, 1879-01-04
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,

VOICE DE THE FEUPlIE.
Pft'ith1tfon IN. Public Sentiment.
70 The Ed.'or ~ The Trfhune.
CntcAttft, juu. :l-To establish reform with.
out publtcJ hentfMcnt Is quito m difficult rs
10 run a. steam.cnElno without governor. In
the State of afa!ue just such n,istalse was
made.
In 1887 Neal Dow wns brforc tho public Us q
Temperance adVorato; a society wns formed
wthctt declared III favor Of Prohibition In 1876
alaw passed with strong psohtbitorr proystous,
Which frout tin,o to tlmn has been amended,
until as latc rs Feb. 8, 1877, when tho last
amendment WIS passed., and now the law Is
s.1hposcd to bc perfect, with each 'commn" :"
aud " sefntco'on" propcriy placed.
In 1857, nor yet IN 1870, were the people OF
Malno in fayor Of tho inv at Prohibition. It is
true tho Inv was passed by those who were B,.p-
posed to rcurcscht the people, but tho facts
Rhow TINT public sentiment was not favorable.
What was done next! Neal Dow snys "Afatue
wal soVn knec.decp With temperance l!.cra-
turS,n and then indeed public sentiment did
bcttin to awake, aud nov at this day the t1tost
prominent representative u the State Is ablo 10
Btna In thc United StntuB Senate md f1enouuce
The liquor tsufiic as the "gieantic crime OF
erimcs.'
XII 1911 VIC FtccNcn c!lAf !uta U! tnc leEuIk8
of prohibition in Mane IL tho following tcst!-
tnory frotn doy. Nelson Dlngley, DR., OF Staiuo.
LII snys:
"rhcse laws nave accomplished grcat good.
and have rroyctl far moro effective in SUPPRESS
Ing drana-shops and IN restraining the OWLS ot
tntc.nperatica than any other system Ut tcgiHla-
tiuo restraint ever tried In this state.' III moru
thnu thrtc~fourths Of tho State. particularly III
the rural sessions, open dsan,as'ops aro almost
unknown, aud secret sales comparatively raro.
In someot the cities and larger villages, where
public sei'tisseat on the temperance question Is
not go we'll sustained NJ In tho rural districts,
thu 1uw Is not 10 cilctcntly enforced nj to pre-
yens St saes to ex.sn n,SnG cysn
tntl1ento for good.n
ThlaIs q fatr aud impartial statement Of the
rcsult! uf Prohibition In tho State o[ A1atur.
And u 10 only fair to sny taat considering thn
tanjotity Ut tho people fn many Of tho towns OF
Alaiuu, uilrlD. tho tltirty-twu years Of tho work
Tugs Of tic law, tint Prohibition has not bectl
fRiAse by any means.
Prohibition under the llanc OF "locat Optius,,"
favored by public sentiment, artl see II VIC cam
not ilnll tile true clsanncl into which the Gospel
temperance work. the r!bboi work, md moTal
cd with such precious cargo. nnd In which thoy
tnay safely sail, sure Of q fair haven.
liz 1871 the State Of Pennsylvania 4avo tho
people Local Opttot,-a Inv II choice, whereby
the majority were permitted to saY whether
they would have intoxicating liquors sold In
their several municipal divisions. OF not. Tho
voto OF tile 3xopt the xats ytar resulted III estnb
lisl,tng Prohibition In forty-onc OF tho extJ-slr
counties of tl'e State 1Le result wa . red4e-
ttoa OF nearly onc. c.1aif In tho sales OF Wholesale
aud retail Il9uor dealers for the first year.
In the Statc Of Masylunu ut hpr last Noycnl-
bcr elections atx md onc-half cntlnties out uf
tn cnty-thrco voted IN liccuso under the Local-
In m thls s.ato # IS sald that during tho past
ye Ii ut least one-third Of tho towns voted no
ltctpsc. ltatistfes Of many places throughout
ths United States whcre Local Optton exists
III! Ett be given with tho excellent RESULTS
Of m uducatcd public sentiment.
Tie most thoughtful VI temperance atlyo-
Gales tave come TO npprccfatc th!s, AMI there.
tefe the subject q lceat s'nsion s yeEy lt.tle
slIoR cn OF tn public meetings. tos 1t ia faithfully
tho law Will follow. 'rhe one great lllntisauce
10 this crcatt!'n OF public sentiment IL tho slow.
nes WI M.. ,,. ~. " tmv .Sssp ~ s ~ .t!o
NJ ,t,C finftrn Rfafes having fcafnc.t tLe icssun
n orc quickly. perhaps from having been tho
eouer aufiesers, l'ayo taken nt, at9va!iSed atcp
y petitionlnS 1or lcg,slat'oh , ttat W. neflnt
narte,,eo ;hnt ias nj ln.ai onsi.,,i ,nnx In
mi iIc iy side WITH our lfvcnse lars, md that
they .uay 6c permitted to yotu on tils onu queB-
ton oi license oF no a!ecuse. .,
,,r,'sont IN thnI tsy nes,n,t tho m';t, f.,
,s,,yer to forco uDou inauy communities tic
iun, trniils aratnst tho conscnt q minority u
the ptnptG resident therein. Wltat We want u
j I.oc.!.option law,reads to bc used "llen public
I in . reccnt lecture III New York Joseph Cook
spnttn ntIy In faYur Ut ]ocaI option aud Iu favor
uf tllty yote Of woniem un this onu punt. And
LIS .!r.. H., .t"lv ~ cvrr" iosni NM, w, has
WI T., ~ I,s ',';rtrv H. sail. .si,n.i n,raIyzo