Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-13

of the people of Maine.-James p.
Baxter, ex-Mayor. Real Estate, Port
land. May 49, 1911.
Statutory prohibition, without en-
forcement has been. and must con-
tinue to be a failure. at least in part.
Enforcement can be had only by look
ing more carefully to the primaries.
State wide prohibition is the goal.
The present law should be retained
and enforcement demanded. The peo-
pie can have ii If they will.-John A.
Mooers, Sheriff of Somerset County,
Skowhegan. June 8, 1911.
believe in State wide prohibition,
and think it would be better for the
people of the State of Maine to have
ten thousand dollars stolen from its
treasury. than to take prohibition out
OF the constitution. and receive ten
thousand dollars for licensing LIQUOR
selling.-Alfred II. Lang. Former En-
foreement Commissioner and Sherirr,
Skowhegan, June 5. 1911.
The constitutional amendment, pro-
hibiting tie manufacture and sale OF
Intoxicating liquors in the State of
Maine, is in the interest of home
making which builds up the nation.
Nullifcation of law defeats its pur-
pose. Honest enforcement-no drink,
no drunk-promotes good citizenship.
James S. Lowell, Judge of Probate,
Sagadahoc County, Bath. June 3. 1911.
believe in our prohibitory law, and
especially from the point of view of a
business man and manufacturer EN-
ploying about 400 hands. | believe
the licensed saloon would be a great
calamity to our working people. and to
| business in general in Portland and I'm
the State of Maine.-E. T. Burrowes.
Screen Manufacturer, Portland. June
:, 1911.
| am in favor of retaining State
wide prohibition of the saloon | am
satisfied il would be much better for
all kinds of business. | reach that
conclusion from personal observation,
as to the difference between license
and prohibition. having lived In Maine
under both eonditions.-Hiram KnOwl-
/ ton. Lawyer Portland June 7, 1911
] l would take county option If could
not get State wide prohibition, and
local option If | could do no better.
But State wide prohibition enforced Is
particularly Objectionable to the dis
tillery. the brewery and the saloon In
i terests. Their opposition is ample
endorsement Of State prohibition
Frank l.. Dingley, Lewiston Evening
Journal. Lewiston, May 90 1911.
Statewide prohibition is preferable
10 such prohibition as may be Sc
cured under local option because local
| option cannot, in the nature of the
case. protect the localities in which
. inc h.
| stroy ing influence OF neighboring To-
ealities in which license prevails.-Geo.
c. Chase. President of Bates College,
Lewiston. June .. 1911
The principle of Statewide prohibi-
ton Of the saloon in Maine should
| be retained. / believe the prohibitory
| law can be enforced. At any rate
prefer to live under such a law rather
than to take chances with any other
that might be enacted upon the liquor
question.-A. r. Nickerson. Wholesale
Fish Dealer. Boothbay Harbor. June
3. 1911.
| am not friend of the saloon and
therefore am in favor of the prohibi-
tory law and its strict and impartial
enforcement. / should regard the re-
| peal of the law as a cowardly con-
cession to the rum seller Let Maine
continue to lead in matters ofaztoUx&5
| perance. Albert L. Richardson m
| cipal Normal School, Castine. jun
| 1911.
l know that all the evils that attelS1
prohibtion.-the blind tiger, the pocke{
peddler, and defiance of law,-go wiz
high license. do not want the great
er evils of the legalized saloon added
to these we have already suffered.
| shall vote against it.-Payson Smith,
State Superintendent of Public
Schools, Augusta. June s, 1911.
The people interested in the rum
business. the manufacturer, the job
Der. the retailer and the drinker want
| wide prohibition done away with,
| Further the licensed rum shop will be
| followed by. or accompanied with. the
brothel. and the gambling hell, two
things from which Maine is compare
| lively freeze. w. Singer, Editor
| Damariscotta Herald Damariscotta.
June 2. 1911. e~ea 40 ~
Prohibition in Maine should be re-
tanned by all means. In my judgment,
if the law had been properly enforced
| there would be no cause for such a.
question to arise at this late day. All
such questions are back numbers. and
| the prohibitory law should be rigidiy
! enforced for many good reasons.-J.
L. Lovett. Kelley Institute, Portland,
| Nov. 16. 1910.
1t does not seem possible that any
man who has children for whose well
| fare he is responsible, can vote to leg
alize the selling of liquor in our State.
1t is to be hoped that any man who
| will, willingly and from his own choice
| vote for the saloon, may never have
| children of his own. They are too
precious gifts to be given to such men,
| Geo r. Morton, Treasurer Paris
Manufacturing Company, South Paris.
| June 8. 1911.
The prohibitory law to be success
| must have public sentiment back of
| it. The present law does not stop the
sale of liquors. but the increase under
| local option would be IS per cent.
Should we repeal the laws pertaining
/ IN murder hapalca rnnrderc apa cny,