The Republican journal., 1911-02-09

JACK on party platforms al. ssd;.t..
the Democratic party, calling l.a ,s a' ,S.
rum party" repeatedly. HIS aouse was
too much for the audience, VINO rose en-
masse and demanded that ne De pus out.
Hon. Henry Hudson Of GullIolu was
the first to make himself heard among
the roar. He proceeded at once 70 put
MS party in a more Favorable llghI Ny
declaring that hundreds OF menoers
nave been, are now and will pc opposed
to resubmission. He recalled the Iace
tnat for many years the PROHIBITION wing
OF the Democracy was able to keep re-
submission out of the party platforms.
he disputed Senator Staples statement
That the brewers and wholesalers were
IN IN favor of prohibition and declared tnat
IL the matter ever came to vote more
money would he sent into Name TO cor
rupt honest voters than any one ever
saw before.
Frederic Brunei of Portland presented
the remonstranca of the First Baptist
church of Portland,
Frederic w. Hinckley OF Portland
made one of the speeches Of the after,
noon and did great deal to restore good
feeling. He stated that he was a Re-
publican and was opposed to resubmls-
sion, but that he was absolutely disgust
ed with some of the things he had seen
and heard at the hearing and it was his
opinion that just such talk was respon-
slble for the weakness of the temperance
cause in Maine today. His statement
was greeted with applause.
Il have known something OF the DEM
ocratic party leaders in recent years, )"
ne said: ''They have been IN favor Of
local option, have declared for it and
have been honest in their declaration. l
have also been familiar with the action
OF the Republican leaders. They have
declared for prohibition and they did not
mean it. The Republican party is in the
minority in this House and Senate today
because the leaders of the party were
not honest"
Addressing himself more particularly
to the committee he demanded to know
what harm could possibly come of leav-
ing the prohibitory amendment in the
constitution, and plead that the members
OF the committee put State before party
and vote as they believed to be right of
party caucuses.
Wilbur F. Berry of the Christian Civic
League compared Maine, with its pro-
hibitory law, with Massachusetts, with
Its local option law, much to the dispar-
agement of Massachusetts. Before God
prohibition is nothing to be asha ned of, "
he said, "but concerning the enforcement
OF prohibition there can be no apology"
Mrs. Stevens rose to this point and dis
claimed any purpose to put her remon-
STRANGE on partisan lines and pointed out
that the W. C. T. U. was working with
the Democrats in the South.
Senator Staples paid his respects to
GoWen, who had abused him. with the
statement, Il never yet went to bed
with man who had the itch if | knew
it,
The next subject was the repeal of the
Sturgis Law. Senator Staples was also
the only proponent of this bill. He used
the usual arguments that it was I'M
American and unnecessary. Wilbur F.
Berry and Mrs. Stevens opposed him,
but the principal defender of the law
was H. Herbert Sturgis of Standish,
whose name it bears. Mr.. Sturgis ar
raigned VIM. M. Pencil of Brunswick,
who was sheriff Of Cumberland county
when the law was enacted, and declared
he should have been impeached. The
speaker could see no harm in leaving i,
on the statute books.
Senator Staples and DR.. Seth C. Cor
don of Portland favored the abolishmen1
of the agency. DR.. Gordon declared thai
two physicians could furnish all the Liquor
needed for medicinal purposes in the city
of Portland. He declared that little girl!
had been permitted to sign the book il
the Portland agency and get wine ant
whiskey.
Mrs. Stevens said that if the time hat
come when it was believed that tn,
agencies should be abolished, no on,
would rejoice more than the W. C. T. U
At the close of the hearing Cover
made his apology.