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

it, therefore its immediate repeal is loudly
demanded. Why should not our chief
executive be given the power to execute the
will of the people? Until the passage of the
SturgiS law he had not such power. Fellow
citizens, settle this question between your
selves and God before you settle it at the
ballot box While the fifth amendment re-
mains in the constitution the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors cannot be
legalized by any law the leglS lature may
enact The main anmUS OF resubml SSlon
is to remove this bar to the end Of lesaiZed
liquor traffic under the high license system.
Yet my good brother, the Rev. Robert SUIT
cli1fe Of Rock land, declares himself as belns
in favor of prohibition against license, nut
in favor of resubmiSSlOn, tie explains now
hard it would be for TesubmlsSlon 10 win
and that ma jority Of one could remove or
keep it, He wants il to come Squarely be,
fore the people of Maine naked, clear ana
we'll defined. Was it not 50 before the Peo-
pie at the last election when the candldate
for governor who was opposed TO reSuo-
mission received twenty nine thousand SIX
hundred and four more votes than the can
date whose platform was reSubmlSs!on
and who was the chief champion OF high
license2 Has it not so been before the PEG
pie when they have petitioned to the legls-
!ature ten against to one N favor II is
not before the people as the slhslT. para
mount issue of this campaign" has not
IA 7a,innti0n of this amenriment an op-
portunity to express themselves at the
coming election. Is he pleading tor any
Weaklng whose principle IS NOT ABOVE
80 IN Win never avoids the race That
da,o,Js ~, Who the race is with and what
~ ynaI We shonld have nothing after
running this race which we DO not now
possess. Would it be wise OF right to open
our State to such campaign OF cofiuPIi3h
Far nrnhihitjon IN its home? Would 1t be
- ~ 70 divart +ba Christian and moral
fnTnas 0f 0nr state from the great task now
hafnra tbem To grapple with this monster
\ybG viii uSe methods and means such as
we ,,,,,,t RESORT to- We need 10 hold our
me band oil our energies TO The
Mi, if which we are now 50 successful.
H.. .a,.S he believes i'm the rule OF the ma
',.ri.S 81 d0 The majority does not
2[.a,f res1IhmisslOn.
49,, ,;., lioo,,so will lacraasta
we are tolu Li7A IIe0iIoS 49, mr.,
drinking, especial! QLunhT w - l r,
hI2lNoh rum i we ~ " .' ,i,irs and
t4-l"W rht tAalhptt oI -IeM it".l ,f
eLm"nt. WA" al'Fi 49, 49, ~ ny. i,sTt had
prom lll"I' elll9i Gu 80 a. g. 49,,
: Wehi over 70 M u 4Leel1Se f 5nsi-laud
VII. Joseph T. Jones' Nv W Iti,,
who was associated WIN eNll ~
eNt III CARRYING eInlo5. iol T I[,3l ON
have away pteh an guy "C@'e ~ -,
tluu ana lQ some Woth.Ih me IeHt t.'''' -
to BRING about me pIeS5Ht - alTH ,i-+,.,i
March voted Tor license oecaGst 80 i.. ~,
that ever! license pQ!lcN NoytI W. 49,
III Eutidn! thah aDeouie +,
u-ne months ~ Incense i.i'! ColN'' a. .i' l ~
admit that my expectations nv I- ,Iry,lr
realized, II the lace "i lIt N"H. L'>7 ,t'i;
violations OF law ana QenoIaI'zIH- tU' ~
tions resulting from the saloon thtle - our
one alternative, ana th2t Is 10 ItNV1$e Utt
action of last March ana Eote lut tIG +i9+
at the coming eeetimh. nave l[t'll !, nc
this VIII be doAe. Inc mum pei VI "i 80 ~
for lntuNlcatloE during me nine lliol1li1 w
license, as compared WIN lhr PIFrt''ii'7
year, has increased nearly QUO per Gem y
large number OF lnt"AIcateu PEI u,' a.
able tn elude the police ana escape -
by seeking refuge ON SIDE streets anu 'l'lI N
alleys, Last summer 1t was no uncol!i !! i'G III
thing to tihd drunken man ftstlh? IN
the front yard. An extra policeman - 9.'
duty at the police station 10 answer w
phone calls in this class OF cases =" Htle
the number of arrests has increased lFai
y I'VE 10 one the numbtr Oh lutoAicale1 PCi
sons seen on the streets mas lncTtaseu tel-
fold. One of our policemen maze tie le-
mark in my presence ttat II he sIoulu ''i
rest every intoxicated man he would De d. :
resting five men where now he only arrests
one.
"A Young man, who took the Kelley cure
twelve ve5rs ago. and had not touched a
dram of iinnor during that time, has hardly
drawn a sober breath since the saloon was
Nnanad The saloon keppars have been no
tftiad Tine ana apain NOT TO sell him liquor,
hnf theI ignore ali sense of decency IN re-