Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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rlIcv made a seizure Mt Mary Duuphy's

They made seizure at Mary Dunphy's
place on Center street, yet never went
into place since the first of January.
not single one of those saloons on the
corner of Center and Fore or on the cor
her of Center and Free streets. another
fine example of the discretion used in the
enforcement of the liquor law.
Thy made a seizure at Danforth
street. Annie Joyce; and at Sullvan's.
who receives $1,000 and 10000 gallons of
beer year, they have not been there
Since the first OF January They made
a seizure at McGuires. 272 Fore street,
yet tile testimony shows that practical
~ the whole length of that street is
lined with well known saloons, with open
bars and white coated bartenders. They
made Seizure at Jennie STEMS on Sa-
lem street, and yet the liquor deputies
did not even so to Brownrig's place at
A. Commercial street. They had heard
of the place but whether he kept the
place at As Commercial street they did
not know. Mr. Rozino Verbano was WIS.,
tied by these deputies since the first of
January, and yet Andrew Egan's place
and Judge Mulkern's place and others
on India street have not received the
attention of even Il call from Sheriff
Moulton's deputies since the first of jan
uary.
Further than that, the testimony
shows, as | have already stated, that
these several deputy sheriffs, four of
them, in their impartial enforcement of
the law since the first day of January
have visited IS kitchen barrooms in that
NE and only 20 shops which they could
dignity by the title of saloons. and they
have not made a single visit down to that
magnificent rum palace on Prebc street,
102, where there are Mosaic floors, brass
railing on the bar and mirrors behind,
with glasses tastefu1ly arranged. If the
conditions We're as stated by Deputy
Sheriff Hartford, it would not have taken
a great while to have made seizure
there. They would mot have had to
spend much time in finding liquors at
Mr. Hoilywood's place, if such conditions
exist as they stated, or lin the Prebe
House bar. / aprrehend that the deputy
sherinfs OF Sheriff Moulton would not
have had much trouble in cleaning out
the Prebe House bar l do not suppose
it would have taken a great deal of time
to go to Free and Temple streets and pay
n visit to those saloons and make seiz-
ures there IL they actually started out
to do anything, il they really meant
business.
II the rum sellers of Portland did not
understand some way that they We're
to be free from calls of the sheriff do
you suppose they would have conducted
their business as has been testified to
here today and yesterday? They would
not have had their liquor out openly if
they did not know as matter of fact
that the were iInmeune from seizures
that would do any harm as to their going
to Jail. Even Mr.. Pattangall did not
object to the testimony of Mr.. Skillings
and Mr. Doherty, And he harped upon
the Tact that these saloons had been
open all these long years. meaning and
intending to convey the impression that
he could not close them up, therefore
the officers We're doing their duty. When
he got through. it appeared that While
deputies were down there, there We're
very many white coated bartenders in
many of the places and that there We're
not many bars with brass ratings
around them. and not very many bottle;
of whiskey behind them. As matter
of fact, this was emphasized in a way
that We could not emphasize IL ny any
testimony that we could introduce, tiIat
when the liquor deputies are concerned
the liquor sellers. when the law is well
enforced. close their doors; they put out
watchers and they take down all the par
aphernalia, and conduct their business in
secret.
And while these places have been
used all these long years to conduct
in, fc
vast difference in the way it was con-
Quoted when times were not SO easy,
and when they know what the are doing
as far as the sheriff is concerned And
that fact was brought out so clearly that
IL must have emphasized the testimony
we put in as to how liquor was being
sold since the first of last January.
Did they undertake to show, when they
really got to putting their witnesses on
they really did not have the effrontery
to rely on his discretion in the bower
that they have for the enforcement of
the law or as an excuse why they were
not closing up all those shops They
saw why these liquor deputies had been
Obliged to go over the county for the
enforcement of law, and why the county
commissioners did not want to pay them
IL they did not have better success. in
locating criminals in the country than
they had in locating rum sellers in Port
land. l do not wonder the county COM
missioners did not want to pay them, for
they could not have been of the slightest
use in locating any criminals
.5ss.Aso VOW shere was something came out
apout the sheriff asking the county COM
mlssioners 4or another deputy. 1t ap-
pears that the sheriff sometime during
ms administration requested that he
might have an additional deputy to close
up certain places down in Boothby
SQUARES and from the testimony. that
must have been kitchen bar room that
they We're. anxious to close on account
OF the great care and trouble that arises
from the operation of those places. The
county commissioners naturally objected
to bringing in a country deputy to close
up one place. and they informed the
sheriff that If he wanted to close up all
the places to go ahead and they would
furnish what force he needed, even GO