Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-22

cndHSeQ 10 read, 10 employ all pro-
per means TO secure the enforcement
of the 18th Amendment TO the Fed
eral Constitution. Trained warriors
that they are, our leaders scented
attles ahead. and lik& adroit gener-
ais they Immediately re-arranged
their forces for the defense
We (beiive in the final passage of
the Willis Campbell bill which places
ban on beer and explains more def
initely what is meant by the intoxi-
eating liquors. supplements the Vol
stead act and strengthens it. The
filibuster of the opponents cannot
long delay its passage
To enforce the Volstead act and to
make operative the 18th Amendment
authority in the public mind
Enforcement in Maine
We rejoice in the magnificent
progress in spite of the many diff
of our prohibitory law. May we not
right here pay TO the faithful en-
forcement officials of Maine our
heartfelt thanks and earnest tribute.
Theirs has been and will continue
to be no easy task. Personal discom-'
Torture and danger are often theirs.
Their duties cal flor the bravest and
the best. Noblly have these officials
met the conditions.
Z The gratitude of the people of
Maine has been richly earned AS
temperance workers let our appre-
ciat be expressed by our hearty
and earnest cooperation. Enforce
ment officials should. and we believe
may. recognize in every wearer Of
but a cooperator. In this cooperation
it is the duty of White Ribboners not
to enfoce the law but to see that il
is enforced. and at all times render
every possible aid to this end. Let
Us render this aid tactfully and wise
ly. remembering that we are pledged
to give this assistance. The law is
II is being enforced to a CONNIE ma Bile
degree, it will he enforced better and
better as the years go by. But be
loved comrades. in the words of our
national leader Our chief danger
lies in the apathy and indifference Of
many good people who aided in Sc,
curing the law.
DR., Robert O. MATHEWS represent
ing National Commissioner of Pro-
hihition, Roy A. Haines. says The
prevalence OF crime in the United
States is not due to any law. but is
rather due to the laXity Of law en-
forcement." So we say that the pre-
valence of drinking or rum running
in some parts of Maine is not due
10 any law, but rather to lax enforce
ment This in turn is not altogether
due to Indifferent or incompetent Of
flcials. 1t is in d measure due TO
indifference on the part of citizens.
When every citizen awakes to his or
her high privilege and demands strict
enforcement of the law. impartial
application and Interpretation Of the
law by our judiciary, when the pull
pit and the press unite in sounding a
clear, strong bugle call urging all cit
liens to promote an advance in uni
versal respect for all law. reverence
for lawfully constituted authority
the un-American attitude of viola
tors of the Federal Prohibition
Amendment, with the resultant peril
to patriotism. will cease.
If there are any inefficient enforce
ment officials they will be aroused
and quickly spring to the performance
Of their duty. Otherwise the hand
writing on the wall will not he diff
cult to read with the ballot in the
hands of the mothers and daughters
Women and Results
The women of Maine Will not be
sllenced by any cry of political expedi-
ency. They must see results. If
through any chance of circumstances
the enforcement official has failed in
the past, he must not fail in the flu
ture. The most sacred honor of the
State and the nation is in his hands,
and back of him. like an adamantine
wall arc not only the loyal men of
Maine. hut the earnest mothers of
Maine. From far famed Moosehead
to our rock-bound coast they are de-
handing enforcement of our State and
federal prohibition laws They are
desperately in earnest. determined
that. not only for the honor of the
state but for the sake of the children
of today. Maine shall be leader in the
enforc ement of that law in the birth of
which She was a pioneer.
The temperance forces have MANY
allies in their demand for the STREE
enforcement of the 18th Amendment
and the Volstead Act. Many churches
in their annual conference and asso-
citation meeting have sent out a clarion
call for law enforcement and the
Maine State Grange in lis recent an
nual session reaffirmed the organiza-
tons firm belief in the prohibitorv
amendment and emphasiz the i'm
portance of law enforcement.
We must remember that women now
share with men the responsibility of
the maintenance of law. In this near
border town the situation of which
m axes II imperative that officials shall
be alert and DESTROYS of enforcement.
upon YOU. women of Piscataou;s cour-
ty, responsibility rests The seIec-
ton OF enforcement officials rests
equally with YOU Surely in this coua-
~ and in every county men can he
found who will use their splendid en-
ergies their ability and their high
sense of justice and patriotism to do
away with the lawless attempts to de-
feat the purpose of the 18th Amend
ment and the Nolstead Act. Arise.
women Of the State. and. if need be,
lead the men in the selection of such