Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-07
GOVERNOR COBB
Continued from Page Seven.)

certainty spread all over the State, ana
| naturally enough the Sturgis law was
held to be, if not the reason, at least
the scapeg0at for all the woes OF the
republican party. So far as actual ana
known results are concerned the dls-
satisfaction eliminated in the spring
elections, and almost every man VINO
! for one cause or another cherished
resentment against the party, maSkeu
| behind the SturgiS law and cohtrlp-
uted to Republican defeat.
The issue must not be confoundeu,
| however. ard while our opponents cail
| it the SturSis law yet as matter Oh
| fact it is the principle of enforced pro-
| hibition that is on trial and every
| thinking fair minded man knows inns
| to be the truth. Has the Republican
| partv been sincere or inSincere IN lis
| professions OF belief in that principle:
| Has il used that principle in It's plat
| form only as a meaningless declaration
| to catch votes, or did it mean what II
| said and does it propose to stand by il?
Has a few months of attempted real
| enforcement 50 pricked the holloWneSs
| of its convictions that they vanish al
the first sign OF possible disaster or
| does il intend to hold fast to that prin
| ciric and if defeat come go down with
colors flying but still true to itself.
| Those are questions that the Repuhli-
can party must now face and answer,
and ought to face and answer, and if
| the SturgiS Law has no other claim for
| the right of existence, one is found in
the fact that it has shown what en-
| forced prohibition may mean, illus
t,sot tnI 4
| last we may expect Il vote upon this
question that will express the wishes
| of the people of Maine. The state is
| aroused and | believe will stay So
This condition Of affairs was bound 10
come sooner or later and it is well that
| it is here now. Notification Of the law
and all the corruption that follows in its
train has made the situation what it is
and whatever the results Of I'll" tail
elections may y" confidently hnrc ana
b"liev" that Maine viii come out Of tine
| contest with q strength. ned regard for
Law and Il determination that il Shall
be respected and ohoyrd.
Tho SturGis Law is nnIy y means to
an cnd ara That cnd is tu prvtont multi
| ficatiOm. 1t Will go into every county
where tho local officials are permitting
nulificat'n, ana it Will come out the
instant thar sucb Officials rive .r,,,eon-
phln assura1 noes that they viii op,in t,.,-
to do tnnir d1,tv
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Gems" IS altogether tCo important to hr
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