Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-30
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lowing:
"Man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little briei authority,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high
heaven
AS makes the angels weep"
when, did this intellectual "Gambri-
nus" but know it, the above quotation
is from Shakespeare's Merchant of
Venice"
He also says that liquor will be
sold secretly. Not bit of it, for the
men who voted for it will see that the
law is enforced to the letter.
He adds, "Olubs would spring up,
and license would be unnecessary"
Sometime ago Judge Brown, of Balti-
more, decided, in violation of the
Sunday laws, that the members of
the clubs are liable to he punished
when they so evade the law.
"Gambrinus" is not well posted or
he would not have attempted to
defend the use of whiskey. He tells
us that "the wealthy could continue
to have the choicest liquors in their
cellars" Why the wealthy have
their horses and carriages, palatial
residences, elegant furniture, and in
fact luxuries of every kind that the
poor cannot get.
We deny "that man strives to OBJ
tain that which is forbidden by the
laws of God and State" Why crime
would run rampant throughout our
beautiful land, and no woman would
be safe from the polluting touch of
the rake and lrunkard.
Reports from the Local Option
counties in this State tell us that the
citizens are happy, prosperous and
contented 4; jails empty, and crime as
hardly known; and yet "Gambrinus"
with his "effrontery" says otherwise
good citizens would evade the law
and become criminals" if it should go
into operation.
For the edifcation of "Gambrinus"
we give the following extracts from
newspapers and prominent men as to
how the mo License" system works
in various counties:
Caroline-"Jail ia very seldom occupied; (;
no street brawls or, contentious, and the
laws respected and obeyed Judge Stump
said the criminal code was seldom violated
in Caroline"
Prince Georges-'Lawyers with scarce
ly brief, judges without criminal cases,
tases largely reduced; and universal good
order"
Calvert-"Hon. Daniel r. Magfuder,
Judge of tho Seventh Judicial District,
says: Our Jail has not prisoner, and has
not had since May"
Talbot-"When the law first went into
effect here, there were II persons in jail,
and in 1S months afterwards there was
not one, and the sheriff said he could now
afford to and live ON his farm, as there
was nothing to do abou; the Jail, and that
this was the result of Local Option"
Worcester-"Sta Attorneys fees re-
duced from $1,000 to about $500, there
being but few criminal cases."
Dorchester-"Drunken men on our
streets are a rare sight; the future can
alone reveal the untold good that Local
Opti IN has accomplished for u.s."
1 could give you more INTEREST," ne
facts, "tsambrinus," did space permit.
These are enough to satisfy even you'
are they not Fam" !?
You say that TIE State Of Pennsyl-
vania has "charml,,agly illustrated
the effects of Local o. 'tion. Take a
peep into Westmoreland county ano
let US know what you THU 'k Oh 'ne
enforcement Of the law there.
And now to the last. You say:
81 venture the assertion, were these
apostles compelled to work week in the
mines, or in the keen blasts of a winti-y
wind on the railroad, or in the scorching
heat of furnace or rolling mill, their in
temperate zeal would commence Tagging"
Did you ever hear of the man who
blew on his hands, and when asked
by a hermit what he did that for,
answered to get them warm, and
when invited by the hermit to drink
some tea, blew in his cup, and when
the same query was put to him by his
host, replied it was to get it cool.
The hermit kicked him out with the
remark that he did not want anyone
around him who could elbow both
hot and cold with the same breath"
And it Is just so with whiskey, we
don't want anything that can elbow
hat and cold"
Let the whiskey party get better
man to defend them or the arguments
as advanced by old "Gsm." will be