Evening journal., 1907-10-28
VETS AND 'DRYS'
IN HOT DEBATE
CcontInusd From FIrst 200

Mr.. Maclean announced that the debaters
would speak thirty minutes and twenty
minutes each. with ten minutes for clos
ing argument by the affirmative. lie pre-
sented Mr. Evcrhart as the first speaker.
Mr.. Everharts Opening.
Mr. Everhart was greeted with great
applause. There was a little kissing. Here
/ am and ] am sober" he said. when /
left Portland, Maine. my wife was re-
spectacle woman You may think there
are no sober men or respectable women
in Maine yet | hope TO demonstrate that
there are a few before I am over
At the outset he declared that the pur-
pose for the enactment OF the prohibitory
law WAS to withdraw legal sanction from
the man selling intoxicating liquors 70
his fellow men. and thus lessen drunken
ness and prevent attending crime, pauper-
ism and insanity. To show the effective
ness Of the prohlbitory law IN Maine he
declared that what liquor ala come there
came from outside states. lie asserted
that the prohibHory law IN Maine did not
prevent the brewing OF two per cent. beer.
Speakcaaics nbi1ed ia license states, he
declared, far more intensvely than In
ant-licens communities. lie declared
that there were 1000 speakelales IN Chit
cago. J. 100 In Plttsbure. and In Burlington
w.. with 10 saloons. there were 100 spaat-
castles that continued 70 eSist alongs de
OF them. In the whole state Of Maine
he commented There are haf as many
spoakeasies os IN plttsburg alone" Tak-
ing up death from alcoholism, he Do
clared that Maine was the lowest Of any
other State In the Union. with the ex-
ccption Of one. New Hampshire, which
he said. al the time the census was taken
wis prohibition state. There was no
state In the Union. he said. further. that
showed a greater success IN the process
OF eliminating the liquor traffic and oust-
ing drunkenness than Maine according TO
statistics Of the state author ties, which
showed that IN 1896 there had been 3,o00
commitments TO JAIN for drunkenness.
while In 1906 there had been but 1850.
Pictures Massachusetts.
lie asserted that in Massachusetts,. one
OF the most strictly regulated license
states IN 1903 there had been S61e insane
patients, while in Maine for the same per-
iod there had been only SS5. The death
rate In Massachusetts was l2S and I'm
Maine eB In almshouse inmates Il was
shown. since 1850 there had been a de-
crease OF nine IN Maine, and am increase
OF something like i900 Ia Massachusetts,
Tn 1904 there had been l2o arrests for
drunkenness In Maine. and 2iiO In Massa-
chusotts la spite OF the fact that there
We're a number Of local option cities IN
~
claIed that az the present time in Della
ware 260 arrests have been made for
drunken crimes, while in Maine for the
past year there had been only 1l9 al
though four times tho population OF Del
aware
Maino's Celebrities.
lie then alluded to the high output Of
celebrities IN Maine and It's educational
Advantages. He declared that Maine sent
g per cent. more good. rich blood 90 nom
contiguous states than any othcr s'ate IN
tho country 81 had lived Is years under
license before coming to Maine" he con-
cluded. 'and when I went to live there IL
seemed IRE going into another world.
During the last 90 days only saw three
drunken men cn the streets of portlund
Men 20 TO Maine looking for certain
things which are really not founded en-
truth and they cannot toll The facts"
AT the close OF his argument Mr.. Ever
hart was wildly chcered. Mr. Mac'ean OBJ
served that be had not held the first
speaker closely to his subject and would
accordingly "g've the next spce kcr some
latitude. lie ruled that all questions from
the audience would be referred TO tho
chair Mr. Thomson was then introduced
amid loud cheers.
Mr.. Thomson Begins.
Mr. Thomson remarked that ne was ox-
ceedingly giade to have met a gentleman
from Name, but expressed the wish that
he had kept to his text" II am not GO
ing to talk about prosperity. or divorce or
bank deposits or wander here aud there,
but / ana going TO stick TO facts and speak
20 you as ladies and gentlemen OF the
jury he said Entering then upon his
duty OF trying to prove that prohibt'on In
Maine does not prohibit he declared on
the authority Of the chief OF police OF
Portland that during the last four years
there had been S0i9 casos OF drunkenness
MY respected opponent said" he inter-
polated. that he had seen but three
dr'nks in a certain period but. YOU know.
no man Is so absolutely blind as Ne who
viii not see. Wilmington had only B.52s
cases. In other words Portland with ss o.o
people had more than Wilmington win
@,on In proportion TO It's popuiatlon M
the same rate Wilmington should have
had i2NI In an. during the seven months
from February Of this year to the last OF
August there had been 1896 cases Of
drunkenness IN Portland and gls IN wl-
mington
Resented Kissing.
wilmington would be one OF the most
drunken towns In the United STATES AZ tho
same rate Mr.. Thomson added and ths,e
Mss an outhurst OF groans ana hisses Al,
thomson, glaring at box FUN of women
on MS right said; 1T Is the first Inn. n,
,s ile that was ever hlssed by a lady
s"'s 'he best the anti-license party
~ give am exceedingly sorry for IT,
MF thomson quoted figures relating
70 arrests for drunkenness IN Water
NtHe' Lewiston and Bangor, comparinp
.hem TO Wilmington, very much 40
the advantage Of the latter. He pavs
,ne arrests Ia Bangor and Wnmlngton
from 1903 TO 1906 as follows. Ranpor
population $4,000. itO2 arrests In taoa
wilmington, 1855; st0l, Bangor. 1s3e.
Wilmington, 1888; 1906, Bangor. fast,
wilmington, it0S 1906 Bangor. 1S97
Wilmington. 1893
In this little town OF % 600 nonuis-
tion,' he said. there Is moro arupt
enness than in Wilmington win on
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