Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-01

drank in the State and 5000 men wept
over 1t: prohibition and anti-prohibi-
tiCu claShed; and l::t-tnpefance WAS
and temperance was not: hyprency
stalked rank through the state: men
talked Temperance and prohibition and
drank whiskry, and daily concersed at
4 violation of ;he law. And it is the
same touay-Ara We benefited by it:
Js prohibition best for tn state? Can
Won regulate the habit of man? Still
further: How great ihc spectacle OF
or slIureme court being made the Ii
,ens;r2 liquor cover of our state? How
great lh;- spectacle of rtn without
number compelled to COM" into court
Ilcad guilty. pty Il fine. appeal the
rase. furnish kai! and depart to sell
,oore and more liquor. and the law for
the time being is binGicaled. We heav-
ems. what Il fin" working machinery
TO nut dollars in oifi"ia, pockets. ami
defeat the state treasury. All; l wise
| mad the time to go INTO the detail of
the various ways of operating the pro-
l.ibitoiy laws. I:ut this is not the time
today But hrfe is al opportunity tha.
* given in by God almighty to set its
Let us sweep away all of this hyp-
rensy and narrow mildedness of spirit.
Let us be men. If we believe in prohi
hilton we'll and good, but if we don OF
believe in prohibition, we should not
publicly swear by prob :bition. Any vet
N,. see men Of prominence i'll this
state holding high position i'll tahe ser
Vice of the state who by their daily
practice ami private utterance give the
lie TO their public profession and tenn
rerance speeches. Yet fc: the purpose
of securing III" support of the so-called
tcmpcrance people these men sink their
rlanhood ami make merry over tn :
same: none Of this cousc applies to tn"
prescn. company. Oh. 10 | would not
refer TO any Of my friends in this
House still il seems to- me wrong Tor
a man to uphold pr prohibition and then
daily condone in th" violation OF the
same. For when d man. with a full
knoWlcdge Of our statutes. give unto
4 pla.e e of public resort must ask Tor
glass of beer or liquor, that man GER
tainly. of malice afCrethought, assist
in tho violation of the l&w-and how
does he reunite it with the principles
Simlr, because the la:v has been vio-
lated so much t"r h'm saw, tat IL Is
considered to be the same as abolished.
No Mr.. Speaker. We cannot reSuia'e
the appetite Of any man.
I'm the part which merely concerns
himself mems independence is of rish,
absolute. Over himself his own pooF
and mind. the Individual is sovereign.
n
health. bodily mentally ard spiritually.
Mankind are greater gamers by suler-
| irg each other to live as seems so"'t
| to themselves than by compelling each
| To live as seems Sood to the rest.
MIR. Speaker: appeal to this house
| to stand by the universal report no"
before us and show tC the world-that
we intend to get out of the false pain
into which we nave been driven by
nrohioition-alse what will be said OF
rs.
| Even so We also outwardly appear
righteous unto men. but within are full
OF hyprency and imgnity. (Applause).
| Mr.. O'BRIE.N of Lewiston: MT.
Speaker, | have no desire at the pres
cnt time to int,ict myself at any length
On the attention of the members of TINS
House. and feel at the same time that
| it is not necessary for me at any great
er length to refer to the hypocrisy
which has been practised by past Leg
is1atures as we'll as to the hypocrisy of
| certain leaders OF certain parties or
sects in trying to influence the voters
and the people of this commonwealth
as to the beneficent results OF the pro-
hlbitory law. 1t reminds me very much
| of a classmate of mine who uopn our
desire to enter college, was not amy too
well acquainted with the facts of an
cient history and who dreaded very
| much the entrance examination on that
| particular subject. Among other queS-
tions which were propounded to nm
to answer was this one: What do you
know about Caligula?" Now. as
matter of fact. everyone who has any
l;.cuuaintaEce with the facts of ancient
history. and particularly that part of
it which relates to ancient Rome, knows
that Caligula was one of the most cor
rupt rulers that that city in all its cor
ruption ever had. The young man in
question knew nothing about Calisula,
and to the question which was asked
| l1m. wv nat DO you KNOW ABOUT taii-
gula? ?" ne simply wrote the answer.
1.-The less said. the better" and he
passed. U.aushter).
| Now. my friend from Palmyra (Mr.
Howes) in the discussion of this sub
iect last Friday. would have the men,
bcrs of this House believe that the
speech which | made. or the few re-
marks which ! made, in favor of the
| substitution of the minority for the
majority report-he would have you
believe, gentlemen. that I had opened
up here the very gates of hell itself:
that l had brought right here into ihe
midst of this House his Satanic Majes-
ty himself. He even accused me of
this. that neither myself nor any of
| those with the same thought on the
subject, had ever gone down into the
depths of hell and upIifted his fellow
brother. Mr.. Member from Palmyra.
! admit that: | have never gone down
into the depths of hell, and ! hope that
I never will be compelled to. and
never expect to go there. because I