Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-08
STATE HOUSE.
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that makes for temperance and right
couGneSs. | ACKNOWLEDGES there are q
few good people who honestly believe
some other laW Than n."hibition would
be better for our state Their chief ar
gunner being that tn" rrohibit"ry law
IS Violated. Let us see.
Every Statc has some law applying
to The sale Of Ii ,uor. either reatrictiv"
or rcgulative. II liquor selling is saf.
why is this? If il IS unsafe, IL is wrong.
end il il undrmotrlti. 10 allow some u
sell ana not allow all to sell who wish
To do so. The Honor element is law de
fving. Law breaking In license states
they have all tn.- licensed places. plu~
a large number Of unlicensed places
and the restrictive features Of the Ii
crns,. law are constantly violated and
there is NOR violation of law than
there. is in prnhihi;orv states. Only last
week i Chicago morning paprr an
nounced that the bars il connect ion
with scores of CnirIc5O dance halls W 70
orcn Until ) o'clock. Sunday morning.
The Law liccnS" requires all liquor sell
ing t. cease 1T | o'clncl: each morning
and prohibits all sales on Sunday. If
We desire TO lave /, duced sales Of
liquor and loss violation Of law We
SHOULD look in vain IL any license Law.
The gov"rnmr NJ. or state central
system advocated by some is no better
In Russia they have government CON
troll of tho liql;o: business, and there
the government not only pushes tho
liquor business Int they punish opposi-
ton and criticism with imprisonment
and even exile. When | was n SWitZer
land last year. ut tn o"ldS temper
an,e convention | met Il Russian who
told me il wG,Ill not be safe for it TO
be known when she went hack 10 Rus
sin that Sha favored any method Of
dealing: with tn li4uOi. traffic except
gov, rnrncnt ,outrol. The revenue frnn
the liciuor business III russia durin@
the past Four years has increased $40.
ch9 nnu. t,ut -" need not 60 outside our
OWE country 10 learn III" f;tllacy Of this
method a. Il t-mprrlnc" measure The
leading PAPER o. Snrlh Carolina. il a
rec, Ut editorial. G,:scribrS the law and
its efG"c i'll thai :,tItr III . manner tina
COMEDIES with MY own study AMI Oh
scrVatiun. Th" dsn"nyary law is tn.
most outrageous tn most ubiquitous
of Any HIM ,.v".' "nnrpir"d. II has pros
r'rrd on bin"d; il has increased cri!r"
md lrW h"-eu,.SS; L has corrupted tn
~ trl". 1t l.: oar on. 80 AT shame. II
is a I:S"1dr" 20 he Etatr. just as il j.
Gis:,I;in'- l. those VIA n'"nnrd il an /
J,It il into nTr ration "" 20 not wan
I" "~' hln@r tn" pr"hthitcIy law "f
Main" Ter any form nf license law. ~
for stat. .Dlstrpl. called in :: G. the dis
r"u=lrl system. WIN: Nairr wants fl
thr tomt"ranr" line 1hn." everything
else is What Gov. cob, outlined in his
ii.autlrai add ";tu aroused and &C.
tcrmin"d public sentiment standing 70"
CIDER and rrsn.".i IF law can enforce
officials 10 do their inty. or failing IL
this, ran III ti"ir places With tho$.
VINO will" v" hay. enough Of th
righteous sentiment IN NHrn". How t."
unite it, am, bI-Il,, il ir.;,r Is H. ulIc4-
ton.
Arnusri by such do l;,r:,tions aG havr
l,..n uttered ,!j!l iI:1 TN" Var hy S"na-
t"r Hale. Congressman i.i;tl'-iitlI AN
G"v"rn"r r"bb there is ,i'tIr Danger "f
tin. .',,II of our law.
travelled n..t,l, 1900 msis to D" h"rr
toiay. moi that thought IN" law was
il: danger. hut b"c;i1is,' the women -.
Maine should rV"rrln;r b" heard upo,.
this question. The question which has
80 much to do Wiih III" home ami IT,
highest and hottest Interests.
There is hop. .N,.l in Cumberland
county where IN. sheriff assumes to IT,.
tie posS.Ssor "f more WisCnm than thu
constitution Of the stat, contains. II
constructs Il license. Syrt..lI to suit his
own ideas ami alluHs liiuor tu i,e soil
hut il is sold IN violation Of !nW--nn.
hy PERMISSION Of lax. We ITO not b..licvt
The Maiu. Legislature. VIII talk" step
Ia intkc 4 Law T.. suit n, ilraS-but "
90 b, licVe thu Solae GlAd day his piar
will h. iill,i by some one who will a.
his official duty.
Other Speakers against tcSlibmiSSion
Wh,>;,. arguments WEE. II, ard with iii
tcr"St were Dr w. +. FERRY Of krnt'S
Kin. \. :. I;sbec OF Portland. Geo. w
Woods oi lewiston. Rev. G. r.. owen OF
Wat"lN lille ana \. 4. Still lien Of Farm
ingtun.
Representative +. G. SWEET of Port
land CLOSED the hearing with an argu-
n!cnt in favor of thu resolves. II was
after > O'Clock, when TIE hearing wa,
finally adjourned.
Iefore the Judiciary committee. Rep
reSaatatiVe Hall of Dover appeared in