Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-27
Are You Game?

Tha more the prohibitory law Is eh
| forced the less the people want u, ,,,,.
| so Editor Libby and Edltor plse@4o,' ~
wishing 10 keen Maine under the pro
| b;bitory law have some reason tor t@nel @
attack upon Sheriff Graham anu t'H,1e ia,s e
Chadbourne. who by their very .ss'. Ze,''9 %
ness would overturn that promoltorH laN l
which the Republican party toT 80 .g's
usec for a political fo9teali-hiooeio.
| Record.
l. IF that court Qaw) rules that the organ
ization in Portland has been lna,'ai,.a'rE ~
a nuisance, then social CLUBS IN . ceeIs y,
| CITY of the State are also Nioiatots o'
the law and may be made TO pahistl talsi ii,i
uor from their premises suea d eoi;b; 1Iiii,;
lion would bring the question OF pfohlpi'
! 80, home To n large class OF citizens
| who have regarded il as seriously aitee
/ ing their personal rights and privileges s
! ''-Waterville Sentinel
| Very we'll: let's bring it home to
Them. and stand or fall by the result
You have all along been denouncing
the law and all those who believe that
THE worst of prohibition enforcement
lis productive of better conditions than
the best of license results. You nave
lnever helped to discover wnat the
I"Maine law" would do at its best, be-
cause the rum trust has taught you
that it hates all law and restraint
You stand for personal liberty
above community safety and moral
progress, because there's money IN
personal liberty" for those who play
upon the poor unfortunate's feelings
: and weaknesses.
Let us bring the meaning of the law
home to these personal rights TEL
lIows, who care not for any but them
selves. and for themselves only in the
| present. If they are the hypocrites
who have been voting for the law a,
the same time they were violating IT,
and brazenly robbing others or equal
"privileges," then let us find ii out.
If the vote of these rum club chaps
added to the vote of those who stand
for open saloons, will overthrow the
law, then let us know it, and let the
honest convictions of the majority
frule.
But this constant whining of the
rum press of Maine because its dec
larations are always easily disproven
is shamefully unsportsmanlike.
Come now, let us discover the truth.
Let us work together, all OF us, for
such enforcement of the prohihitofy
law as Maine has never seen. Let US
f'urge officers and courts to go 10 the
| limit in CARRYING out the provisions OF
1.-the law. Let us see what the result
would be in the sentiment of the peo-
1 pie Even, the worst victim of the
booze habit could stand it for time
| If you rum press fellows nave drop
of sporting blood in your veins and
grain of faith in what you constantly
preach, you ought to jump at this
proposition.
Let's give such a demonstration OF
the meaning of REAL enforcement as
will drive all the "hypocrites' ever
lastingly into their holes and raise
such an outburst of Indignation at the
violation of personal rights as will
sweep prohibition off the statutes.
| What do you say? Are you game?
If so, join with us in calling upon the
courts to give sentences tnat mean
encouragement for the fellow who is
too lazy to earn an honest living and
| is taking chances on the Jaw.
Let us urge stiff Jail sentence in
every second offense. showing per-
sistence In law violation. Let US
point out the silent partners in the
lrum business, those fellows VINO own
the buildings used for saloons and
ldives. And let us help and encour-
age and urge on, every sheriff and
police officer and county prosecutor
To make the law so unpopular through
, rigid and relentless enforcement as 10
. disgust its best friends whom you
daily pretend are hypocrites.
y If you will do that during The re-
, mainder of Governor Haines' term
think how easily you can then elect q
man standing for free rum and RE
: SPECTACLE" drinking places.
II If you're sport take hold and hell
us wipe the law off the books by max.
ing it unpopular. Now is the psy-
Geological moment to carry out The
g scheme. We are ready 10 stand our
Handmade Maine as dpy as u coy
: lered bridge at the risk OF losing the
r. law. We want honest ana drastic
I enforcement for once, and Will take tn,
!, chances.
Il If YOU are as honest IN your pre-
It tensions as we are in our claims yot
cannot dodge a fair proposition.
Il Let us "bring prohibition home to ;
e large class Of citizens who nave neve
o regarded it as seriously affecting the
c personal rights and privileges
:, The White House Wedding.
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