Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
FOR TEMPERANCE.
Union Mass Meeting, Sunday
Evening, in Baptist Church.
Address of the Evening by Rev. ".
F. Berry Of Civic League.
Denounces Rum Business. Says Local Author
tiles Are in Rebellion.

y union temperance mass meeting
was held i'll the BAPTIST church. last
evening. There was 4 large attend
ance considering the weather and the
condition of the walking. After the
Scripture reading. prayer ana music.
Horace Purinton spoke in general
way upon the evils of intemperance
and introduced Pres. White Of Colby.
Pres. White began Ivy saying that it
gave him pleasure so early in his resi-
dence i'm the city 10 have an opportun-
ity to state his convictions in conrtec
ton with temperance. He said that he
believed IN temperance. total absti-
nance ana prohibition. He said that
he realized that tn" prohibitory law
did not prohibit ana that enforcement
was necessary. Fl. then related som"
Of his experiences as Il pastor in con
nection with the temperance question
in New Hampshire. He believed that
he law must be supported nv ill.,. ma :
iurty and enforced not by spasmodic
efforts but by the officials influenced
IN strong public opinnon ana fear j:
need b. uf their official safety Pres
White then discussed briefly the finaa-
cial ara social aspects NJ tn. question.
Pledges were then called for in sun
port of the work Of the christian CIV,
, League and a collection was taken
REV. w. =. Berry. n,eanwhil. briefly
explained the purpose Of the league
and the Wnrl. il had accomplished Il,
stated briefly some things that had
! been done in various counties ana said
7 that h.. had only good tidings to bring
. from every section.
After the collection had been takeI
! Mr.. K"rry began his address on tht
Local Condition and Needs" H. said
That the illegal saloon sentenced L
death bv the prohibitory law Haunts
its hateful landscapes in Watervill,
AMI dnes ii hy the consent. knowledge
ANA protection Of the municipal aU-
thorities. He stated that he should
speak frankly and honestly only facts
ANA these without bitterness. H. said
that thoro We're % places in the city
where intoxicating liquors can ht
bought and located th"m.
He then quoted some Of tho state
ments mad" at the citizens caucus
last spring. H. said that il was tx
pected that this movement would w.
strict the saloon ana correct the cor
ruption caused by partisanship. but he
said that the result Was that one. plac,
. had been closed. He stated that the
city marshal had been instructed not
70 NEEDLE with lhe others. He did no:
sac why the Park cafe should BE- closed
more than any other. He was glad
that one place had been closed. but be
ma -tS ~. Al. a..
shown in the enforcement and if thr
authorities could close one place they
could close others ana are responsible
7 for not doing it. II they instructed the
city marshal not 10 trouble the saloons
they are protecting them. He then
quoted the restrictions Of the saloons
I as recently published.
( In speaking of the drug stores Mr..
Berry said that two did not carry
United states licenses. as that the TAX
ing out of such a license was proCla-
nation of an intention TO do an ilegiti-
mate business.
Mr.. Berry then went on To discuss
the relation Of the temperance question
/. 20 business He said that by the con
sentative estimate $500 went into the
''''i''iiH VI W 'iAti \ ne every udN. OF
$1,000 per year and that this sum was
therefore detracted from Legitimate
business He said that he knew that if
the law was strictly enforced men
would be able to obtain rum just the
same. but by making men sent to Bps-
ton for it. the probability Of their send
ing stea dily diminished
He said that the municipal authori-
ties ale in rebellion against the govern
ment. TIE question is not prohibition
or license but how to enforce the law.
If the municipal authorities instruct
the marshal to suspend one law this
action gives them the right to suspend
any other.
Mr.. Berry said that he did not be-
!ieve any longer in privately conduct
ing prosecutions. He said that after
all this kind of work that he and
others had done the number Of saloons
was not materially diminished. When
one man was sent to jail there was al
way apparently another man to take
his place.
The speaker then showed by figures
how the Civic League had turned more
money into the trPa made it hard