New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-28
TIE BAXTER LAW IN INDIANA AsUcCEss.


SIR: In one of your issues several weeks
ago read paragraph stating "that the Baxter Pro
hibitory LIQUOR law OF Indiana failure. Let me
say that spent six weeks last Fall the state OF In
diana delivering temperance lectures, during which
time was the guest the author Of the Pgohibitory
bill and he and I addressed meetings almcst every
evening. most OF which were large aud enthusiastic
The act was that time only partially In OPERATION
but the reports were unanimous TO its virtues Every
where It was received with favor aud 10 promised to be
grea, blessing TO the Hooser State Personally con-
slider the law a model temperance law, aud believe
every State In the Union would be benefited by the en-
acment of a Ike statute Under these circumstances
YOU will readily understand that feel interested IN the
paragraph referred TO. AT the earliest opportunity
therefore, cut out the paragraph and incosed 1t IN
letter to the Hon. VIM Baxter OF Richmond, lnd re-
,uestiDg information from him tho!suuject. His
ply is substantially as follows:
Since returned from the National Temperance Con
ventOu AZ Saratoga nave 0eel tnroA<L ~ aIOoln'
Wayne Randolph. Miami, wabash, Howard. Decltur'
KDSciusEO Eklart. Jenaings. Barth )iDmeN, Shelley
aud Rush Counties. and ma IN every county c)ns,d
cradle 10 the numOer0 saloons ana very large
decrease OF lntempcrance. In q letter l nave Just
received from the Rev. j, c. irwin 81 Greensbnrg'
'catur County he saws: "Inere = no Hccnsel estD
ishmpnt now IN our county This Fall three effort have
maze in our town TO secure II Gicensel Two IN
the First Ward utterly failed 10 get har enough slkna
lures The other petition was found signed by about %
fraudulent names. hence IT was defeated" From Mon
roe County where tile Sae University H. received
letter few DAYS stating that the last saloon IN the
county had Just been closed In letter receVe1 rom
the rev. ". W. Slyier Of MADISON, Jefferson County,
ne saws There is healthy sentiment IN Our city
in favor Of enforcing tue Temperance law Five offend
era thinking u avoid cost cana forward and pleaded
guilty They were IN sad pight w1en informed that
that worked forfeiture OF their permit t0r lYo years
From Warsaw, KosciuskO County, d. Pershlng writes
me as follows: -, ~ -, -.
from PlerceLon and also John Long, FOR permit TO sell
liquors. have been defeated before thc commissioners
Court, and To all ntents the Baxter Dl has proved
nrohintory in ia applications, since the tables have
been turned and al the burden ana cost or PROOF nave
been thrown upon the liquor men There l. vast differ
ence in the process obtaining permit or license We
feel good. grand, glorious. th1nktu., aud glad"
might 20 with letter after letter % tins KIND am
daily receiving, proving the wonderful success % the
new law In Richmond here, where We had AZ saloons
before the law passed we now nave only i've. In.
temperance has almost disappeared friend or mine
remarked TO me that no Ldd never oeI1re Witnessed
such an orderly CHRISTMAS IN Redmond. No lntemper
ance not only that but those stores where knlc knacks
are 40 declare Christmas trade has never been
good before, Notwithstanding the hard times They At
the fact that men VINO ut former thrlst-
masses spent their money IN liquor now spend II Tor the
bench and comfort OF their families.
An Indianapolis paper stated the other day that be-
fore Baxter law was passed there wers 20 to 80
now there only or two. Now. II such ract5 as
these DO not prove the great efficacy OF the law then
facts are OF no use. When last John W Ray OF
indianapolis he informed me that there had been up 20
That time at least 450 saloons shut up by the law
the state aud since that time they nave Deem
closed more rapidly than before. There probably
some few places where there are as many saloons "a
ever think Liporte IS one aud that mas Deen paraded
m all the papers through the country But that Is an
exceptiou and the temperance people nave
not got force sustain the law There are always
such places But the success OF the law Oeyohd
all peradyenture.
Thus writes one OF the most honorable and truthful
men OF the State OF Indiana leading member VI the
Society OF Friends. I have given this long quotation
ing to the OF truth and temperance Ut this time
Paterson, " j., Feb. Is, 1874 T. H.