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10 THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1 , 1890-TEN PAGES.
HURTFUL TO A STATE
Vlowa of Great Thinkera nnd Philanthro
pists on Prohibition Laws.
FRAUGHT WITH DANGER TO MORALS ,
False in Theory , Harmful in Practice , Im
possible of Execution.
THE EXPERIENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS ,
Local Option anil High License Furnish the
Only Practical System ,
REASONS 'GIVEN FOR THEIR FAITH ,
Htiinpliinry Imxxs UnjiiHt , Do Not Di
minish DriinkeMiiicMH , Interfere
xxith ( lie 1'reeilnm of tile1'co -
plo anil I'romoto Crime.
When tbo prohibitory nmendment xvas before
fore the X'oters of Massachusetts lnstear the
leading thinkers of that stuto declarcel them-
selx es as opposed to Its adoption. The fol
low Ing letter , from xxcll knoxxn philanthrop
ists and ministers of the gospel sp"nk for
themselx'cs :
Kt Governor Itieo : In reply to your re
quest , Just iccelxid , for my opinion on the :
( "cptMlienc } of the constitutional nmendment
prononncingpiohlbltlon nnd sale of Intoxicat
ing liquors the oiganlc laxv of tbo stnto , I say
that [ do not fnvor such an nniendment , fen
the reason that 1 am In fnvor of the most elH-
cicnt means for suppressing diuiikeiinessj
and 1 believe tbo adoption ol such an nmctid-
mont xxould lead to nn Increase of drunken
ness Whatoxer may haxo been the effect
elsuxxheio , stntutoi1 } prohibition has not been
n slie'cois In Massachusetts , nccotellng to the
ex Idenco xxhlch I nave been nblo to find , and
1 can se'o no reason xxby constitutional prohi
bition should bo moio efTcctlx'o
I leingnl/othc sincerity and zeal for gooel
xx bleb Inspires mnnx of tbo advocates of pro
hibition , but my own opinion , reinforced b\
obseixntion ami experience , is that prohibi
tion In Massachusetts has not been , nnd will
not be , a means of preventing or diminishing
drunkenness AI.IAXMH n II Hici.
DIISION , Minih , issn
President llllot of Harvard ColIego-I shall
vote ngnlnst tbo constitutional amendment
( oncoming prohibition , first , because I thlnl
that the e onstitutinn ought not to deal xx ill
such mutters , and secondly , because , for pro
moling temperance , I prefer the coinbtimUcn
of local option nnil high license to piohtbl
tlon Your obedient servant ,
Ciixmis "W 1'noT
Ilxnx MID UMXIUSITX , CXXIIIIIIDHI Muss.
Mm eh 18. issti
Hov Di Dnitol A prohibitory Inxv wouli
bo no xvlser or stronger in n constitution thai
under it Let us introduce only xxhnt xxo car
enfoico Tempeinmo must bo inidntalnedas
n vlr tno If xx'e xxoirhl promote it as n cause.
Wo eau not prohibit 01 piox'cnt xvhntxxo inns
either use 01 abuse
C. A. It xn i oi
Kex Uiookc Heifoul1 ItcitninI } cannot
vote for tbo prohibitory nmcndmciit I be
Hove such sumptuary laws to bo ontlrel }
vicious in princliile , and never moio thai
tempoiaiilv puictlcable. Tliopiosent stntx
of things le > cnl option enables piohlbltlor
to bo caineel out xx her ever thoio Is a prox'nll-
ing sentiment in its favor , and xx hero then
is not such a pievalling local sentiment , 1
could not be ouloie eel if enacteel As far as
can sen' , xx lint Is need'Hi Is not noxv le-glsla
tion , but the moiu olfectlx'o use of xxhnt xvi
have. It is not either prohibition or specinll' '
high lie enso to xx hich 1 look for the huscnlni
of tbo Htiloon poxxor nnil of the saloon tempta
tlon , but moi-o oflectlxo supervision , both b ;
the police nnd by the friends of temperance
With such elTcctlxct supervision , xxo haxo nl
leady laxx'S enough to accomplish xvhat lax
can lightl } do , xx ithout It , moro laxxs , mien
forced , xxould , I fear , bo a pure mlschb'f
iinoour Hi iu loitn
IX ( lox'cinor Onrdncr The result of th
foimur iirohlblloix laxx' which , by the xx-a }
.1 slguod xvhllo chief magistrate was t > o in :
Hatlsfactor } in its losults that itxxas repealo
b } dee-lslxo majorities in a succ-eceling legl
Inturv and docs nut encourage tbo re-oiiael
incut ot similar provisions In thooiganl
constitution of the commonXxealth
Water will not run higher thiin its souicc
laws ciinnot bo t > uu cssfully cnfoiced unles
n elecislxe majoiit } of popular eiplniun sus
tains them nnd a Inxx upon thu statute boo
tonstnntlx x lolatcd much more u e-oiistlti
tlonal pioxlslem cons irntly xlolated-is
inenaco to popul.il goxeinmunt nnd n xxenkei
ing of all laxx * .
Toda } exei.x municipality in the state-
each of Its toxxns and citicy possesses tl ;
iiower , nnd manx of them exeiciso it , ofo
ing total pieihibiion within their own bom
dalles In such eases , as the laxx has publ
opinion behind it , it is generally xxelloM
titled
In other municipalities , xxheio publ
opinion does not biistuln such n restuctloi
the sale of Intoxicants Is poimlttod uiieb
rules that hcelgo around such sale by r
htralnt xxhlch thu xxlsdom of tbo goxerniii
poxxei Imposcb , nnd under high license , sue
permission product.H lingo excise tnxos , tin
diminishing the bur don upon polls and pro
city uxpoi lenco of tbo past seems to teach tin
local option mid high llcenso fuinlshapra
ticalsstem icgaielingtbls vexed ejuestlou n
admliablu as Irall and Imperfect humanit
can dcvibo. Youis respectfully ,
IIl.MU J. CiXIlll.M II.
HILTON , Maiih 1" ) . isbl ) .
Clmilc ! . iilot Norton : The ndoption i
the proposed constitutional nmendment in
hibiting the manufacture ) and sale of intbx
eating flqiiois xxonhl.ln my opinion , bo
imbllo misfortune. I ho amendment Is , I b
lloxe , wrong In principle and mistaken I
policy. Its adoption xxonld bo n heavy bio
to the cause of tempcianco nnd good or do
nnd It xxould tend tocnken In the cor
munlty that spirit of obedience to Inxv e
w bleb the publio w elf.no depends. I am , si
yours truly , c. U. NOHTO.S.
C'kxinmix.r , Mnuh 10,1 0.
Uoger Wolcott If } ou deem my opinle
of any value , I haxo no objection to stating
iwlolly Itisns follows Ux-on did proldt
tion prohibit , its enactment should not , iu n
opinion , bo by constitutional amendment. 1
our Amcucans } stem oC government cons )
nitrons xxeio nexer Intenelcd to bo i-odesi
laxvs xxhlch tin1 ex pei lenco of u foxvxen
might shoxv ncedcel ninendment or ropo.i
\ er.trulj joins , lleioi n WOICOTT.
KtTromont btice't , UOMOY , Maieh Ib , IbS
Kov .1 II , Merison , In icply toxourcor
nmnlcation I xxould snv that I do not helloi
in the expediency of adopting the propose
constitutional amendment , because It co
tnlnly will not bo can led into effect in tl
phueswheiolt Is most needed , 1 e , in tl
largo titles. A few things mo moro d
moralulng than law s of this kind w bit h a
not enfoicrtl. 1 bcllevo that a problbltot
laxv adopted wheiexernmnjoiltv can bos
cured for it , nnd a high license'hw , rigid
executed elbow heie , w ill bo fur moro effectl' '
than the proposed constitutional mnondinen
. . , . JH lellll e )
Uosiov , March 10. is ifi.
Kox- . Arthur H Wrlght-I am opposed
the proposed constitutional amendment pi
hlbltlng the nninufacturo mid saloot Into >
eating liquors , belh > x ing itwrong In prlnciii
unel Impassible ) of execution , end nt this tlii
especially inexpedient , bcvauso of the IK
mid Htihi'ciit ( license laxxxxhlch ought to
glxeiui fair trial and Impartial oxecutlon.
AllTllLH II. WllIOIlT.
nostov , MnreU l .lW.i.
Hex' . Krvderio Palmer I disapprove of tl
constitutional amendment prohibiting t
nmnufnctiiro nnd Milo of intoxicating liejuoi
and for the following reasons ;
1. The constitution oJ the state Is not t
place for legislation on bitch n matter. A ct
stltutlon should contain principles of govei
mont , not rules , alms and causes of action ,
2. Legal prohibition could only bo enforc
bv the body of publio opinion behind
-.When that opinion is in favor of prohibltle
the present excellent local option laxv renele
prohibition iMxshible , That it is under the
clrvunibtunccH entirely practlcnblo the eon
tton of this town plainly shoxvs ; for hew en
> ear nil oven\hclitmlii vote prohibits the si
of liquor , nud the prohibition is cxcollen
tfllcatious , Where publio opinion is ngult
prohibition , it xvould bo imnossiblo to enfoi
Ute nmendment , ns the cltlexs of Maine , lo
Nid Hhodo Hlaiid shoxv. All , therefoiv , U
could bo accomplished by the nmcndmciit , II
successful , Is accomplished by the local option
Inxv at present.
3. An nttempted reform enforced upon the
unxvllllng surely produci-s n rencllon ngnlnsl
tbo reform The old abuses nro rcstoreel. nnel
xx hen restored nro far moro ( Irmly established
than before. If the oountrv toxxns enforce
prohibition l > cforothc cities , i fear the reform
of iMtempuruucoulll recclx o n sex ere chock ,
4 The present local option laxx' , by bring
ing the eiuestlon before overv toxvn , educate *
she public opinion will eh is to enforce It. A
constitutional amendment xxould not necessi
tate this local agitation nnd consequent cdu- -
cation
" > . The present high llcenso bill ot Philadel
phia , In tbo lint jear of Its oi > crntlon , to
dnccd tbo number of saloons from ii,7s' ( U
l.JJIO or 77 per cent 'Ihcro has been no rcac
tlon , so fur as I Know no Increase In the
number of the snloons since. A constitutional
amcndmcn t could not hope to approach this ,
Km in.nn I'.U.MI n ,
Hector Chi Ist church , Asooxi.n , Mass.
March IU , 1SS
Knto ( itinncu Wells--As n , legal measure
prohibition x\-onld bo Inelfcctlx'c , for It does
not prohibit. As n moral elToit to tico bocl
et } from ntciriblo evil , it substitutes special
legislation for personal encigv It Interferes
feros xvlth the fieedomof the liidlxldunl. II
becomes a precedent for fuitbor rosttlctlxi
laws It Htibverts the biond , loglslntlx't
fune tlons of the stnto Into temporary , short-
slgbteel policy , xvhlch , under the gulso ol
patenmllsm. Is fmugbt xxith dattiror to the
moi id energies of n nation It Is better U
combat intclnpe-rnnco through x'olmiUn.x
associations nnet Individual old , than by a law
which increases the tendency to dependence
upon aid. When n stnto undertake. ) topic
xent pei-sonal evil , rather than to punlsl
crime , It ma } soon bo expected to also fur
nlsh xx'ork for the uiiemploed , ns n iiicuus o :
piovciitlon of iinfoitunate icsult.
KXTP OXIIVFTTVrii .
Mrs. .Tames T li'lclds I should like to believe
liovo tbnt prohibition eloo-j prohibit I xvonle
gladly do anything In ni } poucr to juevenl
the mnnufactuio of Intoxicating liquors Ii
Massachusetts , but I Hi mix bcliovothata cor
dial enfoicemont by the people of the laxx-
xxo noxv hnxu xxould do moio to proven1
diunkcnness tniin nny fnitbcr legislation a
tbo proscnt time. Whllo the cases xxo nheadj
hnvo before the courts are not prosecuted
hoix nro xxo to obtnlu prosecution of the stil
larger number of nrrests under sterner laxx-s
Wbllo our pollco olllcetsnrodlscouiageel froii
aiiostlng tlie xxell-knoxxn drinkcis and nbu
slve mon at present icportcd to them , xxha
xxlll strengthen their xvllls xxhen txxlco tin
number of laxv-bieakors tire pointed out tt
them
It does not appear to bo legislation that lc
ni'cdod Just now , but "a llttlo plain religion'
among our people.
Mns JXMFS T rirns
Dr John DixxxcllAlter sorno nlneteci
ycurs1 xxork in chanty , nnd fullv rcnll/Ini
the fcirfut results of the nbnso of nlcoholli
drinks , I nm conx Inccd thut such ex 11 cm
only bo pi ox entcd , or lessened oxen , to an ;
great uogrce , by thu honest , cnieful Instiue
tion of the masses , old nnel young , ns to th
nx'erago consequences of using strong drink
habitually or to excess. I do not bellcx'e tha
nny laxv can xxork much permanent benefit ii
the real Interest of temperance.
Jens Dixxxi'ii , M D ,
W West Cedar stieot.
Uoston , March 18 , IS 'J.
Hov Percy Uroxxno Your question ns ti
the expediency of maUmg prohibition n pai
of the ) organic Inxv of the stnto ib practlcall ;
a ejuostlon as to the moitcifeetlx-o method o
piox-eiitlng lutompcrance To my mind th
prnctlcal ansxxcr ought to bodcteunlned b' '
xxhat experience has thus far taught of til
[ elntlx-o x nlno of prohibition and high llccns
is methods of luoxctiting intempeianco
blnk experience In both inotboeis has shoui
Igb license to bo most effective for cities , nm
am , therefore , compelled , In the interest o
emnoiancc , to x'oto "no" to the piohibltor ,
[ imposition Yours truly ,
Prncv Unoxxvn.
Hoxnunr , March ! , 18S9.
Charles P. Cuitls-Pully nllvo to the ox-il'
if intemperance , I am nevertheless opposei
to the ndoption of uny amendment to th
constitution prohibiting tbo manufacture mi
sale of intoxicating liquors.
The constitution establishes general prmc !
ilcs of gox eminent , nnd loaves those ptinc
> les to bo carried Into effect h } the leglsh
.uro , guided by publio sentiment.
Should the constitution descend to the de
il of prescribing xxhat a citizen of Mussi
ehusetta must not drink , It might as reasot
.ibly prescribe xvhat ho must not eat or xx lit
10 must not believe.
Public bcntlmont must bo educated up t
.ho point xx hero Juries xvill conx let , and thl
mist bo done tbrouch the ugcncles of tli
tlay schools and the Sundti } schools. Your
.lllly , CllillLhS P. Ccl.TlS.
HeroMarch IS , ISb' ) .
William Ii Hussell. I bollux o the propose
nniendment to tno constitution Ib inoxi > edioii
unjust , xxrong In principle , ntiel , if udoptci
xvill bu injurious In its consequence.
1 It is Inexpedient because it supplants
better s } stem of dealing xxith the udmlttc
ox il of Intciiipci.iiie o On principle nnd fro
experience , I belloxo the best , fniiost an
most satisfactory xxii } ol controling llio sal
of liquor is to let each loeallt } settle the quo
tion for itself , taking into account the ditto
enco in cli cumstanccs , needs and public opii
ion of dlffeiciit localities , mid their xxillini
ness nud poxxei to enfoico the law Whoi
public opinion demands prohibition ,
lias prohibition noxx- , und behind It a poxxe
that can and ought to enforce it. The va >
dilTcienco betxvcen a huge city and n sum
toxxu In this matter ought to bo iccognied :
practical legislation nnd is under our loc
option laxx- . Constitutional prohibition
tempts to but cannot \\lpo outtbls dllTorcnc
For Uoston it xxould give prohibition not
Innlly , but really freedom from all tno icstii
tious that noxv exist , them xxould bo plcnl
of Inxv and free and untnxod mm.
U. It Is unjust. Such stringent intcrferciu
xxith the liberty of the individual Is only Jusl
ilcd xxhon unquestionably nccossaiy fortl
publio xvclfuio and certain to accomplish tl
end doslied. Judged by tbo icsults of co
stitntlontU piohibition In Maiuo and Uhoi
Island , I think It neither for the public xxc
faro nor lllculy to pi-omoto the cause of tci
poraneo , morality or respect for Inxv.
U. The constitution xxas intended too
picss fundamental principles of gox'ernmei
upon xxhlch all citbens are substantial
agreed. It xx'iis not Intended to dellno ciii
iual otTenses or pollco regulations , nor to o
press n Hooting , changeable opinion , nor
enfoico tbo xxill of a possible majority.
t. Prohibition has been enacted in th
state , thoroughly tried , and repealed by I
sponsors ns n confesseei fulluro. To mnko
noxv pirt of the conbtltutlon is to start agiv ,
on the same oxpoience\ ! but xx ithout n prop
rcmcely for the ox U that may follow. You
truly. WII.IIXM K. Hmi.u , .
Oeorgo S. Halo : I am not Inclined to vo
for tbo innendmontv
1. I3ecauso I do not think It should 1
mndo the subject of n constitutional provl
Ion. I do not npprovo of burglary , larceny
otnbcrzloniont , but I do not think thut a cot
muiiity xxhicb cannot piovent them by
statute can prevent thorn by Inxv iu the foi
of u constitution.
' . ' , Uecanso I am not satisfied that tl
amendment xvlll accomplish Its object or mi
not tend to defeat it. That object can on
bo nccompllshed under n stnto of feeling ni
opinion llko that whlell tends to the prohll
tlon of recognized crimes. Until that stu
exists , constitutional provisions xxlll xxeake
nud not strengthen , tUo authority of piohll
tlon.
If n laxv xxhlcn the constitution allows c
not noxv bo enforced , hoxv can n laxvxxhl
the constitution requires bo enforced xvi
any creator success ! Qi ouor. S. H vr r ,
Hov. Dr. Phillip S. Moxom- am so boa
lly in sympathy xvlth the social , economic u
morals onus taught by prohibltlnlsts tlm
am reluctant to take any position of scoml
opposition to those ends , Hut the mci <
obsoix'o and reflect on tao subject of tempi
anco reform , in all aspects , the moro don
fill I groxv as to the xx isdom or practlcabll !
of the pending nniendment. The exportntl
of rum to Africa , for example , is a disgrn
to our state , but it Is doubtful If tao amcr
incut In any effectual xvay meets , or wet
meet rhls specific case. I am inclined to tld
that local option , combined xvlth high licet :
In the cities , xvould meet tbo publio ncods
the most oftlcaclous xvuy. The saloons 0111 :
to go nt once , nnd wonU go if all friends
tomi > craiico reform xvould uulto in KOI
practicable measure. I do not for a niotiu
think , that the defeat of the amendment w
indicate nny decline of the "tempoinjic
spirit In the people , or glvo liquor dealers n
ground for hope that the tranlo in urdt
spirits xvill not soon bo effectually controllt
bluceivly vours. Pi'iu.u1 s. MOXOM
Iloston , March 21.
Hex * , rather Thomas J , Conaty : I hn
seen the prohibition principle In our lo
laws , and mv experience ) of increased haul
of vlco anil Increased difficulties of temp
nike xx oik haw led mo to despise the farcti
attempting morality by laxv. These uro so
of thu reasons that urge rne , as u total i
staluer , to ndd my protest against placing
our constitution n Inw whlc.li nppears to mo to
Iw bad in morals and Itnprtictlcublo In poll-
tics. TIIOSIA .1. Covirr ,
President Catholic Totnl Abstinence Hoclct
of Amci lea
Aisrees xxlth Abrahp.m Lincoln ! So mucti
has been gained for the radio of temperance
during the his til fly } cars , iitid public opinion
touching the sin of inebriety has so Improved ,
that \xo may bo confident of further progrtsa
In the right direction In the future , if the
cause is not Ititcmponitclv mnnnged , for 1
share the opinion of Abianam Lincoln that
"piolnbltlon xx 111 surely xxork great Injury to
the cause of temperance "
FIIFW mete O Pntstr.
Her II Ilcrnhnrd Carpenter : Yes , M
jonr constitutional nniendment be passed , ami
I inalntiiln that the only glorious result you
xx 111 have uchiuvcd xxlll bo nottotnakofoxxei
dmnkaiils , but to make more laxv-bi-enkers in
xonr commonxxealthi
Uov Alfied W Maitln I inn not In sym-
pathx xxlth any of the "conventional" meth
ods of temperance reform They me not rad
ical enough In their nature to secure the te.il
end In \ loxvtomporanco In all things. Only
moral education can lit n man so to llvu in this
xxoild that ho can face any nnd nil tomptn-
lions , and liquor xxlll bo made nnd used
xxhetber "prohibition" makes Its manufac
ture nnd sale Illegal or not. An ninondmcnl
to the constitution prohibiting the malti' '
toimnco of the saloon the pcrpcndlcuhn
dilnk xxould bo the most salutaiv aid toxxanl
moral reformation , otlorts nnd ends it 1'
onlx against onr dlsguicefnl saloons that i
rational temiK'iance ivfotmer can crxp.
Aitni.D W. rvixUTiv.
Cm MIX , Maich 10.
Her. Krancii Wllltims Wcro the
ninendmcnt expedient In Iti probable
and Immcdmto action , 1 bold ltk
piinclplo to bo vicious , aid hence ;
its cuit iln nnd llnal icsults to hi mischiev
ous I lespectfnlly refer } ou to tbo gospe !
according to Ht Mntthoxx- chapter , , U
'b vei-ses nnd I sco a piopheey of nt leasl
se\-uii sphits more xxlcked tlmn himself "on
tcilni ! in , " nnd tbo "last stnto of the man
xxoi-sc than the Ih-st.
PitXNtisC. WitnvM" .
No. US Ilifint XMI PXIIK AXLM.I , Hj\nt in
Manh 13 , ISsfl
Kov. Oeorgo J. Prescott : I bello\-o thai
such an cnaitmcnt xxould bo useless Tin
existing evil , though tniiineasuio hidden
fiom bight , xxould not bo cuieil ; leglslatlor
nu\-cr } ct xx orked n moi al i efonn The cause
can not nftoid to lese uny Inllucncc of u pei-
sonnl character thut will begixen la its fnvor
hoxx'oxer indiscieotly.
GIOIKIP.T Pnmtorr.
21S TnnxtoNT Sim CT. Mnich 1U , isso.
HexN II Chamberlain Only my slncen
food xx 111 to the Tiansctipt lends me to take
ex on n little trouble to stnte why I hold thn
the prohibition amendment should not miss
It should not piss because it is unnntural
xxiong-henJcded nnd impossible , unnatural
Docnuso it attempts to bind tbo p ission o
diunkcnness xxlth nn outside Inw , Instead o
tilling It up xxith nn Inner grace of goot
norals nnd self-rosprct , xviong henilcd am
Il-Jndgcd , because , ns the exent Is likely tc
- , after all tbo expense , rancor nnd ill
ilood engendered in the debate , not only xxll
his nmendment Xail to p iss , but pi oofs xx-d
lot bo wnnting that , had it passed , it xvoulcl
laxobeennn aggiaxation of drunkenness-
illy of practically ftco ruin , imnossiblo , be
'iiuso ' to exterminate dinnUenness or nnj
itbcr sin Is xxhat God never undertakes t <
, lo , and xx hat man nox er did nor can ex er do
Lnxv represses , does not , cannot exterml
into. Local option nnd high license repress
egulate , In inr Judgment , and do not uttomp
ho folly of exterminating , ns the piohibitioi
imcndment does
Thoio mo my opinions I nm quite lead'
o leax'o ex-eiy other man to enjoy his oxx n
MA I Insist on the same right for nix sell
What I claim is that the friends of piohlbl
'ion by constitutional amendment shall no
lose either ns pre-eminent or the only friend
if Christianity , good moials or philanthropy
0 tbo exclusion of men whodltler from them
Tbuj nio in n minorit } In Massachusetts , in
'hoclxillzed xxoild they aio a xeiy small inln
irlty To discuss In the nnmo of the Christ
an religion any question tbroxving stone
md mud at your opponents xx ill only lomini
tbo Christian of xvhat St Paul bax's , that
man xvltbout chirlty is only us sounding bras
or a tinkling cymbal
N. II CiiXMiiPnr.xls ,
Hector of St. John's church , Kast Boston.
William II Urmo : I do not think tbo con
stitutional nmcndmunt expedient and hope i
xvill not i > ass If it should it xxill not pi-ox e-i
the mmiufnetuio or sale of Intoxicatln
llquorb , but it xx ill mnko drnnkaids or hpc
elites , i bh } 11 \ - otoNo " Uuspoct fully ,
\VlMIXM H. BlIlM
BOSTON , March 20.
Stephen M. Crosb } I object to such cot
slant change of policy upon so impoitant
question I bclioxo that the policy of big
iiud icstrieted license , with local option fc
.ill . communities dcshing prohibition , has nc
} ct had a suHlclently extended tiial to domoi
stiato Its cfllilency. If It is found to fall I in
rcidytogo iirthor STI IMIKN M. Cnostn
Her Solomon Sehltidlur" Your ciicula
note of Muicb l.r > comes to hand and In icpl
1 xx ould anv that It xx ould bo a xvasto of spac
In } our xnluablo paper should I reiterate i
noino length xxhat I haxo publicly said hofoi
tooxx In ivgiird to the standpoint I hax'o take
xxard the piohlbltory amendment
1 shall vote no , no , no
Prohibition is nn infiingemciit upon pc :
sonal lights ( not privileges ) .
Prohibition does not prohibit.
Prohibition drives tralllc Into the kitchen
cellars and gairots , xvhero the Inxvcaniu
roach nn offender.
Prohibition bieeds h } poerltos.
Prohibition makes cunilnals of inolTcnsiv
peoples.
Prohibition is n eurso nnd not a blossinR
it fosters intemperance Instead of putting
doxvn.
Let the sale of a commodity xxhicb. by II
Intonipeiato use only becomes harmless , 1
intrusted to none but responsible people ; li
It bo regulated In tbo best possible manne
but do not make a oiimo of xvhat Is nocilmc
do not dopnxo nlnoty-nino persons of u legit
mnto right because ono sot abuses It. Yom
respectfully , SOLOMON Suii.sD ! HI.
Boston , Much 10,1SSO.
Br Henry .1. Bnincs : The majesty of 01
laxxs deiKjnils for support on the laxv-abldln
citizuns. An enactment xvhlch xxill iciuh
most men disloyal plac cs the gox'ernment i
the hands of too small a minority. I shall vol
No. " UbNin J. B xitMM , M. D.
UO Beacon stieet
HexFiancls G. Peabody : I shall , In tl
Interest of the tomper.ihco movement , vol
ngalnst the proposed amendment. I hav
been for some } ears actively engaged In sii ]
porting the no license policy in the city c
Cambridge , nnd tbo same icasons xvhlch bay
commended this policy to mo and xvldch hav
mndo It , to all impartial observers , n benol
to this community , noxv put mo In opposltic
to uny constitutional ohanpo , The su <
cess In Cambridge has depended o
txvo conditions : First , the union of n
the foicos xvhlch mnko for sobrlct
ox'or nsainst the force of saloons ; nnd , set
end , thu constant demand on the vdtlng con
munlty to face a question of principle. .
constitutional amendment xvould rcmox o hot
these conditions of success It would b
first , decisive In Its effect , separating one
more the moderate and the extreme tempe
auto sentiment and xvcakenlng the foicos e
order In the face of the cnomy of order. .
would , sQcondly , chnngo ono's vote from
question of piinclplo to n question of met
xx 1th nil the risks Involved In i > orsonal pol
tics In the Interests , therefore , of sue
wholesome nnd steady loform as the last txx
years hax'o witnessed In Cambridge , I xvlt
many of those most nctlx ely engaged in 01
no license xvork oppose the amondment.
Cambiidgo. FiuMtsG PEAIIOIIV
Hon. Jobnathnn Stone : Yen ask my opli
Ion ns to the expediency of adopting the pr
hlbitory amendment. 1 nm decidedly oppose
to It. and shall ilo everything I can to elufei
It. Tbo Idea of incorporating Into our fund
mental laxv nn nninndmont that xvill attcm
to strilto out of cxUtcnco ono of the princip
articles of commerce and manufacture i
article that is uscel In some way or other I
cx'cry human being in all civilized commur
ties xx here it is to bo obtained and bccau
sonio people nro simple enough to miiko
bad use of spirituous llquois , it is no roasi
\\liy othora should bo prohibited from tl
proporusonndenjoymentof | them , Piohlbltle
Is wrong in theory nnd nrnitico ; it never ci
bo enforced ; it xvlll bo c dead letter upon tl
statutes , xxith spasmodic attempts to en for
It. 1 nm In fnvor of n license Inxv high
ccnso and a limited number. After u caret
consideration of tbo xvholo subject for lit
years , I am convinced that any attempt to c
force entire prohibition xx 111 bo another fa
uvo , nnd only tend to retard tbo true cause
tcinpornneo and reform. Believing that yi
only deslro a general expression of scntlmoi
xx ithout following the mutter out in detail ,
leuvo it , hoping that every man xvlll bo n >
by common observation nnd Intelligence
form a correct conclusion upon the subject.
JOII.NATIUN STONE.
Kovere , March 19,1889.
HIGH LICENSE HARD FACTS ,
Oondcusations From Dobatoa of Messrs ,
Eosowator and Webster ,
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TRONG ARGUMENTS BOILED DOWN.
IinnlrcdM of lleaHons Why I'rolilUl-
tiiin nlioiiia Not bo ini ; > rni"tcil
on DID Constitution or itio
State of Nebraska.
Tbo folloxxlng points hnvo been condensed
rom the deb ites of lion , K. Hoscxvnter and
Ion. Johir L , Webster :
Nebraska has less than 830 licensed liquor
ealeis. ,
Kansas has txxo drinking places to No-
br.uska's one ,
Prohibition was dofeited in Michigan by a
najoilty of I.OOlf
Tennessee voted doxvn prohibition by n
najorlty of 27iOj. , (
Prohibition x\Ms defeated In Pfcnnsylvnnta
by n majoilt.x of HS , 000
Pennsvlx'anli dofeitod constitutional p ro
dbltiou by 100,000 majority.
The amount collected for liquor Hcen cs In
Nebraska last } ear xvas fcUO.Ooo.
Rents in the city of Dos Molncs , In , linxo
lepi eclated a ) per cent since 188" ) .
Prohibition xx-onld reduce the snlniv ol
c\er.x school teichcr in Omah mud Nebraska.
After Unco xears of prohibition In Khodo
sland the obnoxious laxv xx as snoxx eel under
) y 18ai9 majority.
Ninety-one thousand three hundred and
' ' the defeat problbl-
Ifty-sex'cn mnjorlty xx'iis -
ion mot in Texns ,
The liquor dealers of loxx a sell on nn nvorngc
30,000 drlnksot xvhlsky n day Indirect dell-
nnco of the statutes.
The speak-eMsy Is the olTsptingof prohibi
tion , nnd does its xxori ; without the superxls-
ion of nny of those poxxers.
In prohibition Vermont thcro xxero 100
per cent moio silicons nccordlng to popula-
lon than In the stnte of Nebraska.
Salaries pdd toxvn nnd country school
eachers In Nebiaskn nverago considerably
nbox'o those p lid in Iowa nnd Kansas.
In prohibition Mnlno the population In ten
years incieised only 11,000 , but iu ono year
icr retail liquor dealers lucre ised 123.
Under the Slocumb laxv of NobiasKa any
toxxn or c-ount } can vote nbioluto prohibition
is provided by the local option clause.
In Massachusetts out of n total xote on
the prohibition question of 210,000 them XXMS
a majority of 15 , .20 against prohibition.
Among the lVi ( Incninblo insane nt Hast
ings iiO : nro temperate , HI intemper-ato The
'oimor habits of tno other 19 xxere unknoxxn.
Justices , in Io\\-a mnko n special business ol
irrestlng n bottle of beer for $5 , and chnrg-
ng $10 to $ ir for convicting a bottle of beer.
Tin co } ems ago Michigan voted ngnln on r
constitutional prohlbltoiy amendment as
against high license Prohibition xvas knockcc
out.
Vermont only Increased one-half of ono pei
cent under prohibition rule xx bile no high 11
cense state Increased less than twenty pei
cent.
Prohibition ns niimlnistercd In the prohibi
tion states of the union absolutely and nctu-
nil } produce moro drunk rids than the license
8 } stem.
The greater part of $1.2,000 xvas spent h
Polk county , Iowa , In isyfln the farcical nt
tempt to en f 01 co prohibition xxhicb does no
prohibit.
There nro In tbo prohibition state of loxx-i
over 1,000 places or resorts nuthou/cd to sol
intoxicating liquors under tbo laxx's of the
United States.
Within the past year tbeio xvas an actna
dccicaso of Hccnsqd liquor dealers in Omah :
from 277 to24S , or thiity-nino less than tin
preceding year ,
The capital of Connoetieutt has a popula
tion of 5J,000 and 2" > J saioons Omulni hn
moro than double her population xvlth enl ;
llvo moro saloons.
High license wontlnto effect In Nobraski
in ISM , and closed up many dlx'cs. Irrospon-
slblomon could not iaisc tbo-llcetibo mono }
and hencu shut up shop
In Juno , 1888 , the first month of high li
cense in Philadelphia , the number of nrrosU
for drunkenness xx'iis 1,170 , as against 2 , Ml
nrrests the month preceding.
Nebinskalmd a population In 1870 of 123 ,
000 , in ISM ) xve had 150,000 nnd in IbOO 1,23 ,
000. Dining this lapid progress the prohib
lion states , xxero at n standstill.
Vermont , another prohibition state , has no :
increased her population ono nnmo xvlthin th >
last txvonty years. The census gives the cole
figures In 1870 nnd ISl ) ) at I ! t J.OOO.
In Maine In 1SSO there xxoro licenses Issnei
by tbo pox ernmcnt to retail dealers of liquor
1,18s , as against 8" > 0 in Nebraska. That 1
pretty good for prohibition Maine.
Not a single Noxv l ngland state that In-
tried prohibition h is gioxvn a bit in ! popnla
tlon , xvbllo ox'ory state surrounding them ha :
Increased xvondcrfully In population.
Thonumborof siloons In Nebiaska in 18i <
xx as over seven hundred , and of tint numbei
Omaha , xvlth a population of aO,0 ) , has 1 C
Total increase in this state In ten } ears , l.r > 0
Since adopting n prohibitory laxv Kansa-
and loxvahivo not increisod in population nt
one-half the percentage of Nebraska or Mln
uesota , both of the latter being high license
states.
In 1870 Kansas had four times the popuhi
tion of Nebraska. A prohtbltoiy laxx'nxa1
passed In 183J by Kansas. Today Kan
sns has only -T 0,000 moro people tbnn Ne
braskn.
In states xvhero there is n prohibitory lax
they hnx'o got moro people In the alms houso-
propoi tlonato to the population , than then
are In Nebraska , ivhcro a high license laxv I
enforced.
In defense of the argument tint saloons under
dor high license produce illiteracy , Main
has got ns many people over sixteen year * o
ago that cannot xvrlto us almost any state Ii
the union.
The city of Cleveland Ins over 1,000 sn
loons and n population ot 2)0,000. Omah
has n llttlo more than half that population
xvhllo Cleveland has seven times her numboi
of saloons.
There xxos an Increase ot prisoners in th
stnto of Mnino of nearly 50 per cent durin
the nlno ycari * of prohibition , xxhllo the poi
illation of the stuto only increased JO per ecu
Curing the same time.
Omaha has groxvn 300 per cent faster 1
*
wealth population , rallxvays , sexx-crs nne
pavements than the older city of Topeko
Kits. , nnd has done It xx Ithout the so cullci
beneficent aid of prohibition.
Court expenses of Lancaster county nn
city of Lincoln , Neb , for the } carlsbl
$ . ! 0,000 , 03 comparud xvlth Polk county , clt
of DCS Molnes , prohibition state of loxx'ii
about the same population , $94,000.
Michigan had constitutional and htatutor
prohibition from lS5.i to H > 75 , xvhcn It xvas re
pealed. At that ( ( mo there xvero S.WX1 saloon
iu the state , nnd under license regulation th
number In 1889 liad been reduced to 1,373.
Nebraska huiflnci cosed moro rapidly undc
its present tlquor ilcenso system than nn
other state In the union , and "iOO per cei
greater than any prohibition stnto that had
irohlhltioir for n period of fifteen } ci\rs.
In Noxv Hampahhxs there xxoro 1,143 vacant
fnims xxhlch their oxx tiers xx-cro compelled to
ibandon on account of prohibition and neck
employment In the manufacturing villages
or great cities of the xvcst.
In 1SSO Nebraska hod ono saloon for every
; 25 voters , or ono to about sex-en hundred nnd
Ifty of the population. In ISlXMx'olmxo ono
saloon to euory 2(12 ( voters , xvhlcfr Is cepunl to
ibout ono for every Ii70 of the population.
In the language ot lion John L. Webster ,
xx 1th the progiess of civilization Ins como
personal liberty , and xvlth the progress -of
civilisation hnvo xx-o done nxxay xvlth Inxxs
that restrained man of his personal Hbei ty.
Wholesale liquor dealers claim that they
sell much moro liquor in Iowa nud Knns.ii
loiv than before prohibition laws weto passed
n those states. They sell peeler grade * at
argerprollts tnnn in high llcenso Nebinskii.
Seventy-eight towns In Ncbiaskn have pro
hibition under the local option provision of
our high lle'cnso law In these local com
munities public sentiment Is ndx'crso to the
saloons nud prohibition is thcrofoio nbsointe.
In IsTO tbo stnto of Maine had a population
ofttls.OOO In 1SOO , xx hen the census wns
counted , they still bad the original OlS.dOO.
And } et the prohibitionists niguo that prohl-
Intlonxxill not stagnnto the groxxth of n
stnto.
° ln 1 8"m block of six stores xvlth onlees
nbox'o In Dos Molnes , In , rented for $3,200
n jenr and xxm xnlued nt $ . " "i,000. In
isss the rentul forthosnme piopoity xx-as
only f.sOO ) and the oxvncf cannot get n pur
chaser for It.
Prohibition would deprive the children of
poor people of free text books nnd school
supplies. There eoulel bo but ono result
these children xvouhl bo barred out nnd
cheated of nn education xxldch xxould mnko
good men nnd women of them.
The product of the manufacturing Indus
tries of the state ot Pennsylvania which re
pudiated prohibition xx as dm Ing tbo } cais
between 1870 anil ISS ) , Increased ? U.000,000 ,
xxhlch xxas moio than the agricultural pro
duct of the prohibition state of Mnlne.
When the high license 1 ixv xx-ent into effect
In Pennsylvania In 188 theio were 1 J , " l sa
loons in that stato. The enforcement of the
mix- cut this number doxxn at ono bloxv to
7,724 n little moro than one-half And there
lias since been n steady i eduction from .xcar
to } ear.
The state of Pcnns } 1atiin , b } repudiating
prohibition doctiines nnd xoting doxvn the
amendment , Increased her manufnctmlng in
dustries In ten years -UO,000,000 ! moio tbnn
the cntiio amount of capital inxcstcel in man
ufacturing Industries In the prohibition state
of Maine.
According to the oftlcinl icport of the com
mittee of the Mnssuchu ° etts legislature ,
under the fixe yeais of the lleenso sjstcm in
Unit state theio xxcio U(173 ( less .meats for
diunkcnness than there xxeto dining an equal
period of time under prohibition in the state
of prohibition.
Prohibition xx-ould raise the tax lev } in
Omaha and Douglas county to neulyS per
cent , nnd nt the same time depreciate the
X'uluo of property : w per tout to " > 0 per cent in
nfoxv cars. Thus xx-ould our property oxvn
crs bo caught In the vice , their fortune ;
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xxasto axx-ay to ultimata ruin
In states xx here high license wns enforced ,
states smroundlng prohibition communities
incionsod in manufacturing enterprises as fol
loxxs- Massachusetts , 1,110 ; Wisconsinnil
Nexv York , 0,5.11 ; Mainland , 973 ; Illinois ,
1,0')2 , Minnesota , 1.2J1 ; Nobr.uska , 73J. Al
this within a period of ten years.
The revenue derived from liquor dealer'
under the high lleciiso system for thoxeai
li 'l xvas ? 750blt ? Of this amount Sttl.10.
xx'as collected in various toxvns and cities a (
occupation tax. and 518,970 xvns collected b }
vnrious counties for saloons located outsieb
of their incorporated toxxns.
The danger of prohibition being ennctci
in Nebuibka has caused a clcln } to the invest
mentof f.ltr > 0,000. The Inxestment of tld' '
vast sum xxould furnish employment to :
X'list number of people nnd cnnblo them te
puichasonml for n largo amount of gro
ceriea , dry goods and clothing.
The prohibition book states that three-fifth
of all the idiots in the Mnlno imluins XXCH
cither drunkards or the duect descomhints o
diunk.uds In iss ( ) Mnino bud l'Ji" idiots
Did piohibition then prohibit drinking' Ii
Ncxv ilnmpshiio they had 70.1 leliots , in Ver
mont SO'J ; in Iox\-n 2'll I , nnd in nigh llcensi
Minnesota only 7J'
A huge number of people nro ready urn
xxilling to inx-est their money In buildings nne
other itnpio\-cmcnts xx-hen tncy am satlslloe
that prohibition is defeated Theio nro nisi
people in the eastern stites xvboso bn-incss i
Is to loan money xvho hax'o refused to nut i
cent into Nebraska until they are satisfied
that such Is the case.
The district nnd county court dockets ii
Nebiaskn shoxv fifteen cases against saloonkeeper
keeper- , and their bondsmen for violation o
legal legulntions xvhlch hold forth rediess te
Injuied piiuntsof minors and xxixcsof elrniik
aids. Without the poxxorful restraining In
tlucnco of the saloonkeepers' bonels tboie
xxould bo hundreds of infractions of the lav
nnd no possibility of redress.
During the year 1881 there xx-eie , nccoidint
to tbo stnto prison inspection of Maine , Ui.SO'
pciions ni rested for diuuKennois. Malm
contained a population of less than boxei
bundled thousand people , xxlth a Hinall for
elgn element in laigo cities This is an npal
ling number of nriests for ono year in n pie
hibitlon state for stieet diunkennesi
In Massachusetts , xvhero the peopio had i
fair election , nnd xxlioio the intelligent.o am
Intellect of that state e-amo forth to c ist theii
ballots , prohibition ns n doctrine xxas snoxxce
under. Is it plausible to tell Un
people of Nobiaskn that all the people b
Mitssnchusctss xxhooted ngnliibt ptojiibltioi
xx era saloonkeepers , thugs and drunkards !
Prohibition in the states of this union
xxbeio It has been soutrbt to bocnfoiced -
cither as n constitutional nmcmlmcnt or n
statutory law has done moro to tnoak doxvi
tbocommciclal industry of those states that
any other canso Thy suriounedng states
xx hero prohibition did not piovnll during the
ten je.ii > from Ib70 to 18 0 xxcio Increasing li
population , prosperity and manufacturing In
dustrles
During the } ears between IS'sO ' anil IS'X
under the liitluencu of high llc-cnso , them bai
been such an incivnso in population , com
moi co , products anel industrii's both ii
mercantile nnd manufacturing in tbo state o
Nobiisku tbnt it stands xvlthont a rival am
xx Ithout n peer In nny other stuto In the union
With such a record ns that the prohibitionist' '
ask us to change to the disastrous pollc } li :
effect In loxxn nnd Kansas
In IRS" * , xx hen tbo high llcenso Inw xxen
Into otTect , tbo number of licensed drinking
places In Philadelphia xxas .1,77.1. It had bcoi
higher than that In previous yeaiji In 18V
It xx as 15,099 and tbo number hud boon ovei
six thousand But the nexv license bonul dc
tiled licenses to nil but 1I7 : ) of the.io nnd In i
slnglo day ox'or fourteen bundled saloons li
Philadelphia xx'creviped out of existence
Noxv theiu nro only IM | ( saloons In that city
The local option fcnturooftho Sloaimblav
Is contained iu section 23 , the salient paito
xvhlch reads :
"Tho corporate authorities of all cities nni
villages shall hnvo pow cr to license , rogulnt
and prohibit the selling or giving axx-ny o
any intoxicating , malt , spirituous and vinou
liquors xx itbln tbo limits of such city or vll
luge. " This section also lUes the amount e
iho license fee , xxhlch Mrnll not bo less than
.VX ) in villages and cities having less tlmn
10,000 Inhabitants nor less thatill.OOO In deles
Having n population of mow than lO.iWO.
After thirty years of prohibition In Mnlno
[ hero xxoro 10.1 Insane persons In her asylums
mis xx-ns In 180. At that tlmo In the No-
liroska asylums there xxero but 173.
Prohibition xx'ould brltij ? n xx'orse condition
of things to Omaha than Is uoxv found in
Council HlulTs saloons overywheie running
xxlde open almost wholly without lepal re
straint.
Out of the M persons In tbo Lincoln peni
tentiary convicted of murder only II xxoro intemperate -
temperate and only s xvero under the influ
ence of Ihiuor nt the time tlm crimes xxero
committed.
HOW TO VOTE
AGAINST PROHIBITION. .
Those who arc opposed to
prohibition and desire our pres
ent local option and high li
cense laws to remain in force
should vote against both of the
amendments.
Those who desire to engraft
the license principle coupled
with regulation upon the con
stitution and forever prevent
statutory prohibition as it now
exists in Iowa , should vote
against the prohibition amend
ment and for the license amend
ment.
Remember a vote for the li
cense amendment is not a vote
against prohibition. These
propositions arc entirely sep
arate. If you want to defeat
prohibitioir you must vote
against prohibition.
The following is the form of
the anti-prohibition ticket :
"Against the Proposed
Amendment to the Constitu
tion , prohibiting the manufac
ture , sale , and keeping for sale
of intoxicating liquors as a bev
"
erage.
"For Proposed Amendment
to the constitution , that the
manufacture , sale , and keeping
for sale of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage in this state
shall be licensed and regu
lated by law , "
Keep It Itcloro tlio People.
( lniiiil WumliKrjKmoil. .
Keep it before tbo people tbnt there Is not
n state in the union xxlth so foxv convicts in
prison as xxc hnvo hi tbo license btato of No-
biasUa.
Keep It before the people that thcro is not n
prohibition stnto in tbo union In xxlilcb the
peicentugo of Illiteracy is so low as In the li
cense state of Nobiaskn
Keep it before the people that there Is not n
prohibition state In the union xxith so foxv
liquor1 dealers in proportion to the population
ns xe hnx e In Xebraslta
Keep it be'foie the people that there 1 1 not n
prohibition state in tbo union that has so foxv
peoiilo in Jail In proportion to population us
xxo hnxo hero In Nebraska.
Keep It before the people that theio Is not n
piohibition state In the union xxheio the
public school facilities uro so good , In proportion
tion to tbo population , as hen ; in the license
stateof Nebraska
Keep it before the people thatthcio Is not n
prohibition state In the union with so fcxv In
mates In its insane ns.xlnms nsxvo have In the
license stnto of Nebraska
Keep It before the people that there Is not n
prohibition state in thounlonxxbeiothomonil
stiindnid of the people is so high as light hero
In the license stuto ot Ncbiaska.
Keep It bufoio the i > ooplo that there Is not a
prohibition state In the union xx hero tbo eom-
mciclal prospsolty has been so gieat for the
past ten years as light hero Iu NobiaJka.
Keep It bolero the people tbnt thcro is not a
in obibltlon state In tlio union xxbeio the in-
cieaso in population in the past ton years lias
been anything like .is gi cat as hero In the ll
cense regulation state of Nebraska.
Tbeso mo facts xx-oitby of consldeiatlon In
tbo prohibition tontiox'ony and should bo
c.uefull } pomloied oxe-r b } every cltlrcnlio
Is anxious to do the right thing , according to
his be t Judgment.
HOJH nnd tin * Saloon.
JVmiml I'lnll
Lnirabeo fax oral the loxv tesorts and holes
In the wall as piofoiablo to the lespcctablo
saloon on the busy stie-ot Ills boy xxns safer ,
as ho xxould not bo so npt to go Into the do-
geile-s. The Thill looks at it differently The
moro secluded the den , the moro npt the boy
is to scale h It out and Inxestlgato it When
ho xxould not think of going Into a public
saloon xxheio his patents and friends mlgtit
Hcohlm , ho xxonld hunt up the Joints and
holes in the wall as a mcio matter of cuilos
it } , moio from the fact that they aio sup
posed to ho outlawed than tbnt ho ruios to
pitronl/o them. Since I'.xo paitqok of the
fruit , to'pl.ico tbo ban on nn.x thing Is to
maUe it coveted uboxo mi } thing else under
the hun.
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AVni iilni ; l'i DID KIIIIHIIS.
Thcioisnotnn original pnckugo house in
the state of Nebraska today Hut let us
xx-hlsper a xx-ord In the ears of our f lionets
oxer the line If yon adopt the prohibitory
amendment on the foil ith of next month , tbo
veiy day that that amendm > 'iit goes Into
otTect tin co original pickago bouses xxlll open
up for ever } saloon that closo-i. Don't for
got It.
Yourtiatllcis noxv restricted by the only
liquor Inxx H that over xxero or ox cr xxlll bo n
success. The tralHo xvlth x'ou now hours Us
oxx-n burdens The man xvho noxv sells liquor
in } out stale pa.xt. foi the prixilego und Is
amenable ) to your laws. Strike down > onr
He enso lausaml tholloocl gates xvlll IMS opened
nnd fico xxhisky xxill floxv umestialned.
KnoukiMt Out I'opiilntliin ,
'lllflfl.tl IttltUllltulll ,
Kansas in splto of prohibition bus gained
forty-two per cent in imputation during tha
hist ten ycais. Nebraska xx Ithout prohibi
tion has gained In the same tlmo oxer one
bundled nnd fifty per cent. Kniisns natur
ally is the best state anil Miould hnvo gained
txxle'O as much as Nebraska Insteid of only
a llttlo moio than ono fourth as much.
OXLY A RELIC IN KANSAS < s
The Prohibition Grace Snouds its Force and
Passes Into History , 1
HIGH LICENSE NOW THE ONLY WAY./
XoStntc Can Afford to Adopt or Con-
tlniiM Sumptuary IIUUH 'llio
KtlOOt < ) t' tlltl lilltl"4t
Court DculHlon ,
Topekn ( Kau.l IfopuMIean , October 20Ai
fur ns stnto prohlDltlon is concoined , It xxlll
soon p iss Into history as one ot thee unnev
countable crazes that at times haxo sxvopt
oxer cntlro states nnd countries.
The 01 Iglunl packnge decision in idu by the
United States supieme court ontly last sum
ir.cr rendered null nnd void nil stnto piiihlbl-
toiy laxvs , both constitutional and legislative , \
In so far as they apply to tbo Impottatlon
nnd sale of intoxicants in oug <
inal packages. This opened up
nn oppoitunlty ( xxlnch xxas giasped
I ) } thousands ) to linpoit Into prohibition
states liquors put up In packages to suit all
classes of btiers. At tbo behest of n faction
that has noxer learned that personal liberties
nro tf > o sncrcel to bo tampered xvlth by thu
luxv making poxvcr of this country , congrcMt
niiuio an iittempt to set nsldo tbo decision ol
the highest tribunal In tbo land bv tlm
passage of tbo famous Wilson bill U } the
brainiest and most teamed Jurists of the hind
that laxv Is pronounced unconstitutional. In
nsmtich ns it nttempted to elelegato to thu
severnl states the power to regulate eeiin
nierco betxxecn the states , n prerogntho
oxpiessly reseixed unto the fedeial gox _ * ,
"
eminent. "Congress shall have the
poxxer to regulnto eoinmorco xvlth foreign nn
lions , and nmong the suxoinl states" but
this does not glxo congress the mithoilu to
dolegiito that poxxer to any stnto orstnt > vl
If eongicss hns thonuthoilty uiieler thocon
stltutlon to delegate the power toastatoto
prohibit , or regulate Interstate rommeico in
the matter of liquors , it has the same imthoi
itv to delegate to the states the power to pro
hlbit or regulate the eoinmerco bctxx eon llio
states In cotton , coin , xvho.it , hogs or mix
other article. It is Idle to sax that this nexei
xxould bo done. The question is not xxhat
xxould bo elono , but xx bat could bo done
The piinclplo inx-olx'cd Is xxhnt shoulel betaken
taken into ronsldcintion One-o dci ulei
Hint any state has hud the poxx < M
conferred upon it to mtoifcio xvlth IntorstaUi
eoinmerco In nny ononrtlclo , nnel jou hnx > rs
tibllsheet n proccelent that xxill bo'sciml upmi
w hen an } suite deisiies to nppl } the piinclpi <
to the eoinmorco In nny other article
It cei taluly docs not tnko n great Inxx x cr u
n learned Jurist to see that a laxv xxblch at
tempts to gix'o Kansas the poxxer to regulate
the common o in any nrtlclo belxxce-n It at o
any other state , trnnsccnels the poxxor xostod
in congress by the constitution. As nliomlx
said this Is the opinion of the best Jurists in
the Unlte-d Stntes.
fiho federal supreme court xxlll ho called
upon to decide this question in tbo ncnr fu
tin e , anil tbcro Is not oven n bnio posslbllltx
tuntthoy xx 111 sustain the Inxv known ns the
Wilson iilll .
Let ns sec In xxhat position this Is smv tA (
leave the states that nio so unwlso nstoudoptr
orietnin prohibitory ineasuies. Dx'ei.x till-
7cn of such stnto xvlll bo forbidden to sell In
toxie-nting liquors , but citizens of other states '
can come in uniler the sanction of federal mi
thoi it } nnd open up drinking places on ox ei \ .
block nnd nt every cross 10 ids nil oxer tin
state , and sell In qunntltics largo or small , to
.xoung or old , inebriate or idiot , nlght-tlmo 01
day litre , Sunday or week day , xx ithout ie
stinint , restriction or responsibility Look
at Ivinsas today That Is nor condition , nnd
that will continue to bo her condition until
the people linvo learned sunie'icnt xxlsdom to
cnnct such regulations ns they miy eonstitn
tlotmlly do i-'ico xxlilsky from ono end of
the stnto to the other Not a rent of rexi1
line , not n dollar paid into the treasuries it
the titles , no nun strong enough to close tlm
doors of the drinking places nl mi } time i
against anybody.
A state may tear dow'n her hiexxPiles 1 t
the Hics die out In her ellstillei ics ami 11 < >
up her licensed saloons , but across the I <
in the neighbor Ing states the btexxcilos m I
distilleries xxlll lie quickened into rum xx r. _
netlx itv and their agents xxill tioop into ih"/
sei called prohibition state by hunuu'cU 1 1
the same xxhlskv , the same beer , the s im > m
toxicants of nil kinds xxlll bo seld ns be-f i
but the tialllc xxlll bear none of the html
that It imposes on the people and the < h-a
be amenable to no laxxs
Is theio iinv xxisdom In such n pob f
Will nny gooel results lloxv from --ei li
condition of things * Is it a gnoii u i
xxiso business transaction to tlise t1
tianie to the people of.xour own * tate u 1
open It up for nny cltl/cn of nil the ot i
states' Is It prudent financiering to di
capital out of } our state for Investment In' a
sumo business in other states And nl M >
nndbexondall , is It condueixo to tbt < nn >
niidgemd government of your stuto nnd to'ii
hnppinoss nnd safety of xour homos , to p
the tuilllc box'ond tbo pollco poweis of t
slnto to regulate mid restrict It the 1m" i' i
We result of prohibitory enactments as i 11
ns the constitution of the United stnt s i
mums us It now Is * Will it savo.xour boxs u I
lliroxv Hirfcguiirds aioiiml jouv'tnohilnie * ' )
close up the licensed saloon , xxheroneltin <
can laxvtiilly enter , nnd open up tbo Joint tii
dlx'o nnd thooilglnnl package bonnes xxiu > <
bo.xB. tbo Inebriates and nil olheis cannot i"
prohibited from enteiIng nnd buying at nil
times J
Under the ciivumstnnees xvlilrh now ev t
nnil xxhlch xxill , in nil human piobabiiitx >
tlnuo to exist for geiierntlons tocaino i
state can or xxlll long eontlniio to nttoi c' '
tlio malntennnco of prohibition thu tm t
eloxvn qvcr } hrrrlcr to the fieo nnd urn--
sti-dned tralllc In Intoxicating llquois
M.iiuo Ijiciior | DealeiN.
Hath has 2 * > uimsellers , ono for oxen 13l.
Inhabitants.
Holfnbt has II uimscllcis , on for exi-rx - > i >
InhabltanU.
Lincoln has 5 uinisellers , one foi ox < ry < > ;
( * *
Inhabitants. "
Winn has ( i rumsellers , onoforoxotj if
Inhnbltnnts.
Oiono h is is lumsellers , ono for oxen 1
.inhabitants.
Har Hnrbor has IS rmiHellers , ono foi e i v
91 inhubltants
Hanger has 1IU niinstllors , ono t"i i\.iy
IM Inhabitants
Portland bus 120 rnmscllon , ono f i O\MV
'il ! inbabltnnts.
Lexx Iston has IW rumsellei s , one f n oiv
I ) 1.1 Inhabitants.
Kocklaml bus II iiimellc'n , our Tui ox > iv
177 Inhubitnnts *
Oldtown has ! ! 1 ininselleis , one im o\ i
lOlinlmbltmits.
Augustu has'Jl iiiniHclloM , one fm ex i ,
: M Inhabitants.
IHddeford hus'JI iiiinscllon , one for
. " 'T Inhnliitants
( Jaidiner has 10 runiscllois , one for txeiy
Illl Inliabltants.
iils\xoith ; has 17 inmsulleri , ono for exei }
'l-.l inhaliltnnts
Honlton has 1' ninisclleij , ono fur oxeiy
lit7 inhabltanth.
Wntoixlllohis y lumiellc-rs , oao foroxerj
t'.Ti Inhabltnnts
Kastport has 10 rnmselleis , onoforoxoi )
MX ) InbabltantH
lliunsxx'lck has 0 lumsclleis , one for tn1 * '
TiUl inhabitants.
Vlmdhax'cn IIIIH . "i inmsulluiM , ono fin ex r
571 Inhabitants.
1'icsqiie Islu has riiuinncllci. * , ono fui ov i v
L'lU Inhabitants.
bkow began has 7 rumsellers , ono fur oxoij
.V > J inhabitant * .
Pal i Held hast ! inmscllcrs , one foi ou-ij
M InhabltaiitH. ,
Old Oichard his 0 inmsellers , ono ffr *
exery Wl Inbubltunb ) .
I'lvo towns hnvo I rumscllei-H each onu n
oxery'Jll ! Inbabltnnts ,
Txxelve toxvns huve'l innnc'leri ' c icU o
forovoiy l.twi inhubltntits ,
Tot.il In towns named , 010.
