The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-09-28

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made to suffer the same penalty as
though he had sold any other kind of
alcohol. Undoubtedly this will be ap.
piled to alcoholic compounds which are
sold for beverage purposes, whether I'M
der the name of whiskey, gin, brandy,
Jamaica ginger, Peruna, cor what not"
1t would appear that this decision will
be a help to the temperance cause rather
than hindrance. 1t certainly is an
emphatic recognition of the fact that
many patent medicines are alcoholic.
We know pitiful cases of drunkards
who have become so by acquiring appe-
tite through the use of patent medi-
cines without realizing that they were
alcoholic. This is one strong argument
in favor of the proper labelling of such
connections.
We may be called upon for further
work regarding the Hepburn Dolliver
Bill and the Maine Unions will do their
part cheerfully The bill is pending
and will probably come up at the next
will leave nothing undone to defeat it,
FOR they always oppose every measure
that tends to restrict their business.
The main provision of this bill is that
liquor shipped from one State to
another shall become subject to legal
authority as soon as it passes the State
line Under this bill such liquor can
be seized in transit. 1t can be readily
seen that if liquor which is evidently
intended for sale could be legally seized
before it reaches the consignee it
would be great help to the honest
official and great hindrance to the
illegal seller.
! Presumably demands to repeal the
anti-canteen law will be made next
winter. 1t should be remembered that
Congress did not act hastily in making
this law. 1t voted twice upon the
question and each time in its favor.
Congress has also appropriated 81 ,000,-
600 to supply for the soldiers, comforts,
libraries, amusementS, etc, which is
claimed were formerly supplied from
the profit on the canteen liquor but
this does not satisfy those inside or
outside the army WHO believe in liquor
selling and liquor drinking. Those who
favor the repeal of the auti-canteen
law represent the liquor makers, the
liquor dealers and liquor drinkers. The
W. c. T. T. feels confident that the
adjustment of the liquor canteen is
for the highest interest of the soldier
and of the Country as well. We see
no reason why the United States would
not go still further and require total
abstinence of its employees as is done
by many of the leading business cor
poratiOns. The indications are that
there will be no backward steps III the
temperance reform movement. There
is wider and more intelligent interest
in the question than ever before. The
great arousement on the part of com
mercialiSm showing that business men
oh 10 th1i, tn,, &c
by requiring total abstinence of their
employees has attracted the attention
Of many who heretofore ignored the
temperance question and considered
that it belonged in the realm of fanat-
cal reformerS.
The advertisement which has lately
appeared in a few Maine papers under
the title "Wanted'' and signed "Anti-
Prohibition will not help the liquor
people. Such blasphemous TRADE
against total abstinence and prohibition
will benefit instead of hinder the tenn
perance cause, The effect will be SIM
liar to that of the now famous result
mission convention which met in Ban
gOr two years ago.
The second days session of the w. c..
IT. L. of Maine opened Sept 2Oth with
devotional meetin', after which
several officers and committees read re-
ports, and routine business was trans
acted. Delegates read papers on
systematic giving. Bible reading and
evangelistic work, temperance ltera-
ture, scientific temperance instruction
and Sunday school work At the after
noon session more routine business was
done anc papers were read on work
among railroad employees, homeless
OH fn To
prison, Jail and almshouse work, and
Christian citizenship. The feature of
the evening meeting was an interesting
address by Miss Anna \. Gordon, vice
president at large of the national
society, on the young peoples work in
building up juvenile lodges.
The election of officers was the
principal business of the Maine
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
at the morning session, Sept. 21st, the
closing day of a successful three-d days
convention. The balloting resulted in
the unanimous reelection of the fol
lowing officers: President Mrs. l.. NJ.
n Stevens; corresponding secretary,
Miss Cornelia Nj. Dow; recording secre-
tary, Miss Clara M. Farwell; treasurer,
Mrs. Adelaide S. Johnstone. In addi-
ton to the election of officers, the con-
VentlOn elected the 1OllOWlng delegates
to the national convention at Los
Angeles; Mrs. Della Barney, Windham;
Mrs. Samuel Bunker, Hanover: Mrs.
Mary Crosby, Bangor; Mrs. v X. Rol-
Inns, Portland; Mrs. Frances Chandler,
St. Adams; Mrs. Frances Rogers, Read
vile; Mrs. J. H. White, Parkman; Mrs.
A. F. Burton Union.
Mrs. Stevens was the recipient of
large number Of costly floral gifts from
the State union and the national union,
of which she is president, and from
friends.
Various papers were read at the af-
ternoon session on temperance work
among various classes of people. Then
for one hour the delegates laid aside
their sober discussions of moral ques-
tons and thoroughly enjoyed a singing
contest. 1t was a regular old-fashion-
ed singing match on large scale. The
delegates sang by counties, each coun-
ty being supposed to have a song of its
own and most of these were written
for the occasion. SO close was the con-
test for the supremacy that the judges
pronounced themselves as nonplusSed
as between the respective merits of the
Cumberland and Piscataquis county
delegations and demanded that another