Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-21
CIVIC LEAGUE.
Third Annual Meeting Held
in This City.
Victories Of Past Celebrated and
Future Plans Made.
Prominent Men Present and Stronn
Prominent Men Present and Strong
Addresses Made.

The third annual meeting OF the
| Christian Civic League of Maine was
held III the chapel of the Congregations
al church, in this city, Tuesday. On
account of the absence of the president
and the vacancy in the Secretaryship
| the first session at 1015 o'clock A. M.
was called to order by the assistant
secretary, Rev. Henry N. Pringle of
PASSPORT. The president, Principal
George c. burlington of Pennington
Normal school, arrived later. Other
delegates from away We're Rev. c. e.
Owen, Waterville; Hon. Hiram Knowl-
ton and E. T. Barrows, Portland; Sam
uel Vose, Madison; Prof. A. W. An
| thony, Lewiston; Frank w. Gowen,
Waterviile: Rev. S. e. Leach, Madi-
| son; Arthur J. Dunton, ESD, Bath;
Rev. 5. l.. Hanscom, Bar Harbor; En-
Sheriff Charles Dunn, Portland; Rev
II. Ryder, Arson; T.. c. Holt, Norridge
Wocil; Rev. Wilbur r. Berry, Kents
Hill; A. S. Bisbee, Brunswick; Hon.
Charles F. Dunn, Houlton; Rev.
Charles S. Cummings, sheriff of An
droscoggin County, Auburn; Rev. ]. 3.
Lapham of Oakland ssaz
The opening session was devoted to
reports from the field. The recent VIC
tories in elections of enforcement sher-
ifs in several counties, and the better
enforcement in others has proven very
encoura aing and all along the line the
the reports were colored rosy with en-
thusiam and hope. The funds for the
work. are more easily obtained than
previously and the interest is growing
everywhere.
L. 1scy
a short talk on temperance work in
Sweden. Mr.. Gowen was a delegate to
the international Supreme Lodge of
Good Templars at Stockholm, last sum-
mer. During the 18th century the con-
sumption Of distilled liquors decreased
in Sweden from 10 gallons per capita
per annum to two gallons. Temper
ance agitation, moral suasion and tenn
perance education have been the chief
factors in that change, but in recent
years the Gothenburg dNpensary sys-
TEN has been of some help by prevent
ing the drinking of liquors on the
premises where sold.
The afternoon session opened with a
talk on "Iniunctions," by Judge Hiram
knowlton of Portland. He explained
briefly the duties of the Legislative,
executive and judicial departments of
the government, and then went on to
say that whatever is of injury to the
physical or moral well-being of the peo-
pie is nuisance, and a proper subject
of injunction. For that he read from
decisions of the United States Supreme
court, which not only take that ground
but go farther and declare that the du-
ty of the legislative department is to
provide laws against such nuisances,
and of the judicial to interpret the leg
:slative intent without attempting So
called judicial legislation.
Rev. s. E. Leech of Madison spoke
on How we Won III Somerset" and
Rev. S. L. Hanscom of Bar Harbor on
How. to Win in 1904" They empha-
sized varying phases of the doctrine
of eternal vigilance.
The report of the assistant secretary
showed a growing membership, there
being now 300 members so widely
have BAG post office addresses on the
| list.
| Rev. Wilbur +. Berry president of
| Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's
| Hill, and ex-secretary of the League
WIS ctlteQ upon he reviewed the
work of the League since its organiza-
| ton, four years ago. AT that time
| there was not a county in the State but
| had some town where the officers made
J no attempt ito enforce the liquor law
Today. overs more than half the State
1.-THE program is one of enforcement, and
elsewhere the violators of the law are
| feeling anxious. He has no faith in
| privately instituted prosecutions except
as means of acquainting the people
with the extent of official corruption
and negligence. He declared that if
| the temperance people make it their
program and purpose to vote for none
but faithful men than the parties in
their anxiety for partisan victory will
offer such men for their suffraras.
| Samuel Osborne of Watervilre. gave
a ringing temperance speech, short,
and eliciting much applause He was
| a delegate to the great Good Templars
| convention at Stockholm.
The evening session opened with
singing by a quartet composed of Miss
Marion Clark, soprano; Miss Georgia
NJ. Clark, alto; J. Frank Dyer. tenor:
and H. P. Lowell, bass; with George r.
Goodridge as accompanist.
Prof. A. w. Anthony of Bates Col
lege, Lewiston, gave an address on