The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-07
The Temperan.e Law il Indiana,
I~.DItNAroI.:s, I'D, Oct. ~, 1913.
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II In, mad. -, mich i,Icn;y with tarnl.
H. aSw ..ru ri,:rr: II. hi> - in 't.t 'it"n
prnwi- hin. anl tIkc>h.~ vilpr pri-plsr.
II fh"Yr we're ~ iOt, an were Cough
Tour. ~ IN han. ii IN It br',-fiN !uiE
II ms !, tr kHrWn {" commit "l axes
hnd cherish fIr'i IA '1io lhI"rr'd J" ",
IL dr-a.. .oul. AMI his drink dins r"u'.
So thought the lust lntitna Lc-i'ta-
iurr. in their wisdom, OF the drunkarl,
ana passed whit i known as the ''BaN-
ter Temperance Bill" and with the Sir
nature Of Governor Hendricks, after nine
DAYS of lawful suspense" became i
law upnn or statutes. The law Is n
very Strenuous one in every particular,
AMI i, considered by many to 90 Ia the
very ..rnot of the evil of whisky drink
inr in or State. y stloun-k"ep"r in
indianapolis come to the conclusion
that the law was unconstitutional, and
decided to violate Il few of is prnIis-
ions. which he did. The Grand jury
of Marion county. indicted him for it.
lie was tried by 4 court Oi competent
| jurisdiction and found guilty a. charged
in the Indictment. He then appealed
hi, ease to the Sipremc COurt OF the
Ntsttt, Iu'l u i'N ttNH g. Aih'' >'''A'
with a full bench. al the Judges c"n-
curing therein. decided against the de-
frn,laut, and that thc law was cpnSt'tn-
! tionll in it, every pat. The c"n>t.td-
! tionalitv Of the law beng decided upon
bv the highest tribunal i'll Indiana, has
thrown a very wet blanket" over 81
bookkeeping throughout the state. for
the reason tina, the Law works very hlri
ua such a class. In the first place, an
/ applicant tor a l,r"n - Ia retail intoNlct-
ting liquors must get 4 minority al the
legal voters of Ia" township or ward IN
a city To- sign his petition before the
county board oi commissioners Of the
county in which he desires To- retail hi,
liquors in. can hear hi' petition, and In
diana has 81 many good temperance
people" ia il that very .r" can draw the
..lurky prize" Tic law aS it stands tn
hN viii have a tendency 10 curt,.
WHISKY selling in u great decree in
many lurlltlr, of the S,ltt. but, upon
;hc other hand, | very much fear tIa,
1 will 5"rct = ml,h worse state OF NOR
+ a., IN many i'll'> If tn state tn an II
. t4a llw had never l"rG passed. Ny OBJ
-r.l:irs h,Nr hrea that a very >trrUI-
Oh, Law. y.h:ch adj Il severe penalty
| for IT. violation. never results bu; l%ltti'.
il any. in favor u morality. Ii may,
, ipr III. time b"IhE :. Ia >Tl" extent, III
: ,rt-t. apparently c.i"rh the c,ii II !, ia
1 tended L. reach. Yet are the morals q!
: ta,-r upon whom IL at, vii, the "r Il.
r>t severity made any h"it'r' think
not. Morality, to my mind. can never
hr forced upon any man, by any penal
! go t. OF laws. Moral eui-ion vii. act
upon our reason and undcr>Jtn ling,
when 4 penalty t. u violation ~ Il penal
Stttut" against a wrong Of ANY hiul viii
fail. No man was ever yet convinced
% III" moral wrong al any all 10y cncr-
sion of ll". The record ot criminal
Jurisprudence could be searched in vain
inr an isolated c.l>c Ia the contrary.
Cur penal statutes chcch n well ~ pan
III many wrong. Vet they utterly fail
70 rocrrh til. vinla'rr- u is provisions
into doilgr ri ut. That i not the intan-
ton If the law. nrilarr cpiii it hr ~.
tor the very mature ol II criminal law j.
rppuwnnnt 10 such an idea. Inc ~ ~
severe the penalty ot ANY law j.. the
more fragrant are lis Violations. Good,
sound argument again! a wrong wi,
de- more rood towards ACCOMPLISHING i
good result than any penal statute that
may he enacted. | d. not desire to -,
understood a, in Iny WAY aivncllin2
iEtcmprrincc. fl: its t,-ity one "t til,
"r.:tir>. curses that ever brtci our PEE,
Pile. Its seeds Ar" thrown broadcast al
over our land. while il cAtct, ii" SccT,
and felt ly almost cvr:y one; If not in
oac way. it j., in another. It, fatal cf-
fleets have become 81 general. that il
ha- become almost Il national sin" hu'
how to apply th" rrmr;ly i'll order t'al
we NAV he freed from lis obnoxious ant
wicked influences. has puzzled many o
our best minds. The too free Use of ar
dent spirits is heinz induced in 10y mel
of almost every caste III society. Wins
ky, with its he'll born evils, has de-
thrOurl the rasnli "i many of on
most talented statesmen, H. well ~
caused thousand, OF our people 10 be-
come paupcrs upon our charity, an,
who have at last gone l0Hn 10 III,
grave uuwrpt and ~unm"urncd. who
Otherwise might have filed high ant
honorable positions in society and beer
IN o.Iidi!itllj W tiltiii>tlN' 'tti i'lil
lies. | believe that every State Siioiit
have a law of some kind 10 regulate III,
sale of ardent spirits, and enforce ii i'll 4;
proper way, yet there is such 4 thing n
making II law of that kind too rigid,
which will cals" its violation many
times over than otherwise. And | an
of the opinion such will YET be the ease
in Indiana As regards her present tenn
prranrr law. and that IL advocates, 81
il now stands, will ut last so see, Ia trr
great injury Of the temperance c:iu~o Ii
our State. The guc>tipa oI i7 rcp'a
will have much to do VITA politics II
our next general election. The dealers
bot, wholesale and retail, in tIa liqnol
. traffic, in Indiana A. well rs other Sta!es
who are largely Interested in lis sale, are
sure TO make n square out fight non ii
in o~rlcrto carry n majority i'll favor "
ilc repeal of our present law. Then
''name is legion" aud they are well for
titled with their requisites to aid in ear
rying their point. and that i, money
and You know money wirldS II power
ful influence nowadays in almost cv
cry election. So, If the whisky men
succeed in e%lecting Il Legislature thai