The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-05-05


most petteriug sAa triding Legislatures
ve fave ever had base drawn the most
'IIes fhe blcehse Quesii Q onds 10 be
Submitted.
Below is the form In which tho Con.
stita.ional Convention has virtually
agreed 20 sssmit ths "l,qior question q"
Before we go TO press il will doubtless
be adopted in the language here given /;
cat the time when the votes of the
electors shall be taken for the adoption
or rejection Of this Constitu,ion, there
shall he separately submitted TO the cleo
tors, for adoption or rejection, an addi.
.sicnsi sectioustu che -wouas fcilowingsso
wit: "a
.GsSEc. = License Il, traffiG ID spiritn:
pus, vinous, or malt liquors, under such
regulations, restrictions and limitations
81 shall be prescribed by Law, may be
granted but this section shall not pre-.
vent the General Assembly from passing
laws to restrict such tram c, and to. com
pensate. the injuries resulting thereffom.
"Tha vote, for the adoption or reJec
ton Of said section shall be in the man
ner folio wing A separate ballot may be
given by each elector, and deposited in a
separate box. Upon the ballot given for
said scpar ate amendment shall be written
or printed, or partly written and partly
printed, the words, License to traffic in
intoxicating liquors, Yes;,' and upon, the
ballots given against said amendment, In
like manner, the words, License to traf.
fc In intoxicsting liquors, No. II, at
said election, majority Of the votes
given for and against said amendment,
shall contain the words, License to traf'
ic iniutoxicating liquors, Yos,' then the
said amendment shall he q separate sec.
tion Of Article IL Of the Constitution -
But il . majority Of the votes given fol
and asainst said amendment shall con
tain the words: License to traffic in in.
|to&icating liquors, No. then the follow.
ing amendment shall be separate sec
ton of article Is Of tue Constitution, tc
wit: see 8.
aSEc -. No license to traffic in in
intoxicating liquors shall hereafter ,be
granted in this state; but the Genera
Assembly NAV, by law, restrain or pro-
hibit such traff1c,or may provide agsins,
evils resulting therefrom.'"
There are two or three features Of this
proposition which deserve little com
ment &c ma MS. ne rie s..--s ,,..
The section which, il ii prevail, viii
authorize license il 80 framed that under
Il the Legislature will have as full con
troll Of the restraining power over the
liquor traffic as it has under the present
Consultation. None Of the penal Law.
now in force would coutravene this
clause, as VIC think, with the exception
OF that forbiddiug tho drinking on the
premises where Sold. Under this sec
ton, therefore. as many restrictions and
limitations may be- attached to the traffic
a. any could desire, except those VINO
favor entire prohibition. The latter
clapse OF the section i, obviously design
ed 10 authorize legislation similar to ths
Adair, or civil damage law. I g.
Should the second, or anti-license, sec
ton prevail, the Legislature will have, il
addition to its present powers, the rish'
20 prohibit all traffic in Intoxicating liz
uorss. = s..v a. 80 e.,ss
r. Those flew in number we think) who
favor absolute immunity from restrain
in selling liquor, win find little to please
them in either section. Whichever may
be ratified viii warrant the Legislature
in surrounding the sale with as strong
safeguards as public opinion will sup
port. is1 rs s9 sltt
1t appears to US only just to say, i
will not be fairto conclude that because
man advocates the first named section
he thereby commits himself 20 free trad'
in whisky selling; nor will it be fair tt
infer that because man prefers the sec
ond section, he is to be called prohibi
ZIONIST. . Yctwe are Of opinion that fre'
traders generally will support the for
mer, and the prohibitionists the latte
section. Still there is d very large clas
who are neither prohibitionists nor fre'
traders, and who will by no means b
unanimous on the subject. sss = A---e'
The question Tor each man to decid
lie, under which section can his views b
most fully and effectually expressed in
the form Of laws? .I5fa ~ g.,.s,
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