Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-17

defend every city aud town. We plan
by public speakers, advertisements aud
iteratur, to create strong license and
AUTHORIZATION feeling in the state. The
result this fan will determine the policy
for fuor years, hence the need of extra
fort ana assistance at this time.
WILL YOC SEND Us y CHECK At
ONCE as your contribution. bearing ia
mind our need of a large fund to success
fully carry out our work.
Very truly
o II. STEELE, Sety-
Not only that Mr.. Speaker. but it Will
bc possible through money To obtain from
the press editorials for license ana adj
vocatcs for license. Further than that,
they will find for money plenty of orators
with smooth and oily tongues to 50 be-
fore the people proclaimng the bone
fits of high license to the people Of Maine,
and how can you pave Your streets and
educate your children and carry on the
institutions of your state by taxing the
vices Of Your people? You Will find M n
i'll tie pulpit that can be ligod for this
money, men in the pulpit who wear the
livery Of Heaven to scTV" the devil i'll.
WHO Will uilu'ildht ~ u'4cilh ItSi ~
ensc and say il j. possible To reform tn"
saloon and maxi it respectable and at
truetivc place for thu boys and make
easy the road To he'll. On. MI. speaker.
OH this awful and solemn occasion. |
want You to understand that Temperance.
people of Maine who love their homes
do not for IA moment forget that in this
awful contest that Is to com" there Is
great danger ~ the homes of Maine.
Their. is another sid. Mr. Speaker.
upon which | want to touch for Il mo-
ment Through al this as | said a mo-
mcnt ago the lines ar, going To he drawn
opposite the enemy. There is to be
strong defence for the homes of Main"
for law and for order. The late Joseph
COAX oncc said that the time is coming
when The two strongest PASSIONS of the
Anglia S:,vnu tho love, of lib, rtv and the
love of home. would lock tn, msel7cs
l,out the neck Of the. LIQUOR traffic and
destroy it forever. That day. Mr. Speak
-. has con,r. ald that hour haa come
God Almighty ean us tn" wrath OF men
I" praise HIM ana WHAT III" liquor u'ai-
tS say Is N''"lE ioF lHthl VIII pe "
dterI"" Tor ~" liquor t'iilhc' Inc great
1T passions of the human hedrt are the
love of liberty aud thc love OF nome.
The great evangelical CHURCHES OF Maine
VIII bc a UNIT III tlIla matter those VINO
nave shld tIit you cannot incense the
h4u"r tfdtlic and tu'H VIII Stalh II! thc
ballot box. The mighty tathonc chufch
from whose sacred affairs white r"brd
priests have declared that the liquor tral
iic should be cursed, Will BE- a force IL
this cluSC. More than that, Mr.. Speaker.
tiie men OF business and tn" men OF
brains. the men who hay" been born
upon the farms Of Maine ana brought ~
there us boys wiYl the healthy bodies
and rugged frames not doped 10y the sd-
loon. the business mon. the men who need
tn" clear brain and ady hand, lh" men
who run the trains throughout the state
of Maine, and those who manage the
great enterprises of Maine, and mat
stand for great institutions will stand
for the home and will stand for the stat"
and for the business of Maine against
the onslaught Of this great crime
More than that Mr. sneaker. wo-
n,.n women who were last at tho
Crose nm, first at th. 1omb. women
who believe in the homo and who love
tho litt,o hoy that l.,ycs the threshold
,f bnn,o ~, hi. wa,, to .cbnol who he
1ia,o tho. no .bo,,Ia NOT he debauched
nv. tho so1oon chose women will appeal