Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-03

any license system would subject us
TO a greatly Increased burden from
the eHits OF The liquor traffic and re-
lieve us from none which we now
have.--Frederick A. Hobbs, Lawyer.
$. Berwick, June % 1911
1t should be retained. / am a firm
believer in the principles of prohibit
tion and my vote at the special cleo
ton on September 18th next, will be
TO retain the constitutional amend
ment, and l hope 10 see a large ma
iority for the same-Bradford {.
Redonnett, Register of Deeds, Wis
casset, June 10, 1871.
GOV. F. w. Hoch of Kansas was
right when he said; prohibition in
my Judgment is the only logical at
titude of the government toward the
liquor traffic This traffic is either
right or wrong, good or bad. II it is
right and good it should be as free
as the grocery business. If it is
wrong and bad it should not be coun
tenanced by lave, w, Blagden,
Physician, Sanford, June 70. 1911.
| believe that the liquor traffic
should be prohibited for the same rea-
sons that gambling, prostitution, muir
der, theft and all other grimes are
prohibited. No argument in favor oil
licensing the saloon can be given that
will not apply with equal force in IA
vor of licensing all these crimes-B'
c. Jordan, Lumber Dealer, Alfred
June %, 1871.
The cry is TO eliminate the prohibi-
ton clause from the constitution ana
thus get the matter out of politics;
but this will not work that result, for,
under high license with local option.
it will be in politics at every annual
town aud city election. and occupy
the most prominent place therein for
| eyer. II. Gray. Lawyer, Lubec,
June II, 1911.
This town alone in the county could
not protect itself, nor the county
alone in the state, nor the state alone
| in The United States. Our troubles
now come from adjoining license
states Hold on to state prohibition
until we get national prohibition of
the greatest economic destroyer
Chas. a. Mixer, Civil Engineer Rum
ford Power Co. Rumford. June 16,
1911.
| am heartily in favor of the re-
tention of our prohibitory liquor laws
| in the constitution. Local option by
| the state is the smallest political unit
desirable for us i'm Maine. With the
| law in the constitution, the people in
the community have the power To
SUPPRESS the sale of intoxicants when
they will.-Horace Purinton, Con
| tractor Waterville June 10, 1911.
am in favor of the retention of
| the principle of prohibition. | rec
ogniZe that the law has been some
| what In contempt. but | believe there
| is a growing tendency on the part OF
| the voters to demand officers who
| win do their duty. and that the one
| time apathy that existed among the
voters is being outgrown.-Tascus At
wood, LAWYER. Auburn. June &c. 1911.
The thing to do is to keep the law
| and insist upon its observance. The
| thing to do is TO elect the right klnd
| of men to Office, men who are honest
| and honorable and have regard Tor
| their oaths-the kind we may get
when we get a proper direct primary
| law and can take the nominations
| out of the control of inscriptions
| Observation-Disclosures Daily Press, June
Il, 1911.
| would say emphatically that the
principle of wide prohibition IN
| Maine should be retained. because It's
| evil effects of the saloon under pro-
hihition is very light indeed compared
| with the sickening results of the n
censed saloon in other states as nave
often been proved.-L. j. Sherwood
| Dry Goods. Caribou, June -. 1911.
/ am in favor of prohibition. ] hope
the vote Inc September viii show sucf
a strong sentiment in favor of th'
prohibitorvl law that the officials WI
be compelled to properly enforce th'
law. believe that prohibition is th'
only right method of dealing with th'
rum question, and that any other way
is legalizing wrong.-Albert b. man
Treas Norton. Hall 8. Webster, lnsur
ance, Portland, June 20, lsll.
am heartily in favor of prohibition
for / believe il does great deal OF soou
| | am opposed to rum, because II cost
more than anything else: causes uses, i tha
crime, sickness. poverty and injury ina
. ANYTHING else If | had become addlcte
to the use of rum, 1t would nave render
ed my life as useless as II T., ! mao ths S CIV
SDOI ScitOaSiS iPPi'N
. War.-W K. Dana. Dana warp MiiS
lWestbrook, June q, 1911.
The percentage of men in Maine nov
, earnestly working to down pronloluo
who are working solely on principle,
VERY small indeed. When you ma
7 license man you almost inyarlapiy mn
, n man either directly or indirectly se'
ting a benefit from the liquor business Z
] has some relatives that afe:-llspo
3 Enterprise, Lisbon Falls, June TO- ISL
If a citizen of the State of Maine az
= proyes of the license law II is LOT one
Three reasons. He Is either intense t
Ignorant of the awful results OF the ~
= lnor business, or he wants to make inote
Inv engaging in the business, or ne VAN
70 pet LIQUOR to drink himself. II W
e hear a man advocating the iesallhtu 4. &c
h lioon ask him which class he beionss ~, 70
= Geo r. Morton, Treas, PARIS Mis. ~
s. Paris, June 10. 1911.
Maine should retain State-Wlde prom, ~
ton for the simple reason that u ~ u
, most effective method yet touilu VI ~
= stricting by law the use OF ih'o ;s ien
IL iinuors. In counties where IL Is na
e effeetive is sure. to be found the . mean
nnhlic support, Nothing will so strenst,
en- the lay in it's practical resu its fov,
n overwhelming expression 49, III IS NJ
E, Ipext September. f. Lawrence. 10Y M
Inicipal Judge Skowhegan, June i'' i'ii.
Statewide prohibition Of the sa n,i,
~ nc the Stult-WlN