The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-06-07

do away with prohibition in this State
The same story was repeated in Ne
braska. J. p. Eddy, another rumseller
of Providence, wrote to one OF his fra
ternity in that State giving some broth
erly instructions as to how to defeat
prohibition. Says Eddy, "Have four
or five good writers and have their ar
ticles published in your papers, if not
gratis, pay for them. Secure poll
ticians and wire pullers to talk against
it in every town, dwelling upon eX-
pense, increase of taxes, kitchen bar
rooms. slums, dives and the increase of
drunkenness under prohibition. Hire
politicians to talk privately against the
i measure. Get correspondents from
other States to write up the failure of
prohibition. Pay for the publishing of
! these letters if required. Hire all the
ward and town politicians to work for
you"
Such are the demoniacal methods and
! powers with which we must fight. 1t
| is the same old, greedy, INSCRIPTIONS
monster; and let it not be supposed for
moment that the same tactics would
not be employed in Maine.
| stand before you to denounce result
mission as folly. The sober and righte-
Gus minded as a class do not want 1t.
| The demand for it comes from or orlgl-
mates with the saloon and its crowd.
Again and again the people have de
clared for prohibition. TO vote again
would not settle the question. The bat
tie would be Woefully unfair and I'M
equal as regards deception and corrup-
ton. What possible use can temper
ance people have for resubmlSSlOn? AS
the Maine Farmer says, 1T Is like let
ting a pig out of the bag for the sake of
catching him again. The first duty of
the State is not to submit the cOnstltu-
tional basis of the laws to the people,
but ito compel law breakers to submit
to the laws"
| stand before you to denounce IL
cense in any form as backward move
ment and a crime. TO return to the
Egypt of legaliZed traffic would be to
turn backward the tide of progress
more than half century. Prohibition
is gaining rapidly all over the country.
The people are seeing the folly and SIN
of any other method. y prohibition
map of the United States would reveal
the fact that a large proportion OF the
territory and thirty-three millions OF
the people are under either state pro
hibition or "no license which is local
prohibition. And the tide of public
sentiment is rising steadily. Every day
sees new additions. New Hampshire
and Vermont are heartily sick of their
late unfortunate experiment, 10 re-
turn to license, however, would be
something more than a retrograde
movement. Such a course would nave
its moral aspect: it would be return
to the flesh pots of Egypt, like the SOW
to her waliowing, or the dog to his
VOmlt.
If the liquor traffic results in moral
evil-and who could be so hraZen as to
say that it does not? 1t Is itself moral
evil. To sanction a wrong thing IS TO
partake of its guilt. lntemperanee
and all pertaining to 1t Is contrary TO
the laws of mans beng. OF society ana
of Almighty God. Woe is pronounced
upon him who makes his nelghbor
drunken. No drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of God is the solemn
declaration of the Word. There IS not
commandment in the decalogue
whose violation is not caused directly
or indirectly by the liquor traffic, which
is responsible for four-tifths of the
crime in the land. Vet men rise up
and dare to arrogate to themselves the
right to tegalize this evil upon which
the ban of the Almighty is set! Listen
to Abraham Lincoln: The real lSaue
III this controversy, the one pressing
upon every mind that gives the subject
careful consideration. Is that legalWlng
the manufacture, sale aud use OF lntoA-
icatiug liquors as a beverage Is wrong
as all history and every development
of the traffic proves it to be-a moral
social and political wrong Hear
what William Mckinley has to say:
"Bv legalzing the traffic we agree to
share with the liquor seller tie re
sponsibiIites and evils of his business
Every man who votes for license be-
comes of necessity partner to the
liquor traffic and all its consequences,
The promised land of impartially en-
forced prohibition is in sight. 1t IS
flowing with the milk of peace and
purity and the honey of righteousness
and prosperity. We have been led
through the arid wastes of nullliica-
ton: Shall we wander, as false leaders
would have us, in the deserts of result
mission and license? God forbid that
we should present to the eyes OF the
world which are upon us the spectacle
of such folly and sin, The real danger
| is not from the corrupt and corIuptlng
rum machine, cruel through 1t IS, nor
yet from the greedy and carnal bench
| men who turn its crankS, but rather
! from the indifference and apathy OF the
| men and women who believe IN purity
and righteousness and do nothing.
When the God fearing People OF Maine
cav so and pray so and act according