The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-06

os1lS us now much money he is turning
lnto the county treasury; but he does
noO tell you at what q fearful cost? / /
am not going into that part OF it. The
DOCKS or the county treasurer will give
you The financial part of it. The record
OF broken hearts, broken homes, ruin
s sllt. uesolaUlon, are accounted for in an
enOHely dlHerent set of books. The set.
tlement OF that account is left to differ
ent auditor -
This much the people of Cumberland
county may make up their minds to. Ii
thls state OF things continues you will /
De called upon to enlarge your hotel &C
concentrations and the taxpayers of |
1OrOlanu Will have to pay the largest |
part OF those expenses. You are already
aDou5 TO build a new aims house. See |
ty. 800 -'7 p-'90D' 0"p''0A
We are here tonight in answer to the
can OF public sentiment, believing that
this disregard for law should be re-
Duked. Having failed to 4ot redress
from political parties we are to offer
you peoples candidate man who
mas labored great part OF his life in
Jne interest of the unfortunate, a man |
/ VINO, when the call came to save the life
OF MS country, took his musket and
1natcneu TO the front, man whom we
| believe to be honest in his declaration
THAT II elected he will give the people
OF this county an impartial enforcement
OF the prohlbltory law, man who knows
/ civ AOee441oo buS solemn OOuRdU1OQ Oh an
oath taken in the name of Almighty
COD, one who believes that it means
/ something more than mere form, but
Is an obligation demanding his best
EFFORTS and energies to fulfil Such a
man we present to you as the people s
! candidate for sheriff OF Cumberland
county, In Samuel F. Pearson.
Mr.. Thompson was frequently applaud
ed as he made his telling points. Some Of
the applause was Of the heartiest kind
He closed by introducing Mr. Pearson
who received a cordial greeting.
Mr.. Pearson talked TOR nearly an hour
and half, discussing the local temper
ance Issue with all of his old time vigor.
He said he was sure of election on Mon
day and that although he had recently
received a letter in which his life was
threatened, he was willing to crown his
work in Cumberland county in the cause
and would take chances on assassina-
ton. He exhibited a chart of Centre
street and pointed out 16 saloons which
were located on that thoroughfare.
''The present condition is triangular
ones he said. ''BIy name was present.
ed in the Democratic convention and 1
received the most magnificent vote ever
given to a man of opposite faith in any
convention that has ever been held in
, this state. Despeaux's deputies were at
1 that convention and when the first ballot
was announced their faces were long
drawn out. In the next ballot when the
p decision was reached these deputies
q threw their hats in the air and cheerad.
l They thought that Despeaux would have
. a better chance in a three-cornered con-
? test. But they are wrong, for my chances
Z are % per cent better. Mr.. Barton, the
I Democratic candidate, is said to beza
Z gentleman of refinement and culture.
= But when a man so far forgets himself as
0 togcrit1cize the life work OF a mission
:, and to assail Gen. Neal Dow, he has
s signed his political death kneu When
o he said at the Democratic state conven-
4 t1on that the Democrats should stand by
= re-submission, he made the political
4 mistake of his life would hail with
e JOY that chance to ri Submit. He says
, that if elected he would enforce the
n law as well as Pearson. Is that man
D who has just been converted to prohi-
II bition as liable to enforce the law as one
Il who has been devoting "a years to its
re cause9 If so I would willingly take off
e my coat and work for Barton. I appeal
. to you with all the power and heart of
d my life. Act like men and God will
L crown our efforts with blessing"
q After a selection by the band Chair
a man Thompson urged the young men
II to cast their votes for Mr.. Pearson
IS By means of a big chart, Mr.. Thompson
: showed how to "cut' ticket for Mr..
= Pearson. Then Rev. E. S. j. McAIlis-
It ter. the pastor of the Pine street Metho-
) dist church, was introduced He re-
; ce1Ved an ovation. DIR. McAllister spoke
: for over an hour ana delighted by his
) flights of oratory and witty hits and
q stories, the large audience. He was in
: fine trim and warmed up to his subject
i In a a vigorous STYLE 81 want to speak
: to you on this issue,'' he said. 81 believe
; that it is a question not OF license, nor
q yet of prohibition. 1t is a question of
g the sovereignty of Maine. 1t matters
4 not whether you believe in a license sys-
q tenn or prohibition. You can not in JUS
= tice to yourselves make any demand 9th
er than that the law shall be reIigiously
enforced. Men who snail vote for Mr..
r Pearson next Monday Will know just
what he stands for. He stands for the
rigorous enforcement Of the law. Mr..
! Barton is my friend and L believe he is
q an honest man. He came out in the pa
= pers yesterday and said that had been
: sIandering him Today went into
! his office, man fashion, and demanded
him to name his authorities He said
. that 7 could not bluff him and told
him that 1 was no buffer, but that L
. had never by word or insinuation SLAM
a ,7arod him He T,rO11taad tn write q Loft
ter to the papers generating me, but he
! has not kept his word. L am as good a
Democrat as Mr.. Barton aud L want to