Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-27
Finally Passed.

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muster.
Resolve relating to til" ana sale of
gun house in kittery. York county, for
r"riy used hy Company L, Artillery, 4th
Regiment. Maine Volunteer Militia.
Resolve IN favor OF Harry =. Halves.
Resolve in favor of aiding the building,
Of 4 bridge between Machlasport and
Fast Machias.
Resolve, III favor of Benjamin T. Col
cord.
Resolve in favor of the town OF Bucks
part TO aid i'll the repair and rebuilding of
Nclcna bridge.
Resolve III favor OF the tuwn Of Verona.
Resolve in favor Of The Maine Insane
hospital.
Resolve in favor of secretary of COM
mittce on banks and banking.
Orders Of the Day.
Spccia! Assignment: Majority and mi
no!itv reports Of the committee on tenn
pcrance reporting on bill to regulate the
sale of liquors by State liquor commits
SiOncls and town agents, fought to pass
in new draft. ana Ought not to pass"
Mr. \cWbcrt of Augusta. moved that
the minority report be substituted for the
majority report.
On motion of Mr.. Merriman Of East
I.ivcr1nore, the House voted to limit the
time Of speeches on this question to 10
minutes.
on motion Of Mr.. Dunton Of Belfast,
the was tabled llnti the bill for the re
peal If State liquor agency law was act
eli JUROR.
Special Assignment: Majority and mi
nority reports Of committee Oh temper
arce reporting on bill TO amend the Stur-
sis law. Ought to pass and Ought not
to pass
On motion of Mr.. Folsom of Norridgo-
v-ock. the bill was tabled pending the
consideration OF bill for repeal Of Stur
sis law.
On molten of Mr. Merlman of East
Lvcrmorc, speeches on bill for repeal of
Sturgis law were limited to 10 minutes.
Special Assignment: Majority and
minority reports of the committee on
temperance reporting on bill for re-
peal of Sturgis law. fought not to
pass" and ought to pass
Mr.. NEWBERT of Augusta: L move
10 substitute the minority report for
the majority report. The bill is so we'll
known that much discussion would be
d waste Of valuable time. | believe the
SturgiS law TO be wrong in principle,
1 know it by observation to be bad in
operation. 1t is contrary to the spirit
of our institutions. 1t is I'M Democrat
ic, it is thoroughly un-Amcrican. No
law was ever placed on our statute
books that 50 quickly became unp0pu-
lar, that so quickly inllamcd the public
passion, which has 50 generally irritat-
cd the people Of the State Of Maine
as has this. TIC people object to llav-
ing guardianship thrust upon them.
Our localities are justly jealous of
their local rights. We object to the
State of Maine performing the part Of
paternalism and setting a board Of Of
ficials over the sheriffs whom the pco-
pie OF the several counties have elect
ed. 1t never has worked well. l believe
the SturgiS law to be a dismal failure.
In five counties of this State in one
year for the support Of this Sturgis
law VIC have spent more than We spent
in the same year for the University or
Maine, more than we paid on our
bonded debt in 1905, more than we
spent on State roads, more than we
spent on roads and bridges, ten times
what we spent for academies, almost
as much as we spent on normal
schools, two-thirdS as much as we
spent on our high schools. six times
what we spent for the education of
the blind, nearly four times what We
pay for fighting consumption at the
State Sanitariu,n, over half what we
pay for soldiers pensions, and nearly
as much as we used to pay for State
printing. Extend the system all over
the State of Maine and continue ii for
ten years and this piece of gigantic
foolishness would cost the State of
Maine more than the Civil War.
There are other misdemeanors and
even other crimes than liquor selling.
If the special attention and expendi-
ture of money devoted to enforcing the
law against that misdemeanor should
be directed towards enforcing all our
criminal laws it would cost 500, 0O0, 900
a year to run the State Of Maine, and
the State would in time become as
free from sin as the Garden of Eden
before the serpent added apples to the
bill Of fare for Adam and Eve.
AR THOMAS Of HOwIand. Mr.