Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-25


guards her children from the maynard
srales of youthful DAYS to that goIi
eternal and everlasting is there Many
ol tn" most important business inter
cgtS are conferred herr. ali the clements
of socity for virtue and morally are
here Hrraycd. We are greeted by the
same niunil:ntcnt hand that brought
the children Of ISre;tl out uf the land
~ hund&2c into he promised land. We
;'rr led ~ tl.e Divine power tiHt direct
III" affairs o: men AID nations through
al the age. We have just lis;"u-d 10
eloquent remarks III behalf of every
diStillrry, wholesale and retail liquor
d-ultr in The Omitted States; Il brilliant
plea for the OF en- saloons rs they row
exist under tie gioriiird Portland
rl.lu ANA as they have existed iii ~
cent times in Other parts of the State;
Il touching supplication informing us
of the henefcieht qualities Of the Maine
runsellcr ANA rum guzzer. in fact.
gentlemen. such a feeling eltHcAtN that
the harsh countcnance of III IS Satanic
Ma ieSty is WrcHi hed in smiles. Yea, it
beams With JOY in the knowledge that
his cohorts have such becoming quail
tiles ANA such able lieutenauts. In truth
we have he;Irt! audacious arguments i'll
behalf of Devil and Hell itself. We
have been asked to license Pcrdition
in its most Veritable state here iii our
very midst. But YOU may search if you
will. through all tie laws both written
and unWritten. from the Mosaic law
down to the present time and YOU will
not find a single statement by which
you can legalize wrong. And what does
the prosecution present as witnesses
They present Us the united support of
every wholesale and retail liquor deal
or in the United States. of every rum
seller and rum guZZler in the State of
Ataine They offer only on petition of
81 names for re-submisSion. They pre-
sent to us the Bangor rum convention
Which was the greatest gathering of
outlaws that ever assembled within
the four walls of any building in Maine
outside Of the Maine State prison. They
also present to us political corruption
as it has undoubtedly existed in some
of our cities for we have absolute proof
that three different breWerieS contrib
uted $1,000 each as corruption fund TO
defeat the Republican sheriff of Andro-
6, 0ggin. They also offer for our con-
eileration the re-submision plank of
the silver-!ined. doubled gOld-plated
platform of the Maine Democratic
party.
Tho defence in turn, tho temperance
interests. present to You the church
with all its high Influences. with its
high influences, nth its high ideals;
they present You with the schools with
their teachers and educators They
present also te temperance organiza-
tons, the w. =. T. l.. the Good Tenn
rlars and the Civic League; and eS-
Decially would l mention the w. &. T..
l.. The charge was preferred against
them that they Gid not enter these low
positions and seek out the drunkards
as in days gone Ivy. That may be. But
how many of my re-suhmission friends
have ever gone down into the depths Of
He'll and there stood by an errinS
brother and sung to him that song,
Rock Of Ages. Cleft for Me let me
hide myself in Thee" Not one Of them
| don't think: And vet the president
Of the National w. G. T. L. has done
- as She testified in our presence. We
were ul-o tcil at iaS'''''A 'N''''''
our committee the other day that the
labor organizations of our state were
arl-ayed against the FREE rum move
Irent The home which is and which
has been the foundation Of this Repub-
lie stands soldly against it: and we
ere asked to SOL the bIrthright of free
dom, Of equal rights. the brthriSht
that was fought for an maintained IN
the days Of the revolution and also in
the days Of 1872, and later in the days
OF 1861 to l&c1-ttat birthright that is
so sacred to every loyal American
heart Another organization that Is de-
stincd to he of great influence in Maine
legislation, the CHANGERS, 4J.0oo strong
stand opposed to rc-submission and
free rum. Again the railroads and the
Insurance companies have made ii
their policy. especially among their
employees. that they should he nOn-par-
takers of Intoxicating liquors.
Again. a good deal has been said in
regard to tho Republican party. | am
glad 10 say Iha, ! belong tc that party
and | heartily indorse the Republican
flank that WAS adopted at the Bangor
convention last June: and that IS the
plank which We indorse here today.
Every WON IN in the State Of Maine
stands fast against re-submisslon; and
when YOU have that you have back
ing Of 40 little importance. hundreds
Of petitions have come to us this VIM
ter ana upon those petitions are no
less than 5000 signatures. Names lead
ing men such as Neal Dow. pearson
and lGapleE, whose life work mas been
accomplished and who have been call
ed yonaer were leaders upon our size;
and Frye and i.ittlefield and Dunn and
Mrs. Stevens and many others are car
rylnS on tn" work that the fallen lead
ers have laid Gown. Ii il glorious
blending Of the radiant gems OF the
past With the bright anG sparkling
gems of the present. THESE witnesses
mat | present 20 YOU are unlmpeach-
all" and their testimony is unquestlon-
60. ] ask YOU if it is POSSIBLE that the
ne work Of Neal Dow aNails nothing.
mat the sacrificed liz. Of sheriff Pear