The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-27
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EDITOR ADVANCE IN yn,,r: last Is.
sue there is All iilti nal ion that our Vii.
lage charter contains inc0nsistemt pro-
visions relative to the power TO license
the sale Of spilltUolls liquors, and quo-
tatiUns are made tl,trrtrOM ii. llrODf.
It seems to me- very clear from those
provisions that the power to license the
sale Of such liquors '.as a JercraGe," is
withheld, and the power to restrain by
license the sale or dispensing IF such liq-
uors for amy other purpose il given to
the council. Such is the plain language
of the charter quoted, and that con-
struct'on would make allit provisions
consistent. and he in keeping Will,
sound policy on the temperance ques-
ton. Please follow this article with
those quotations. EMORY CLARK.
Following are the provisions quoted
in lasts weeks ADVANCE: IL which At.
torney Clark refers: -.
No license for the selling Of wine,
l'eer, or cider, or spiritm"us. intoxica-
ting. alcoholic. vimO,ls. 3rrlnemtt'tl. malt
or mixed Intoxicating. liquoIs. liquids
or drinks as i beverage shall ~ granted
to amy person within the corporate linz
its"f sailvillag". And no person shall
v-n'l. deal in. or for the purposes of r.
vading the provisions IF law or this act,
give away or dispose Of on any prptext
whatever any Of the aforesaid liquors,
liquids or drinks within such corporate
limits.
In section 16. it provides that the
common council shall have authority
by ord inances, rules, regulations or by.
laws
Z" restrain any person from vending.
giving 0r dealing in spirituouS. i,,tox.
icating, aco'olic. malt or mixed. fer.
mpntpd or vinonS liquors or drinks,
unless duly licensed by the common com
CT.
Mr.. Clark has made u suggestion
which, helps us out Of the dilemma.
His view makes the charter consistent
and saves it fran tie charge Of l~ing
Il piece oGnpatch. work. Aud HOW Tint
he has furnished us the key which MI
locks tie mysteries IF the charter, the
more We think Of it the clearer it seem :.
And We believe that the better class Of
our citiZ"ns (n"t the Temperance fa-
natics nor the SALOON meu. will see the
| rrasn'!,hleness If this virw SEC II
,,listiuctly prohibits the granting Of Ii.
crnse to sell "u$ q bere:"ye.' But it
does not prohibit the granting of H.
cense t" sell for other and legitimate
purposes In fact it distinctly provides
in section sixteen that the common
council shall have power to prevent
any one from selling liquor unless H.
crnsetl Ivy the council. and the l'rovis-
i'm is utterly useless and se,,sel+ss un-
less it means that the council shall
grant license to sell for legi;imat pur.
poses.
Now. what we desire t" suggest TO
the council is this: Fake the bull square
~ Ivy the horns and 1T your next meet.
iug grant license to our druggists to sell
for medicinal. mechanical and sacva-
mental purposes. Our word for it.
this will Il" more to stop the everlast-
ing turmoil, ill., FEELING and heart burn
ings which. exist IN the community than
anything that has been done for years
in our village. The little cliqus Of
church ami temperance fanatics who
are prosecuting one set of sellers and
Shielding another set. ave running our
town. The name of "Worti.iugton'
has become Il hy-worl and we are il
laughing stock among our neighbors -
Men Of capital by the dozen lave come
here, looked the ground over with Il
view to- Investment and gone away. say
ing: This is no place for investment.
Your town is in the hands Of iliberal
men and fanatics and they will hold it
back and drive business and enterprise
away" Moreover, there is probably
not Il family in Mobiles county that does
no: need liqnor in the house for enler-
gencics ID legitimate purposes. They
will have it, and many OF them say
I'VE cannot get it ut Worthington.-
Even if :, druggist should SILL to lis, he
does so 1T his peril and lays himself liza
lie to I,ers-c,il 10" from the f:.,.AticS Of
that fanat ic cursed town. We must go
to Adrian, Sibley, Luvrrne or Jackson.
We can trade there rs we'll rs 1T Wor-
thington." Aud they DO 60 to other
towns by the score.
Will not the business men of WOr.
Ellington, who stand between the TEN.
perapce fanatics on the one hand and
the saloon men on the other, join hands
and recommend this course to our vii
lage council and pledge themselves: to
stan., hy them III giving peace to the
community?
TIE LIQUOR CASES.
We stated last week that O:son Girls
sey, the whisky detective, had been t.
ken tn A,lri ~ nm Il charge If perjury
H. appeared before Justice Carr, waived
rxa,nin ,tiom and was held in the sum
of $500 t" answer ut the coming Marcel,
term Of Court.
Tie first case against Ben Lang,|nm
came ny -" Monday. A jury trial was