The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-28
THE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1872.
THE TEMPERANCE LAW.

the Senate amendments, was under con
sideration IN the Assembly, the majority
of-the Select Committee having reported
in favor of non concurrence. The As
sembv refused TO concur and the bill
went back to the Senate. The Senate
receded from the grapevine amendment
exempting from the provisions of the
bill wine, made from grapes raised in
this State, when sold in quantities not
less than by the bottle; and refused to
reced2 from the amendment grading the
penalties for intoxication The bill was
returned to the Assembly and the Assem-
bIy concurred. The Governor has signed
the bill aud it will become a law when
published.
The law is substantially the same with
the law of Illinois, with two diff Feuces.
1t does not make the owners of buildings
where liquors are sold liable for damages
arising from their sale, and it does make
intoxication penal offenso punishable
By imprisonment. In both these respects
it is thought that the Wisconsin, law is
an I'm erovement upon the Illinois law.
The practical operations Of the laws will
have to determine their real and relatiV
efficiency. Either can be made efficien+,
to a grea: extent, in removing the evils
Of intoxication, but neither will execute
itself To become efficient the laws
must be executed And it is incumbent
upon all who are in favor of removing or
even mitigating the evils Of intoxjcatj@n
to see that the laws are executed. And
who would no. be in favor Of removing
or mitigating the evils Of intoxication
The liquor sellers ought to be in favor OIL
mitigating the evils arising from the in-I
toxication which their sales occasion.
And surely the liquor-drinkers ought toll
be in favor Of removing the evils arising
from their drinking liquor. And surely
too all whose and deplore the evils OF in
toxication and are in favor of tempe
rance and sobriety ought to be in favor
of removing the evils OF intoxication. |
But self-evident as arc these truths, there
is great danger that the evils Of intoxica
ton will not be removed, or even great
~ mitigated. And herein lies the dan,
ger. The laws will not execute tAem.
selves, and the people may fail to execute
them.
A law to be efficient must be execu
ted. The people Of this State have a
deep aud an abiding interest in tbs cxe-
cution of the Temperance Law. The
welfare Of thousands-perhaps millions
depends upon its execution. The welfare
of the people Of this County depends
greatly upon it's execution The vel
fare OF the people Of this City depends
still more greatly upon its execution
All other questions of policy and expen-
dture in both County and City dwindle
into lnsignifcance compared with it
The Union Of Racine and Kenosha Coun
ties is no place when compared With it.
The City Debt, weighed in the balance
in comparison with it, goes to the beam
The removal of the evils of int0x:cation
is now the great question before the PEG
pie of this State, and the execution of
the Temperance Law is one great aoor6 in
its accomplishment. The removal of the
evils Of incoxication is now the one great
question before the people of this Count y
and City, and the execution of the TEN.
perance Law is one great cork in its &C.
complishment We would therefore call
upon the people to see to it that the law
Is executed, and especially upon the peo-
PIE of this County and City. And we
call upon all alike, irrespective of avoca-
ton, politics or religion. Assuming that
all have the welfare of their fellow beings
at heart, we call upon all alike for aid to
enforce the Law to promote their welfare.
Every one whatever may may be his avo-
cation, his politics, his religion, his po-
sition in life, can do something to en-
force the law. Woman, without the bal
lot even, can do something to enforce the
law. By her moral and social influence
she can do much, and it behooves her equal
ly with man, to do all she can The evils
ofintoxication have become so great that
it will require united aud vigorous Of
fort of all to remove them. And we