West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-04
discrimination i'm Monroe County

need of praise to MeSsrs. Hlnch-
man, Neef, and Symns, our Com
missioners, for the noble stand tax
On bv them in refusing to grant IL
cense for the sale of liquors in the
town. | know the opinion is rife
that there will be no less liquors
sold or drank than before, but you
will find on close scrutiny that this
oninion or notion or within or what
ever you may be pleased to call it,
nrevails ninety-nine times out of a
hundred among those who like to
indulge in a social glass,or who new
or as vet have been educated or reli-
giously trained to deprecate the evil
Of intemperance, as it ought to be
deprecated by all good citizens. I
am not one of those who believe in
necessary evils. Whatever is evil or
tends to evil should be frowned
down. Anybody knows, or ought
to know, that the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors Unfortunately, is an
evil and a very great evil. If, as
has been contended, there should be
noless liquor used, these gentlemen,
our Commissioners, will have the
proud satisfaction of knowing that
they are not accessory to this evil,
and those who will, in defiance of
law, or the dictates of conscience,
continue to traffic in this soluble
stroving stuff, will more certainly
visit upon themselves the curses of
an outraged people,-"CGTIzEN," IN
the Border Watchman.
Some time ago we noticed this
first instance of genuine discrimi-
nation in granting licenses, as hav-
ing been made by the Commission
ers of Monroe county, who granted
licenses to sell liquors at the two
Sulphur Springs in the county, but
refused in Anderson, Union and 9TH
er towns. In reply to "Citizen" as
given above, an aggrieved brother,
49, relieves himself in the col
umns of the Watchman, in style at
once rich, rancorous and racy. He
speaks of "Citizen as a Temperance
tramp" and says,hi "'Glory Halle
lujah' to Messrs. Hinchman, Symns
and Neel, composing the County
Court, would have been more effec-
tive if sung in back yard after II
o'clock at night" 1t seems to have
been effective on the writer IS" as
1t was. He dives into logic, argu-
ing that "our hotels are about the
onl y business left us and we have
got sense enough to stand to and
fight for our own"
Now there is a patriotism for you
demanding memorials and monu-
ments without stint. What is it
to tight for "your affairs and your
slres, compared with swinging the
shllalah in defense of the beer and
whisky corners of our hotels We
were indeed sorry for the business
enterprises of Monroe, if the bar
rooms be all of hope that is left.
But we won't rely on this bar-room
statement. The writer waxeth elo-
quent: owe Union voters take no
stock in spawned or broked-backed
Purltanism. When we want
drink we propose to 60 to a well-reg-
ulated and governed bar-room, con-
Quoted by bonded officer of the
court, and pay for it. Nine-tenths
0l US have a quarter every Satur-
Gay, but havn't five dollars to send
TO Staunton for a jug. Your five
uollar man Is great moral reform
eF, The 25-cent man wants his To-
cal bar-room."
We have often heard of we'll
regulated and governed bar-rooms,
Enough we can't conceive of such ;
out We submit that "bonded officer
Oh the court" is both new and re-
markable. 1t gives our saloon keep
erS an official dignity and standing
along with our clerks, constables,
Sherltfs, &c. And when we come to