The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-11-16
GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
vigorous Addresses and Large Attendance
at the Meeting Last Sunday Evening.

The Baptist and Methodist churches of
ls city joined in a public meeting last
uAday evening in the interests of good
zenShip and morality, at the First Bap-
s. church. The meeting was very largely
.ended, some driving in from the country
nj from adjoining towns.
Rev. J. W. Hatch of the Methodist church
ave a brief, pointed address on Liquor
MI Law i'll Belfast. He said that for more
LAD fifty years we have had the prohibit
Jaw, but at no time vigorous and i'm
agually enforced throughout the entire
..te, Then he quoted from the inaugural
-esS of Gov. John F. Hill in 1901, IN
cn The governor gave most vivid word
,ure of the curse of the liquor traffic and
conditions in our State before the pas
if. Of the Maine law, and of the great
-Hts the law has brought to the State,
Ugh poorly enforced, especially in the
III centers. Mr.. Hatch said that the
zeal and sane methods now employed
rh@ temperance people secured the most
-a.tl cooperation OF the best elements of
-ty everywhere. The issue is order vs.
,sneSS. He said, Eve are here to look
bther in the face and to congratulate
YES that the four prominent rumSel-
- of Belfast and Waldo county are in
where they ought to have been long
-. doubt if any event in Waldo county
vide spread rejoicing.'
LEI referring to our gOodt fortune as a
l in having a chief executive of such
greatness as Theodore Roosevelt, he
I'VE are fortunate in Hon. VIM. L.
"a, chief executive of our State, who
j, s4uarely on the party platform,
good campaign pledges and against
political honor and otficial integrity
-uemieS can sustain no charges: ::
10 in arln of
l-i, convictions and courage; fortunate
1unty Attorney Foster, who intends 10
Sht fortunate in Judge K. ". Rogers
he Police Court, man who~properly
s-> justice and mercy; fortunate in the
NAL StatfS Of our county papers. A
petent Judge recently said in a letter
Wa,referring to The Republican journal; !;
40 man has done more for the en-
ement of the law than Mr.. Pilsbury."
are fortunate in our press reports and
II many good citizens, who should not
~ d few bad citizens to color and give
IT, 10 our city and soil its name abroad
Nj, Hatch said that the report that in a
lie day after the saloons were closed in
city Sis was paid for liquors by eX-
--S was wholly false; that the largest eX-
.-s liquor business in any month for the
-ii vas when liquor was being freely sold
he three hotels, and then it was only
I"4l Sl5o, or practlcally So per day. he
ID with this incident A Belfast market
4a was forced to place meat bill with an
'tlrney for collection. The man was sued
mis- wages trusteed The officer who
we'd the papers advised the creditor to go
Lave a talk with the attorney who
ght suit. He did so. He plead with
.- attorney and told him his children were
'Aout shoes and were in other ways needy
hat his family would suffer greatly if
arnings then due him were taken from
From sympathy the attorney ''let him
on the promise that he pay s. each pay
until the billy should be settled The
man with the needy family got his pay
took It all to leading hotel rum shop
LIS city and came away without any Of
The meat man, the shoe dealer, the fam
I'D not get II.