The daily gazette., 1878-11-18
Ihe COurts--Tem mperance-Lf-
censes-MayOr-GOvernOr. &c.

For the Gazette, a'.ss..asl
Amid the evils of rum in our citvv and
the failure of the success of those who
assumed to conduct the interest of the
temperance cause, we are glad that Court
is approaching, and that there is pros
pect that the Court, the officers of our
city, and the Legislature will give us
some relief from these unmitigated
evils.
The evil results of the unrestraned
traffic in these liquors are evidences not
only of the eXtrayagant expenditure of
money for them, the increase of crime,
taxation, poverty and death, but the
degradation OF our young men, the dis
grace of our city, the pollution of our
streets and thoroughfares, by its clans of
young men drunken and brawling, and
especially desecrating the Sabbath day.
we were on Seventh St., last Sabbath and
saw company of these young rowdies,
going about with sticks, running, whoop-
ing and hallooing, and making the streets
and society look hideous. We were
made to blush when told one of these
young things was one of the judges of
the election, and that some people hesi-
| SeeeSN W WV tibouSii outI uloSTdCt
the judges bench. We live on the Ave-
nue. and are witnesses to the many COM
plants made in the papers, of the pollu-
tion of this greatest thoroughfare of our
city by the bloated forms, outlandish
actions and barbarian sounds of these
youngsters, ferrying to and fro, from the
brewery and lager beer establishments
out at the end of the Avenue, and rend-
ering unsafe and unsightly the most
beautiful parts of our city. We are told
too that over Eleventh street bridge there
is great disorder and drunkenness and
fighting, and yet around the saloon,
which is the greatest nuisance, three
police officers live.
we doubt not as soon as our goodly
Mayor gets warm in his seat, with his in
creased officers and forbidding their fire.
quenting these dens of infamy, he will,
assisted by the courts, sweep this nuis-
ance from our streets. We were glad to
hear, our Governor say the other day,
that if he were Mayor, he would sweep
these evils out of our city. We are glad to
find that the Courts, amid the failure of the
Temperance organization and officers to
prosecute offenders or demonstrate against
dlC bilClI DOWcl
and bringing power of the Court to beal
against these great evils which have SC
corrupted the people and greatly increas-
ed their own labors as well as crime and
murder of which they have lamentable
instances for the coming court. The
cause of good government is now coming
to the status where we have wished, fol
courts and mayors and officers to assert
their own powers in the prevention anC
punishment of these great evils of which
there is so much complaint. We doubt
not the court will do here as they did il
Kent-discriminate and deny license to
improper persons and punish infractIon,
with remonstrances from heady and un
worthy temperance men. As life Ions
, temperance man we have advised these
self-constituted temperance organization:
, to disband and throw their cause on the
public, TO which it belongs as well as tC
them and when they shall have dont
this in the increase of public conscience
on this subject, we doubt not the courts
Legislators and officers will give us health
ful administration on this subject. w,
, doubt not that even lawful liquor seller
. will wish that the unlicensed traiiicers il
. ! ilIioio ohouiu NC opoppchi anu Noui'
. sanction the legislature in an increase,
> law fer their successful prosecution ant
punishment by an amendment giving one
, half of the fines to the iniormers. There
are others who are looking to the Legis
lature for a law leaving it to the people
in the counties or districts to vote licens'
, or no license. This is leaving the re
q sponsibility with the people, and Demo
! cratic measure no Legislature could deny
: if for the best. Others are thinking o
. the bell-punch as measure that will re
strain the Illicit traffic and greatly di
minish taxation and add to the finance
= of the State and at least repair some o
: the evils resulting from the sale and us
q of intoxicating liquors. The local optiol
law has acted like charm in Maryland
q and the little bell-punch has made run
= pay in some measure for its doings il
4 Virginia, and put nearly $S5O,00O yea
+ into the State Treasury. We look to on
- Legislature in the future, but at presen
q we hope in the court and States Attol
" ney, and we doubt not they will do whf
!, seemelh to them best in the premises
WATCHER.