Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-23
DEBATE IN SENATE.
Continued from Page TwelveD

| ocratie sheriff of Somerset county?
| Il say that the prohibitory law is
| a wonderful law, the finest product
| OF the best men of the State of Maine,
| i'm the past 90 years 1t is supported
| by the federal laws which guaran-
| tee freedom from both the manufac-
| tHre and sale of the vile stuff in the
| State of Maine. This talk that Ghe
law cannot be enforced is one of the
most oowardIy lies that ever fell from
| the lips of men. There are men in the
| cities of Maine that we hear SO much
| about vino know the iniquity of the
| saloon, business men and conscientious
men, who viii stand behind the. faith
| full sheriff WHO makes an honest ef-
fort to enforce the law"
Mr.. Hersey quoted from the record
| and utterances of Hon. Joseph W.
| Folk OF Missouri to prove that Il city
and state appreciate the honesty
ard integrity of its public servants
| who stand for official rectitude.
| The speaker resumed. THE time
has come when some party must stand
for the supremacy of law in the State
| of Maine, The time has come when
/ the line can be drawn in Maine.
do not speak for the Republican par
/ ty. ! do not know what they will do
hut some party will gather the hon
esty and integrity of the State under
| its banner and will win
| Mr. Hersey said that the Governor ap-
| peared to think that the remedy Tor null
| LITIGATION was compromise and contrast
| ed this position with the sentiments If
| Lincoln for reverence of law. He quoted
| Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama, the
| Democratic leader of the National
House as saving that people suffer far
more from failure to the laws that exist
| than from lack of proper legislation.
Don't answer me. you Democrats, -
he continued "by telling me that Repub-
| notification. It is your duty and mine
to stand by the party that stands by the
laws of the State
Continuing, Mr.. Hersey pointed out
that the great civilization of Greece and
| Rome fell because of the notification of
| the law, and said that the real ques-
ton now was not one of temperance or
prohibition, but whether or not we should
remain a sovereign State.
| Wheeler Speaks Against Measure.
Representative Wheeler of Paris, who
! is candidate for Speaker of the Rouse
at the next session, was the next speak
/ er. He did not believe that there was a
/ demand from the sovereign people of the
| Sttae of Maine for the expense and dis
| turbance of business that would be caus-
| ed by another campaign, which would
have simply at its end yes or NO, -
! to be set aside at the will of the domi-
nant party.
| He said that it was the privilege of
the Governor to call special session
although he as a Republican reserved
his right TO express his opinion of th5
act at the polls. The question that was
now under consideration involved thu
granting of special privilege for the
| city population.
| II have been accused Of being provin-
cial. My understanding of the word
| provincial is that it means a narrow
minded view, and / think you will agrel
with me that it is possible for mar
| to have a provincial view on this ques-
| ton and live in the metropolis of rhe
land. You will fare best if you give
| the people of the country a square deal
Simply because a majority in the cities
| have voted against prohibition you
| should not plunge us into another preb-
| escite.
THE dominant party is in power ir
| this House, not by virtue of votes which
belong to you. You are here by virtue
of votes of Republicans of Maine. And
where did they dwell? You have the pow.
Grand 1 am willing to admit that you
are likely to hold it, but you are here by
| Republican votes
You cannot elect another Governor 81
| the State of Maine, you cannot elect an
other majority in this House and another
at the other end of the corridor without
| the assistance of Republican votes and
| ] am quoting from a Democrat who was
recently a prominent member of this
| House
| Il leave il with YOU, not because I ex-
| pect to influence Il single Democratic
| vote, but because il is the duty of every
| member of this House to return to hi
| home and his constituency and weilG
| the best influence he can-without tllt
| party whip. To the end that your party
| leaders and the leaders of the Republi-
can party, too, viii give this question .
| rest.
| Il do not pretend to represent the Ee.
| publican party, although | believe that
| the Republican party is united here, to-
| night, as you have never seen it united
| before in the last two years If de-
mand for this question ever again arises
| | myself might occupy a different posi-.
tion for when this alleged demand
| comes again-thore is not now any rea
demand for it from the people-the PEG
| pie of Maine viii put the Republican
party in power, Republican Governor
and Republican Legislature, so that the
friends of temperance may frame the 10
cal option measure and not the power.
| from without the State
| Peters Speaks Against Measure.
Il want at the outset" said Mr.
| Peters of Ellsworth, ito make myself
as popular as | can by saying that
am not going To- make Il temperance
| speech or a long speech. | want to
| say word in behalf of the 10000 odd
men who voted No in September last
Il'or % Years we have had in the con-
| stitution provision which forbade the
| manufacture and sale of liquor in