, 1876-04-22
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
How It Is I'ropountlcd by Thirty
Wise Mayors Of Illinois.
With About Three Exceptions They
Favor the License Bystem.
Ten Cities TRY Prohibition, and 10 Dack
10 The Old System.



spsetai c,rrstlaaitaee Of yhe Chtta1o tribune.
lhscEfon1. ILL.,. Aprlt 49.--A?rouos to lock
ford'n .,a:lue ecctcd tho rohib,ton ttckot Al tsa
municipal efact.on this .p1!ug, TNr TntHr:E
correspondent: addressed Inter Of inquiry rcIa-
tive tu tho working, Of TroAthltory cnac:monIs
to Tie Mayors of tic follesug cities III tue Hate
of i!lt.o1s: AlIon, Aurotn, Beiloyillo bloom
lu2sou, Braidaovd. Caito. CoMt.allat Champaign,
Uanyi!Io, Dixon. Decatur. Eas, st. I4ou!a Ellug-
lam. Etgu, Freeport, Nalcna. Joliet, Kabkakoe,
I4a;:alie Lincoln, 1AtthGatd, Moline. Monmouth,
GtthwA, Ten1ia, Peru. Quincy. Heck Island,
:.prinEtintd. btetng. Etrcator, Wauke1nn. md
70 Jantati,ie, WIs. An TnE TEtnCSE c!rci1-
tates largely In hil tho ahovo cItios
your 1'oc:.fo,d correspondent has prepared q
summary If the information obtained In tha
ray, which viii 10 rsal with great deaf Of In.
tprett by I1ohlbitunista and hdyocGtes OF
License III all tbs aforementioned cltios. Out
OF tho thtsty-thren ,fayorH wlittrn to txcnsy-
toyo,l nnswurel promptly; tbs remaining GLE
Layo not yet been Heard from. rs this artIclo
~ nurcy intended aB recital of faats, tlat will
To u value to tlloae Interested In lrae temper.
nnce reform. MI partisan colo.iuy las been avoid
I'll. all tllD information obtained ID prcsoptpl to
tho reader, AZ far NJ possible. IN Tho language Of
tho correspondents themselves. Ono thing
lhfotEluns th'4 eos1espo''aehco IN safF st!!klhB
and that IL tbo remurhak'o unauimisy Of oIiuiou
in favor Of I.rict License system, mud the inyA-
,,,], t1;rc.tcrx Tint ,,ayo foowet Tia a,tcmnt
-. a..o 80 ,,oL;bt,rv ays. IN 1,F;no;s .;.a.
To- eAio'co pfoh'p'oty measures IN ll'nols e,Iss'
fed into sir carres. Ti:E: those containing 10
op;uuu rro ur Gun : second thoee stating tlat
,,,1;h,i,,, -, hc AZ, ,r,.t and t,a nr,yed f,;l.
,,.,'a -
lfo tht3 1tlte'3 from plaees "heEo Flou'ost4on
hail not usen tiled but Which cited ressoEs for not
a:tu1,,,>tluC il; fourth 1cttcrs declaring 1t hsi
| 1,..,ir ir,.1 ,5tb ,nodtr,te rucrcss. fft], cter,
| .':.> - t..,,. .-;.,. .,..,.
s'a'N''' w o'"et ~" 49, ~. eeN '
i letters suring 1t had ubycr tccn tiled, BUT in
| fayur Of tryjpf: It.
| ru,: tI..1rru p1 EACH c1Aps.
! a.. .iase ,ooa,..s,1 .,,r.a rr,,, 1o,,o,
oAawn asd freepor:' asl thosn ctsles being un-
| der Il llccuss system, aud no other fact could bs
f.icaucd fr5tn tho letters. Ut tio eecond claBs,
| from cities ulltre prohibition imd failed re-
| csylEe-law.,-Disou. Wau.ogap, Champaign.
| Evlti,a. jauyillc, Lincoln, Janessillc, Wooln-
| i,ru;un, MolIuc, and SPRINGFIELD. VI tho third
class cisytn came tn nd,-E1gin, Decatur,
| Peoria, Quincy. hacx ielaud. AhhHAsec. ialehh.
lhc gu:,, I'll clasa onIy olle-frou, thu City of
stor!iug. or the Astl, class ouiy one,-tro1u
Monmouth, ind Of tile sixth c'Rss only one. 1t
will not bo ltceasary to look nt tue couteutA OF
letters OF tho first class. anti therefore, the
second Glars como first
DIXON u;nri. PROHIBITION.
Tho Hon. Jaaea 4. uawty, Mayor Of Uixou
,yratu " Tile last attefnp. to enforce probi-
tion In Dixon Was during the year ending atptcl
/, l8i uni s!11ce tint tins tllp sn.e OF iotoxcat-
inc liquors has tecn undur the llccuso syBtem.
Unriri, Tho year mentioned our pfohbltcn
u,tlunnce had but littls elect, either to check
| or lucreaae drunkenness o. the consumption Of
Iouur. Thcrc wps lno,o npuarent dr1nxen1c=
unrt!y for tho tcason ihat lattcs who sold
I,quor iu violation Of tue Law wero always
au5ious 10 Eek lid OF intoxicated pcraons, md
tur rt,cu, ii,ull tho utrcets AH roon III poeAlblo
10 nyo,;l detection. Tho nttcrlpta that wcfo
male 10 culorco ,ho ortilllaars wcro barren o;
results"
ruE uo.,, l.. H. I1crasoN, nr pA:;y1L1.G. srEAEa.
Tho nhovo gentleman said 1.-The Trolllbisosy
law haa bern triet. in this city. Do not thtni
i. u benefit, but rather q disadvantage
For tl,e wear tudinG Atny |. 1876, ws hayo col