West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-25
The Pending Amendment-W What
They Say.

The Fayette Enterprise well says
"The quickest and best way for
the Legislature to dispose of the
Prohibition Amendment is to sub
NIT it to the people. We hope this
will be done at the present session.
If the people desire it, they will
adopt it, and if not it will be re-
jected, and in either case the people
will rule, and it will, for time at
least, put stop to its agitation.
The Legislature ought not to with
hold from the people the privilege
of expressing themselves, individ-
ually, on this subject, And the
sooner it is done the better for the
welfare of all concerned.
WHAT THE VOTERS SAY WHEN
AsKED,-In District No. 10, Wood
county, Mr.. H. w. Jones secured to
the petition for Prohibition the
name of every voter but one.
In Valley Mills District, Cover
nor Stevenson's home, every voter
but two signed the petition.
THE TIDE.-We clip the follow
ing from the Pittsburg Christian
AdUocate, without comment, except
to remark that the statement that
"nearly all the county papers favor
the amendment" should be respect
fully submitted to the Richie Ga
zette. The Aduocate says:
"The temperance tide is running
high in West Virginia. Petitions
praying the Legislature to submit
a Prohibitory Amendment to a
vote of the people are widely circu-
lated and generally signed. The
county papers are discussing the
question, and nearly all favor the
Amendment. 1t looks we'll for
Prohibition in this growing State.
Selling without license is prohibit
ed by law and county courts can
grant or refuse license. No-license
reigns already in AZ out of the 50
counties. Push on is now the cry"
THE SENTINEL.-The editor of
the Parkersburg Sentinel writes to
his paper as follows:
"The Intelligcncer says my report
of rumor ahoat here of an attempt
to Mahonize West Virginia was
purely Imagination. The hatelli-
gencer is mad because country
newspaper came into this bailiwick
and found some news and printed it
before its half-dozen unpaid report
ers could get on to it. But Mr..
Campbell is entirely mistaken in
his assertion that the rumor was a
principal one on my part. 1t was
the first thing / heard, after my
arrival in Wheeling, and l was
asked by several persons if ! had
"heard of the attempt that was to
be made to Mahonize the State on
the Temperance issue" While on
this subject | will say that it is the
very general impression here that
the Prohibition Amendment will
pass the House of Delegates. There
is some doubt whether it will pass
the Senate or not, but when the av-
alanche of expected petitions pour
in it is probable that some of the
Senators who voted against it be-
fore, and particularly those who are
seeking a reelection, will vote for
it, And / would not be surprised
if it passed both bodies. 1t may be
modified some from the one voted
on last winter. 1t is even sugges-
ted that beer and wines be left I'M
prohibited.
Judge Ferguson told me the other
day that he had three or four
amendments he wanted to submit
Further on the writer says:
Occurring to the whisky bust
ness, / was told in Parkersburg a
few weeks ago by a prominent
Democratic prohibitionist that it
was the intention of the Republi-
cans to insert a prohibition plank
in their next State platform and
with it, sweep the state"
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