Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-13

Democratic party was in power for
the FIRST time in 80 years in our State.
They had the governor and both
branches Of the Legislature, and their
lune dreamed of ambition ia rid the
state oil the hateful prohibitory law,
seemed IA he theirs in accomplish
ment The day the yes" and no
vote was taken, every would-he sa-
loon keeper; . few hotel men who
wanted 10 make the whisl1ey trade
The principal feature of their business,
every thug and ioW-doWn citizen Nv
ing ia our State who would have been
members Of the neither world popu-
lation had they lived in the big cities;
The Keepers OF houses Of ill-famc,-all
under; the leadership of men who
called themselves statesmen. and as
sumed control of the Democratic par
". supplied with all the money that
they could use by the brewers assoc
citation and whiskey trust of the ma
ton, IN the one side. with the church
Is. supported by the mothers anu
wives, aud backed by the honest
business men, ana our great farming
with it's natural and clean
dfsccfnment Of right and wrong ana
good hard headed common sense, ON
he other side, made up the contend
inc forces Much to the surprise oil
everybody, the right had 4 small ma
iarity. Tho Ne won by less than
500 Votes, but there never was
greater triumph for right and virtue
tIfLs
against vice and crime than III TINS
contest. The Republican party as an
had nothing to do With
il. IL was the Democracy, as organ
izod and led in this Stale. against
the people.
Newspaper Abuse OF Law.
/ mink We have a right To assume
mai for a while there will he no
fnrther claims made for the repeal
&c o1r "MaiIte Law" Yet, we nave
. certain line Of newspapers iii the
>.tete which claim to be in support
of the present administration al
Washington. that are constantly
cIaimine and declaring that prom,
l.ition docs not prohibit iheY SCI
dem fail 10 let a day pass mat INC
don't have an article to tins elicit
While the tails and prisons, under tti'
r,.eeeat administration in our St1.e'
iii, fairls good enforcement, nave
-, l,,. ,no,t one-half tho inmates as =
,-eei,i, oe intnxicationa as coihpafe'
with the number curing i '''N -,
Two Years Of non -cniofceilehe'
tirne there is any crime as
If drunkenness III the state, IL u ~
,,ertised widely. with an iilsat i't.'i,
attached that pfohl'H' ION
does not prohibit
Ia nv inaugural address, aeiVeiss. :
:, January last, l appeaied To a..
+. ~, ,,o,vsnapers Of TIE State, hfesiee-
tt,5s Of Marty. TO help in cfea1lils :"
,,,z,ie continent AGAINST rum seiiifiE
Ia nm, drinking. II can do MOI
- ,,aln or more to hinder IN 'lii9
t,.an any other influence IL ti'r
o,'''.'' rhese napors saw the pom.
md have since done o&efstHt''s
can TO hinder IN tiiis s"'';e'
Cause and Effect.
| am trying TO state the exact Sit :
nation as | SEQ it in our state, ana
the causes of ii. II may seem 70
have partisan bias. but the people
who live here know | am telling the
truth. That which is making, today
in Maine fer the enforcement oil INC
prohibitory law. perhaps a httie pee-
Ter than it was ever enforced before
are several causes. First, place tii''
Of the previous I've
wears administration. during when
there was almost practically no eii
forcement in the State ana tue peoPi,
pot The nearest 10 an object lesson Oh
=,,t,at "frec-rulnr means Of anSthlhE
,bc,t have had for half century. anu
w.. arc All under "a great opliGatloii
- Governor plaistcd and his admins
t,ation fer this splendid object iessoit'
The next is the fact llite tile ~" NC.
,,os, mon of the state have NJ laae
come - the conclusion that i ieE'''
business Is better than an liitsal 10.
Moss. and the men VINO Wlsh 70 w =
toe,aI bpeinces are disguised WIN ttiS
-, who wish to do an illegal pusl-
,,,as. esnecially with their pfesulhp.
-, .f,f aee;l;nution of the cohtfol VI
~. nolitical affairs Of the STATE ~
-. and tbo dry goods man, eSpe-
otoltv the retailer. VINO Is ueP'i'O
uuon popular sentiment fof ms - go,
md is naturally tinid. now thofoos sli
" believes that they have better bu9'1
.neee and make more money Wheh 'l..
1ahoring man takes home ms pas
heck to his wife without lh'etle.-
ancc ar being waylaid by inc Iui'.
snI,er ON the way. The cont[ rsto
ard builder finds with the ei,io IL,
Non, 81 lie maine Law 4 iuii ete "
On Monday morning, ready 10 ~ -, ~
,,'arl with their heads clear ana 'iel'
t,anas steady. The doctor Is no iohs
or telling patients that aicoil"l - :
cod remedy. If froIa 20 other so'i - =, !,
no has had i, clearly demohS.'a AZ,
- him bv the lectures OF 'l'at ~ "la
,ine,,iqhea naval officer, faPi'lin ~ nc
1 al,s" hat the great destroyer oil ~, ,he
:, n5te corpuscies, or life ltsen, sell - r S,,e
e y ga, warrior, John Barley corn; &C re
- slv ,',,ors and economists Of our sta .e
, LIZ oniy 10 look at our oanN re e
M, M 10 find that in population o ..
mont f42 0oe people, that we ~. :, tr1e,
- ia orr Is savings hanks' "a ,,ains
so,nnan;es. and 81 loan anu s s,a.'e 50 :
'p44'l' mount ing to Slp9,t9'f