The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-12
THE BOSTON nOTEL KAID.


When the women of Ohio are attacking
with misguided fervor, the use of beer, ale
wine and ardent spirits, indesc,iminately and
when the Massachusetts, Constables are carry
ing into effect tyrannical law BY robbing
the Boston hotels of Thousands Of dollars
worth of wine, it is time for common sense TO
make herself heard, to point out why pro-
hibitory laws have always hitherto failed
and must always hereafter fail, and to chow
what kind of liquor law can best prom, :
the welfare Of the community.
The same State that passed the law now
being enforced in Boston has a Board. Of
Health, one of the functions of which Is 10
report upon the liquor question. 10 the re-
port for 1872, the Chairman, the noted DR..
ii. l. Bowdi,ch, OF Boston, submitted a pa
per which is go full OF facts and figures, and
wise deductions therefrom, that it ought to
be in the hands of every person who preiends
TO know the A, B, & OF such legislation. BY
me, OF an extensive correspondence win
persons in all parts Of the world, DIR. Bow
ditch has accumulated the facis upon which
he bases these, among other concius'ons:-
>timulants are used everywhere. The appe-
tite for them is universal, and cannot be
annihilstsd." This appetite varies With the
climate. At the equator drunkenness Is rare
and RIGHTEOUSNESS common. IA you 60 north
the former increases and the latter diminish
es, This general law is modified by the in
fiuence OF race. fashion and Legislation. Thus
il ia a general rule that the people living be.
tween the isotherermal lines of a deg. and
so deg. Fahrenheit use much beer, ale, and
light wine, bu, little ardent spirits. Blu; in
the United States, which lie wholly, cave
bi, of Mont ana, between these two lines, the
English, who live to the north OF the 30 deg
line and so in the zone of ardent spirits,
brought their habits with them, and We have
inherited those habits. The foolish fashion
of Treating" leads in many cases to an ex-
cessive use OF stimulants among Us, and the
Legislation which has taxed foreign wines so
heavily has forced whisky into use to supply
the appetite which would have been satisfied
with wine. Ardent spirits injure the physi-
que, and lead 10 ''crazy drunkenness" and
liz resulting crime. On the other hand,
beer. ale. and wine, il not used immoderst-
ly, are beneficial They rarely cause drunk
enness, and, when they do. it is of the kid
which shows itself in singing and merry :
making, and not in brutality and murder
There aIe important lessons to be drawn
rom inc .sr'iIony, nus P I,".. So
one Q, rev E"gianu o ih. ,,ra,;s
frohioEois laws .:y - $500 ,r .nu
cal,on o' 'he appeu.e ' .a.;S;Is,ad Tn ,.,ns
ata tna' cahno. e a" ..is
ci'les 'helI 'ai.u I..,;t;,H =. r,am and hv
nous y popaiai "o., H. ~ En, tho s,ms
the Iaciiities "l srauns ..e ~, c." a..
reasons. tney VIII 80 - ."",.;.
causes remain , sn. e =. ,aaI;". ,h,, wrono
moreover .ne AVS ~ .I -, h.
when very many men iss'. ~ a. nae. ,,oI
pressing more ness W.: w a,;aa.a
the rich' ny unouly ih,ee,ns WIN sa.;ne
business, ana W s.'; ~ ,har,,S, ~ .n ON.
properly Pu' the o.a'e L u, ~. s, - IN ,.
pressof' encourage tne oiesHs =. o. ne.
by making Toe oreanink Vi eon' ri -.
manly protest against tyranny Oil" "eo'
aiize the community.
lEe law sniea - ~ P ,Em S..,p "nd
shouid % 'hreou, III IONA, H. 49, nn
local. me nauon suo" H.. ~ Ia ~. oha.n.
foreign hght S,nes, ~ ..a. ~ ~ ., IT,
ness tney couio cou,e i,'o se:e ..:,,;a,.