The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-23

VVu ~ navy N''uJA AC0SuSOAu uVS
that they CAN be kept closed. Gan
the 1tt,v. Juha l.. Gvnzaies or any
of the uLhers who are So vigor-
ously protesting against the IL
censing ordr.nksnx resorts prove
that prohibition prohibits? Until
they Can do this they are At Ii
serious disadvantage III D4e pres
ent contest in our city. Lot US
90 back half century W Maine,
the abiding place Of Neal Dowe,
the first great apostle OF prOhl-
bition, who inaugurajeu 50 sue
cessful fight against the liquor
traffic that it was outlawed by
cons titutional amendment and
Legislative enactment. The law
making body Of the state was not
content with making the selling
OF alcoholic beverages an Otfense
punishable by fine and imprison-
ment, but "search and seizure"
laws were also pissed. I'uose
who furnished the officers with
infor nation as to tue selling or
storing of forbidden liquids in
any place within the borders OF
the State were to receive por tions
Of the fines assessed against the
culprits. The result was a small
but constantly increasing army
OF informerS Was recruited. The
sanctity- of the -i10ue was de-
stroyed, for raids were made at
all hours of the day and night.
Men, women and children were
arOu sed frou Their siumbers and
Compelled to stand around III
their night rooes while the
miniOns Of the law searched
every nook and corner OF their
homes aud threw their beds and
bedding upon The floor in their
efforts to Guu IL bottle or jug Of
whisky or runl.
In no part of the world was a
more determined etforttU enforce
proli oitlon, and yet it Was not
enforced. The attempted en-
forcenent, which is still in IL
measure Kept up, cost the tax
payers OF the state many hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars. In
the meantIne the "phnd tiger"
and "speall easy hourished. [
can Take vTe Rev. Gonzales to
Portland and Bangor, and show
him dozens OF places in which
whisky, Wine, beer, brandy and
gin can be obtained by the glass,
pint or quart. Perhaps the Rev.
Gonzales Knows some one who is
going TO spend his summer vaca-
tion along the Maine coast, DIS
thousands OF people from all over
the United States do annually.
II SO: let him request this in
dividual to take some observa-
tions on the practical workings
of prohibition in the Pine Tree
state, and upon the return of the
gentleman, the Rev. Gonzales
will have learned thatprohibition
is sham Of the first magnitude.
Since the liquor traffic cannot
be suppressed and since all eff
forts at suppression have been
costly failures, every man who
has the good OF the com uHity at
heart should seek its control.
That it can be controlled has been
demonstrated mauy times and in
many communities. Compel the
man who intends engaging ia
liquor selling to come before the
authorities, and II he can show
that he is POSSESSED IF good
character grant him d license.
be Is thus made an ally OF the
law and order element OF L.le
comm unity, for i Is 10 his inter,
esL w So conduct his saloon that
his permit TO 10 Dusiaess Will
not be revoked. It. is also to his
Interest to see tnal The "blinG
tigers and "speak-easys' are
kept closed, for he will wait tc
cnnline the UuslnuSs To those who
pay license.
nave devoted considerable o1
your valuable space to answer
my the so-c;tlieu arguments OF
the advocates of pruhioi tiou,
which were really nothing more
nor less than assertions designed
to misiead the voter. l might g.
farther and say without fear ol
successful contradiction thai
they are appeals to the preju,
dices of Il class Of citizens wnc
are not III the habit ofinvestigat.
ing the liquor subject Or any
other public question, and wht
are easily influenced by cant ano
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