Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-30
AS OTHERS SEE 1T.
oulnions Of Our Congrsssmsn on
Prohibition.
Some Questions to the Senators and Repre-
senta,iyes ofWest Virginia Concerning
the Prohibition Amendment
PoEgamy in Idaho.
yEST VIRGINIA WAR CLAIMS.
S.e-iai Dispatch to Ire Regi,ter.

tbe views of West VirgiDians here in
Washington, on the question of the pro-
rosed prohibitory amendment in your
State. Of which sent you some account
las: week, find on further enquiry that
the majority of your representatives. are
opposed to the main features Of the meas.
IRE. Senator Davis thought it would be
sn impOlitic thing for any political party
10 assume the responsibility OF refusing to
submit the question to popular decision
when such submission was asked for by
any considerable number OF the voters Of
the State, but considered it probable
rlat the amendment would be
voted down, referring to the
Growing unpOpularity Of prohibition laws
In States which had adopted them, and
suggesting that the activity shown by ad'
yocales OF the measure, as compared with
the apparent carelessness OF its opponents,
vsS 20 indication of the result when the
L after comes 10 be decided at the polls.
Prohibition Views and Figures.
The same idea was advanced by other
West Virginians on the Senate side, and
one ex.repre>entatiye Of the State was un.
generous enough to intimate that good
many who felt constrained by their i'm
mediate surroundings to take up the pro-
hibition amendment would quietly vote
s,ainst it when the issue comes up for set
,sment. As the question is likely to be a
lie one in West Virginia politics for some
tine 70 come, got Senator Camden yes
lp-lay 70 procure from Senator Vest, Of
" ss0uri, the lures on which Vests COM
4 T.sy
We, made duru : the discussion on the civil
,,-y.Ce bill last neCember
Whis.. and Politics.
The C0mparisol was made for the pur-
pose Of showing that Republicanism did
not necessarily mean temperance and
Democracy was not synomous with whis-
ky but the figures are not any less inter
es,inc on that account.
Ex-senator Charlie Caldwell told me the
last time was in Parkersburg that people
Up IN the back counties could not under
stand how Re could be Democrat and yet
,..Ire 20 take drink, and, TO tell the
truth sbou, it, added the advocate of De-
4ut,racy aud spirituOus drOuth, ~ could
lar#ly understand it myself In this
Wv Of the case the statistics are still more
Interesting, and being official, may be
Booked upon as reliable.
senator Vests Explorations.
Vest found that Maine had had PrOhib-
4i.vry LIQUOR law for thirty.one years, and
bet the reports Of the Internal Revenue
4 apartment showed that in the last four
Sesrs the number OF saloon keepers and re-
h.. liquor dealers in that State had in
creased more than loo per cent. In the re-
! orts Of that department he further found
-r fact that in lSIT Maine had iO2 retail
Uor dealers; in ISIS, AZ, in 1879, 69t;
l>>H. ~, and IN lSSl, so, an increase of
y'a.. GgUur dealers and saloon keepers be-
J Heeu - and lSSl Of from 4O2 70 50.
] G,,e .ac,S are shown by the issue OF Gov
t-.meut licenses, the liquor dealers who
axe the ;Le State law preferrmg to nay
per Luuum rather than take their
-aaycs OF Government prosecution.
Maine and West Virginia.
Maine by the census of 1880 has popu-
Qa,,"D "iGI~.H&G. West Virginia by the
pane census has a population Of SIS, 457, a
3treuce Of about $1,000 in population,
ct IN Maine, prohibitory State, there are
S'ail liquor dealers, or one to each 79l
Itants, and in West Virginia, which
p" 4 prohibition feature in its constitu-
tbere is one to every SIC inhabitants.
a., same time there were returned in
- Ane retail. dealers in malt liquors, -;
Hd wholesale dealers in malt liquors, 9; in
est Virginia, retail dealers in malt IL
tuors o., and wholesale dealers 7.
Presidential Liquor.
These are tgures Of special State inter
p; and they teach their own lesson. For
e benefit Of those who want to pursue
r. investigation from a political stand.
foint here are the balance:
Gen. Garfield received for the Presidency
i5U2-l votes Gen Hancock received /, AZ =
votes, giving Garfield a majority over
ancocS o. &u"3. In the States which voted
"arHrlu there are by the last internal
RveaEe report lUS,lS retail HquOr deal
In he states which voted for Han
there are 51.1I2. giving 10 the Repub
@u' wa."rlty OF 81, 4j6 saloons.
comparison of states.
~ "mrar'nr States, Wisconsin with pop
Patton Of lIl5, 10, had 4. 9S6 retail liquor
a'rars. or one TO each 256 inhabitants.
',e Georgia with a population OF l,542,-
u and u.u,U smocratic majority, only
one retail. liquor dealer TO each 6l2 in
ows, with a population of l,623, 3,6l5,
St' return OF 45lJ liquor dealers, or
I" ea'h 80 inhabitants. Texas has a
a'ai."u ut l,IHl, ~, and there is one
'"F dealer 10 each jjS inhabitants
- hampshire has a population Of
together with prOhioitory liquor
ana hS> .t8 retail liquor dealers, or one
8ta'I "." inhabitants. Florida, coming
- IN point Of population
"a ON the Other Side.
'' g." Inhabitants and 4S7 retail hluov
.e'' ie'ug nue 70 each $50 inhabitants
ah'1N with population Of 996, ,OS6. and
Win rTuhIhltOry law, has l.I32 retail
"' ''a.~rs or one 70 each S79 inhab
'> >.Wh Carolina has 3 population
','.'' difference u only SO in popu
gha las one retail liquor dealer tc
foch 'l. lu ta5itants. -
,'a'nusr,iS, with q population oil
~<,+ 0r .H~ ~ retail liquor dealers. OF
\" '"'" "a inhabitants while North
(- .. N'n a population Of l.&Jp. -.
~-rI -.'. t''t ..taor dealers, or one {.
,~TI '''N0''aAlS' LNS.
WAR CLAIMS.
Pie'e Li~t OF West v. rri,ts,.
'h" Am"unt Allowed Each.
>D'''H Dispatch o. he RsR,.,r
HlNaToS, January 2s.-Tbe fo,lovi,.
t9mpie'e list Of the claimants in N,
stspi West Virginia, and the amorDt
fed b to esch Oy the Committee on w,
under the bill, which provide, -
ment OF such claims by the Ssc-,
'ne Treasury, out of any money !,
tnsH HAsury not otherwise. appropri,ta,
se7craI persons in this act nam =
~' sums mentioned herein. N
iog IN full for, and the rscsiD, .
10 De taken and accepted il e,c
iuii and final discharge Of ~
- 'SinS examined and all,wsJ \