The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-07-19

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surh q 3rofessjo7lGi endorsement?
Consultation cured bv Doctor Pierce's
Plea SAINT Pallets One or two a dose
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oath, that for the space of thirty minutes
no food was carried into thai room except
two soda crackers and these were taken
from behind the bar. and all the while
these women were kept busy serving the
liquors This was d plain violation of the
law which declares that liquor shall not be
served at tables in Il room where the
principal business is the serving of such
liquors. This was also upon the Lord 5
Day. The day following saw 4 boy 60 i'll
IL a saloon Or Atlantic Avenue and pur-
chase a bottle of liquor and 90 out on the
street. Yet men will talk of the farce and
hypocrisy of prohibition and say let us
have a license law thar We can enforce like
Massachusetts, If anything was ever
f1rsical and hyp0crjticaI, il is certainly the
high license law
We are told that high license does away
with kitchen bar rouu. aud low dives 1t
does not. They thrive under it. The Mayor
of Taunton. Massachusetts, said in his in
augural, that he hoped to stamp out the
Kitchen bar rooms. Of which there we're
forty in that city Mr Q. NJ Miller says
ain Ho1yoke, Massachusetts, the ordinary
saloons pay : l50O and the hotels $500 per
wear for their ljduor license. | had thirteen
for fIagrant violation Of the liquor law On
Sunday, and at other times. | met one uI
these mon a few weeks ago and he said .
sMr Miller. why don't You 90 out and
prosecute these low dives and close them
mn Tht. town is full of them There is
one right near me " no is sellin. more LIQUOR
on sunday than | am" | replied "Mr
while do not believe in YOUR bust
ness, Vet it does seem to me when you pay
$500 per year for Your license that You are
entitled to all the trade in your neighbor-
hood. and A large amount Of it should not
be stolen By a fellow who does not pay IA
dollar of license money. When the city
and State make YOU pay $500 a wear for
YOUR license they ought to protect YOU by
closing up the low dives Now, Nj. -,
why don't YOU go up to the city hall and
make complaint against that low dive near
YOU and have him prosecuted for selling
Iiouor without a icenSe?'' lie seemed
greatly surprised that | should make such
a SUGGESTION, and replied ooh, if | did
that then in less than a week he would send
a couple of fellows around to my place to
set evidence against me and then | would
he in the SOUP That is the secret. lie
Enay that If would be very easy for any
ON. to Get abundance of evidence against
him ia, Illegal selling on Sunday and hUlI-
DAYS and 20 minors and drunkards.
Ills said mat license takes the LIQUOR ques-
tinn ont of politics, makes officers of the
law indarpnt}4,,t and honest, uurgeS pri-
"a" a1,d ,,nhin ntficils alike from
Ette c!tizeliS i I'll 'tu }i f hicb nroh
n! ;d gu ,i ~ fr1,itfmi mot
I,@E ~ e sy.n r N seller, bon6rabie citizens.
lliaheS even ''ii nj +bat nn.stI0ns
one example WIZ StItI lli Ir4"II,ys1t-.
ooql tmehl9 Se4is "s Ii ne nnmher
of 3Ionus outsitIt4 of Boston. one for every
one thousand popuiaIo Ne -, t,,j lar
the coveted hIVts2e o. $Fli to ui W. "ii aId
lega plG't fsaf IN the Election Of aldermen
ceHtet tu 49, ~ tI ~ 1ican,a orantju,t
IN % mon Va T5 NHsI 1yar ,T rewng f"mpan1
plE .!e$e dna ,h,'I al I + hnar1 Of a,itr
wanted d lhollopo1iHI ne ,,,1oartain an
men elected annually WAS 10 b f'''
element loI mem, neE sot ei'c ,en5sa"ns
TO pass an act cIsatlns ticeaso S,nmIanan.
LOT cltles, anu lne leAt leal " bbpard Of
ary az, hhanS Of h no,ic nsn Here was
Lower me ooalu VI poaiee a'st If
perfect instrument lor the i W
rum moHopoiy, s ma roh Of sh ,s nanna
term OF ONCE out o. .he leaen Io oI ,n IF hat
we VII -. let the SUNDAY ie'esiah VI 'ii'''
city tell the result. .,o o,oa+;o,, ot ,,o,.ors
foT dozen years 'iie eIecito Sne 81 tba an.