New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-09
THE SALOON CANDIDATE.

Judge Hoadly, of Ohio, has not lmmor'aiizeu
nor elected himself by his recent utterances.
He aopened" the campaign by speech at
Hamilton Saturday night, but had more tlian
half way opened it before by epstolary
declarations on civil service reform, the tariff,
the new Democracy" and other interesting
topics. In every effort, so far, he has manage"
to secure the hearty disapprOval OF some Oh ms
own party. But we fail as yet to see a Single
point that he has made by which he can hope
to win votes from the opposing party
Apparently he hoped to do so by his dis-
cussion of the temperance question SATURDAY
night. Other questions lie postponed, OF
touched upon briefly; the tariff especially nc
promised to discuss Mt some future time : ou1
the cause of the saloon-keepers could not be de-
ferred. As reported for Democratic Journals,
the speech is curious appeal to the liquor
sellers and liquor-drnkers mixed up with slig-
gestions designed to array Prohloiuonists
against the Republican candidate. lie held
that drinking was not wrong in itself, and
therefore any prohibition of it is an infringe
ment of private right. But its abuse Is wrong
and therefore it was the duty OF the State 10
regulate it by graduated license system, that
should bear proportion to the amount OF the
traffic and to the amount of injury the traffic
smay do" When an able and dcxterous man
resorts to IN absurdly illogical argument, it is
safe to say that he is conscious OF the weakness
of his position.
Neither party proposes to regulate drink
ing, as Judge Hoady very we'll knows There
is no issue between parties as to the drinking {;
the question is as to the selling The license
law which Judge Hoadly advocates has not
been enacted Ivy the Democrats, though they
have had ample power and opportunities. Inc
| proposal is q mere device of the candidate 10
escape his real position as the champion OF I'M
limited and untaxed liquor-selling. But he Is
| not able to offer single sound reason why this
traffic should not be restrained so fer as taxa
ton may restrain it, nor any reason why II
should not be made to pay part OF the public
| EXPENSES that it causes. 1t is the opinion OF
the Republican patty that unlimited liquor
selling is contrary to public welfare. Ii enables
too many people to live without productive
labor, upon the excuses or vices oil others; IL
opeDs too many saloons which tempt the young
and the weak too constantly; 1t makes too
many drnkards and criminals and widows
and orphans. The dram-shop and other pre-
vious laws have proved utterly Ineffective
hence tax is imposed, partly to lessen the
number of people who shall get living by
selling liquor, and partly to make those who do
sell pay part of the enormous cost involved
by the traffic. If there had been respectable
argument against this measure, so shrewd
man as Judge Hoadly would not have failed to
find it.
The candidate is like his party--a little
backward in coming forward on the tariff
| question. But neither the candidate nor the
party can evade it. If Ohio wishes to turn the
| National Government over TO the free-tradc
| Democracy, no speech from Judge Hoadly is
needed to prove that his election would be a
long step in that direction