The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-01
NO-LICENSE
RALLY HELD
Many Arguments Against
Saloon Presented in
Auditorium
LOCAL SPEAKERS,
CONCERT PROGRAM
Chairman e. B. Smith Detained by Ill
ness and George L. Dunham Was in
Charge - Some ofx the Main Points
Which Were Brought Out.

An audience OF fair size attended the no.
license rally in the Auditorium last
evening and listened attentively to a
program of music and speaking which
was about an hour and half in length
Chairman f. B. Smith of the no-license
organization, was taken i'll with grip YES.
terday and was unable to preside and at
the last moment George J.. Dunham was
called upon to act in that capacity, which
he did creditably
From until shortly after 73O Lett
singers orchestra rendered selections and
during the evening three selections were
given by a male chorus and cornet solo
/ by Sewall Morse.
In opening the meeting Mr. Durham
said the manufacturers, contractors and
business men oppose license because strong
! drink impairs the efficiency of labor; the
! churches are against 1t because it casts
greater burden upon them; the school Of
hcials and teachers oppose it because it
makes their work more difficult, and the
charitable institutions oppose it because
it doubles or trebles the demands upon
them. Less than one-tenth Of the inhabi-
tants OF the town want license, and it be-
hooves the other nine-t -tenths to register
their opposition at the polls
! As the first speaker Mr.. Dunham pre-
sented Walter A Gilbert of The Reformer
staff, the point of whose remarks was
that the effect Of public sentiment on the
liquor question was shown in the fact
that there never was time when SO
many young men of Brattleboro were "on
the water wagon" The decrease in the
consumption of liquor also vas shown by
the statement of a Greenfield liquor deal
er, confirmed by the local express agent
that not SO much liquor was being ship
ped INTO Brattleboro as formerly Atten
ton was called to the fact that while the
no-hcense majority the past year wa,
smaller than for the year before the per
: centage OF no-license votes was little
larger, the falling off in the majority be
ing due to a smaller total vote,
Edward j Mulry of the high schoo
faculty was the next speaker, He SHOWED
W hat an easy traffic the liquor busines
was-easIer to say yes than no, easy t.
get into the saloon, easy to get thrown
out, doors usually swinging both ways
easy TO take another drink after tn
first, etc The mind infamed by drin
makes it easy to pull the trigger an
shoot a man in the back, and many othe
crimes come easy after drink has pave
: the way.
Luther w. Hawley. for many years on
- of the towns staunchest workers for civi
: righteousness, spoke appreciatively OF tn
work of whoever prepared the postcar
+ showing the vote of the town on the hQuC
=, question since the local option law VI
- enacted He showed that last year MOI
- voters failed to record in any way the
- preference on the liquor question tina
- the total Of the no and yes votes cast, an
i I t.1,
- license supporters, which might easi
:, result in the defeat of no-heense if tt
>, opposition was properly organized. +
a urged a heavy no vote both as to saloc
- and druggists licenses.
=, Solon A. Richmond, chairman of the Y
lage commissioners, spoke briefly, emph
al sizing one point Leaving out all considt
!; alton from the standpoint of temperan
g and morality, he said that from AN &C
n nomic point of view alone Brattleboro d
o,, not want license. Il know the town ca
d not afford it, he asserted.
*. The closing speaker was Henry Bond
Tyler street, man prominent in bo
all business and religious circles. He broug
- out in his forceful way that while t
ro world was astounded at the great stea
NJ ship disaster when 1903 lives yere snuff
,s+ out an equal number of lives are sac
PC feed to strong drink IN the United Stat
he every eight days. He referred to Bratt
be bofo as one OF the hloSS uensnllul sp'
I,- IN this country and said that because
IN the war in Europe Americans would spe
their vacations at home this year and mC
80 people than ever before would come
II through this town on their way to I
~ White Mountains He urged that I
on gateway be kept clean.