Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-25
w. C. T. u. at Portland
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w. C. T. u. at Portland
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jealous than formerly" MIS-. Quimby
continued. with Ex-Governor Miiii-
ken as collector of the port we may
we'll look for the most efficient serv-
ice all along the line"
1.-THE bootlegger, the man who buys
from a bootlegger. is criminal, no
matter what his position in society
and no matter how much he obeys otn-
er laws" Mrs. Althea G. Quimby. pres
ident of the Maine w. c. 7. T.. declar-
ed in her annual address.
ut Is not ours to select the laws we
will obey. There is no such thing as
qualified allegiance to the constitution.
The thief may respect all/other laws
on the statute hooks. but by his steal
ing ne is a thief. SO the bootlegger or
the man who bays from him is GRIM
inal."
Mrs Quimby said the introduction or
beer and wine would mean that the
breweries would be the laboratories
and the light wine shops the recruiting
stations for the drunkardS. She de-
clared that with the incoming of pro-
hibition drunkenness has fallen rs per
| cent.
Made desperate by this decrease"
! she said, 1.-The liquor interest is doing
, its best to discredit our prohibitory
! law and to pack our state legislatures
and our congress with men who will be
favorable to the weakening Of the Vol
stead act"
1.-THE Maine w. G. T. Y. was or
ganized by the first national presi-
dent, Mrs. Annie Whittenmyer of
| ,cx-lx Low. &c of
prominent leaders is shown by the
Dow, Mrs. Margaret T. w. Merrill,
Mrs. Augusta NJ. Hunt. Mrs. Whit
man Sawyer, Mrs. Emma F.. Watts.
Mrs. j. Il. Libby are few of the
| Portland names. Mrs. j. f. Qujnby,
Miss Abbie Leavitt of Stroudwater,
Mrs. c. V. Crossman, Mrs. Prentice
and Miss Mary Crosby Of Bangor.
Mrs. Hanna J. Bailey of Winthrop.
Mrs. Abbie f. Shapleigh of West
Lebanon. Miss Clara Farwell and
Mrs. r. c. Hall of Rockland, Mrs. f.
M. Blanchard of Lewiston and Mrs.
c. c. Hunt of Augusta. Mrs. Sarah
! Lord Cram of kennebunl, Mrs. +. A.
q. Stickney of Oxford county; Mrs.
Adelaide Johnston and Mrs. Jenny
f. Seamans of Aroostook, Mrs. J..
w. Weston of Skowhegan. Mrs. A.
b. Crockett. Mrs. Frances b. Damon
and Mrs. Mary V. Pierce of Dexter.
The Maine w. c. T. L. was an ac-
tive factor in securing the placing of
prohibition in the constitution of the
State in 1854. One historian has Civ
en- us this account. In 1884 in all
sections of the State, the amendment
| campaign, as it was called, was car
nd
without the State rallied to the
standard of the prohibitionists. One
of the last great meetings of the
campaign was held in Gardiner the
closing evening of the convention Of
the Maine w. c. +. L.
THE State Reformatory for Won.
en- is the child of the Maine w. c. r.
L. For years the Maine W. &. T
L. was the trusted agent of the
State of Maine in caring for home.
less children. When several recog
nized institutions of this kind hat
been established it was thought bes
for us to turn our efforts to cooper.
ating with these institutions. al.
though we have always maintained
this department and still are deeply
interested in this benevolent ano
charitable work.
"A law raising the age of consent
from twelve to fourteen years wa.
secured by the efforts of the Maine
w. {. T. L. and the end is not yet
We secured the enactment of a law
against prostitution that is recog.
nized as an anti-white slave law anC
is a great aid to lessening immoral
ity. A law was secured prohibiting
prize fighting in Maine; law setting
apart the Friday nearest March frs
as Temperance Day in the schools oil
Maine, emphasizes the law of scion.
tific temperance instruction earlier
secured by the efforts of Mrs. Stew.
ems.
While suffrage for women was MOI
one of our basic principles. for years
the Maine w. G. Y. u. represented
by Mrs. Stevens. Mrs Hannah J
Bailey, Mrs. Augusta NJ. Hunt and
many other distinguished women. APP
peared before legislative committees
in its behalf and diligently worked
for it's accomplishment.
| Doubtless enemies of our primary
law will use the confusion which
arose in our last primary election MS
a weapon to discredit the law. We
again affirm. the law is right in prin-
ciple, its abuse is not to it's discredit
I
who abuse it. Those who are clam
oring against the law forget the
Hypocrisy and corruption Of the
convention system. They offer nc
substitute for the primary law. A
movement that seeks to tear down
and gives no substitute is dangerous
when a law is found to lack in
comprehensiveness of application 1t
is strengthened not repealed. Many
times has it been found necessary to
strengthen our prohibitory law: II
the primary law needs Strengthening
it should be done, not repealed.
THE truest remedy Is an active
campaign for law observance. Let it
| echo in the club room, let it be heard
upon the street, let the churches
emphasize it, let all the moral forces
of the State adopt its wholesome
program, let the fathers as we'll as
the mothers keep it before the young
in attractive and comprehensive
manner let ZIG bonor o,Ir Cfofo md