The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-09

in fact, it has always been the policy ant
practice of law for many centuries
First offense $40 fine" Second offense
sixty days Jail" Third and every sub
thus thousands of these poor wretches
ruined by legalized temptations. spend ;
quarter, half, three-quarters of their live
in Jail at degrading labor.
Not long before his death ThurloW
| Weed, in the N. Y. Tribune, proposed
this plan: The article was entitled, "Wint
Remedy for Intemperance,"' and urged
did not say whether by purchase or con
quest, but the acquisition-of territory
/ suitable for the vine, and that wine should
i be provided so cheap and abundant as to
| become the common drink of the people
/ Not long after Bishop Huntingdon, OF
j Syracuse, N. Y, proposed his plan, which
ne was sure would be perfect cure. 1t
was to erect, by taxation of the people
! lnebrlate aSylumS, numerous enough and
large enough to receive all the drunkards
in the country, in which they were to be
| excluded from drink" These asylums
Were to be supported by the fees imposed
| upon grog shops, which should be numer-
GUS enough and fees large enough to
! afford sufficient means for the main
| continued supply of drunkards.
Within a month or two some seventy
persons of Chicago had meeting for the
purpose OF devising remedy for intem-
perance, and after much talk, by large
majority it was Resozoed, that High Ii
cense" would be sure cure! These men
do not seem to consider that the result of
all this is to withdraw from them and
from their profession the confidence and
respect of the people Everybody knows
that the purpose of all these projects and
Remedies" is to protect the grog shops
against popular indignation, and to con-
tinue to them the sanction and protection
of law.
PORTLAND, Me-, June 20 1888.
The Ohio State Journal, published
at Columbus, one of the .ablest Re-
publican papers in the State, had the
following editorial on Wednesday Of
of last week:
THE SECOND AMENDMENT CONVENTION.
The State convention in behalf of
the prohibitory amendment which
met in the City hall yesterday was, in
point Of numbers, enthusiasm and
character of the delegates, all that the
most enthusiastic and hopeful friends
Of that amendment could have de-
sired. The practical and methodical
manner in which the business was
transacted indicates the determination
of those composing the convention to
leave nothing undone to call out the
very fullest possible expression on
pending amendments.
The convention was emphatically a
second amendment movement and it
was nothing else. There was no
dragging in of extraneous issues
which can only result in distracting
attention from the leading issue, and
engendering differences and wrangles
over other matters entirely foreign to
their purpose. The organization
which is proposed is one which the
political parties might initiate with
profit, as it is one which, if perfected
as proposed, cannot fail to rally the
entire strength Of the amendment
throughout the state.
The platform clearly sets forth the
purpose Of the movement to be, as an
nounced in the call, purely non-par-
tisan effort to rally public sentiment
in favor of prohibition by the only
means which can ever be permanent
ly operative in behalf OF any moral
progress. It is clearly stated in the
resolutions that all party distinctions
are to be ignored in the campaign.
which of course leaves the voter un-
tramelled in his choice of candidates
for the several offices.
The effect Of votes for or against
The several amendments is fairly stat
ed, excepting as to vote for both
amendments, which it is charged will
have the effect Of decreasing the vote
for prohibition. This is scarcely log
ical, as the vote for both propositions
counts just as much for the second as
it would if cast alone for the second.
This, however, is matter Of little
moment, excepting in that it is well
to be correct even in trifes, although
we have no idea that the framer of
the resolution intended to strike at
the first proposition in an improper
manner.
The political campaign may now be
said to be fairly inaugurated in the
state, and it certainly gives promise
of lively time. In addition to a
canvass between the old parties,
which bade fair to be of more than
ordinary activity, comes this new fea-
ture introducing an element whose
intelligent vigor and determination
cannot we'll be overestimated. The
result of all this will doubtless be the
largest aggregate vote ever polled at
a general election in the state.