, 1879-03-29
Illinois Temperance Enactmeuts.

sellers Of spirtuous, yinous. and malt liquors
are now held responsible for all damages result
Ing from their acts In the salo Of intoIlcants.
still more, the landlord il also held sesponsI-
bic. Before the applicant can obtain liccnsc
llo must give bond in the pepal sum os 81, 600,
with at least two good aud sufficient securities.
To sell without liccuse Ia crime punished
by flne Or imprisonment In the County Jail. To
sell to minors Is also crime, with like
pcnolttcs. Outside OF Incorporated villages
or c!ties the County Board OF each
county NAV grant liccuscs upon the
application Ut a petition Of minority Of The
leen1 voters Ut the torn; u not unler township
osgan.zatsom, .hen saa3ostty Of the legal voters
Ut the election precinct or district. Each license
Is nut nj troul $50 to e3u0. 30. take the Law as
It nov stalals, ans1 1t completely. holds tile
saloou-keepers Ut hny. Our present law Should
satisfy tie temperance people, md can legltt-
tnately bo called susuptuarY In It's operation.
There Is such u tt!tg as enacttnE too Mauy
laws, 80 sint none Of them arc cuforccd. And,
uuder tlis view, tho leaders Of the temperance
crusade should halt to- reconfoltre tho 9e'd::
After they have Bnb1ucl the enemy they still
ask nosc; after he Is dead they still beat him,
suppnse OIL the prtnclplu to show him what
punishment after death Is.
Al tie present t!tne most Of the villages mid
cities of this State Rrant licenses, AMI fro thai
source rceesya a large rcyen4e,-o(teu sufficient
t0 pay the annual expenscs OF the corporate
Government. Revoke afl licenses md rnact
prohibition absolute, 1t would not suppress the
would cut of Ill revenue from that sourrc.
Ohio gives us proof OF how prohibition acts.
Clio grants III 1lcense; ret her people drink rs
much intox!eating liquors as ours. ls9ppose
OF uli kinls. as Chicago. CINCINNATI receives uo
reyc,,ue from Tits solrce; Chicago lafgu rcya'
rug. ii, with tue two 2tatcs. OhiD receives no
Eeycuuc N this traffic; Illinois sceeiscs lafgo
II prohibition would stop the sa1e Of lntoxl-
cants It lulsht 10 far tue temperance leaders 10
advocate 1t. hut. ,s It will not then j. Is fatl-
ure. Some corntlcs IN this State, which heve
retired truln The outside world, periodically
burst forth With the startling news tlat proGl-
h!tun Ia succ3ss with thcm,-thut prohibition
has abolished saloons, nnl drunken lnun. anl
litigation; t1at tle!r lawyers are ,dyinE Of r.
vanccd llttlu too far. Prohibition would be
success, undoubtedly, III the Desert Of Sahara.
Certainly, there is no litigation IN tiMt localtS;
neither ts there any In tho casnp ot sitinE Bull.
from the tin,o Vi Coke, from tha;
ttme Of Blackstone, dowM to. thu present.
!n fact, law Is tho great arhiter that brings Or"
any locality proves ono u Two things: either
that 10 people reside in the plarc, ur that tllt
disputes 4llu differences are settc1 by the pls-
tol. tomahawk, uE scalp!ug knife.
An1 k%kAt ~ . tl4&&t lt}EAk%ths @G1A@k
dirert OF Indirect, OF the salc pf Intoxicating
NlvoEs. u y IL subject for ths lana.!c asylum.
LII. the temperance jcui'erA Of thu present cru~
Aale beware, and not 1e too exaetihH. There
was tit1u When tue fanatics covered the streets
OF the elIes Ut alanr With spilled Intoxicating
IIquurs, loscbly taktu from tile uwners. But
an outraged law came fortl, AMI vinnralctl It,
self, A,..l salA such madness waa no esttcs than
/ robbery. Though lhe temperance leaders are
mud, yvG let there 10 msthod ,u tlrir madness.
q. Il. FiNonxY.