Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-08

, rOWcS, portland, samuel rose, Madl-
son, Professor A. w. Antony, Lewis
| ton.
| The constitution of the league was
amended SO that the county vice presi-
dents are dropped and a board Of di-
rcctors substituted. This board will
number go and each county in the State
will be represented on the. board. The
committee on nominations was instruct.
ed to make up this board and partially
ibid so. II was found, however, that it
would take some time to complete the
board. so this will be done later.
| In its report the committee on resolu-
! lions heartily commended the work that
has been done by The secretary, the as
sistant secretary, Sheriff Pearson and
County Attorney Whitehouse Of Cumber-
land county, other endorsements officials
and the newspapers which have aided in
the enforcement movement. The commit
tee also called attention to the great i'm
portance of the coming elections.
The first report OF the committee on fl
nance caused lively discussion and was
| finally rejected, principally on account of
the wording of the sentiments expressed.
! The committee revised the report and this
was accepted. The report called attention
to the deficit ana instructed Assistant
Secretary Pringle 10 devote as much OF
his attention as possible to the raising
| Of the debt and the secretaries and treas
GrcrS oil the local leagues were invited 70
assist 50 far as tl:cy were able in this
work.
| The report Of the committee on dele
! gates showed that the following places
were represented at the meeting: Water
ViIle Edstport Madison, LiVermore Falls.
Bangor Old Town. Bath, Milo, Houltop,
| Portland and Harrington.
NJ. lot. Ina
Sc sson which was followed by three
brief addresses. The first speaker was
I President purinton, who had for his SUP
ject The Value of Organization This
was very fine address. The speaker first
briefly skctched the origin Of the league,
the conditions and the work that had
been accomplished. From this he passed
On to general deductions that were very
| pccially fine and Ill his thoughts thor
ouGhly sound. He held the closest al
tention of his audilnce throughout.
Mr.. Purinton was followed by Hon c
L. Dunn Of HUulton, who took, or had
given to him, for subject, Advantages
ana Disadvantages OF privately institute
ca Prosecutions. dr Dunn stated that
he had to ask after arriving i'll the city
what his subject vas to be, and had
therefore made no preparation; but some
one had surely made most excellent
| choice Tor him, for he was thoroughly at
home.
lie spoke in an easy conversational
tone, telling Of his experience in Aroos-
| took county in prosecuting the law
breaker. These experiences We're eX-
tremely interesting ana instructive as
| they showed the workings OF both the
law breaker and the law enfOrCer. in
one case Mr.. Dunn and his assistants
worked 10 years before they finally sue
cCCded in driving one man out of the Ii
Quor business. Then they sent him home
with many cases hanging over him
that if he again transgrcssed the re
Inaindcr of his life would be not mucn
too long to pay the forfeit
Mir. Dunn was followed by Rev. G. S.
Bovard of Portland. who read a very
fine paper on the subject, The Duty OF
the Church to the State" Mr.. BoVard
made very strong plea for the right
kind OF Christianity that be taken
into business or politics with a good in
fiuence on both.
In the evening there was a children's
mass meeting in the church which was
addro SSed bS Sheriff Pearson of Port-
pearance in Watcrville since he becanit
famous as the enforcement sheriff of
Cumberland county. The church was
comfortably filled in spites of the IN
clement weather ara Other attractions
The lecture was very much enjoyed, the
speaker having the audience laughing 4
good share of the time.
Mr.. Pearson began by describing the
conditions in the antc-prohibition days.
lie then compared Maine with the Other
states that have various kinds of liquor
tanned by production and destruction, and
| illustrated this by tracing a bushel of
grain from the field TO the loaf of bread
and from the field 20 the glass of beer.
He then briefly sECtched the campaign
in Cumberland county by which he was
elected sheriff During this part of his
address Sheriff Pearson made some very
bright hits.
From the campaign he passed on to
the conditions Of business that exist ii;
Portland under his reign of enforcement.
He declared that the clothing business
had increased 40 per cent; shoe business
fl ON 20 to 40 per cent; the penny trad
the coal dealers had been selling coal ps
the peck and bushcl they We're now SELF
ing il in onc-half ton and ton lots. He
said that when he became sheriff there
the city and that The city marshal had
estimated that there were 400 saloons.
Now said the sheriff, Il defy any
man, woman or child to point out in the
city of Portland or the county of Cum
berland a single saloon or open bar
ROOM
BY open bar he said he meant a place
have Il drink served to him. He declared
that the shcriff's office in Cumberland
county was worth from $4,000 to $4,000
to any man so inclined.
Sheriff Pearson had a good-SiZed colcc
ton of the various cOntrivanceS that have
be en- dug out of brick walls and cellars
or otherwise captured by him or his dep
uties.
In closing he declared that some day
prohibition would he. backed up by ma
tional statute.
AWARDED $500.