, 1879-03-08

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stntes ohova tha non NJ q voara stoll be
entitled ID win" II thora IA any wny of
ot,4tac1a. tia ,notlus out7.dndf
docs not occur ia NJ. It appcars to bo q
sfne mn MN That admit. of m cotnpromtso
ortecbninnl cvna;on The nost nstuto con.
stitutional oxpouuder OF cunning legal
duibbler muet aIye up tho transmo1tiilcn.
ton M homeless task.
Its M unfortunate deficit thai tho peli.
tion doea not call for any constitutional.
dn,ohtlnout. II proceeds upon tho assSump.
ton Tint drinking will bo stopped II tho
women can yoto nok To license t,laccs for thu
salo Of liquor within tho limits Of certain
precincts, wards, townships, villnges, or
cities. Allowing, for tlo snko Of tho nrgu.
mont, however, tbat tho Legislature hn d
tho right to invest these ITO, 900 women and
all the othor llnlf.milllon Of women Of tho
Btasc who did not Hign It with vote upon
the liconso question. ovon then, ct.i 5onof
II q majority Of tho malo voters In my ward,
township, or city ato III fnvor Of non-license,
then tho femate soto would be suporauous,
bccause 1t is unnecessary In suoh case, sud
~SS~."sfssp*-eN Ae"%+s-"A O@-~~I~ - F|-~
majority with non.combnthnts. II, On tho
othor hnnd, tho minority OF mon hro III fasof
Of license, and tho sonon alore, OF with the
help OF minority Of males, ontYote tho mala
| majority, they cannot onforoo tho prohlbt-
| ton to drink We should have tho curious
! speotncle Of The mon Of township or village
arrayed upon tho ono side against tho women
upon tho other. Probably in thousand
townships OF this State tie womon pretty
generally would vote against LICENSE and the
majority Of the tneh for 1t. In these town.
ships, therefore, wa should behold tho some.
what absurd spectacle Of tho non.co,nbatants
commanding tho militia Of tho municipality,
tic 0onatab|os, polieo, shoriffs, Magistrates,
tho physical forco that oxooutoa lawa,-to
enforce q local regulation they hre opposed 10
and have voted against; to pursue n certain
policy in sumptuary matter whtoh they
feel is no ones business, whether that feol-
ing Ia right OF not. ,Vo ore afraid that tho
Indies would find 10 their disappointment
that to vote non.liconse Ia ono thing; to en-.
forco II, another.
Tho notition of tho womon soeus to bo
l,ased orun tho assuu,ption that II only the
majority inhabitants vote "No license" thon
covered by tho prohibition. This conclusion,
however. has been shown by experience d
thousand timcs over to DO n dctustou, w
need not 70 further tl4an tho State Of Ohio tc
slow how uroundless Ia this conclusion thai
mon can bo prevented from drinking liquo1
by refusing to arout saloons license to soil It
A proyislon wag Incorporated in tho Con
stitution Of Ohio in 1860 that no licenses fo1
tl,o solo Of 1lauors should bo arautod mot i,
cortain wards or townships, but iu apy par
Of tho stato), Everything that the womo1
couocrnod In this petition seek 10 enforce Ii
spo,s in Illinois is provided for hi 'oyory nor
tion Of Ohio. Although the people Of Ohit
are Just as sober, exemplary, and law
nbidiup as tho pcorle Of Illinois
although tloy hayo constitution
prohibition, supported by STRINGENT pena
statutes and ali tho machinery Of the court
ut command, to prevent drinking BY non
lieopso, md pur,shiuont for selling limo
for bibulous purposes; md although the too
; totalere have sought to enforce thoso pro
hibitiona for more than quarter of cen
tury. there Ia fully as much linuor drank Il
Ohio as IN Illinois, Il not more It ia sim
; ply tantanount to making whisky free. th
Slate eotting oil tho owls and no revenue
Il ia n]torotl,or probable that no.llconse Cir
: ciuuati, though smaller city than Chicago
consumes more wine, bcer, md whisky tl1a
: 0b,oapo does. No comnu'sory leria1at;o
I has lad any visible effect In liminishin
l drinking in TINT State. Intomnornnco hu
. onlv u;yen woy before tho oreat vavea
moral suaaion TINT now and then swcop oyf
it. Political coercion docs not retl,,oe GO,
sumption. It only proyokes strifo and a,
oitemont. Probably In ono-half Of Ii
tnvnshins Of Illinois thoro il a nnf,lo,a,
r ,rol,bitorv eant;mant IN eeouro y Wi
npa,ust licensing. suppose that tho pr
= hil,,t,on coutd ho snsoroed IN these tow,
8 ahina ona war3s, ond TINT ovarv aaloo
8 -, !, a.. :.