The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-02-22

only i've parsons doing BUSINESS IN bAn-
gor under United states Iicensef That's
your estimate"
That's your estimate" retOrtsd Mr..
Csiue.
"No, It's youra. There were 155 Licenses
and you say that $50 have been oan-
oelled."
"wen. others may have been taken
out"
"oh, now you're bIufiing,"
"No." you're piufting' replied Mr..
Game
MIR. Kelley then tried another tack. He
asked If MIR. Game knew that there were
rors United STATES LICENSES In proper
tion to the population in Maine thsn In
Massachusetts, and MIR. Caine made the
surprising statement that the number
Of places where liquor is sold made no
difference, because thu Maine law gave
power to stop the sale, land wen stop
10 when we get ready" said Mr.. Caine.
In reDly to more questions, Mr.. Cains
defined what he regarded as the sale of
liquor. 81 understood you to say that no
liquor Is sold In Portland" said MIR.
Kelley. "I WAS there on Friday and /
saw liquor sold. What do you say to that.
MIR. Casne2"
MIR. Cane--"It was not surprising"
(Laughter.)
Mr. KeIley--"Ds you think that prop
er answers 1 ask you how you>make
that reply correspond with your previ-
Gus answer
MIR. Caine-"I don't call It selling
liquor when a man has to sneak around
to bapkdoor to get it. l call 1t selling
when a man can get liquor ana sit down
to drink It,"
There was more laughter at this. 1t
did not represent the mirth Of the re-
monstrants
MIR. Kelley next put some questions
designed to show that drunkenness is In
creasing in Maine. Mr.. Caine. In the
cokrse OF three minute speech, said that
people were standing on the crater OF
volcano; that q great reform was coming
and that year from now things would
be different,
AT this point Mrs. Stevens asked II
DIR. Kelley would not reserve some of his
questions for other speakers.
81 have some for you, too, Mrs. Stew
ems" said MIR. Kelley, and there was
more laughter,
Senator Stearns of Oxford, the chair !
man OF the committee, also came TO the
rescue of MIR. Caine. He suggested tbat
he did not think that member OF the
committee should act as a prosecuting
officer. MIR. Kelley maintained that as q
mem Der of the committee he had right
to ask questions.
Representative Cook of Vassalboro,
who was standing back In tho crowd, was
the next to help put stop to the trou-
biesome questions, He said: "Mr Chair
man, the other side has put in its case.
think the remonstrants should be al
lowed TO proceed"
Mr. kslley-"Don't You think, Mr..
Cook, that you had better leave that mat
ter with the oommitteef''
However, at this point MIR. Kelley
stopped asking questisns, AMI what fur
Their interesting answers were to come
the committee did not hear.
Mrs. Stevens then introduced the Kew.
Wilbur f. Berry OF wsterville. He said
in beginning he wished so correct the
had been cancelled. Only about 30 were
killed. Continuing, he said that MIR.
Davis was wrong in stating that Maine,
being on prohibition basis, was on
lower plane than the license states. But
he gave no figures, In Maine all the
licenses ara held in l9l cities ana towns,
leaving between 800 and 600 towns free
from this
Mr. Davis's charge that In Waterville
the efforts OF ths Civic League had
forced dealers to sell the cheapest liquor
was not borne out by facts. A man
had no mora need to buy from the
pocket in Waterviile than he did In Au-
gusta 1t was matter OF choice.
Contrasting the evil under prohibition
with ths evil under license he said that
when he could be convinced that n IL
censed Iattlssnaks was less dangerous ,
than an unlicensed rattlesnAke he woul1
admit that licensed saloon was better I
than an unlicensed. He charged that the
trouble in Maine was not with the law, !
but with the attitude of this public offio. I
ais lie attacked sx.Chief Justice Peters, !
'Aying that his attitude has had more to :
10 with the nullitiSation OF tbs law than /
that of any other one person. q
Some one started to clap. but the APP
)lause was drowned in Misses from parts !
If the House. 'Snakes hiss. +" shouted G
Mr. Berry.
He then attacked the judicial and exc
'utiye powers, saying that II they would I
xeoute the laws as they have been sworn I
o, the liquor traffic could bs suppressed. !
lie had tried to close saloons, but had !
allied, because between him ana his OBJ 1
cot was intsrpossd the judicial or the :
xeeutivs power OF the state or county. :
In closing, he said ttat during the v
asst year there has been more vigorous r
Increment and sentiment for pro- >
ibition than previously in his memory. 5
his was true In all the large cities II
kept Lewiston, RookIand, Augusta g
nd Bangor. The moral sentiment all =
var the etaea to hatpe, auoruaa aad =,