Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-09
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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faithful or unfaithful in the perform
ance Of his dutvo

ernOr appoint three commissioners anu
IDENTITIES in every county in the state
and it will be the means OF wipinS' TINS
monstrosiry-this hypercritical statute
off from the books? Now l will quail
ffy that. do il because l believe, UNI
der my God. that it is for the best III
terests OF the paOple of the State am
honest in it, as l am in anything l ever
uttered.
And vet il Is not an easy matter 10
enforce the liquor law Of the State Oh
Maine. You have tried it for % years
have spent thousands and thousands Oh
dollars YOU have created perjurerS al
over the State all these years. Dat
haven't accomplished anything. There
is more liquor drank here. today. thah
there was 10 or - years ago. That IS
why / would be glad to see it wihed
off the statute book; not that l want
free rum, hut if We must have Inc
, curse among us. let US regulate II III
the best possible way, as 40 states III
this Union are DONG.
Now | DO not know what the feeiills
of the Senate is. ! know there Is
frenzy going over the state todaH
about Prohibition. We must be con-
seryatiye. I desire to be 50: | have as
much at stake in the future OF the
STATE as anybody else. VIII 40 do
much for the upbuilding OF humanity
in the moral and temperance StnSe -
any other man; but | say 10 you nave
seen 80 much of the hypocrisy 'h't
has been controlling tins liquor Id"
that | an thoroughly disSuSteh Win
it-becauSe / hay" seen loved ones 80
down TO per,litiom under its bdleful NJ
fluence.
nave no doubt the women VINO nave
been foremost in promoting these pc
titiOns are honest in what they have
done. and that they believe the prohib-
i,ory law prohibits. but they are mis-
taken: they have no knowledge of the
internal workings of this ineffective
statute upon our books.
Now. Mr. President. this is an in
norlant matter. If the friends OF TEN
pcrance want the prohibitOry law TO
remain on the statute book. then you
want to pass this bill. because If you DO
YOU will make it SO ridiculous through
the State of Maine that you cannot
have it enforced.
Great questions progress by aSitd-
ton. ] know the sentiment of the peo-
,,le today. Men are riding to office po-
lirically upon this hobby of temperance.
when in fact they care no more about
il than they do about holy water. tut
it is a habit with them, and that Is an
other reason why | am disguised. lake
il out of politics. Are you Wiling L" 20
home fellow senators, and say we nave
voted for the Stur.is bill. which may
carry with it AN expenditure Of Sloo.o"' .
THAT is the maximum. but the mini
mum will be no; less than $.00oo Afe
Won going home and tell Your people
that YOU have settled upon them law
that cannot be enforced. and which
does not add anything to what Is al
ready on the statute books
see my friend over there. the "a
th.r of the Cakes bill. What did that
dop Why. YOU have passed Il Law al
ready in addition to Section - Oh ihe
statutes, that if the county Sherlil uoes
not enforce the law you can indlct hlil''
What, for heavens sake, do you want
more than that:
The time has gone by when men VIII
receive the plauditS of their fellows
for going someone else lone better on
the prohibitory law. That seems to be
the size OF 1t.
I take nv chances i'm my county as a
tenperance man advocating for every
temperance man and taxpayer III tha'
district that | am didmetrlcaliy OPP
poscd to this measure. ana they Do
lieve am honest in what | say.
Now. my friends. | will not detaih
Won but a moment longer. There Is
one consolation to me in this matter.
| know that this bill may pass. Pass
it, my friends pass it, Appoint your
deputies throughout the State-and !
say. there is one consolation to me-
while | shall hate to part with many
of YOU. the place which knows You
will know you no more, 0aughter)
You can fool the people "A part of
the time. but. as Abraham Lincoln
said, you cannot fool them all the
time You have fooled them for 80
Years. but YOU cannot fool them any
longer When Abraham Lincoln and
Wendell Phillips fist started their
crusade against slavery in this country
they met with Il cool reception. but
they went on agitating and aeitating
IL IL
in 1863 Lincoln struck the mapacles
from 5000. 900 human beings. That
was going on through the history of
wears the clock i'll the chamber of the
Almighty kept on ticking. ticking. UNI
til BY and by il struck the hour. and
slavery WAS wiped out of this country
That same clock is ticking today in thf
chamber of the Almighty. and by anG
by it will strike the hour when thu
rights of the people will be maintained
| believe this bill strikes at the very
vital forces of the inherent rights OF
the common people. Let every county
elect it's own officers. and they are
amenable to the voters of that county:
and if the people do not want then
they will turn them out.
was early imbueu with the doc
trine promulgated by stephen Douglas
who said in Illinois: We manage oul
own affairs in our OWN way. and all w
ask of YOU down in Maine is to mine
Your own business" All that kno,
county asks is that we may enforce
our own laws. and We do not elect Of
fiCerS who will do anything else. Ant
If YOU Send an officer from kennebe,