The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
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Al the ri-s oE wcaryia- our raader- ia
the discussion u the !icen-e question.
We prc-en, below the testimony of one
who seems % have made IT a point e,
inquire into the workings of tl!e license
system IL other States. !. ". 10
CLoKEY. writing from N.3dIerow2 70
the Cincinnati GG-e''c say:
have myself made personal ilg-iri.
a. 10 the temperance value Of lrcl-- .-.
the States Of Illinois. Missouri. and Kan
"a. and the almost universal te-tiIi.D!---
Of Temperance men Is that license. - q.
Temperance measure. j. Il failure. IN
neither Of these State ia- I diminished
rL- amount Of drunkenness and crime.
Th.- IicrI..r ia -O,ur Instance l- a. lH-..
A. $500. with heavy bonds given to til
State for fidelity IN keeping orderly T.
sorts. Vet. while IL Ina, -pIurtiu~- r--
duced the number Ol saloons, Il ...'- f.-
suited In making the saloons Thar Co
exist more attractive by producing "a
monopoly. rnj - mere eiti"ln" '!'b
dangerous, Temperance people la Ji.-.
Western Statc- are disguised .:i'h tie
! efforts made III Ohio 10 have license
]
/ They hay,. learned that a system that
! Yields zen splendid saloons with Per
| hans forty clerks. works more INJURY
! among ticu than forty saloons. with
| one clerk each, bar il 10" d,gserirs,
/ work with us. Ii i fatal policy, ny
| they. =, reduce the number, buJ - ;tI-
crease the gliding I suppose asked
! the opinion Of fifty intelligent men and
! women in the West and they all replied:
| License II only putting into the hands
Of the liquor men a club with which 10
| fight the Temperance cause" In tie
! West. the form the woTan's crusade has
| taken is opposition 20 license, ~ tie
| Gdzette would ask crusaders IL Ohio TO
work for it. and 70 work for il IA q ia!i'-
| perancc measure.
One Of the most succes>.u! c!ininal
| LAWYERS in the state oC Missouri. j. Col.
| Nat. Claiborne. In reply to inquiries
| put to him myself. lie said: The license
law of Missouri # faithfully carried out.
is as near perfect as the human mind
could frame a law FOR the retail Of this
deadly poison. OF course it is a farce,
as all laws will be that public opinion
does not require 10 be rigidly enforced.
! Men of bad character control many OF
| the saloons and sell to minors and drunk
ards with inpunity, and viii continue to
do so until the people in their sovereign
capacity. not only disc odntcnamce drunk
enness, but give up the use OF distilled
! liquors as "A beverage"
In reply TO similar inquiries with ref
erence to the license law of Minnesota,
| Col. Jas. H. Davidson, Il rising attorney
and lecturer of ST. Paul, responds: Lii
cense has not curtailed the number Ct
saloons in the least. save in Il few small
towns or country places. 1t has not
| diminished the amount of drinking and
crime 1t has not put the business into
the hands of more honest men, but has
left it where it has always been. iii the
hands of IA bad class. In our temperance
movements license has proven a Ein.
drance instead of a help. advise all
people everywhere To strike for, and tc
work for, total prohibition.
With reference to the working of tine
license system in Illinois. says J. NJ
Clokey, an attorney of Decatur. III.
Drinking is enhanced under the license
system, and inteniperInce Is on the i'll
crease. Licensed salOoniStS have :
monopoly in doinG wrong, and are Oni!
better in this, that they are better abb
to accomplish wrong. They are inii
niteIy more dangerous tl.an the dog:,cr
les, and results show it
Such are the results OF my iuycstigl
ton into the license laws, and that lea,
me TO reject them a. = Temperance ne:s
sure.