Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-12

] rho town of Orono coming from the
Inns Of that venerable man who for
nearly one third of century preslaea
over the destinieS Of our institution,
the University of Maine. He told yan
! the conditions in the last three months
in this university town which IS 9fel-
narity more unmanageabie iiidh otitei
! towns, having proved, So that NO"
was better than il had been III the
past He showed You how ht knt"
il, verified by his ohserFa items ana
verified by his consensus Of obsefva-
ton of other men who had tod MN
and who knew. You heard from the
, town of Lincoln. about the franc de-
stroyei You have heard lfam 1he
town Of Dexter where the aahltiiis-
! tr.,tion Of his sheriff caused the stb-
solute cxtirpation of the liquor biisi-
ness. You heard from Miil'nocket
from two gentlemen. from TIE sheflH
and fl nm the judge of the court, ana
Won heard from them that in that
busy town inhabited GN people OF
foreign origin by people whose lives
had been passed before they went
there where beer and ale We're freely
sold You have heard from N!lli-
nocket because il was smaller and
could be ovCrSeen, and because 1t did
not have behind of it % years of law
defiance; You have heard how their
traffic is destroyed You have hard
how the traffic exists ne longer in the
principal the proper town of Brewer
You know how the conditions in ola
Town are improved. amazingly and
perceptibly improved. and all under
,s,,, tor, Of
And now because what / foresee
from the questions ON my astute and
learned brother. the amazing pretcnce
that this lettering of conditions IL
Penobscot county should he urged
against the sheriff and not in his
favor. Is there any justice in that
who was the head who was respon-
eible for the actions of every deputy,
Gates and kackiiff and every other
deputy but this sheriff? They were
nnder his orders and had he been cor
rupt or neglectful, the circumstances
would not have been as they are But
it will be urged To You and YOU viii
be asked to believe that if Gates did
suppress the traffic. in Milllnocket-ot
course it is not supressed-ot course.
II he could suppress the traffic in !
Miilinoekat, why could not the sheriff |
enforce the law in the city of Bangor |
so as to entirely suppress the traffic?
Gentlemen of this convention. y6a |
know it is common history that sher-
ifs and deputy sheriffs and Stufgis |
deputies To n great number. for years
and years. periodically At least, have |
attempted To destroy the traffic IN |
Bangor Ii has not been done, AMI |
yet il will he argued that this man
ought To have done it i'll three months
See the difference in the problem be
twixt the little town of Miilinocket |
with three or four thousand people,
and Bangor, sitting at the gateway Of
all the Fast. the distributing point
of half the State. the greatest lumber
ing center in all the east. with It's
three or four or five thousand drift |
ing, floating men, twice n year ii |
least, staying days. weeks. perhaps |
in the city, Irresponsible. foF |
The most part unmarried. without So
eial obligations without family ties.
with no home perhaps but the board
ing house. and the grog shop-there
is the problem that faces the sheriff
of Penobscot county in the city OF
Bangor.
Give him time. Give him time. gen
tlemen of the convention. if You would
be fair and just. swayed not by poll
tics. moved not by prejndice-give him
time.
II does not seem reasonable that
this conteation ought Ia lac made
against thu. sheriff-that he has fully
discharged his duty in a part of his
domain and that ii should be counted
against him rather than for him
Strange notions OF justice must a man
have who will subscribe To that con-
tention. Ii ought not To be.
Ii is suggested that the sheriff
might have done more 1t is suggest
ed through a question that he might
even have rent asunder the marble
slabs that formed the bar that ne
might have destroyed bars. that he
might have pulled them out. That
probably may come in the future, but
the same spirit of fault finding, the
same zeal of over jealous people who
believe in the execution of one law in
preference to another would not be
satisfied with the destruction of 4
single bar. Had he destroyed one or
two or three, the same question would
have been put to him. why haven't |
you destroyed all in the city of Ban
sor? The time had not come. had no. |
elapsed, has not been sufficient for |
him To have wrought all the effect |
that should be wrought and to brir" |
the city of Bangor into subsection as |
the country towns have been. 1t il |
can be done. this sheriff will do it, Ac-
cording to his light, according To his |
judgment, according to an honest |
purpose and an honest soul. he will
DO it if he be permitted to continue
in the Office TO which he was elected
with the approval OF the good citi-
zen3 Of the county of Penobscot and
the acclaim of the people who believed
in him, believed in his success, and in
my opinion, and speak of the good
law-abiding people, they believe in
him now. l.7f
II is plain, | say, that the sheriff
has neglected his duties-or will BE- |
urged in argument-in that he has not /
made more personal visits in the city