The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-07
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THE NUMORE ANTI-LiCEESE Move
MHST.--}Te publish 10y request ihc follow
lowing remonstTance against the granting
OF licenses to sell liquor i'll V5iimorc baE-
ough. II the parties against whom the ye-
monstrance is directed have any public
statement to make, we shall accord them
the same privilege we have granted to their
opponents i'll this instance:
To the Honorcbje the JnGqes Of the Court 2f
Quarter Sessions Of Cambria County:
Nour petitioners Of WiIinore borough, re-
spactfully showeth, That the population Of
said borough is about three hundred and
fifty, and the number of voters at the late
election was si&ty-threr, seventeen of the
number being n favor nt license and for ty-
six against il and. also, there are four IL
censed housca IN said borough. three of the
number being hotels, II which spurious !iG-
u0rs are sold, and one eating house, At whicn
Ia ger beer is sold.
Your petitioners, not having been fully
aware, previous 20 thc late election, of tnc
sentiments of the people Of our borough, not
the sale Of sTiritouS liquors, suBmftit5d to II
as one of the evils which might he sustained
/ bv q majority OF the people: but as their e>l-
pressed will At the baliut-boX has declared
against it by almost three 10 one We Zee! II
10 De our imperative duty to our community,
| our families, and our God, 10 respectfully
/ reInCustratc and sincerely protest against
I the granting of licenses fer the sale OF intoN-
/ icaIing beverages in our borough ana IN
! this VcTv rPaSUIatie request we ask LoJhlNE
more tLan that which has been accorded 10
! a free people (the majority TO rule) since the
! rcdeeming plan of selt-GoVernnient VA" first
established.
Your petitioners would further state, that
/ they are not aciuated hy i'll will or any fee
! incs of disrespect towards the vendors OF
! spir.tous liquors, but are influenced by q
/ higher and nOhler motive, namely, the vel
| fare of the people.
! The accumulated evils arising from fhe
sale of this insidinus poison in oar lnl'ist are
! so numerous that an attempt 10 enumerite
! them would be as futile rs an attempt Il
I count the sands Of the desert Murder IS us
/ legitimate offspring in orr community; men
I in health have been stricken down III a III ght
| TO awaken in eternity families steeped /!
/ poverty: children almost ClOtheSieSs begglnG
/ from door to door boys, long before aTriT'
ing ut the age of manhood, picked up on the
streets at the midnight hour IN state oi
haastly intoXicatiou; young men reehnS on
the streets on the SabDat daE-are some o
the effects produced by the sale OF lhtoXlca
ting hevcrs ges in this vicinity. IIne &no
again have our public officers ana private
indiyiduaIs as YOUR Court records Will show
tried 10 bring the offenders OiIIor venderr,
before the law for punishment nut IN no cas-
y-os there n conviction. the witnesses eithc
being sparing of the truth or faIhng TO ap
! near at Court, and in almost every case In
prosecutors, even officers OF the law, haV
| been compelled to pay the costs
We submit these facts TO your HonoTs 10
/ consideration. fervently praying that yO
will view our rights rs we view them, anj
that the will of the people Is Your Will, whlcl
. is no more license IN our borough. And W
will ever pray. lSlgheu oS 10 Noters.I