Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-18
Communications.
LOCAL OPTION.

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Mr. Editor:-The friends of Ldbal
Option are again organizing for the pkt
campaign, with the hope Of obtaining a
law for Il special election, so much be-
sired by them, when they may havela en-
opportunity Of voting upon that ~ 81,
purely .pon its own merits, untr' ell
cd by any outside influences.
The following extract seems opA5r-
tune, (f you will give it space in ybur
Good INDEPENDENT from a speech OF
Gov st John of Kansas, as reported by
f. L Willard She said among other
other things, that she had the pleasure
Of hearing temperance speech Of his
That the Governor began by saying that
in Kansas for years they had recogniz-
ed the right Of women to a voice con-
corning the legal status Of the dram
shop The Iliuds bill was whatAge.
+ had found effective 50 far as Local y, !
/ ton could be, but he favored the-lul
I elective franchise for women, on grounds
of Justice He declared that the great
movement which in November last re-
suited in a Constitutional Amendment,
I prohibiting both manufacture ana sale
of strong drink in Kansas had not been
led by Major Generals or other officers,
but all had been thigh privates" and
none had borne a Drawer or more helm.
full part than the women. They bad
prayed aud talked, circulated literaur,
and made speeches, presented petitions
AMI furnished free coffee and sandwiehe,
at the polls Indeed the Amendment
would never have been submitted at all
but for the women's devotion to tn,
cause of Temperance: for, when TIVE
thirds Of the Senate had agreed to sub
nit it to the people, and the Temper
ance party, rallying all their energies
had worked in the house of Representa-
tives until midnight, the vote was taken
and they lacked one to make up the re
quislte two-thirds, when bcholll Al
their hearts sank within them, GENT,
little woman passed along the crowded
aisle OF the house straight up to he
Democratie husband, and plead with +
for her sake, and that of their childr1-
for the good of Kansas, and the glorf.
L!.sa. - ~; wnoroh pom to-. .AsJ. pa<S
won in the Legislature, and the peo1
did the rest "But after all it wiS
quiet little woman who saved the day
said the good Governor, with the prid
of a nature so generous and manly tbs
it delights to recognize the strength {
the class after called weak :"
But people say we must be graz
ual about all this? 1t will greatly harI
the people who drink if you take ava
their cups too suddenly There is Ju
one sequestered spot where prohibitic
reigns without rival, and that's I'll
jail We protect the thief inside fro
tue assaults of the saloon; but not ii
honest man outside We cut off the IA
4 tons there with absolute suddenness an
4 yet 1t has never harmed the health
; anybody. Men 60 in mere physic
wrecks because Of strong drink The
come out strong and stalwart No IL
e friend, license is deluSion and a snar
view it from any side you will.
5 logic is simply execrable. If you wan
ed to diminish horse stealing, won
! you proceed to legalize it? or theft ?
t arson? The same principle underli'
f our irrepressible conflict with the abou
, Unable system of license laws
The Governor said that as a ba1n
State for total abstinence Kansas is q
: titled to take high rank She has t,
j. Congressman, a Senator, three Sunral
: Court Judges, all total abstainerS, an
every State officer is also teetotaler.
No 8.