Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-29
Portland Address
ChaS. E. Littlefield.

Chas. E. LittlefieId.
The reception which the Hon.
Charles f. Littlefeld got at the pro-
hibition rally in the Auditorium
Thursday night was but little less n
thusiastie than that accorded him at
the Republican State convention In
this city five years ago. when his DIS
tinguished fellow townsman, the Hon.
William r. Cobb, was renominated tor
Governor SAYS the Portland Press.
AT that time Mr.. Litlefield, who was
representing the second district IN the
national House of Representatives, had
lust come off victor in a strenuous
campaign in which his nomination
again for the position which he 50 ably
filled had ben opposed, and as ne
arose from his seat with the Knox
delegation a the big gathering in the
old city hall for the purpose of adj
dressing the chair he was given
tremendous ovation. Again. when ne
was called to the platform to speak
for a few minutes there was another
demonstration.
And Thursday night as he was pre-
scented to an audience of not less than
1900 from Portland and other cities and
towns in this section Of the State he
Was applauaed for fully five minutes.
Two or three times the handclapp,ng
died down a bit, only to be renewed
with increased volume. and when il
ceased altogether Mr. Littlefeld
launched out into defence of the cos
stitutional prohibitory law that held
the closest attention of his hearers
from beginning to end He argued
from the standpoint Of commercial,
political and social economy and in
part his speech was practically repe-
tition of that made at Rocziand few
nights age Thus far the abest reply
that has been forthcoming from the
license advocates is that Mr. Little
fields statistics are bewldering and in
| COMPREHENSIVE The figures are taken
|from the United states census report
and they cannot be refuted, the con-
trast between Massachusetts, license
state. and Maine with its SO years of
prohibition being presented in such a
manner as To show the voters that il is
to their advantage to retain in The con-
stitution our system of dealing with
the liquor traffic
Mr.. Littlefield referred 10 the reports
that the liquor interests had contribute
ed a million dollars to the campaign
against prohibition in Texas and said
that that was equal to 1873 for each
vote. He didn't mean to say, though.
that this sum was actually paid for
each vote. While the liquor mems
mouths talked and said that prohibition
was a failure their money talked and
their votes talked against what they
claimed was a failure. 1t was his
privilege i'll the 10 years that he was in
the House Of Representatives. to meet
| these same gentlemen and then. while
their mouths We're filled with talk of
prohibition being a failure. they We're
irving Ia kill it, Quoting the declara-
ton of certain bishop to the effect
that he was against prohibition, one
portion of it being that he had been AZ
most a total abstainer, Mr.. IittleGnld
remarked that If this gentleman 0ad
applied individual wide abstinence he
might have aided in reducing the COCO
majority in Texas
Educational Features.
Thu present campaign, he said. VAS
developing a great many educational
features. On street corners. in hotels,
in drug stores and on trains one could
find that a large body of constitutional
experts was being created. He sup
posed that Is per cent. Of these gentle
men who were 50 much disturbed never