Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-16
FLOOD OF PETITIONS
FOR NATL PROHIBITION
No Chance of Being Taken up
This Sessi0n-Maine Business
Men Rise up Against the
Large Mail Order Houses, but
the Attempt Hopeless

nal lying within the lighthouse reser-
walton at that place Assistant Secre-
tary Sweet Of the department Of COM
merce, in writing to Senator Burleigh
about this said:
Permission is granted for the erec-
ton of the boulder with the understand
ing that the erection Of the boulder
itself, after erection, will not interfere
station on this reservation as an aid
to navigation. In this connection it is
stated that any arrangements which
may be made with the Lighthouse In
spector at Portland, Me-
insufficient Democracy
Senator Burleigh took an active in
terest in having this matter arranged
for the Daughters Of the American Rev.
olution and has notified the Belfast
Chapter Of the decision Of the depart
ment Of commerce.
Senator Burleigh emphasized today
that the Democratic Congress is ire
mendously in arrears with its work
I'm the course Of my services at Wash
ington, which covers the life Of nine
Congresses, l have never before OBJ
| served such delays in transacting the
public business" said Senator Burleigh.
Our Democratic friends appear unable
to make up their minds about anything.
They talk weeks and weeks while in
the process Of trying to determine what
they wish to do. But every few days,
there is a flying Off the handle. when
somebody starts something, like the re-
cent Democratic diversion over the pro-
priety Of Congress attempting to take
the conduct Of foreign relations out Of
the hands of their own President.
Now We are having Mexico as a
Democratic diversion, because the ad-
ministration delayed attending vigor-
ously to its proper business in that
quarter of the world. We have been
fortunate in escaping war thus far and
I hope our good fortune in that regard
will continue
I Flood Of Maine Petitions
Maine people are flooding Washing
ton with petitions for prohibition. The
prohibition question is more or less
! alive before the Senate, where an ef-
| fort is under way to enforce prohibit
| ton upon the District Of Columbia,
| which includes the city Of Washing
ton. Senator Morris Sheppard Of Tex
as is pressing a bill for such prohibi-
| ton but 1t is being fought with the
plea that the wishes Of the people in
| the District, who number about 10000,
should govern in the matter Conse-
quently it is proposed that there be q
plebiscite in the District Of Columbia
and the decision whether they shall
have prohibition be left to the people
themselves.
For a time it looked as though prohi-
bition would be enforced in WASHINGTON
Immediately but tho forces in opposition
are very strong. Some difficulty will be
experienced in getting the Sheppard bill
and its amendments to vote, because
the Senate has so much other pressing
work to do and because it has delayed 50
long with important business that many
matters will simply have to be postponed
for lack of time to consider.
| Senators Burlegh and johnson and. in
fact. every member of the Maine deleea-
ton. has pre4ented many of these pro.
hibition petitions. The requests have been
for national prohibition. which has yir-
tually no chance Of being taken up at
this session. Petitions which Senator
Burleigh has presented have been re-
/ ferred to the Senate committee OF; Judi
ctary for the Information Of senators
there. The question Of national prohibi-
ton in Senate bills belongs to that COM
mittee.
! No Hope This Session
Representative Peters has had one Of
| the largest recent patches Of these pro-
hibition petitions The requests came
from the local Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union Of Bar Harbor, from Is cit
liens OF Clinton, Methodist Episcopal
church Of Kent's Hill. Ga citizens of Gin.
| ton. including the Baptist and Method.
list churches, and from citizens Of Ma.
chias.
| Representative McGillicuddy has pre-
scented similar petitions for prohibition
from Victory Lodge Of Good Templars
of Lisbon Falls. from the Epworth
League Of Brunswick and the Methodist
Episcopal church Of Brunswick; from the
Methodist church Of Bethel: from the
High street Congregational Sunday schooa
Of Auburn. the First Baptist church Of
Rockland; from 20 members of the wo-
| mans Christian Temperance Union at
West Paris. from $50 members of a SINH.
lar organization at Auburn, AZ well as
from citizens and church societies 1t
North Paris. Mechanic Falls, Brownfield
and Damariscotta.
Representative Kinds has presented like
prohibition petitions from his district, in
! Guiding North Berwick and South Port.
land. while Representative Guernsey has
presented petitions for prohibition from
Dexter citizens and from the churches
there. Another petition presented by
Representative Guernsey is from the
Loyal Legion of the United States and
is in favor Of preparedness. That petit
ton went to the House COMMITTEES on
military affairs, which has recently re-
ported out a preparedness bill for the
army.
Against Mail Order Houses
Maine business men are rising up
against the practices of large mail or
der houses as evidecced by the pett.