Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-03
Republican Nominations:
FOR PRESIDENT:
iCHARLES EVANS HUGHES
VICE PRESIDENT:
CHARLES ". FAIRBANKS
GOVERNOR:
CARL E. MILL|KEn
U. S. SENATOR:
Frederick Hale
REPRESENTATIVES, TO CON-
GREss:
LIST Dist.-Louis B. GOOdall
End Dist.-Wallace H. White, Jr.
3rd Dist.-JOhn A. Peters
4th Dist.-Frank E. Guernsey
STATE AUDITOR:
Roy L. Wardwell
STATE AUDITOR:
Roy L. Wardwell
Our inconsistent Neighbor.

ride is always dangerous. In MaSsa-
chusetts they are trying to make the
danger less by getting after the in
ebriated joy rider. Under law
which goes into effect today, an in
toxicated driver of an automobile is
liable for the first offence TO a fine
ranging from $40 to 5000 and In ad
dition he may be sent to Jail for
term of not less than two weeks nor
more than two years. If ne Is con-
victed second time, he goes to Jail
for a term of not less than so days
nor more than two years. Now if
Massachusetts, will enforce that law
with some degree of severity. there
should be a marked decrease In the
dangers of the road. The drunken
Joy rider is dreaded by sober travel
ers. He is a menace to decent folk
He deserves no sympathy and if Mas
sachusetts has law to put him IN
Jail it is a law that should be en-
forced.-Waterville Sentinel.
Why, why. How CAN you so ad-
vocate interference With personal lib
erty"?
Has not man perfect right to in
dulge his personal inclinat1ons?
Is not this Massachusetts law
sumptuary? And how CAN 1t be en-
forcedo
1.-THE drunken joy rider is dreaded by
sober travellers. He is a menace to de-
cont folk"
We are almost shocked by SUCH
statement from SUCH a source The
very idea Of a man who has snapped
his brain for alcohol being a menace
to decent human beings, We had
never expected to hear tina: admission
much more the fiat declaration, from
the Waterville Sentinel.
And "he deserves no sympathy.
Horror of horrors for the rum trust,
What ARE these days coming to?
What. "po-o-or drunken man"
doesn't deserve sympathy?
That is sacrilege, sir! The man who
has voluntarily robbed himself of in
telligence and deceny because it is
his personal rightly is a poor I'M
fortunate who doesn't realize what he
is doing" He is to be pitied and cod
died. and tolerated. no matter how
much he abuses US on the street, on
the cars, in all public places, no mat
ter how much he insults and disgusts
decent people.
Sir, you shall be rum trust-mauled
for openly advocating the enforcement:
OF law against the patrons of the max
ers and sellers Of booze. How CAN
Massachusetts laws be enforced, when
Maine law cannot be enforcedo Our
Governor says it can't be done
And again why this class distinc-
ton? Why should man be dis
eliminated against simply because he
kills by wholesale instead Of retail,
when he is drunk?
II a drunken man Is menace tc
decent folk" when he is turned loose
from one Of your booze emporiums to
operate a powerful engine. is he not,
also, q menace to decent folk" when
he goes forth with firearms or with a
club. or with Q team, or with only his
filthy mouth to deprave children. in
suit women and abuse gentlemen?
How can Massachusetts, operate and
protect almost numberless machines
for making drunkards for the money
IN the business) consistently punish its
customers because they are then "a
menace to decent folk?
Is not the personal liberty" fellow
who throws away what little brains he
has. because he likes the taste Of
booze and the sensation Of becoming a
witless hog, a menace TO decent
folk even II he has no automobile?
Is he not liable to kill somebody on the
street for fancied offence TO his per-
.sonal rights. or to go home and muir
der his wife and children? Is not his
disgusting performances in public, his
deeply DECREASING presence. a menace