The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-29

~, n, from which it lies, 1t no longer
wv WV ,tovits it's bright head is l'WO
"iI., =" though, the haze around 1t l"'Oo
" ,DJ ,ho tail l!OO OOO miles long
~, aV,vI.lrr" M the temperance Con-
VFnIlOu.
Tro NJ three points in the Rrqisttr''
','Dd s6mewhst remarkable editorial
=, J'S ,..lsrd,y on the State Temperance
c,1,pn,iou seem to demand some notice,
md you will confer a favor upon the
1T,,, and upon many others by admit
tsr bhsI review Of the said editorial,
EIn.-The editorial insists that all who
., ,,,Des,ly desirous of mitigating the
~. Of the IiluOr traffic are anxious that
X, " mconvsnlion shall take steps that have
.ms ov promise Of success. and that 1t VIII
~ II merely Stir up the bad blood oI the
.Soo,ino .% ACTIONS and give the temper
'Srs ,eIorm another defeat. How the
.,svsntIop, or anybody else, can do any
tbjpVtbat promises to restrict or destroy
Ss % Ion0r traffic without stirring up "the
5 b'ood Of the opposing factions" the
Sti blood" Of those who advocate and
nny on ibis lrSAiC, this writer cannot
n, Such thing has never been done,
,Sj / link, never will be done. The
mai, promise Of success" there 10 In any
ns,lure for delivering the State from the
md Of The liquor traffic, the more " bad
Mood there viii be stirred up In certain
Su,tsn. The convention proposes to
n,k1 40 earnest, conscientious, persistent
,f,NtohA have the leValzsd liquor tratnC
,b6.bbed believing that II Is 10 the inter.
adj ne State to do 80, ard II will go by
lhs ,hotest, most effective way to this
md NiShall be blessed with wisdom 10
NIAb way, and not be deferred from
attempting thorough work by the fear oI
EifrIng % bad blood, Those earnestly
dsItug The mitigation OF the evils OF the
lqaOr traffic will, | bsIisVe, unanimously
lndOne and aid In such o course on The
pt OIL The convention.
StcOnd-The Rglitr assumes that such
measures @ the Convention may propose
Will, most likely, no! be supported by the
people, nnd thinks II is the part Of states.
nIHIhlp 10 accept the situation and deal
With things as they are. Such course
mIy bs craftsmanship" In the sense Of
thsisin In partisan politics, In the termi.
HOIcVy Of office seeking and training Tor
popularity, but such course is not q
Wis one IOr men working for q needed
reform and SbOfing 10 abolish 0 great
cure. Such course would most ObviouBly
hllGll reform and block all progress. The
tiuepollCy II things are not as they
should be, not 10 accept thesituation, but
toendeSvOr to get things Rs they should
be. To AcCeptths situation in the Registers
le0'e oI The expression, as regards the
liquor traffic would be to defeat inevitably
ali possibility oi abolshing the evils Of
The traffic. The Convention proposes 10
atOpt measures that will, as etFecLually as
possible, deliver our people from the evils
Ol The liquor traffic, and then, II the peo.
pIeaIenOt ready to Osupport these measures
golO work and get them ready 10 support
them. II the Rtgisler can suggest q more
aAtesna1lke or sensible course than this,
the Convention will be extremely obliged
lOit IOfiL
H4t
Ihifd-The hgi,l,r further aAmonishes
The Convention that, since ii cannot carry
out lie measures without the sanction OF
the people, II would be visa to ask for
only such REFORMS as II is sure The people
Ae ready to grant. The convention Ia not
Mall sure that the people are not ready 10
EfAnt a6sol luts prohibition, II they could
Oat get their Legislature to grant them the
privilege Of making their wishes known
III Inc matter, 1t S 80 sure Of this that
one ot the principle steps It proposes 10
iALe at this session Ia to devise means 10
induce tue Legislatureto give the people
40 opportunity TO show whether they are
ready llf prohibition or not. The only
wy to lind out certainly whether the peo.
PIe Se ready Tor prohibition, or for any
,I V.nef reform, is 10 submit the question 10
mem TIE policy Of the convention is 10
~. y. 'ne Il6efiy Of asking the people 10 Bus.
an J. prohibition, aud, II they are not ready
isldy. P'''s'N " se' '"e'n
4. toaflh-l am wholly unable 10 see how
Vete anything impractical or foolish In
ssss,ueaVotlnR ss, to yet the people by their
iv'e " 10 abolish the lpgAlz'd liquor traffic,
!, uo mol aee how this can be construed 10.
" sny nnEiI!Itg1eSs to succeed III less
IN Ie y. y.n succeed, AZ the ECghtcr says, by q
HuHe jump, o. into Anv unVillipphess
IVY. 70 nave "feStlictit nA" unless we can
0,Nt S.'e eenIIle prohibition. Tha convention
N proposes to ask tDf all II wants and will
S..si W. ~ y can set, ard will not prefer no
U'ead 10 The hall.Ioat
49,! r.'a7the Rgisier further says that Lh 9
,sIs Ds.S,. 81 the Times indicate clearly that
~ i,u.uIloh .o asa temperance reform is los.
~ S,,,s s,,1unu' How prohibition can lose
iE,Ol9u Ell when 1t has never been tiled The
SSsyIu 4 W. may be abe To ace, hut I am not,
Gge s,, rejection Of prohibition by the Leg
sSaus aIS IN The Stales nfsrfed 10 10 no AZ.
~ inISS'I. ~ gaInst the efficiency oil ptohibl.
StolMN1eIl. UI MNeIl. AS 10 tie eItecliv venees a
II si'ySa.Vlnon Y! Wn In decreasing the evils
u Si..s ,as llqaor traffic, wherever II has been
Il a ,sj WlsI, lhe multitude Of unChallenR
N N, and M interchangeable iaCls that are within
%...NG ,SV,eaGh Of everybody who wants them
I NJ \, y unnecessary 10 meet the assump
yagl ny y, 1he Rtgt''TthAt prohibition Ia a fall
M, ,i,i,..ne ine SliMony Of thousands Of the bes
bs b'I9s ns " hAhsa', together with that o
NJ ~, governor and o,hef 6illcets ol III,
I,S.. I"e' y 10 MVood "A that Of the "exChAnpe'
SIgn." MI, "nlCli The Register learns that pfohi
\ HTIu y J, 1ss largely become q dead letter
Il ASs.iILh-Finally, II The Rsasl,r assume
H., \ :, otcause u Q Convention 10 In earnest
~. " w ig5esAn'e 1t means business, 81 and vii
wv S,,,. can Iegitimately 10 deliver III
|, S'S !, y 'Iom The curse Of the liauot Uaffi(
X. y !. u, e'eloFe composed Of "iahatlcsn Ian
SsoH lIsaSsumption Ia etAliuIous. The
~ !. y e0oi 100 .,cleAF.headed, iaIi.mlnded mel
l,L.Ss Ls'' "ofk TillbhoW, III am not mi
'-a0u' DRLRoATR.