Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-15
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION.
Should the Principal of Curling the Saloon
In Maine Be Rejected or Retained2
Maine Mems Opinions

free rum Everett II. Drummond,
Treasurer Waterville savings Bank,
Aug. Z, 1911.
The prohibitory law with its partial
enforcement lin some of the counties
I believe to be the best law we ever
had for the preservation of the home.
the family and the community. By
all means let us retain ii in our con-
stitution.-Albert w. Walker, Agrieul-
tural Implements q Coal, 5. Paris.
July. 1911.
certainly think il wise to retain
the prohibitory law in the State of
Maine. While conditions. at the pres
ent time. are not as we should like II
see them, yet | believe they are vastly
better than they would he under any
law that could be substituted for the
prohfbitory law-Chas. II. Howard,
Druggist. Town Treasurer. S. Paris.
July, 1911.
The man who can see a hole through
a ladder need not look twice To be
convinced that the greater proportion
of those elements which make for
thrift. for contented homes. for moral
ity, for general prosperty.for civic adj
Vaneement. repose on the side of the
scales which tips toward perpetual
prohibition of the liquor traffic.-Bid-
deford Daily Journal. Aug. 9, 1911.
The constitution is the proper place
for the prohibitory law. because so
long as it stays in the constitution, the
law is i'm the hands of the people.
When the law is removed from the
constitution. it is at the mercy of the
Rum Trust and scheming politicians.
believe the people OF Maine will vote
in September to keep the power IN
their own hands.-Alton {. Wheeler
Lawyer :. Paris. July, 1911.
| believe that our people who are
the final authority on all matters OF
government, will vote to retain the
constitution as ii is. and by major
ity of two to one. | have always be-
lieved in prohibition, but would like 10
see the law better enforced; and with
the will of the people clearly expressed
am sure il win be in the future -
William T. Haines. Lawyer. Water
vile. july "a. 1911.
The rum traffic is a blight upon a
community To legaliZe. directly OF
Indirectly. is TO sanction the greatest
evil known in the history of man. il
we're better to have law violated
than an evil tolerated and made re-
spectacle by legislation. The coming
election marks the struggle between
ILL., gotten gain and principle, and
principle ought to win.-H. c. knight
Superintendent of Schools. s. Paris
July. 1911.
Prohibition has unquestionablN
proved better than either license OF
local option laws. | am convinced OF
this fact from official records and per-
sonal observation OF at least three
representative towns-one in prohib'-
ton Kansas. aud two high license
towns in Missouri. License laws ar.
continually being violated and causing
other laws to be violated.-T, NJ Da-
Wis Superintendent of oxford County
Creamery. S. Paris. July, 1911.
thoroughly believe in the prohibit
| tory law Having lived twenty years
under a license law, know from per-
sonal observation that the liquor traf-
fie is not controlled according TO law
under license, and that violations arr
greatly increased. Also that liquor
interests are so strongly organized
| that convictions before a jury ar
nearly impossible. Vote Mo-. A
Heidner. Paris Trust Company, S
| Paris, July, 1911.
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