The Republican journal., 1910-11-24
W. Folly of Local Option.

FnrToR OF THE JOURNAL
TO 49, raturally a difference in the
1h s'. of + different towns; Som: Some town, towns
ps9FIS largely Democratic; others large
vii De 'I ,can Some will be church 60
i FSps nle others will scarcely have any
ng psOP' meeting within their limits.
tsbg''p;a rake great interest in schools;
Some wi only raise what money the law
'h s.ssI "'' them to raise for educational
@1lEF" Some towns provide decent
pjfp ',fortable home for their paupers;
~ ~. nroyide only what the law COM
0hS'' s,n,s take great interest in good
p'S ,-bers do only what the law COM
PP d.. .r .o, recognize all these differences
W., WAC, general local option law, and
'll gu town manage its own local
~ r,tbout interference by the
ln'p II = town don't want to pay out
S'' ,s support schools, why should
l''' srep in and compel them to? If
'a' s ,..-7eet ot the town is against pay
' money to support paupers, how
"s STAT aw 10 compel such support
..-.a' If the sentiment of the
F" AGAINST rqsing money to main
Y' how can the State law to
,,r. lr =Need5ed?
'' csut have such a general local
., 1.W mea who like their money
v t,gq they 10 education, the COM
t,.,.. support of paupers or good
~. s.l..f Urally gravitate toward
w. .,.-s as raise very little, if any,
.-.r FIR those purposes, till the major
:, -, sgr any year vote to raise
" ls- schools. roads or paupers.
r[5cs Nou9r IS good to suppress the
..,. ,as liquor traffic, why not to
ao,.4., restitution? Can any person
~ ~, any possible reason why we should
~. local 5pion law to regulate the
rma- aas That will not apply with
.,a, force ~ favor of local option to
,1D7rrss this Nndred evil? Suppose we
a,af trv IT Probably every town in a
.m,ty b. larger or smaller majorities
,,,a.5 .o.e No. How natural and easy
! po.H h. for evil disposed persons in
,lsseo., 53Hty to concentrate in the
,,Fr u .g giving the smallest No
rsi0rty 3u. n subsequent years make it
Yes majority Wouldn't the town
sp5 become sacb a sink of iniquity that
.Fea -aaat person would be glad to
ror- a. # ii? Wouldn't the yes vote
hon become practically unanimous on all
rcss AMI crimes, the liquor traffic,
rB5Hg prostitution, highway robbery,
la.4 s--4.Hg etc? Wouldn't every
tr asorler and violence flourish
n3sr TIE protection of the law?
Per-s.. ln' viii say that such an ar
sree you'd purify the rest of the
sgn~ Nuc L make the rest of the
uar r.ta " worse? In these days
trag .ltomobiles, bicycles, ETC.,
sm st a- asily tempted persons, all
Fu IT, l1-y. rather go away from
t2r= protected by the law in
BE- @ouliu t they become worse
fa v.. No we want one or more
Hcl sass f -Hlluity in every county in
Ba perhaps it may be said, we don't
IVqosa 60 do my such thing, we don't
F0pos 9 make possible the license of
lTr,'g but the saloon. Why do you
Fqose To- allow the towns to license this
FCa an most destructive crime in the
F1os -s, jals gigantic crime of
pm, sn apply State wide prohibi-
fm 70 al. tine rest? Can you state any
|asmS why We would like to have
Naate them We would like to see
Eer rsaa out before US.
S579 Size ao, rs you say, confne our
F. l ta- saloon alone, the gigantic
|HaF O.. crimes" Local Option pro-
b. e Zach town vote each year
'''s' 4. ~l.. license or prohibit the sa-
F0~' H. ga. suppose the vote is to be
H. III Saea and Biddeford. The river,
lA SEPARATES -hem, across which there
y4''s-al trlages. Isit possible to get
~ 'l'7 o either town? The people in
'l ~'' say. if We vote dry, the other
ID IFe liver will vote wet, and they
e all the license money and we
3-' 0eae We know perfectly well
Ae ofea saloon will increase our
'@ a3Ef 'lsl the licenses will amount
| '' / laeotaer side of the river votes
0' people Will drink just as much
| 15s would II we sold, and they will
81 .o4 license money and we will get
U.s. anu our axes will be increased on
'u Of 5Wkenness and disturbance
'a'ae as the saloon were at our
u ''s bn'ges. If our people are to
!, 81 Use 1ggm they want, just across
'aage we have got to have the
1''+'-sS anyway. We may as we'll
'7' a'c get our part of the license
ISN'T 1t plain to see that men
''' .A favor of the State wide pro-
a''''. would, for these reasons, vote
Conditions exist in Lewiston
a4'lra Bangor and Brewer and
." All our cities will saw, it