The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-10-27

.5. aaJest and most eloquent
" ,ercl at the recent session
,-s GOOD Templars in Bidde-
that If Mr.. Frank W. Gowen
J. -rn, who has twice in success
e" IT.. asst few years crossed
. '..-4oressnr Maine in the worlds
&C. III. .5od Templar order in
i''' .le1afs wide'v known as one
-snost mperance workers in
u ,~.. other things Mr.. Gowen
'- Early acts of our COM
y tcr is overwhelmingly
ioubtedly be to re-
.....me. laws to the peo-
D. nocrats lack the
the House necessary
I--pn. Yet in my
.Hican members will
mrty principles and
.ratic party, which
time and again as
It has favored re-
.-or this state of af-
home of prohibition.
.- We'll Tor our temperance
before the incoming
their protest against
'Jr l is only a step to-
/. ..-.. ....1 re We are wise we will
l.. at the State capitol
!, r "ng resubmission, but
uar opportunity at once
~ State against resub-
E,n. s4a today where l have
4 a. t recent years, when |
|, ur 10. floor of this grand
more than once, that the
E,ts he State of Maine was
m,. s- w the education of our
trIs ..e au3ard Of our present
|iF. and the election of hon
oH l olr different counties
c-. - n rca that law. 1t is not
-tr ..iscuss politics in this
[rga eitizen of our State |
/ or mj more far-reaching
@ '..a. d plunge into the heat
|lnz 4asgjrs. and that work is to
ra 45 prohibitory law, which
Mr more for the happiness OF
|nms 4 weighed more in human
n.r-s. and in finance than all
l..l5as that have come before
| Fo. whatever name. Now that
Democratic party has full control,
Ei,aIg. IF us State affairs the liquor
PEI o. fl- ent1re nation Will pour
Fey int Name and make a desperate
Ft TO ore1lrow our prohibitory sys-
an 2.fg about regulation of the
pr raF by license or local option
+ a,h"g vol might as we'll try to
flats '1 r and all his 'imps' as
fTto Ct The traffic in rum-and
fHEaa- -'e apportGnity of calling
8.'@ur . the condition of our
H9'@es uIlr the system which
ll.-. ITS Gesire to again saddle
r'. The condition, or rather
tso State of Maine under
.. om IS a history of pow
& shame. Under that
r" va State of many bles-
.-a TO ruin and disgrace;
with distilleries, brew
All w. aie open rum shops; our
ifHa lap the entire assessed
p'"oa IT Ere state in every period of
| EARS while We were laid down
'tl'1s ports as the poorest and
R1Aisa .lnmonWealth in our ma
ba' . nave not time to dwell at
Pon these old rum days as l
'hs anil to tell you how the Ii
Fa @ool in very nook and corner
Ut ''att robbed our homes and chill
~ae1 our iails and poorhouses and
9" terrible demoralizing condition
every Immunity; but l desire to
'01 To- some of the old Kennebec
"".' amt compare them in rum
9'9 "oN under prohibition. Take
-" " heaItield, where was reared
sl''1 aan Hon. Lot M. Morrill,,
orange. the liquor traffic on the
Ae United States Senate as the
'""' erne Of crimes,' and we find
''-'I tceuse and free rum that
seven open rum shops at which
wy -"Q' gallons of rum annually,
10y u97ef prohibition there is
III l4Iol sold in Readfeld for
purposes. The town of Clinton
'pes rum shops under license
rum hut today under prohi-
on sac A0 open rum shops. Take
BE-. W Albion, which gave to the
:, WA" Loyejoy, the first abolition
n ''V regarded the liquor traffic
A p" The slave traffic as twin
'''osrlSm, and we find it had six
h. u '''pS' while today under pro-
h. '''e are none. The town of
,.r JAILED In honor of one of the
N. I'l' soldiers that ever led men
po,, ~@u eight open rum shops and
brb;p .'Ous drunkards, but today I'M
And '''ll Wayne has no open liquor
h =, ~ drunkards. The greater
DR 3. Our farms were mortgaged
bAio. rum debts, but today under
~, W. over IS per cent of Names