Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-23
WHO ARE FOR uceNse2

III snort, all those VINO are favorable
20 the interests of the whisky-riHg; ex-
ceptionally, those who think that Ii
csnse law would advance true temper.
ance interests.
In looking over our State, We behold
the troubling of waters, the beginning
ef mighty agitation, the commence
ment Of stern battle between the ad.
vocates of license, and the opponents
thereof. The widespread and whole
some awaking of the public mind upor
the question of temperance during ths
last six months has wrought its work
and to-day the lines between right and
wrong are more closely drawn than ev.
or before. Men of true principle find
that the enemy is strong and wary
one, and in the struggle with king alco.
hol the highest stand must be taken and
zea,ously maintained. Liquor dealers
and their host of friends, as the day o.
contest draws near, are growing more
determined, more cunning, more active
and realizing the weight of public opin-
ion against them, are fighting inch BY
inch for vantage ground.
License, in this case, means to grant
permission to sell intoxicating liquors.
upon the payment of certain specified
sum. 1t is claimed by certain we'll
meaning advocates of license that it can
be made so high that the privilege Of
dealing will be confined to compare
lively few aristocratic palaces, thus do.
ing away with the horde of miserable
SALOONS" This is at once fallacious
and unreasonable, for all experience
proves that this can and will not be
done, and it is a principle ofjustice thai
If license be granted it must be upon
conditions accessible to all the citizens
of the common wealth. Licensing the
system of dram selling is but giving the
authority of the state to traffic that is
at once unjust, iniquitous and God
cursed. For this reason, if for no 9TH
er, license should not be granted, nor
receive the votes of the people of Ohio
on the 18th of August.
True temperance men, those who
would put the brand of disapprobatior
upon the traffic, will vote emo license
Many saloonists. who are too short
sighted to look beyond the license fee t.
the action of a Legislature, will vote ''nt
license" for economy's sake. But ali
cense"- authority to do as we please
will be demanded by the mass of whis-
ky lovers and whisky bloats, and
against these we have to contend. Dlt
they dare to do it, "free trade" woult
be the cry, but acting on the principle
stake what you can get, and hope fol
MORE" and fearful of losing all, theJ
simply ask for license. If they shoult
gain this, then the former would be tn
object Of their desires, and constantly
aimed at.-In New York City, foul
thousand OF the liquor dealers-that is
above one-half the whole number en-
gagged in the retail traffic-are in oper
revolt against the Excise laws. A larg'
and rich lobby in this interests vainly
urged the last Legislature to reduce
their license fees, and have taken the
present step as last effort to nullif,
the Excise law. This is the effect of tn
license law in New York and slfoul,
add another argument against its adop
tion in Ohio. - ssi ffs
Then beware of the sheep in wolves
clothing, whether they be the represent
atives of the press, the pulpit, the ba
or the stump! The truest interests Q
Ohio cali for "no license" vote from
every man in the State on the 18th Q
August, and with such ticket let mel
of truth and honor march to the ballo
box.-AshlaRd Times.