Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-02-21
Temperance outbreak In the West.

A reporter mas recently interviewed
Governor Allen, of Ohio, on the wo-
mems temperance crusade now rampant
in that and other States of the West
Gov. Allen regards the excitement as
only temporary and takes calm view
of the situation. In regard to its ex-
tending, he says:
$50 it will extend and continue to
extend until, after while, it will spend
itself and reaction set in. The ladies
are right in this. Their influence is the
! only force which can have any real and
lasting influence in checking the ruin
Gus tendencies to intoxication. be-
lieve and always have believed that the
ladies alone can accomplish this great
object. When men become mixed with
up with it they are sure to have some
Interior and selfish purpose in view,
and consequently the movement will
lose its force. The women are always
moved by an unmixed desire to accom-
plish good, and that desire remains eff
fective, until men with their mixed and
sordid motives, interpose to take the
lead. All influence which seeks to cor
rect bad habits in man, such as Excess
sive drinking, must be moral influences,
and in the exercise of these influences
the ladies will necessarily exert the
greatest power All positive power of
Government and law has in all times
and countries been proved by expert
ence insufficient to control men in mat
tiers of habits and manners. In these
particulars the moral force of public
sentiment, usually called public opinion.
is alone found to be efficient. There is
no likelihood of the Legislature taking
anv action on the subject. Whisky
drinking cannot be abolished by law.
You may pass ali the laws you please
on the subject, and you will only sharp
en- the invention of the fellows who sell.
The vote of the prohibitionists, some
10000 in this State, might as well
have been thrown into waste basket.
This thing of praying around saloons
is being carried to excess. When an
epidemic comes along it very frequently
embraces the finest persons and the
finest physical organizations; hence the
fact that the movement is being carried
on by ladies of the first responsibility
should create no surprise. [ believe
the whole excitement to be of an ephe-
neral character and that it will in a
short time subside."
THE CRUSADE IN INDIANA.
Jacksonville, Ind. Feb. 16.-Ihe
womens crusade against the whisky
traffic opened to-day. Devotional exer-
cises were held at eight different sa-
looms. They were received kindly and
were protected by the police from the
lam of the immense crowd that congre-
gated at each saloon. Business is par
tally suspended, and the streets are lin
ed with citizens Of every class. The
saloon keepers refuse to sign the pledge.
The excitement over the movement III
this city has reached Louisville, and
this afternoon at least two thousand
people, mostly Germans from that city,
arrived here. The exercises on the
street have been abandoned for to-day.
Divine services will continue in the sa-
looms tomorrow.
MOVING ON THE ENEMY IN OHIO.
The temperance movement in Ohio,
which has been confined principally to
small towns, is gradually developing i'll
the capital of the State, Columbus.
About six hundred women have organ
lied there and prepared plan of opera
tons. Some of the leading members
of the movement state that they will
adopt different course for the suppress
sion of the whisky traffic from that pur-
sued by neighboring cities and villages.
1t is proposed that their first onslaught
will be on the State Legislature. The
ladies will take possession of the rotun-
da of the State House, and with the
Senate on one flank and the House Of
Representative on the other, they will
sing and pray until they have captured
that branch of the iniquity. Their rea-
son for so doing is the intimation that
there is a movement on foot to repeal
what is known here as the "Adaire IL
quor law" If the women are success
full in preventing the repeal Of this law,
they will extend their operations
throughout the city to all the saloons
big and little, under ground and above
ground. By the provisions of the
Adaire law every man who sells liquor
to woman's husband, brother, or other
male relative, is responsible for all dam
ages from acts of violence committed
while intoxicated, as is also the lessee
or owner OF the building where the Ii
quor is sold Columbus has popula-
ton of 100000 inhabitants and several
hundred saloons.
On the other hand the whisky sellers
exhibit no alarm. They say are carry
ing on lawful business, and that they
receive their license the same as persons
in other business, and that if they are
molested they can call upon the city
and State authorities for protection.
Furthermore, they have consulted emf
nent counsel upon the subject, who tell
them that so long as they pay their
taxes and they have received their re-
spective licenses from the proper au-
thorities, no one has any right to mo-
lest them.
A temperance mass meeting, attended
by about three thousand persons, more
than half ladies, was held at the city
hall in Columbus, Ohio, last night.
Several addresses were delivered. Not
withstandiug the audience was large