The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-08-13

HAo-I ou0 Wv uoN- 0cu1 sIlcl
in States that have As pure
morals and high . standard Of
civilization as has Ohio. Pro-
hibliory Iawsars to-day far,k<Sf
n advance Of public seDti
-aelN 81 our people than are the
existing laws Itt,f
Reference was hsrs made 10
the published letter OF JSdge
jackson Of Bueyrus, Ohio, aud
the statistics complied and pre-
ssntsd BY HIM, showing by the
report Of Mr.. Savage, Chief OF
Police Of Boston. that there
were in that city, in 1SIs. AI6s
places where intoxicating hq-
uors- were sold. That during
one year under prohibition,
II, ,226 persons were taken into
custody, recorded on the police
books as drank 1886 as dvunk
and disOrdsrlH Its who
were helped home from the
streets-making Is, ,596 persons
actually taken IN charge by the
police Of Boston for intOxiea-
uon- rl 5ai l1r e r
According to the letter OF
DiO Lewis to the Cincinnati
Gazette, in the City OF Bangor
with a population OF 5000
souls there are 500 places
where intoxicating liquors are
sold By the drink, a drinking
place for every so inhabitants,
men, women, and children
LOCAL OPTION.
Local option is in fact a H.
eenss under certain restrictions,
and there has never been a Law
enacted so effective in its Oper
alton and so nearly seII-entOrc-
ing. II is the law of Kansas,
Missouri, Iowa and Indiana.
In Kansas the women have
the same voice as the men in
determining whether intoxicat
ing liquors shall bs sold in 4
township, village or city.
The theory of local option
was fully explained, reference
being made to the laws Of sey-
eral States and decisions under
them. -raI ear
Local option Law can not be
enacted under the present Con
stitution, nor the rev, if the
anti-Iicense clause is adopted.
Can il under the license
clause Stanley Matthews one
OF first lawyers IN the State, dis
cusses the matter freely and he
says:
The esential and characteristic diff
ference between the two classes. then
Is this. and only this: that under one
the license elause-all power OVeI
the subject is vested in the General
Assembly; under the other. the Gen.
eral Assembly Is deprived Of all thai
power over the subject involved in
regulating or restraining it BY means
of . system of licenses
This, Ii seems to me, amounts to 4
denial OF resort to what Is known a;
the local option system. to the opera
ton Of which ,as I understand il. IN
one Alternative, licenses are essential
Under the license clause, then u
my OpIniOR, the power Of the EegisRa.
ture, which may be judieiO1sly exer-
eised for the suppression OF tipplins
and saloons, is tGTyeT and tAsTq0T'
more e1feaeiOus than under the Gzfi-l5-
eense clGase, miscalIsd the PFoAi8it9E1
eIGHSe-
TIE question then IS lrAstAs1
people rhO ery tsmpsFGAes trill
cote to restrict hs LegislGtETs
IsGving ,cAisky free, or wAetAsE
they tciH Isars the LegisIaturs
free to restriet wAisky!
UNFAIRNESSN
The anti-lieense people as
sumo that the adoption Of the
license clause rePeals all the
statutes in force .and licenses
every person in the State tC
sell liquors and pretend thai
the question does not depend
on legislation. In many whC
talk on this matter this is pure
ignorance; in MANY 1t Is simply
unfairness. Whether license il
voted up or down the future o
the Whole matter is with ths
Legislature. ala
GIT IS AN EVIL.