, 1876-04-22


ellort our peopn wsre efrectualiy convinced that
high liceuse was tho best way to handle tbs
question. Aud think We will not soo'1 Try any
9hst s nat a. 'sa en-
now have. license aud like the plan better. Fro.
hihition, In mr. opinion, means free liquor"
TIE PROHIBITION COUNCIL ALL nEHldN Ar LIN
The experience Of tic TrobloIsionI.t, as Lin
coin must havu boeu humiliatnE In tho extreme.
Say. tue flon. 4. Mastleid, Mayor: In 1870
cur city adopted prohibition and Il did uot Hork
motalizad everything. It sot about half our
eizof. againat tile hther half. and stirred IN
bad feeling among our c,tzcns generally. Our
po'ico had to DO 11creaaed. fow saloons throw
open tllelr fioosa aud gavo away liquor In dofl-
aneo of law. We prosecuted thcm vigorously
md made nbout two convictions. UEunleunoas
increased coantsstnen wuui:l come IN and club
together and buy scsesal taslona. and 70 into
,ssgon.sards aud pot beaasly drunk Tits WAS
Kept up about ha!f thu Jear. au1 tho Council
conc',idod 70 l!eonBo them. and tho Mayor and 3
portion Of tho Council resigned. Tho city waa
70 completely dcmora1.zcd that prudent men
did not liko to. aHs'sme tho Positions. I sas,
hoWoycr. induced to Tun for 1fayor, nll,ct, pIace
1 have occupied until now. Have studied TIM
question. aud am satisfied that rho beat muda Of
handling tho s1sl7 question is to rut
lnto Tho laws. but with. prohibi.ory laws
Tic lowest clasa OF mon will buy jug OF wlitsky,
Alu " ~ lQ9 lUH Al1l FHC III ku4 UukdAi1&H
Of tile city. whera tho police scdon, 60. and w'l
on discovery Dovo from place to place, and theit
customers vii! not testify against them.
| LETTERS or TIE TIltnp CLASS BRIEFLY MEX
TtDNEp.
Tho. Hon. Henry Winter, Mayor OF Cairo,
IN Cairo" Fho lion. i. s. msko, siayor Of East
! st. Louis, BasB IA rgolabltorY law Ilcro would
forced" Tho lion. D. ?. Barclay, Mayor ot
| EIK.r, ramnrked: "Iu citfea Of the s,zo Of
Rockford and pf ElRia 1t would ho.imposabe 10
enforce pfohibition thoroughly. sua sho effect
lion. W. L. Chambers. Mayor Of Decatur. says !:
II do no. think q pronibltosy law practicable,
aud do not thiuk 1t can bo enforced
10 any city tho sizo Of outs or youra."
nan snys "Tln City Ut Bloomington bad
probitory !aw Two ,yearH ago. md Was very
el1d to Rnt back to llcsnso sys!em aga.n;" Tho
Hon. D. llobluson. Mayor Of leoria, thought
lnza." The lion. u, NJ. B1n:u. alnyor Of Quincy,
declared: "Ho ,lso plenty OF bour aud whisky
III Quincy; especially 81 milk ia scarcp. do not
think il poshbo, to enforce tbe Maine law u
"Prohlbttion woui.I not work horc; have slxtS-
niue paIoonB and lcenBe ei00 per year." Tho
Lon. John II. SlatIet. Mayor Of kankakee, says !:
1T IL The opinion OF tug writer, az n vel ~ @ Or
fare OF our city, tlat a prolib'torT lay cannot
10 enforced, and that failure IN thst direction
would be disastrous, 10 that al fcspeet M iHl
law ana oraor Woutn H. EIn.sn r4 W tne
part Of tlo 'ictoEs; 1he Lon :, anonas T..
SAoean, MnTof o. Malena, says ~ a,s, eau ou.y
W eul9leeu III sns!I places, "moto IT,
Llo o. tne Ste!h asu ~ issos - ~.
the lstver, Dlonaae, LONE. inls nIase aas
lay ProhsDlsng hae ss!o 81 s 'n.oaSan19 inaot
yct DoGu4ue sa,is s' Ieta! pstndpn LII ~ ~
eatlhg qu9Ta tnan NY ttss y. ~ uss NV ~.
coah'fv 4ne lion. A,sAaust ~. alops' "nyo'
Of Alton, fn5a ,,,i.aN ouI s,aaer ely o. .et
Re571lle trlea sho p1onio.ion 6ystem LOT, 1os
sih6lo seas, ano uaInG ~. ~. .asaj,od ,,s
vas hola ana mo1o ~, ea,e,.,
wy tnieo Sehno e.dat Huu n M,ras ~ Ga,tr.iia
~ 4Aqut ~ ~ -; eati.e.t .,Jt IT. 1,atsII