Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-03-14
For the REPUBLICAN.
FROM OMAHA.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA,
Feb. "a, 1872.

EDS. REPUBLIcAN:-I see in your
issue ofthe 22d inst, that there has
been a petition signed by 700 names
sent to your Legislature, praying for
the repeal or amendment of your
present excellent liquor law. l do
hope and pray that the friends of
Temperance and humanity in that
county will circulate a petition in
every school District, solemnly pro-
testing against any material change
being made in the law. / do think
if the people of that county have
suffered so much from this accursed
traffic, and have recently had the
law in question so thoroughly test
ed in your own county, that they
would be very recreant if they
would not do everything in their
power to prevent this most righteous
and equitable law from being re-
pealed. If there are not men in the
several townships that will take
hold of this matter, | do hope the
mothers, wives, sisters and daugh-
ters will Ii the women of the
county will but take this matter in
hand, / am very much mistaken if
they cannot send up a remonstrance
with more than 700 names. The
mummies will say that this is not
woman's work. l presume they said
the same of them when they were
prosecuting those liquor sellers but
the jury seemed to think otherwise.
Ohio has occupied the proud posi-
tion of having the best liquor law of
any OF the States. In fact the tenn
perance masses in nearly all tie
States are petitioning their Legisla-
lures to pass just such law. Is
she now going to fall from this ex-
alted position? l trust not. l can
not and will not believe so until
must. know if it is done, it will
be by the politicians and not by the
masses Of honest people. l would
that l could be in that county to
work in this good cause. l should
do so with all the feelings of hu-
manity and patriotism that l did
when l enlisted In my country's
service. l hope there is not moth
er, wife, sister or daughter in that
county but what will in their appro-
pirate sphere do all they can to pre-
vent the repeal OF the law.
1 shall expect to hear that the
liquor sellers and their patrons there
will say of me that l am hundreds
of miles away and it is none of my
business. l have scores of friends
and acquaintance there that this
traffic is injuring every day. hence 1
have lively interest in any move
ment that thus affects those that are
near and dear to me by the ties of
friendship.
The most novel advertisement
think l ever saw has been in the
REPUBLICAN for a few weeks past,
i. e. the Secr'y of the Liquor Deal
ers Association of the county call
ing upon all women in the county
who did not want liquor sold to
their husbands to notify said Secry.
This notice would seem to indicate
that these gentlemen were feeling
uneasy, IAN unmistakable
argument in favor of the law.) l
don't know the names of any of
the signers to that petition except
James Estill. l should like to see
them. | venture to say there Is not
a strict temperance man among
them. If there is, he is certainly in
a very awkward position. 1t is uni
conceded that four-fifths of
the crime committed is caused by
this traffic. The Police Judge in
this City---for the information of
the Democracy of that county l
would inform them he is Demo
crat-says that tenths of the
cases brought before him is caused
g ther directly orindirectly by liquor.
lnsthe Illinois Legislature lately n
Democratic Senator made a similar
confession. The good people of all
the States will look anxiously to
their friends in Ohio to bring such
a powerful influence to bear upon
their Legislators that they will not
dare to touch that righteous law
with unhallowed hands.
NJ. Il. ANDERSON.
In the Ohio Senate, the following
L. IL.