The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-14

nearly everybody as long as booze
could be sshipped In. from otiiur Hiatns.
But now the VoIstend act has shut off
Mninc's supply of American rye
whiak, and virtually pl that is to be
had y the smugsied Canadian pro-
duet.
n rs a pie. stinging iiqvid which
docs not suit the Maine state palate.
Such an u is. II is to- be had quite
easily At the border. Il brings S32 n
cnse aud In Mnipc cities from $50 up
You eau sci n slug oft Tor 30 cents
and n single bottic-a short quart"
fof 81 or IS, except on sunday. when
the extra demand. shosts the price
Smuggling eBu~Incssr
There arc, according to an authority
In Augusta, two liquor dealers sutton
cd on tho American side 81 the border.
who supcrlntend distribution from the
hands OF the smugglers IN fnst motor
cars throughout the state. but he
disappeared. the per capita consump-
ton has noticeaily decfeaacdi the
old fashioned native who liked his nip
Of rye has fled TO the water wagon to
escape the Canadian stuff. one-hnlf Of
| por CEN e is diligently avoided.
Aud most important Of all, booze
and state politics have parted COM
lNfNs lNF INV NNOfllAtA VI NAAillt nAA-
uraily hold that prohibition enforce
ment IL no longer something for
them to worry about now hal the
United States government has the sny
and the source OF supply Is Canada.
Simply through force OF habit, tho
republicans. IN their state convention
In March. put the usual enforcement
plank In the platform. the democrats.
after profound Weighing Of conHe
guences. ignored The matter altogeth-
or. s'ThcV profess belief that the wet
ness" OF Candidate Cox and the un-
derstnnding that the democrats. u
returned to Washington, would try to
provide the country with beer and
wine. will pull republican votes to The
democratic ticket in the state this
autumn. but this correspondent has
found no republicans 80 inclined.
Criticism OF the domestic record OF
the Wilson administration since the
war seems to be especially pronounced
In Maine ana the truth Is that this
feeling is by no c confined to
the republicans. Some OF the presi-
dents harshest critics. privately
speaking, are democrats. one gains
the impression h n the national cam-
pnlgners who are "a COM here later
In democracy's behalf will have n lot
Of pcrsunding TO do 10 hold even the
normal democratic vote In line this
year.
The contest for the govcrnorship
IL between n city man and a country
man, between a manufacturer and n
farmer. As tho rural aud small town
population ~ tho state continues TO
outnumhcr the citv population. despite
tho movement cityward. the demo-
crnts would seem TO have an initial
advantage, rs their candidate Is the
'country-brod farmer.
But the farmers arc too solidly re-
publican to swervc merely becnuse he
" ono Of their own kind. Obadiah
Gardner was master Of tho State
Grange, hut when he ran for gDvcr-
nor he WIS defeated. II was Gardiner
who made the historic but vain pre-
dictior:
you will hear the tramp, tramp.
tramp of $4,000 cowhide boots march,
ing to the polls In September
Even then this was an unfortunate
figure OF speech, and today II lot "
Maine farmers when they do go IA
the polls win ride In, motor airs with
white sneakers on their feet.
The republican manufacturer whu
Is running for governor IL Col. Fred
crick II. Parkhurst OF Bangor. The
democrat ~ Bertrand G.. McIntirc of
Norway, who. In addition to being n
farmer n a breeder of bloodcd cat
tie, deals IN AGRICULTURAL supplies.
Parkhurst was born In Bangor. In
his youth he served an apprentice
ship In his fathers trunk factory.
Then he studied law In Columbia uni
versity n vas admitted to the bar,
but for many years has been the man
aging head of the trunk-maklng firm
Of j. Il. Parkhurst n Son COMPANY.
whose employees and their dependents
in the year 1918 represented one per-
son In every 30 In the city OF Bangor,
He has served In both houses OF tho
Legislature. has been chairman OF the
state republican committee ana was a
delegate Ia the national convention In
1900.
He II n great party worker. espe-
cially skilful as nm organizer. and
was called to republican national
headquarters by Chairman VIII Hays
In 1918 to assist In nc congress cam =
paigiis. He IL known In Maine MS an
enthusiast who has toiled for so many
years to put other men into office,
that the nomination which came Ia
him this year Is no more than his due,
In addition he liz an attractive speaker
and a brisk and tirelcss campaigner,