Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-29


1 pared TO back it up. will you allow me
space for the following notice to the
} owners and occupants of the following
premises:
! The front room, on the right, on the
second floor of the premises at IS Front
! st.
| A part of the third floor of the prem
! ises at No. III Front st.
! The premises at No. 80 Commercial st.
The street floor of the premises at No.
654 Center st.
The store at No. 4 Marion st.
The first two of these premises are
places resorted to for gambling; the last
three are places where Intoxicating IL
quor is sold. and the occupants have all
been convicted and paid nnes.
The law provides that owners of such
property who knowingly let it for such
purposes are liable to fine. Imprisonment
or both.
Unless these premises are vacated. and
the Illegal business carried on there
stops, within forty-eght hours from this
warning, ! give notice that | shall lay
the evidence which | have against these
places, their occupants and owners, :. be-
fore the coming grand jury and also
proceed to enforce other provisions OF
law against them
This must be a bonafide cleaning out .
no locking the door and waiting for a
favorable time to open up, putting in a
clerk or new tenant to take the pun
ishment. The paraphernalia must come
out; the business must stop, and the
premises cease to be used for Illegal
business.
So much for Sagadahoc county. and
the city of Bath. Mr.. Oliver | pre-
sumo. is, prepared at any time to back
UP his statements.
Regarding Penobscot County. and
the city of Bangor, / hold in my hand
what believe is a statement of the
fact, it being a partial list of the
places in the city of Bangor, where
bars are running openly and this lis!
totals 109 This list was made up,
last evening. ! will not read the names
the clerk viii read them | offer these
in support of the amendment.
Mr.. SMITH of Patten: Mr.. Speak
er, | desire in the first place to say
this to the gentleman from Augusta,
MIR. Newbert, and the members of this
House, that if there is any sheriff i'll
the State of Maine who is violating
his oath of office, and wilfullY neg
lecting or refusing To perform the
duties incumbent upon him, and there
is a proposition brought in here in
proper way, with names of witnesses,
or affidavits or statements from cred
itble persons, that will give this House
to understand as a basis of this ac-
ton that there is reasonable ground
for proceeding for his removal. | am
with them, and | hope every member
of this House will be with them. The
laws of the State should not be multi
fed they should not be nullified by
a Democratic sheriff in Cumberland
county. or a Republican sheriff in
Penobscot county, or in SaSadahoc
county: but / believe in orderly and
regular procedure, and the PROPOSE
ton advanced here by the gentleman
of Augusta bears on its face the true
intent and purpose of offering this
amendment. otherwise it would not
come here in this form.
Yesterday. there was introduced in
the Senate resolution for the remoF
al of the sheriff of Cumberland eoun-
ty. What was there behind it?
solemn message from the Governor of
the State; a certificate endorsed by
the high Chief Magistrate of the State
that in his hands there was evidence
showing that this condition existed
not newspaper reports; not idle ru-
NOR; not list made up last night IN
a caucus in some other place Tor tn
purpose of bringing in here this morn
ing; but evidence had been prepared
convincing the Governor of the state,
receiving the endorsement of the Gov
ernor of the State, and ii is that that
we have before us as basis Tor these
proceedings Further than that we
have accompanying that message, as
basis of action, statement signed by
more than sixty reputable citizens OF
the city of Portland We have behind
1t the names of witnesses that we
could summons and among that long
list of witnesses which you have here,
and which is now printed and upon
the desk of every member, we recog-
nize the names of creditable men,
known probably to a majority OF the
members Of this House; men who can
he summoned to come in here and
verify the charges made by the Gov
ernor of the State of Maine. That IS
what there was behind it, We have
list of the places upon which they pro-
pose to offer testimony, the numbers
on the streets, and all that sort of in
formation We have behind it the res
olution OF the church organizations of
the city of Portland; we have behind
ii the names of witnesses, and | rep
resent here the Civic League of the
State of Maine We have here some
thing to proceed upon, something upon
which we can act intelligently.
When this resolution was adopted
and this order. the messenger OF the
Senate was authorized under the rules
to summon the sheriff by subpoena
together with witnesses; it is not an
uncertain thing; it is not coal in
vestigation; it is not an investigation
of the institution across the river: i
is not an investigation of some things
of that sort involving financial af-
fairs, it is a solemn proceeding un-
der the Constitution of the State for
-, Gl4n Of