The Republican journal., 1919-07-24
White Speaks
SANDER Against the State
of Maine.

as a SANDER Against the State
of Maine.
s. permit to pass unnoticed some
references to my state made yes
BE- gentleman from Massachu-
Sir tzgeraIdl, and which were
called to my attention.
. tn ngs, he said of Maine
trun1enness ran riot" and
prohibition in Maine has
ing Joke for years, and as a
the growth of Maine has
almost any section of the
these statements and all the
be drawn therefrom | en-
auy
man from Massachusetts, al
ne bases his statements upon
Ea extending over a period of
II true that he las been much
& Stale and it is equally true and re-
It. although in this length of
as often spoken therein, his
- observance of the Sabbath,
NV and constituted author
where and always he has
gainst ard sIandered the
IS people, and has preached
# notification, and it has
periods when men holding
s we're In temporary authority
ted areas, that we have seen
IF law rear its ugly head, the
4 public service, and the tone
aud private morals lowered.
ltterance of the gentleman
sassao lusetts within the State has
-'- t.y to these ends.
3 be- a-lTes which | now give and in
'ao-scy Of which | believe, answer
.-Heuan's charges and prove the
',--a-l Of his observations:
-.'-a.e9 10 years Of age and over:
Nlt sd per cent; Massa chusetts, s..
'en
.-7i ys males of voting age: Maine,
,& cent. Massachusetts, 6. / per cent.
.i1 les owning homes: Maine, ola
,.al Massachusetts,, 32.7 per cent.
''.,45s- paupers in almshouses per 100,-
saanf l273; Massachusetts,, l94.7.
''0e- insane in hospitals per 100, 900:
WE io5 81 Massachusetts, 344.6.
,-aJsr State prisoners per 100, 1000:
---7 ]1 Massachusetts, 1892.
zane DE- 1918 ranked thirty fourth in
''.'. no among the States of the Union,
'0t 1T States exceeded our savings
~ deposits and only 10 the number of
Ty9sitors. Maine makes no apollo
<A ler record in these regards. 1t
. "-. tec0me resident of Massachu-
y reflect upon her.
ale material considerations. But
4 5l other issues raised by this and
y ri like import is one of prin-
II orais. Men must align them
}. "'a interests and a traffic which
,..5' ebauches, and demorallzes the
"- I'D in the same manner affects
unit, whether city, county,
ar they must be affirmatively
-iy against them. The gentle
n. massachusetts, has made his
4. 'la the people of Maine have
In T election. Maine came Tito
'o0 as the result of a compromise
!, Git and wrong, but she stood
e',a night and with humanity, she
/. ~Na!s SO stood, and she is so allied
~ With no thought of compromise
'''Il and mind.
N.Y. WAT ontiibutions she has made
! fought and progress of her coun-
n. " Ilerature she and her institu-
,na va gwen Longfellow, a Haw-
han hellogg, an Abbott, and an
sps, 1s " ard; to the law the passionate
IN, ,"te OF a Prentiss, the logic of an
M, .Ne earning of a Greenleaf and a
ma h., dIl IN this Hall there crowd upon
b o otF'UIy and | hear the voices of those
tept maine who have played their
itor part IN the political life of the
ssen4 George Evans; William Pitt
lesse ll' ranking in vision, in cogency
ID f5 1onlhen and power of expression
ingn., great leaders of his generation;
ltcoi I1amlin, who, forsaking the
he bo' associates of lifetime, took his
tedom T'Siae our martyred Lincoln fol
ana the preservation of the