Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31


and will heartily endorse legislation
enacted for honest regulation and CON
troll of the liquor traffic oxford Demo-
erat, So Paris, June 20, 1911.
Could l vote to entirely stop the sale
of liquors I would do So IL this Is inn
possible | shall vote for the system UNI
der which my judgment and the history
of the traffic tells me that the least
amount is consumed / believe this to be
Statewide prohibition Gov. j.. w.
lioch of Kansas was right when he said:
Prohibition in my judgment is The only
logical attitude of the government to-
ward the liquor traffic This traffic is
either right or wrong. good or bad. If 1t
is right and good 1t should be as free as
the grocery business. If it is wrong and
bad it should not be countenanced by
law."-C w. Blagden, Physician. Sam
ford. June 26. 1911.
most earnestly believe that the prin-
eiple of Statewide prohibition in Maine
should BE- retained. Ny principal reason
(Which suppose Is an absolutely selfish
one) is This: / believe that my three boys
will be much less likely to become adj
dicted to the use of Intoxicating liquors
at an age when such habits are easily
formed and hard to break away from. In
d community where liquor is sold. IL at
all. in 4 clandcstinc manner, than in q
community where it is sold openly. and
with all the Inducements usually thrown
out by saloons and places of that class
Harold T.. Cook. Judge Of Probate, Au-
gusta. June 70 1911.
r., To H.. col IN, No, a
be to open the flood gates OF intem-
pcraucc with its associated evils. to
4 degree not known i'll this State for
more than half u century. The al
tentative of prohibition is the legal
lied saloon. In my judgment, VIC can
not afford to compromise with tins
evil any more than with any other
evil that undermines the social and
moral health Of communities Let Us
hold fast, then, to statewide prohlbl-
ton as the satc principle FOR the state
and for all her people.-M. {. Fernald,
Prof. Philosophy. Orono. June =, 1911.
That rum selling is u curse to So
ciety is truism. That it is the par
eut of crime, pauperism and insanity
needs no proof. No greater menace
20 tn public we'll being exists. 1t is
the great destroyer of homes. Cruelty.
non-sapport, abandonment, drunken
pess and neglect-the prolific causes
OF divorce and home wrecking, de-
generacy and vice, are chargeable 10
the liquor seller. Anything short of
the absolute prohibition By law of so
,aonstrous a public evil Is utterly m
consistent with the purpose and aims
Of civilized society-its moral veil
being.-Judge Oliver G.. Hall, Eenne-
bee County Superior Court, Augusta,
April ., 1911.
am one of great many Demo
Gratis in the State that think the prin-
eiple of prohibition should be retained
in the constitution. First, because It Is
more stable there aud less likely to
changes. Second. because we Go not
want the trouble and expense OF
fight over license every year. Third.
because If the officers wish to do So
ii can be enforced, and even under
non-enforcement. it is preferable to
license. Fourth. no business man can
afford to vote for license. 1t means
many dollars loss to every one 3ut
the saloon keeper.-L. +. Cook, Drug
EISI. / dIIiQuliiH IlAt, NAtN % ~
I believe in statewide prohibition.
do not believe in an industry that
destroys everything for its patrons
and builds up nothing. As the result
of such traffic homes are destroyed;
IL serves to fill with inmates our in
stitutiCns for feeble-m minded ana
houses of correction. as well as our
asyluns: It depriVes our children OF
the Inheritance of health both of mind
ard body and. if allowed To continue,
the future cannot but witness the de-
generation that has come to so many
great nations of the world.-Hiram W.
Kicker. Poland Spring House, South
Poland. June 70, 1911.
| aln temperance man. never nav
ing drank u drop of amy kind OF hquof
in my life. | am prohibitionist ana
want To see the prohibitory law Ell
forced. but | am Disguised by the past
use of that law by politicians. IT the
law can be enforced impartially on
drug stores as well as Kitchen bar
rooms: if the politicians viii cease
usinr IL as a football to further their
political ends, in nutshell. II the
law can be enforced strictly ana I'M
partially, then / am heartily IN iaVor
of the principle of statewide preliipi-
ton in Maine.-Tracey h. Barker
Editor Kumford Falls Times June u
1911.
The saloon must go; it is only
ooastion of time and of trust III God.
plus our own best efforts. The pres
ent agitation for the temperance cause
reminds me Of the effort when was d
boy 10 abolish slavery, We near the
same talk today that VIC heard then,
viz. "A necessary eNll
This is a world of sin. let potn
grew until the harvest Cursed DC
Canaan" etc. But the same almighty
God, who heard and answered. me
prayer Of the slave, hears our prayer
today. John NJ. Gould, former oahk-
or, Portland, June %, 1911.
The principle of Statewide prooioi-
ton Of the saloon in Maine SHOULD III
my Judgment, be retained. % Ihefe
is nc system of dealing with the sa-
loon which is free from objections,
Under license all restrictive features
are at times eya1ed and violated. 80