Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-14

promoted temperance, as much as |
disapproNc OF the law itself, | should
hesitate Before casting my vote, but
believing as l do that in cities, viii
lagos ana thlckly populated places it
lactually promotes drunkenness, and |
shall certainly vote for resubmisson.
| Even in the rural districts il is becom-
| ing popular to have brush camps in
| the woods furnished with bottles Of
| beer and Il pack Of cards where young
| mon meet to show their contempt for
| the law.
| | do not feel that there is any great
| harm in Il pack of cards or even a
glass of beer, but it shows the tendency
OF this law. and if the friends of the
| law are SATISFIED with its workings il
| shows that they are welded to a the
DRY and not condition.
II seems TO me that il is time this
matter he taken out of politics and
these ncdGlesomc agitatcrs should he
sent TO the rear 1t is my opinion that
| the law would have been more salts
factory had it not been for the poll
| ticlans.
Is there anybody SO fresh as to he J..
| lleVe that such Il law would prohibit
or even diminish the use of liouoro
| Does anybody think it promotes tenn
perance: a law that establishes CITY
and town agencies to sell LIQUOR fo-
| medlclnal and mechanical PURPOSES
ana express companies bountifully
| SuppreSslnS all other needs.
Nhen liquor can be bought at whole
SAFE IN other states and landed at your.
door ana 70 one can touch it unless II
can be proved that it was intended Far
SAFE. Now | want to ask if men are
forced into buying their vhiskev r.,
the wholesale if il is not quite likely
| 'heE VIII eventually drink it bv the
wholesale? This "so-callcd' nrohibi-
tory law III any way You look at if is
h"t q leWel or consistency. The lcris-
EilHrS dld not pass this law TO hind
| 'HehlSelNe" nut their more humble CON
lS'Hneht they discussed this measure
IoNef Il bottle of Whiskey, and in my
| nearing said it would not hinder tben,
| from getting All they wanted. thus ad
Iil''lhs II was class legislation intend
ca % put what they called the lower
| GLASSES under guardianship.
ms was done in what was s,1nnoead
I" Il" free country, a country ,vbo.o
| declaration of Independence decI,rad
'hat all mon were born free and eouaI
| nave Il decided opinion in this n,attor
ana am going to express that oninion
| fcarIeSSly and without reserve in cnito
of what others may think. and strive to
| li%ht manfully the monstrous wrongs
| the M jority party are irving To fasten
| unon MS indefinitely. denounce this ca
called prohibitory law as fanatical nm
| American and dangerous. Danper.,ue
| because if ono set Of cranks can take
away one of our personal rights anoth-
| or set can rob us of another and in
| PROPORTION as crankS increase our lib
| critics Will decrease having in q meas
| IRE arisen above the incubus of the
| riicStcraft and ignorance of the rast
| let us not he dragged into a worse con-
| dition than the one we have left l fcaI,
| for tho stability of the government if
We continue to legislate for the benefit
| oc the rich and tire strong against the
| poor and the week
| This looking down of one class upon
| another is getting, too common and is
| disturbing the relations which once cx-
| listed. During the last few weeks [ have
| heard the pdlor man discussed and
! measures proposed to better his con-
| ditipn. 1t is thought by some that the
parks which the electric railroads arc
| establishing to amuee the public should
| be discontinued because some poor.
| hard working man had actually been
| known to spend 10 cents in car fare to
go to free show. that he ought to
| saved his 10 cents toward paying his
| dog tax. Another says he ought not to
be allowed to own a dog. He ought to
/ mi, "a ho
| tors to help them make paupers for the
| town to support.
| Though perhaps his dog is the only
thing in the world that he loves or that
loves him. jeremiah Hacker, a free
| thinking Quaker who once edited and
| published a paper in the city of Port
land, called the Pleasure Boat, made
| this prediction which it seems is near
| coming true. In donouncing a city ordi-
nance that affected the poor. he said
| that they soon would not allow n poor
| man to have the itch for fear he would
| take some comfort scratching.
| We have in this country as near as
| possible compulsory education and
| where there is education there will be
| thought and whore there is thought
there will be seeking after truth and
truth makes us free. 1t is gratifying to
know that some of our higher institu-
| tons of learning are seeking after the
| truth and are giving our sons and
daughters the benefits of their research.
| | ct US not heed the hypocritical SWIVEL
| ings of these pinchback reformers. but
seek after truth and follow it, and by
| preccpt and example strive to save our
| country from the dangers that threaten
| il. The same causes that caused tho
downfall of Greece and Rome and
brought on the revolutions in England
| and France will do the same bloody
W DIRK here. if this kind of legislation is
| continued until it becomes unbearable.
| We have as Il nation proved to the
world we were capable of gaining our
| liberty and independence. Let us show
| to them that we are able to retain it
| without bloodshed. You may think me
| 4 pessimist, but in sincerity i believe
| the signs of the times betOkens i'll to
our country, and | make this as q
prophecy and hope you will remember
| it as don't expect to be here when the
crash comes to say 7 told you 50.
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