Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-25
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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is always out; give you hearty WEI
come and | should be pleased to nave
you meet personally every member VI
the House (Aprlause).
The question being on the motion -
take a recess until 1l.GO o'clock.
The motion was agreed to.
After Recess.
Orders of the Day.
On motion Of Nj. Hastings OF be'"e''
the rules were suspended anu TIC
gentleman introduced bill, An ~
amend Section of Chapter 81 Vi -.
Revised Statutes in relation TO 10" no
alleys and pool rooms, also pili' ~
Act tn amend Section of Chapter =
Of the Revised Statutes III resa,u
INN holders and victuallers, ana o''
further motion by Nj. Hastings 'ii0
hills were referred to the committee VII
legal affairs.
Special Assignments.
Spccial assignment: Report ol ~
Committee on Railroads and Exp
..s reporting on Bill, In relation ~
fores unon Washington County Ran
,yav fought not to pass, leglsldlioi ~
ing inexpedient at the present nm
The question being on the aoop'ioii
of the report "ougnt not " pas
report was adopted.
Re.submssion.
Special assignment: Mdjoli.s -,
minority reports Of the -,
Temperance, reporting cu9n'
mass" and Ought to pass oii 500
in favor of the resubmiss'on Oh rhti
Amendment of the constitution "
1,oino relative to the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors.
Ar O,RRIEE of lewiston: Mr.. Speaker
- ,,o,nhors of the House, as mem
M, of tho temperance committee ana
..on1;no be-e as do now to move lof thS
,,h,,;.u,ion of the minority report ior
.h.t az she majority on the question OF
,ho resubmission of the fifth amendments
+o tho constitution relative ito the pro
military law. | realize the fact that
shall meet with an opposition bolstered up
~, .reuments which have long since lost
wba.ever little weight they may have
L
amy proposed legislation such as this IS
nm as n matter for discussion, thai there
will he some sincere in their opposition,
while there will be many others WHO III
thei- opposition will become Intoxicated
with the exuberance of their own peroos
ity and practice a rhetoricai ueceptioi'
upon an unthinkinE public In their auNo-
cacy of the prohibtory law. 1t Is not my
intention, and neither is IL my deSit' 10
enter into any discussion at ms time as
10 whether or not there is more OF less
drunkenness in this State AZ the present
time than there was 10, 20 or 81 ,earS ago
I do not propose to enter INTO any DISCUS
sion as to the relative advantages OF
prohibitory over n license law, nor vice
versa. ! do not intend, Mr.. Speaker ana
gentlemen of the House, TO take adVah-
tage of the grand opportunity furnished
us by the party preference" law set up Ill
Tho Cakes caucus act. 20 refute the state
ment or argument which has many tunes
been made that those who are opposed u
the prohibitory law are those VINO nave
at heart the interests OF the nquor trai-
fic Suffice 1t on that point TO say tnd'
a careful examination of check lists 1ur-
-nished by the city and town clerks OF
this commonwealth for caucus purposes,
il a comparison be made between the
names marked Republican" on those
check lists with the names upon Whlch
United States revenue stamps nave been
issued from Portsmouth, any fair-minded
gentleman will be satisfied that those men
who have been and who are today en-
gagged in the liquor traffic IN this common
wealth are not members of the political
panty to which the minority members OF
this House belong.
do not intend in the brief time l ask
YOU TO lear with me. to enter into any
statistical discussion as to the number
of arrests, prosecutions or anything of
that sort Two years ago. upon this same
floor. then as now the polished literateur
of this House. the cultured and scholarly
gentleman from Portland (Mr. Swettj
presented discourse here which retut-
ed any and all of the fallacious argu-
ments that had been set up by those peo-
ple who claim that a prohibitory law is
panacea for all the resultant evils or Inc
habit OF incompetence coupled with al
the interests of those of the liquor traffic
and I say that that eloquent that schol
arly. that mastery and that able refu
alton of those arguments is matte: q
record; IL Is part of the record OF TN
last Legislature; it is on file. so that an!
man. woman or child seeking any re
Spouse to any such argument NAV find IL
that the knowledge which they desire.
Mr. Speaker. l realize the fact that II
each and every man there is natural
inherent right that man may eat tina
which he wishes. There is the same RICH
that man may drink that which he wish
Cs. There is no law which forbids ma
To eat that which he does not desire
much less is there any law which FOL
bids man to drink anything other tina
that which he wishes. There never ha
been i'm this State nor in any other stat
in theCnion. any attempt to pass an
such law. for the simple and sole reaSo
that you cannot by law compel man
cat or drink that which he does not dc
sire In the hearing which was gwen i
this hall on the question OF resubmissio
some, few weeks ago. there WAS some or
position to this matter beautifully delu
sive and highly colored word pictures q
the benefit of prohibition. Now, gentle
men, l ask you that You give to thos
circumstances. not the bcneht of you
sympathy but rather that YOU conSide
the means the visible means of LIVELIHOOD
of the very persons making that OppOS