Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-01

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an" say Ia you. Mr.. Speaker and gem
| 'it'heh Oh tie House. that / do believe
| '"' "h''e 'iltir duty is at their homes,
~ H'thy respects. one of those duties
d' ''eif homes is to guide and direct
| 'ht minds that are under thpir care
| '9"Se nttle ones who tomorrow will fill
| 'ht oiiceS That We fill tOds.y A duty
| ne hiSheSt ana nobiest given to any
'art "I our society is given to the
| "io'iicf, To guide and direct the. early
footsteps and educate and direct the
early tendencies of the mind and the
intellect of their oifsuri!ry. Who is in
lcreSte'l above all others in the welfare
ana the developing manhood ana wo-
! nlanhood Of the dear ones thu, ,h,.v
| nave brought into this world? viii
'ne gentleman from Lewiston answer
me. IL Is the mother. 1t is the kind.
careid, tender watching and prayer
'"i "tttHtiCA OF the motht:' That makes
'"e man ana Woln;,r. of tomorrow. Tell
me, gentlemen OF this House. whether
the women Of the State of Maine " no
rave suffered WhuSc hearts have bIed
ny having return To them Il drunken
husband under the influence of intoXi-
thtiilG liquors me if they don't
| hioW WHAT rs for the interests of the
great people of Maine"
! ana not intend to say a word this
morning. but while am on my Ieet |
want to refer to the remarks Of nv
| respected friend from Lewiston (Mr.
l'eiie&uD who says that we cannot leg
| iSiate appetite out of man. Mr.. Speaker
ana gentlemen of the House. we are
Eot trying to legiSlate appetite out of
! men; We are trying to legislate i'm such
Ia manner that tn" appetite shall not
| De itd and kindled i'll the young who
ale growing up. | would like to ask
every member of this House and NV
| i'lends from Lewiston if they want. as
| their little boys pass along the beauti-
1ul streets of Lewiston To their school
| DOM. if they want to see the doors and
windows OF saloons all bedecked with
that accursed stuff that only demoral-
ICES, and an Invitation to them to go
i'll; and wouli leg.,lize them and pro-
iect them with the broad. strong arm
"f the State in that kind of ira ffic.o The
gentlemen have said that if the MEM
LerS of the House believe they ex-
cluded !he members of the House-but
if the members of the dominant party
of this State Vote i'll accordance with
their daily habits. then the minority
report would he sustained. Mr.. Chair
n1an and gentlemen of the House. il
may be that the morals of the domi-
hant party of the State of Maine are
not un to the high standard that they
should be; but if they are not. thank
God their moral character is higher;
even if they practise iniquity. they
stand firm by the truth and righteous
reSS Of the cause.
And. again. Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen
| the ma .ority party which sent us here,
sent us here with the plighted promise
! on the part of every Republican member
| of this House to vote against resubinis-
! sion. We are the agents of our constit-
uentS. We were sent here for a purpose.
We promised before our nominal ion. We
promised at the election and We promised
| all the way through that we would stand
fairly and souarely against resubmissiOn:
and now. Mr.. Speaker. ! ask and pray
| that the minority report be rejected and
! that the majority report be substituted in
| its place. (Appause).
| Mr. HOWES of Palmyra: Mr. Speaker.
I would like to say just few words We
| have listened to wonderful free rum ar
! sument-wonderiUl and it is strange to
| me that We have such persons in the
| State of Maine whose morals perhaps go
down so low. They even think if We
| should have reSubmlSSion and free rum
that they would he in Paradise 1t is
| strange that they have no higher ideals.
| 1t is strange also that my friend tMr
| Belleau, has experienced so much religion
| since he has come before this august body
and who has invoked the blessing of high
| heaven upon Us. | believe if he had pur-
| sued this method before this nc would
| have different IDEAS and different light
upon this subject. Iaughte,}. And
| again. gentlemen. under whose leadership
| do you prefer ITO he found. that of the
gentleman from Lewiston. representing
the Democratic principles of the Second
Maine Congressional District. or under
the leadership of Cobb. Littlefcd and
| hosts of others who have made this Sta;e
Wnat it is? Again. i, has been said THAI
we dare not trust the people of the State
upon this question. ! have no reason to
| fear the people. When the people de-
| mand the right of the referendum on this
question We shall give it to them. 1t has
| never been denied to the people in this
Safe; and 1T never will be denied +!
where TIE opposing political organization
holds sway.
l want to quote ITO you in regard to the
great corruption fund which used in
the Lewiston Daily Sun of Feb :. and it
is quoted from the speech made by one
NJ r. O'Rrien:
"Rut while ! am doing this | would like
to have certain ones whom | can ria,ne.
account for the check received from Cy