Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-06
AUTHORIZATION.

The people of North Carolina clos d
on Thursday last one OF the most excit-
ing campaigns on the liquor question
that has ever taken place in that or any
other State.
The vote was upon the ratification or
rejection OF the prohi6itory liquor law
passed by the Legislature. Last winter
in a small way, the prohibitionists be-
gan the agitation OF the passage OF a
LIQUOR law, and, before the Legislature
had adjourned, the body was deluged
with petitions against the selling OF
liquor in the State. In several counties
local option laws were passed and the
sale OF liquor was prohibited, and finally
bill was passed making it crime 10
manufacture spirituous liquors, or 10
sell the same save upon the prescription
of physicians. This bill was required to
be submitted to the people at an cleo
ton and on its passage begani in real earn
est the prohibition campaign.
The subject was most thoroughly dis
cussed from the stump, and there were
but few people in the State who did not
take hand in the fight, not excluding
the women, whose influence and efforts
were very great in behalf of the prohibit
tionists.
In the campaign much feeling was
engendered, rs is usually the case, and
whisky "ilowed like water" 1t was not
understood to be party question, yet
the law was passed. by a Legislature
overwhelmingly Democratic. The Re-
publicans united with the negroes in
opposing it, and the Democrats were
divided.
The report from Wilmington as to the
result is that "the returns are all one
way" "As far as heard irom," SAYS the
report, mot single county was carried
by the prohibitionists." Another dis
patch from Raleigh says:
The election passed over onietly.
Towns where the Prohibition strength
was conceded to lie have all given, as
far as heard from, heavy anti-Prohibi-
ton majorities. The vote was light.
The negroes voted solidly with the Re-
publican leaders who had pronounced
against Prohibition. The majority
against the measure will be large, per-
haps 1000.
Thus ends the first temperance battle
of the year on the prohibition platform.
The Republican papers OF Ohio are
printing letters written by JOHN W.
BoOEwALTER, Democratic candidate for
Governor during the last Presidential
campaign, to show that he had been a
Republican up to that time. In one OF
these he gave as his reasons for support
ing HANCOCK, he did not like GARFIELD
aud he despised Arthur. He reviewed
some Of the serious charges against the
present executive, which We will now
only allude to; they are well known to
every voter. He then declared that he
would support HANCOCK, whom he call
ed clean man, a soldier and a statesman
OF ability and integrity. Ii our Repub-
lican friends expect to injure Mr.. Book
WALTERS chances of success by such
statements as these they will be sadly
The Democrats don't
care when a man joined. Their only
question is and should be, "Is he good
Democrat now" When q man with
such large interests at stake as Mr.
BooKwALTER had could resist the pres.
sure OF the business scare" and vote
for HANCOCK he ought to he applauded
for the act. 1t showed independence of
character, such as good Democrat and
a good governor ought to possess.
II IS said that the iron and steel works
now being erected at Goshen, Rock
bridge county, Va, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio road, will be the largest in the
South. The company, which is com.
posed altogether of English capitalists,
is styled the "Iron and Steel Works As.
ISOLATION OF Virginia" Mr.W. n. PAGE,
Of Virginia, is the superintendent OF
The company has a CAPT.