Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-30

of the saloon, and with an earnest
patriotic desire to help Maine keen
prohibition. Cur Young Campaigners
for Prohibition and their devoted lead
ers deserve our ~arfnest thanks for
the truly great service they rendered
the prohibition cause from the OPEN
ing days of the campaign to its dra-
matte close.
A section of the thousands of mus
ter roll signatures of the Young Cam
paigners lecorates this convention
church. It represents every county in
the State
We shall invite these young Prohibi-
ton patriots 10 continue their SPLEEN
lid activities in the public school the
Sunday school the Young Peoples So
cieties anu the Loyal Temperance Lee
gion. Once each year on or near Sept.
! II let us celebrate a Prohibition ami
versary day; a Saloon Prevention
, day. when with banners and flags,
! prohibition drum corps and band,
Names citizens of tomorrow" in
EVERY locality in the State shall march
! for prohibition On thar day let us
rally old and young for a rousing Pro-
| hibition mass meeting in which the
"A German baron once made Il
great aeolian harp by stretching wires
from tower to tower of his castle.
When the harp was ready he listened
for the music. but the air was still
and the wires hung silent Autumn
came with its gentle breeZes. and
there Were faint whispers of song
! At length the winter winds swept
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severed in majestic music
Such harp is the human heart Its
noblest music is heard in the winter
of trial. The onslaught Of the organ
lied liquor trade of this nation like a
mighty adverse wind has been sweep
ing over the hearts of the true home
lovers in this State. Never were these
hearts so deeply stirred. Never have
| they poured forth such grand prohibit
| ton music as during the campaign
| just closed. Day by day the wonder
full harmonies increased in power. Far
and wide across this beautiful state
in hamlet and in city, rose the males
tic strains This music of the heart
taeolian had for its recurring refrain.
Maine Must Keep Prohibition" Still
let these words echo and re-echo from
the lips Of the rising generation. Let
the resolve be deepened in all Young
hearts by education given them in the
home, the Sunday school, the public
school and the temperance organiza-
ton. SO shah there be reared an
army of brave defenders of Names
beneficent law. Maine will keen Pro-
lhibition.
The last address of the evening was
Mrs, Anna c. M. Tilinghast's.
Mrs. TiIlinghast's Address.
The Significance of the Present
Crisis" was the subject of Mrs. Anna
{. NJ Tiliinghast's address to the con-
vension and in her opening she asked
what were the causes which brought it
about and what led TO the people do
ing as they did She compared the ar
guments advanced away back before
the Civil War for the retention to the
arguments advanced in the present
year III the support of the liquor traf-
fic and because the arguments had
many supporters the United States
was involved i'll war Likewise as
, many in the State of Maine favor Ii
eense Maine is today passing through
a crisis, serious not only for itself but
for the nation and the world as Maine
has been the birthplace of prohibition
and mas always lead in this work.
While the battle at the polls is over
and right has won it is not over and
cannot be until the conditions leading
TO the crisis are changed. These con-
ditions the speaker gave as first That
prohibition had been called failure
but it is net because it has done much
work to elevate mankind and the prn-
cipal reason why it has been so-eallad
IS because individual men have sold
liquor in open violation of the law and
because individual officials have be-
trayed the confidence of the people
Narrow as that judgment is. it is one
OF the problems of the crisis The task
is to get at and destroy. if possible. the
premises from whicls this conclusion
is drawn.
A small part OF the population of
the State say remove the law. but
they need a little wholesome disci-
pline and the thing to do is to put
the lawbreakers in Jail and keep them
there until they can respect the law
ard become law abiding What shall
be done with public officials who do
nor do their duty? They should be
chosen with greater care With the di-
rect primaries the people will have
more choice in the officials
and then the people must
WORK for the recall. At present
the people simply have to bear with
an official until his term of office is
UP. Brt with the recall the people have
power to remove him if he proves un-
worthy
The vote of the foreign born cfti-
zens was given by the speaker as one
of the significant features of the con-
test as they We're mostly for the IL
cense law while the majority for the
retention of prohibition represented
the vote Of the natural born citizens
America must keep her standards high
and bring her people up to them The
day that they are lowered to the peo-
pie that day the die is east for her
overthrow. The great aid to help
America in this great task the speaker
gave as the ballot for women.
The argument which has been adj
vanced to have license in the cities |
and enforcement in the rural districts
was, the speaker said. along the same