The independent-reporter., 1910-10-06

you stand for those things that bring
honor and fame there is no reason
stay in power in Maine for ten or 20
years"
And then came the most dramatic
feature of the speech that kept the
audience of five or six hundred people
laughing and applauding and wonder
ing what was coming next. We have
all heard the little story of what the
Governor of North Carolina said to
the Governor of South Carolina-it
wasn't Governor Glenn, by the way.
Now there's something else that will
be talked about for sometime to come
and that is how the Ex-Governor of
North Carolina prayed for the Cover
nor elect of Maine; for the speaker
raised his hands, clasped them togeth-
er and sent up fervent supplication
on behalf of Col. Frederick W. Plaist-
ed, and the Legislature as we'll. He
prayed that God might SO lead and
teach them that not a single vote
would be cast to bring back the rum
curse to the State of Maine. But if
you dare do it, he said, as he picked
up the thread of his discourse, "and
you need a poor, private. humble sol
der to speak in Augusta, Bangor,
Portland. or in the highways, com
mand me and | am yours
Governor Glenn is a real Southern
orator of the old school. He is elo-
Quent and witty, his voice is far
reaching. and if there were any who
heard him the other night who did not
agree with him. they still felt that it
was Il rare pleasure to listen to him.
Nobody cared If he did call them
"taters" and scraps" for these same
Eaters" and scraps figured in pas
sages that sort of thrilled the folks
on the floor and in the galleries. Mrs.
l.. NJ. n. Stevens, State and national
president of the w. c. T. IT,, presided
at the meeting and on the platform in
addition to her and speakers of the
evening were ex-Mayor Adam p.
Leighton, Rev. c. e. Owen, y. D., Miss
Anna Gordon, James w. Parker, DR..
Raymond Calkins of the State street
church and Rev. NJ. Joseph Twomey of
the First Baptist church. Governor
Glenn at the beginning told of the
WOIk tIldl lllt w. Y. 1 . u hhh hoAiN ~
bringing about State wide prohibition
In North Carolina, and then he SAID
"The question that | want to ask is,
what shall be the future action of the
various states of America with regard
to the manufacture and sale OF strong
drink? If it is a good thing, II 1t
makes better citizens. il 1t makes
nobler fathers. mothers. sons and
daughters, If 1t prevents disease. If ii
turns rags to. purple and fine linen
let us encourage the PRONUNCIATION OF
this good thing as we do every other
legitimate business in the land. If it's
good thing let US not confine 1t to
any section of a state or city. Let us
have it under the caves of our church
es But suppose 1t Is not good thing
Suppose 1t brings ruin and disgrace
and poverty; suppose 1t fills insane
hospitals and pententiaries and jails;
suppose it makes men and women
more like brutes than like the God in
whose image they were created. Then.
in the name of the State of Maine, in
the name of the United States of
America and in the name of God, let's
keep this curse out of Maine and drive
Il out forever from the rest of the
country.
1 bring this question to you-Is it
good thing? Will any man dare
stand up in this sacred edifice and say
that it is not a bad thing? | come to
you under no false pretences. In
my youth used to take a little some
thing for my stomach's sake but moi
for years have taken drop and
never shall another go down my
throat. The reason | have for the
faith in me is that have seen so
many of rare promise laid low by
drink. 1t is because have seen such
things and felt such things that l.
have dedicated the rest of my life to
driving this monster out of the United
States of America. If 1t is a curse
how can any party In the State of
Maine dare to bring back that curse?I
You call yourselves Christians care
not to what party you belong-how
can you stand for such a curse?
appeal to you as fathers and mothers
to go to work now and never cease
your efforts to stop this evil. Why
should they want to bring back the
saloon in the State of Maine? For 80
years this has been a prohibition