Maine.

White Ribbon, Volume 17, Issue 199, 18 January 1912, Page 12

Maine.

Maine ♦//«/ keep her prohibitory law. What of the lesson to he learned from the contest Among the matchless sayings of the Master, one specific word resounds through all the ages—- “ WATCH T KtSTBil vi|ilUoß it tieprice of liberty, the price of honour, the price of everything worth having. be on guard, as was Maine, lest while you sleep the enemy sow tares among the wheat. The State Attorney-General, in welcoming the Maine W.O.T.U. Convention, said: “ \\’e could beat the Republicans, we could heat the farmers, hut we eonhl vot beat the W C.T.U.” Wherever the fight may he carried, the liquor advocates must xof beat the \\ (' T U Miss Gordons contribution to the mighty struggle in Maine can never be estimated. She shared in the toil, the anxiety, and the honour of those stienuous days. She has set in motion a mighty force for civic righteousness by working out a successful plan, tested in the Maine campaign, for enlisting young people of all ages in Prohibition campaigns. West Virginia is working on a similar plan for the constitutional amendment campaign and other States follow that way.