Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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lation right Immediately in touch with
il OF 1000 more, and with a floating
population Of Is or 10000 more, pre-
sents a different problem than the
enforcement of the Law in some small
country place, an absolutely differ
ent problem.
And outside Of Portland. the sheriff
Is charged with the enforcement o.
this and other laws And don't for
get the other laws | pray you. DOM
get it in your minds that all the sher,
if and his deputies have To do is Is
look after the prohibitory law. Re
member that he has TO do other work
He has To look after his duties not
only In the city of Portland, with It's
casual and regular population Of
100, 900. more people than there are
in any OTHER county IN Maine hht ne
has the city Of Westbrook. the city el
South Portland, the great town "l
Brunswick, large enough In be II city
the towns Of Rridgton aud Windham--
all those large towns and the srea'
surrounding country e
Now right here. not one single par
ticle uf complaint is made but thai
tory law all over that broad domain
outside of the city Of Portland.
Something was brought in ahou.
Westbrook, but what WAS it. ina
in December there We're some places
in Westbrook that We're eondaetihS
badly. no complaint 10 the sheriff am
no chance that the sheriff knew any
thing about 1t 50 fa-sas the evidence
goes. The complaint was made b"
some citizens ami they We're closed.
They have remained closed. an
w esthreoh so far AZ the records show
Is IS free frt.an liquor selling during
The year 1919. and that is the year yon
wer. irving Sheriff Moultdn on. as ~
the smallest country town in Maine.
South Partisnd free from trouble.
Deering. nov a part of Portland. nat
referred To- Brunswick. in the first
place. in-taktn out Of the case by the
absence o. witnesses. No complaints
about Bridgtea. No complaints about
Gorham-any OF those towns-not a
single complaint. Outside OF that
great metropolis. he has managed,
through himself and his deputies -
enforce the prohibitery law. even To
the satisfaction or * least no d1s-sat-
isfaction is tsr sesscd by the officers
of The civic !. asue. the most exact
ing people on he face OF God S earth
with regard 70 the luties of others,
no matter whether they perform Their
own well or i'll, or not. He has Look
ed out for that whole great county so
that even Ed Emery my old friend.
zfsy h.aI
and whom | have learned, If not 10
regard, 10 respect, so that even he.
found no fault MIR Skiilings. Who
had been Il deputy sheriff. found no
fault Mr. Doughty. who had been 4
deputy sheriff and Sturgis deputy.
found no fault. And none of the 500
day laborcrs who were sent out with
odd change in their pockets TO buy
rum yentured outside of the precincts
of the city Of Portland to bring in any
samples of goods sold in Cumberland.
County outside Of that city.
You must assume that Sheriff Monl-
ton has accomplished in Cumberland
County more than any other sheriff
In Maine in any county. for barring
his city. he still has Il population amt
n territory To govern equal To almos-
any county in Maine. How many
counties have cities larger than
Westbrook or South Portland, towns
larger than Brunswick or Gorham. or
the other towns have mentioned
Very few How many sheriffs have
kept the territory that have mention
ed SO dry that no complaint could be
made In regard TO it? know of none.
He has done certainly his full dut?
outside of the city of Portland.
Now let us come 10 Portland. Not in
the spirit in which some OF the inves-
tigators OF this case went to Portland
on March 18th Let us come to Part-
land not with an idea Of searching out
the bad places in the town, and see II
we could find some little thing to pick
But let rs go down in our minds TO
that great city, the finest city in New
England, city Of Which all men are
proud. city with a splendid future
before ii, and "a glorious pas. behind
1T, q city that Is enjoying today a
splenoid presented us go down there
and see how things are managed there
and see whether they are so managed
through the sheriff's department that
you, sitting here in solemn convention,
forgetting for the moment, your mock
session AMI your songs. but sitting
here az 1tr6rs and ildges, let MS see
II you are going Ia say that you will
remove from office the man who Has
mace conditions as good az they are
IN Portland now under The circum-
stances nneer which he worked
And what did he have t. do? He had
tile law to enforce, all Law. the whole of
IT, from murder and aGultery. clear
DOWN through he had them all u laok
out for in city OF $4,000 people. and
he had the prohibitorY law. Now Won
know ard every human Icing in Maine
Nl:o has common sense, knows. that
with any force that he could command
at any expense that he county of
Cumberland could stand il was an ab-
solutc ifnrossbility To entirslt SIM
preet the sale of liquor II Portland
That o"t r be done by IL power out
sifie al Almighty G.d. ~ iIuniaa now
% coniE do H.
You have tried everything. from
electing prohibition minister sheriff.
10 creating Stargis Commission. and
You never have found time. and no.
body claims you ever did, when The