A History of Our Own Times: From the Diamond Jubilee 1897 to the Accession ...
A History of Our Own Times: From the Diamond Jubilee 1897 to the Accession ...
Mccarthy Justin
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Through his influence and by his action measures for the repression of the drink traffic were introduced again and again in the Legislature of the State of Maine, and his persevering efforts succeeded in establishing that Maine liquor law which afforded subject for discussion in most parts of the world. In 1857 Neal Dow visited England, whither his &me had preceded him, and was greeted with enthusiasm by the extreme advocates of legally Digitized by Google 272 A HISTORY OP OUR OWN TIMBB. oh. x.... enforced teetotalifiin. As to the workirg of the Maine liquor law in the State of Maine, many Yusitors from Elngland, who took all the means they could to form a just estimate of its influence, became convinced that, even at the time of its most rigid enforcement, it was often eluded, and that a great deal of secret drinking was daily and nightly carried on, despite all the efforts of the authorities. The experiment of repressive legis- lation was tried in several other States of the Union, but did not prove successful anjrwhere.
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