Daily Republican., 1883-03-12
violation Of the Lieeu.e Lava,

grocery stores rs he sees proper. Ii,
would make no diitererce 80 far rs the
public veal or woe WAS concerned
whether one man ora hundred men
owned all the places where liquor was
sold in the city. License is asked for
a location, and the plea for it is, that it
is needed tor the public accommodation.
What difference then does it make who
gets the license provided the applicant
measures up TO the law that require $
him to be- a man Of good moral clarae-
ter, and of good repute for sobriety and
Temperance? Is anybody disposed to
smile al these requirements Ifthere
is We cannot help it that is the law.
Would it not be as well for our law
makers to look little deeper into this
question of licensing the sale of liquor,
and with different object in view
than to see that no man gets license for
more than one place? We have what
is called II stringent license law, ap-
parently carefully guarded and We
have in addition to the regular con-
stabulary force to enforce laws and
arrest violators, IA special bailitf, EN-
ployed at three dollars day, whose
only duty is to see that the license laws
are not violated and if they are TO bring
the violators to justice. But in spite of
all these precautions it is an undeniable
fact that the license laws are habitually
and daily violated The sale of liquor
on Sunday is forbidden, but in spite Of
this prohibition there are often NOR.
drunken men, young men too, to be-
seen upon the streets on Sunday than
upon any other day of the week. The
laws forbid the sale of liquor to minors
at all times. Look AT the crowds Of
drunken staggering boys Keeling daily
through the streets. There must hr a
| loop hole somewhere that the law has
not found out and which is we'll
known TO boys and liquor dealers, aNu
which defie~ even the keen perceptions
Of our Argus-eycd bailif' Mr.. OgIe. The
license laws also forbid the sale Of
liquor to intoxicated persons. 70 SEE
how shameitIlly this part Of til" law
is violated, We have iookr,l At the
crowds Who are coultir.aIly in'oAlrated
There certainly cal, b. littr tronii. III
procuring liquor whrn these ruln,oakcd
/" buns are all the time when uut ol
Jail titled with IT, In these tire" ,ar'ic-
uar polnts-seIlng liquor on sunday.
selling to minors and selling to intnE-
.catrd p"rSuns-th" license laws ar
shan"tulIy violated by somebody,
The question is by whom! Ask every
Iic"nstd dealer in the cIry, il in any
point they violate the law, and they
viii indignant y answer no. Mr., D.Ic,
who is !. temperate man, says NJ has
tried his best a. ini out wherein the
Iaw is vloIatt't but without aiaiL Yet
here are he ryiururr- ii If, violation all
AROUND rs. " no does this Wnrrrdu
thrnc Sunday rlpplcr, srt their IiYuor
VI ho does put the hutt.r to rilr lips Of
these staggering boys from twelve "a
eighteen Years Of age" " here Is there
al up, II uu'r tor intoxicated men t. step
IN amt -. more bc">rt ) Intoxicated -
wh'rr. We do not brIicyr that all Unr
licensed dealers are. Virlaturs ct tn"
law. indeed, 50 far as UIr personal
kmuwlrdsc extends, We Il" not know OF
any viOlatOrs, but nevertheless, we Il
know that t. some persons the Sabbath
is but "a day Of bacchanalian r"vrlrv,
and that al AL time, intoxicated boys
and men stass"r and reel through the
streets.
Instead Of splitting hair, over plu-
raIity Of license, for one man, our ie. is
IAtiyr Nolun- should take another view
Of the liquor question, and le.i> Az. Ia
to preserve the sauctlty OF thr sabbath.
and T., ave the hundreds of men and
boy" " hr AZ" pressing rapidly down ~
tin InonlS Of Il drunkard' grave.