Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-09

| the sale Of Intoxicating liuiors ILL.,,
day 1t is being sold as freely. I suhro;,
| In the State o Milne as it was y v..,s,
ago, with all the machinery you have
Then what is the trouble? II Is tho H.,
pocrisy Of the p' or'e. They do not be,;.,.,
| In It. That is the trouble When cvcr,.
man shall believe in the cnfornc,,or,
| this law then YOU will have IL cnfnr.ad
ana you can Pill" up the SturEiS dill ara
the Cakes bill. with all their nr,rLinc.,.
as you please. and until public enr.imnp,
IL siros enforcement yon can not have an
eorcemcnt. And that is what find f,rr.
With. And 7 tel yor. sir. that II van
pass this bill today here in this Scn.,o
and it is PASSED through the Tiougc .rl
| becomes n law. then it is Il notification or
| the prohihitnry law on Ynur statute hool
| and ynu will rot hirc il enforced in IN.
| next i've yc"rs 50 well as it has bocn N
| the past three; because when vou mt ,
law on the statute Dock that the peonl.
do not want. they Will not respect it
How 10 YOU Su1pos" il is going to wort
Mr.. President? Somchn,.y comes IN from
my county or yours md says to the Gov
| ernor or the commissioners "the sheriff
| of m county is not enforcing tho Lev
| Then The commissioner goes down thnro
or scnIs Il couple Of C"pntics-sort Of c;.r.
t-baSgrrs We might call thcm-to take
tho machinery out OF til, shcrir'S hands
ana o,;t o: the hands nf the county a;tor-
ney. DO YOU suppo-.. YOU will get any cr.
fnrcrmcnt in that WY" Wouldn't il 10 =,
dead letter on the statute book hcc.,rsa
the people would be disguised with it. be-
cause we already have or Tho books all
tie law We need? If every MIN in the
state should say-wc will work shoulder
To shoulder to PIT down the sale of
liquor. I have no doubt that if you and
would make complaints. and fulfill the
law on the statute books now. there
would be no liquor sold except that i'm
ported here by the express companies AMI
money order Offices which arc rcaping :,
harvest on the liquor they import. and
making drunkards every day.
Now the matter OF exp"nsc is something
that overnnrdcns the taxpayers of the
state. There is some expense. though il
would he nothing compared with wipins
the liGuor traffic ont. | admit: nrcttrS.
I plan that would sweep the lcuGr FROM
INC sotilt III MillIt. Nll'fi N'i CREATE
something to take y mans appotit" away
from him and lead him mp to III" higher
life whether it he $4,000 or Sa'.naA does
not count for 4 moment. for accomplish
ing that would more than ovcrbalancc Al
the expense you would incur. But you
cannot do it.
Ny opinion is this: If you pass this bill
over the Oakcs bill it would be 4 dead
letter on tho statute books. and The nco-
pie would rise up en- masSn against ii.
because they believe it to b. an cncroach-
mcnt upon their rights, which belong 10
them rndcr the constitution Of the State.
But the matter of expense is consdcr'-
Nc We find in this bill in the first pltc"
three commissioners. appointed two OF
one party and one OF the next party In
power who has the largest number OF
votes at salary of $500. That makes
$500 for salaries. Then we Will put IN"
expenses Il matter of $1,000 more. making
S3fOO: making $500. the expense OF tho
three commissioners and their expense
account per wear. Clerk-hire and One"
We will put at 5000 a year. That will add
Ut to 81. 100. Then comes the worst part
Of it i'm this bill-that they may appoint
rs many deputies as they please. There
is no limit in this bill; in fact the bin
leaves the power with the commissioners:
IL does not say how long they shall h"ld
Office: there is no tenure Of office con
nectcd with the bill whatsoever. But H.
may send up in Aroostook county. if
some complaint comes from anybody.
and I aprrehcnd that the deputies VIII
Xix" to travel over this State. They may
send up there as many deputies as they
please. OF to any other county.
Suppose they appoint 52-but the mn
SANS they may appoint us many II
they please. to go AL over the S'''t'
and sr,,ersede the duties of the county
attorney and the sheriff. DO mol H''
SUPPOSE there will be friction there III
once between TIL" officers when the Gu
net -baggcrS are sent down there u"
YOU think tlle taxpayers OF the stu -
Maine Will uphold you i'll that' "
lievc today. if we mad the reier'"dui''
if they understood the monstr"S''! ''
that S,urgis bill. they would b'irE y
50 deep that the God of an "HtrdS''
nation would never reSurrcct ".
U,,ughtcr) Talk about the people III
favor of the Sturgis bill. know better
because | have talked with the lc"ph'
al over the state. The taxpayers IT.
opposei to il. and the best tenlcr''""
people of the State. 1t is not the "'''
temperance men and women tllat ~
raGe themselves before the puhIl' ''''
sign petitions but it is the c"llS''N"-
tive men and women. who look ~ III"
from the standpoint -
bjcotrv or ignorance. but from II
standpoint of humanity, and l"r wy
elevation OF mankind. cat this pom"
Senntor Pike of Washington was ca'l'u
to the ChairD
As I have said there is n" lIh't -
this bill These commissioners may ayr
point as many deputies as they 'h'''N
is nect ssary, and everybody VIII WHY
office then. You know how th'it =
And YOU vii! be peralnbu'a'ihS
This State with ~ or 100 liquor deputies
ut the expense Of the taxpayers, VII"
Won have the very law on your DON
TODAY, to do Just what they want '"' -,
to do-no more, no less. And you "''
have no better enforcement Of ms -"
" Inch you are going to crowd u'"
the throats of the people. You "''