Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10

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presume, two of them went to the may
or and suggested establishing under
municipal authority beer clubs on Ex-
change street so that men would drink
beer instead of whiskey.
Now You can attempt a kind OF en-
forcenent--it Is not enforcement, but
you call il that-that will drive beer
out and let whiskey in. Why. Because
beer is .baiky and Whiskey is not and
shiskey can be brought In in small
packages, by secret channels, while
heer nas TO be brought in through tho
freight depot. ] know The feeling that
went over this assembly 6r some of
them, and the pretended feeling that
vent hgers others, When it appeared
here 4 hat large quantities Of peer were
being brought into Portland for Thoni-
as lSrownrie and Patrick sullivan. ID
wholesale to their trade presume, |
noticed that that evidence was deemed
OF great importance. Now i submit 20
YOU thai Sheriff Moultou could have.
if he had directed his attention solely
to that evidence. and had employed
his liquor deputies solely fof that pur-
pose. that he could have preeludeu
anybody bringing in beer in large
Quantities INTO the city Of Portland
| haven't any doubt OF it, And instead
of the beer coming in in large bulk.
the whtsney would have come in in
smaller bulk and you would have seen,
as my friend. Leroy Sanborn, said, As
many drunks At least, ard DRINKS OF
a different character.
He lad another course open To him.
He cQaid station al the doors of bar
rooms which We're conducted in at
least seini-decency-f now there are
Ia III 50 straight-la that they can
not stand the word decent as appiea
to a bar-room but you and / rs prae-
teal men know that there Is n Nast
difference between both the men ana
the places who are engaged IN the IL
GiIor ttade. And that there is a con-
dition Of AT least semi -decency i'll Ger
tain places and of absolute indecency
III others He could establish his
men - that they could have forced
ont Of the business nneuestionabty
sefhe of the men whose names have
been mentioned here as liquor dealers
in Portland, / have 10 doubt of it,
What would have happened? While
he was taking care of them. the kitcl-
an barroon1s, the boot-legger, the
backyard peddler would have flourish
ed. He could not do both. He could NOS
dc both with an army. He could not
do both with the wealthy Carnegie be-
Eind him Not because Portland DIFF
fera from other large cities, but be
cause so long as there IS in the mini
IF henan beings Il desire for drink, 50
do
E.and and attempt to supply it. BY no
possible practicable means, could he
enforce the law with absolute strict
ness against both the lower places and
the better places. He protected no.
body. Ard nobody dares say ne did. He
f-anted NO favors to anybody. And no.
body dares say he did. But he took
his liquor deputies and attacked what
he. thought was the worst end of the
evil. He cleaned up the worst places
He arranged so that night places were
closed. hut, they say from this evil
aence, that he didn't enforce, because
the barrooms didn't run nights. That
IS evidence against him. The bar
rooms didn't run Sundays. they say.
Thai is evidence against him. And
what did they want? To make 4 perfecs
sheriff according to the idea SET up
here. the barrooms ought to have
been running full blast Sundays and
nights. He kept them down Just as
we'd as he could. under the circum-
stances, with the force at his command,
and with conditions as they We're. And
he brought into CORTLAND mind you,
want this 10 sink into your minds
he INT af
during the last year, every single Of
fender as l recall it, who has been
named here--old- timers and all. ] will
retraet that, / don't know that they
We're brought in by name. l Will say
the places that they have mentioned
here were all searched by his deputies
at some time during the year with the
exception of No. 8 Exchange place and
that is a place at which it IS admit
led they never knew liquor was sold
and of course il that is a fact. there
Was no wilful negligence on his part
in not attending to that place. Every
single place WAS at some TIME ralded.
What do you make of that? Why, you
say, eff course they raided Brownrig's
place and the Gaff .repsail. or any of
those other places that have been men
toned. ra.ded il once. Yes. When?
The attorney general asked him the
question. Well, last November. Have
you riided it sinceo" NO"
Now there has been court since.
There was a court there in January The
raids Of November were brought 10 the
attention Of the courts between then ana
January. And what do you expect If a
sheriff. do you expect him not only 10
bring eases but do you expect him TO go
before the grand jury and perform the
duties Of county attorney and indict the
man? And then do you expect him 10
throw the judge off the bench and go
up and sit on it himself and sentence
the men? On, no, treat him fairly here.
Even those fellows who testified here
and who would be willing to lynch q
sheriff and glad to lynch one if they
al opportunity, said they We're perfectly
satisfied with County Attorney Bates,
that he WAS a good fellow ! think hc
is. ! mean no reflection at all on him
when | say that when they produced in
against a sheriff Il list of Unit
ed States liquor stamps and say that
gave him notice that these people were
all in business. hence he ought to have