Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-19
Powerful Address in Favor
Of Pruhibitory Law
By Rev. H. {. DunnaCk Sunday.
Night, UniveIsalisi Church.
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One of the strongest addresses ever
heard in this city was delivered Sun
day evening when Rev. II. e. Dun
mack, pastor of the Augusta Methodist
church, spoke to crowded church in
the second of the series of union meet
ings which are being held for the adj
yancement of the cause of prohibition
and its retention in the Constitution
of the State of Maine. Mr.. Dunnack
, spoke for over an hour, presenting
logical reasons for voting against the
licensing of the sale of liquor and pre-
scented countless arrays of statistics
and moral reasoning to substantiate
his reasons.
He presented three main reasons
why he believed prohibition was pre-
ferable to any other form for the gov
erning of the liquor traffic.
First-It is out of harmony with the
Constitution of the. United States and
any other state; second-it Is opposed
to American institutions and is an
economic evil; third-because the sa-
loon, however regulated is very much
less powerful than prohibition.
For the first reason he went on to
tell how laws, ever since the time of
dstinian. had been formed for the
betterment of mankind and were OPP
posed to evil. He quoted from emf
hent lawmakers to prove his state
ments, Blackstone. Burke and in later
days from Wendell Phillips and Abra-
ham Lincoln
In support of the second reason he gave
four fundamentals to show why liquor is
opposed To American Institutions The
supremacy of moral truth is necessary
= to Just and wise laws just and wise laws
are necessary If we are To have wise
political institutions; wise and safe polit-
lcal institutions are necessary if com
meree Is to be established and extend
ed; commerce must be extended and
developed If our social institutions are
TO be secured. That it is an economic
evil and wrong lie contended by show
ing that 1t corrupted politics. social
evil by preventing children from attend
ing school, and destroyed homes and
morally wrong without argument.
His third and last reason was taken
up more at length and in support of il
he presented six reasons which he said
have been more frequently heard in sup
port OF high license. namely that it
blind tigers" decreases drunk
Z enness. helps business. decreases taxes.
liquor dealers favor 1t and that prohibi-
tons doesn't prohibit.
He presented figures showing the per-
centage of blind tigers in cities where
the saloons were licensed To be large;
also statistics showing the percentage
of drunkenness i'm licensed cities The
part regarding taxation interested all and
the speaker showed by statistics gathered
from Massa chusetts that drink was the
cause of large increase in expense for
paupers. insane and court. lie gave an
interesting array of figures showing how
small a return is received from money
put out for liquor and compared with all
other lines of business.
Mr.. Dunnack was attentively listened
to and 1t seems certain that his plea
for the retention of the prohibition could
but have made deep impression on all
who heard him, His manner was very
impressive and he was heartily congrat-
ulated by many Of his audience at the
close.
The third meeting in the series will
be held next sunday night in the Winter
StreetsEree Baptist chYch and Rev.
- Ma 3ana of HalioEell win be the