Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-16

The liquor legislation of the western states is
less radical than ours; but it accomplishes some
good which ours docs not even attempt. Wheth-
er it does less or more TO restrain the intemper-
ate indulgence in Intoxicating beverages, may
be an oLen question. The theory on which
most Of the liquor laws of New England are
based is, that the sale of liquor for beverage
is a crime. 1t is, Therefore, prohibited alto
gether. Only public agents may keep liquors
for sale, and they may sell only for certain pur-
poses, which are admitted TO be legitimate. An
offender against the law is prosecuted like other
criminals, by the same methods of procedure,
and punished, if found guilty, by the same pen
altics. The western system allows The sale, but
imposes upon the seller heavy responsibilities,
which il cnlorces in the name of the state, but
at The instance and for the benefit of the person
Injured. Laws of this kind have been tried in
Michigan, in Ohio, and some other states. The
Illinois legislature has just passed one. Ii pro-
vides that no intoxicating liquors shall be sold
without a license; and before license is issued
TO any applicant he shall give bond, with su-
fcient surety in $1,000, to pay all damages to
person or property caused by the use of liquors
sold by him under his license. The damages
are to be recovered in the name of the state to
the use of any person who may have been in
iuIed BY the sale of liquors under license.
The legislature of Connecticut last year
amended the charter of Yale college by substi-
tuting for the six state senators, who, until now,
have been members Of the corporation, an equal
number of persons to be elected by the alumni.
The corporation, at meeting last summer, ac.
ceptCd the amendment of their charter, and APP
pointed a committee TO consider whether any
changes in the amendment were desirable, and
also to report what measures were necessary to
enable the alumni TO avail themselves of their
newly acquired right. The committee, consist
Ing of Rev. DR.. Noah Porter, president of the
college; Rev. Drs. Woosey and Bacon; Hon
John P. Putnam, Rev. DIR. J. P. Thompson,
Henry B. Harrison, Esq, Henry Robinson,
ESQ.,, I. L. Kernochan, Esq, and NJ. Dwight
Collier, Esq, met last week and agreed to sub
NIT TO the corporation several verbal amend
nltnts 10 the act to the legislature, and the fol-
lowing scheme for carrying the provisions OF the
act into operation:
1. Every graduate qualified TO vote at the cleo
ton of fellows, should be invited by advertise
ment in the public newspapers TO send in TO the
secretary of the college, before the first day Of
Nav, 1872, the names OF six graduates whom he
esircs TO nominate for the Office of fellows and
that list OF all such names, nominated bv more
than twenty-five graduates, should be furnished
by mail, so Tar as possible, to all graduates, so
qualified as aforesaid, before the time Of such
election, together with a suitable blank form Tor
their votes.
That votes may be cast by qualified
graduates, either in person or by proxy; aud
that all proxy votes must be presented by Il
qualified graduate in person, authorized by pow
or OF attorney, designating the candidates TO be
voted for, and giving the name aud class of the
voter and OF the attorney.
ibis scheme, it will be observed, contemplates
no system Of minority representation, or any
other complicated plan, ingeniously contriyed to
obstruet the free exercise Of the suffrage The
voting, it would appear, is to be conducted in
the simple, old.fashioned way, and the candi-
dates having the greatest number of votes will
be elected AT the same time a simple and con.
venent mode of nomination is provided, so that
voters may Judge of the relative strength of
different candidates.