana showed hnW
they failed in the performance of then
duties. He then went on to state that
"" have practically tn" Bangor plan in
Wat-rviIe. II Wa the understanding
that there should ~ ~ more saloons
than there now are.
IN speaking ~ the sentiment If tn.
city h" stated that when h had wish
ed to get Il petition he had with only
h.. Il IN
more than half 'af the tax payers in
the city as being i'm favor Of the bet
ter enforcement Of tn. llW. tn,
liquor laW IL thu only unr in TIN state
where sentiment is considered in it,
enforcement. The others were onfor,-
ed no matter what the public sentiment
might he. That expressed in the
statutes was enough for the officers
Tn" saloon is defiant. II is insolcnt
The speaker stated that during the
past few days ~ had been logged
whenever hr appeared down town by
several men in the employ Of the Sa-
| 'nn. The saloon is threatening Men
VIII" sign petitions for tn" h"ttrr on
fDrc"mrnt of the Lax are told that lit
will bc made hot frr them The SAL
loon IS t"rrnrizing. Men dare not tax,
an active pant in enforcing If IAN ~
cause of tn" fear that their builling-
Will be burned rr some other form Of
r"V"nG" taken upon them.
Tn" speaker then went on to show
III" influence Of the saloon ana the
iAck of enforcement Of thr LAW on th
h"Ns Of the citv. He closed with u
strong appeal fnr united effort W tn,
nnrt If tn" citizens against the M
loon. When h" had finished the audi
"ncr burst out into a storm of ap-
plhuS" He held the strictest attention
throughout ANA was ntrrGuptcd one,
hr hearty applause. 1t WAS nnr Of In.
best trmperanc" speeches ever heard
from the city han PLATFORM
In regard to the report which haG
been circulated that he had broken
faith with tn" saloon by stating when
n" becIm" secretary of tn" League |
that he should not prosecute hc S1iI !
thlt his duties rs secretary ana III 4 |
citizen Of the city were entirely sen |
arat" and that he considered il hi. |
duty as Il citizen To work for the bet |
Ter enforcement of the liquor law.
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