Evening journal., 1907-10-14

F. A. stuart Co. $50 Stuart Bldg,
Marshall. Mich.
hundreds Of demiiohns to be distributed
among the people"
I went to Bangor and walked the streets
there. one official there said Prohib ii n
is not only bad but it makes people worse
than IL cou'd be under license He put
that in writing and it win be pubs shed
later.
Quotes Some Statistics.
IF you had as much drunkenness here
proportionate'y as there Is in Bangor
you would have $3.50 cases in four years
instead Of the 5525 you had What an OUT
cry that would make. Can any tioughtful
man say that with these ngu es before
him he can vote for prohibition. If he
does he is voting to degrade his fellow
man and to increase drunkenness"
Regarding Portland Mr. Thompson sa d
there were SOi9 convictions for drunken
ness in four yeart. and If Wilmington
had the same average according to pep
lation it would mem 12S,7 cases in tbs
city for the same period when I came
here 1 can asure YOU I didn't exr ct TO
hnd what did nnd. and I am astonished
that any body should expect you o vo e
for prohibition with such stats les as
these against it,"
Mr. Thompson quoted statistics show
Ing that Per land has had 1885 arrests for
drunkenness so far this year, VIII le VII.
mington has had but 9i9 I'm other
words" he said" this prohibition town
of Portland had 1887 more convictions
than Wilmington which is under license.
ITow could you support Prohibition with
such ev.derce against it.
The prohibitionsts say prohb tion IS
going to cure Wilmington. Never mind
Bangor, it viii cure Wilmington; never
mind Portland. swallow the proh.b on
pin and it will cure wilmington
Gives Divorce Figures.
Il thought the American people in
prohibition state would be remarkably
good. I expected to find where they had
prohibition for fifty years that corr
jugal happiness would reach its acme
But when I found that Maine had S6
cases for divorce against Delaware's 52
I find a higher morality down here under
license than in Maine If prohibition Will
make the home here as in Maine then
say to you don't do it.
Take the cases Of poverty. We are Of
ten told the saloons create poverty In
Maine there are 1G3 cases in the aims
house, IN Delaware l45"
Speaking of the stat sites showing more
deaths than births i'm Maine, Mr.. Thomp-
son said: II think II all the prohibition
lists should 80 to Maine they would soon
die out. There We're more deaths than
births during ten years in Vermont" h.
cad, under prohibition.
lie said that the prohili,ion law is a
violation of history. and pointed 70 Tur-
key with its requirements Of total abb
stinencc as an example. Turkey be char
acterzed as an incubus TO PROGRESS and
civilization "lvnl our p-ohibiion7 7frienes
80 70 Turkey for some lessons and hold
the Turks up to the admiration Of the
world" ne asked
Refers TO History.
After speaking OF his regards for the
Union Jack OF his own country and the
Stars and Stripes. MT Thompson said;
II hope TO see some day these two f1gi
united, and gong forward IN concord for
the amelloration Of mankind. There is
one period IN our history tnat we are
ashamed o. and that was when fools
king tried to apply the doctrine of pro-
h'biu1n TO this country. And we have
been parted ever since thea, although we
are ffionds.
-Are you now going back on your his
tory and say to the moderate sectiCn OF
the people who may be temperate mer
we don't care what you do but we are
going 70 compel you, and If you want 10
drink liquor 80 into speakeasy and
drink Is vie liquor / don't believe Maine
is a whit more religious OF 50 religious as
the peop.e Of Delaware. DO you think for
one moment when you resort 10 compul-
sion you aid the cause OF christianity
! deny the right OF the temperate, party
20 say to me What ! shall do IN private
life
In the history OF the whole chr'st al
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