The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-27
The Campaign of 1911.
[The Oxford County Citizen.1

1.-THE Oxford County Citizen.1
Maine, unlike many of her siste,
States, wisely wages a political cam.
paign but once in two years, and THOUGH
no political campaign is due this wear
yet campaign is on and must be fought
with results which will stamp their i'm.
press upon the future, and make more
for the veal or woe, not only of our own
proud State, but to greater extent than
many realize, the nation as well. than
have the results of all the Campaigns
that have been fought in this State for a
score of years.
True to the traditions of the sturdy
stock from which they came, the good
men and true of the Old Pine Tree State
have, since she became part of our
republic, sought to live true to our mot
to, Dirigo, in all that is high and noble
and pure. Firm in their convictions that
the character of our citizenship NAV be
read in the environment of our bows and
girls, and conscious that the sale of in
toxicating liquors in any community will
do more toward corrupting the morals
and retarding the progress of such COM
munity than any other evil that has ever
cursed the world, they have placed them
selves publicly against that evil by de-
claring in the constitution of the State
that intoxicating liquors shall t'be sold
legally in the State of Maine.
There have always been the lawless
for every law since disobedience found
it's birth in Eden's Garden, and since the
crime at which any definite law has been
aimed has never been entirely prevented.
so the evil OF Intoxicating liquors has
continued to more or less of an extent in
Maine despite Names prohibitory law.
While this is true, and while LIQUOR al
ways was and always will be sold in all
States as long as it is manufactured, vet.
all intelligent and honest people who
have had any chance to fairly compare
the situation in Maine with that in IL
cense States will admit that conditions
are vastly better here than there. Fair
ness demands this admission, and anv
other claim must own the charge of in
sincerity and bear the ear marks of some
unworthy design.
The enemies of the law, as found in
the allied liquor interests, the dema-
gogue and the INSCRIPTIONS politician,
have earnestly and untiringly sought to
convince the world to the contrary and
bring about the overthrow of condi-
ton in Maine that has enabled the Old
Pine Tree State for half century to be
the brightest star in this magnificent
constellation of States, and not only set
the pace for much of the moral and civic
reform that has been the nations to re-
cord, but, amid her enrolling environ
ment, has reared some of the choicest
stock of earth and contributed it freely
to her sister States as her mite to the
Worlds treasury.
Now as to the campaign. Maine has for
many years been a poor market place
for the dealers in Intoxicating liquors,
not only so but her influence throughout
the length and breadth of the nation has
created sentiment of prohibition which
has kept millions upon millions from out
of the Golfers Of the breweries and deal
ers. During all this time there has been
a constant warfare waged against the
prohibitory law of Maine because of
these conditions. The first victory of
these interests, our enemies, has been
won by the act passed by our recent
Legislature, declaring the Fifth Amend
ment to the constitution null and void,
and resubmitting this prohibitory amend
ment to the people; and these same
enemies will wage the greatest warfare
that has ever been fought in the interests
of vice and crime upon any battle ground
in this country in the State of Maine.
between now and next September
1t means millions of dollars to the IL
quor interests of this country if they
can succeed in taking prohibition off of
our statute books and from out our con-
stitution, and money will be spent with
out stint to that end in this campaign,
and if we would still maintain our honor
ed place as the initial and leading State
in the warfare against this, the worlds
greatest curse, we must equip ourselves
for the battle and use every honest
means to bring about the victory which
every honest son and daughter of the
Old State honestly hopes and we trust
confidently expects to win.
We have explicit confidence in the peo-
pie of Maine to maintain the honored
place bequeathed to them by their faith
are. Like all States. we have a
no special interest in Maine, or any other
by money, and, as suggested, our enc
torious against the mighty forces that
exist, every friend OF temperance VINO
loves the Old State, who rejoices in her
past and has faith in her future, who be.
lieves that noble men and noble women
must come from out noble environ
ment, must, from Kittery to Quoddy Head,
and from Umbagog to our remotest is
lands, unite in one strong and mighty
army and rest not day nor night in their
battle for the right, and the victory will
be ours.