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Domestic News
December 24, 1885
The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
In a Brooklyn debate, W. C. Beecher noted 144 licensed saloons in Bangor, Maine, for 20,000 people, highlighting the failure of the state's prohibition law against intoxicating liquors.
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How Prohibition Prohibits in Maine.
Albany Express.
Mr. W. C. Beecher stated in the high-license prohibition debate in Brooklyn that 144 government licenses had been taken out for saloons in Bangor, Me. One hundred and forty-four saloons for 20,000 inhabitants are a reasonably sufficient number of thirst-slaking institutions. True, the proportion of saloons to inhabitants is not as large in Bangor, Me., as in Albany, N. Y. It is a larger ratio, however, than in such rum-cursed centers as New York and Chicago. But inasmuch as a law exists on the Maine statute-books prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the State (Bangor included), one saloon to every 108 people in Bangor (women, children and teetotalers included) is a bad showing—very bad, indeed. Amid the shrieks of fanatics, one fact shines brightly above the entire pandemonium: Prohibition does not prohibit.
Albany Express.
Mr. W. C. Beecher stated in the high-license prohibition debate in Brooklyn that 144 government licenses had been taken out for saloons in Bangor, Me. One hundred and forty-four saloons for 20,000 inhabitants are a reasonably sufficient number of thirst-slaking institutions. True, the proportion of saloons to inhabitants is not as large in Bangor, Me., as in Albany, N. Y. It is a larger ratio, however, than in such rum-cursed centers as New York and Chicago. But inasmuch as a law exists on the Maine statute-books prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the State (Bangor included), one saloon to every 108 people in Bangor (women, children and teetotalers included) is a bad showing—very bad, indeed. Amid the shrieks of fanatics, one fact shines brightly above the entire pandemonium: Prohibition does not prohibit.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Prohibition
Maine
Bangor
Saloons
Licenses
Debate
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. W. C. Beecher
Where did it happen?
Bangor, Me.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Bangor, Me.
Key Persons
Mr. W. C. Beecher
Outcome
144 government licenses for saloons in bangor for 20,000 inhabitants despite prohibition law
Event Details
Mr. W. C. Beecher stated in the high-license prohibition debate in Brooklyn that 144 government licenses had been taken out for saloons in Bangor, Me. The proportion of saloons to inhabitants is noted, and the article concludes that prohibition does not prohibit.