Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-28
Democratic County Ticket.

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For Judge Western District ....R. Creed Carter
For Constable Salt River Tp..,-..S. M. Gilbert
ro. Justice. Peace Salt Rive, III !; 1 /; S H E:::;s,
LICENSE REFORMATION.
Now that the county and state con-
v~entions are over, and their acts are
all passed into a history that can
neither be recalled or altered, it can
be readily een that the speeches and
motions Of their delegates, whether
well received or otherwise, their plat
forms and tickets have done much to
clear up the political atmosphere and
make it easier to prosecute an intelli-
gent canvass Of the impending cleo
ton. Among these gatherings, the
republican insurgents have played an
important part, and while it is posi-
BILE that their late meeting and action
at Jefferson City may lead to the ulti-
mate publication and emancipation of
their parity, it is now certain that
their ticket will not be successful this
fall. Perhaps that was not expected.
1t may be that all that was contein-
plated in the movement at present was
d~eliverance from bossism and green
backism, which has been apparently
accomplished, how effectually time
and the votes cast this fall will reveal,
for Filley, Sampson-like, is still striv-
ing to topple the edifce raised by
them about their heads, and the first
necessary consequence Of all this will
be a divided and scattered republican
poll and a reconstruction of factions.
OF the personnel Of the nominations
that have been made, there will be
abundant opportunity to speak here
after, should anything of that sort be
necessary or desirable. At present
it is the intention Of this paper to deal
with the insurgent anti-prohibition
plank, which has created disappoint-
ment and ven CONSERVATION among
both the republican reform party and
the temperance alliance folk. Many
Of the former advocate prohibition
from principle, and not a few Of them
propose to submit a probationary
constitutional amendment, as a tub
cast to a whale to sport with. The
latter-the Alliance people-counted
upon the republican and greenback
parties and a divided democracy as a
means to obtain from the legislature
an actual test Of popular opinion, but
the anti-prohibition plank annihilates
in a sentence all that sort Of hope.
1t gives truly no uncertain sound ;
but advocates openly and unreservedly
local option and a higher priced and
more restricted license law, and it is
now almost certain that tie most of
the insurgents in the next legislature
will aim to give efficacy to such views.
How the democracy will divide on
that question cannot be told until it is
known how many anti-sumptuary rep
resentatives are sem to Jefferson City.
While many liquor vendors are also
incensed by what the insurgents have
done and will not vote their ticket,
a ~stricter license law and IN improved
method Of dealing with and regulating
saloons may be all that will be widely
demanded. As prohibition has been
heretofore agitated, it has diverted
legislative attention from statutory to
constitutional reform. Where the
restrictive measures of the prohibit
tionists have been adopted and en-
forced, our present laws have proven
to be sufficient to prevent saloon traf-
fic; but where they have been either
rejected or outsoted, - has been
done in by far the major portion of
the State, that result has been almost
everywhere regarded as q triumph of
intemperance over temperance, and
afterwards liquor vendors have been
permitted to conduct their establish
ments nearly as they pleased, the me-.
essary consequence Of all which has
been increased u%npopularity, and not
unfrequentIy consolidation Of whole
communities into opposition to saloons
in any form. 1t was not expected,
however, in the convention adopting
the anti-prohibition plank, that it
would Immediately meet with unyer-
sal endorsement. On that head Gen.
John B. Henderson said: although
the prohibitionists may not be salts
fed with the action taken to-day, they
will be six years hence" intimating
in doing so, that such q change would
be wrought in liquor traffic by an i'm
proved license law that even present
prohibitionists would admit, after
giving it fair trial, the best possible
results had been thereby attained.
Some of the citizens of Saline coun-
ty were indicted by the grand jury
this week fot cutting wheat on SUM-
day. The grand jury Of that county
should indiet the parties who play
cards in that town on Sunday and
give the hard working farmers . fair
show.