The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

have brouk&t 10 the keen. 9efce> uf1xn& lighs cf day. to hlacken every blot on the body polite of Maine. Some philosopher has sas8, the reason the vorld makes as little progress as it doe4 is owing 10 the fact that Ii takes more than half ot the tune of the wise 10 countcract the follies of the good l stated. near the beginning of this article. tha, Ohio adopted a prohibition constitution in 1881. and still lives under the same. 4 bill passed the legislature of Ohio. last month. to submit constl- tu,ional amendment to the people, al the next election. 10 allow the legislature the power to grant license. just as Il did thir.y-,wo years ago. IL is a strange fac, tha, this bill was passed by the votes cf the temperance people. and bitterly opposed and assailed by the whisky men.
 ..faN many shaft |, raadom sent,
 Fis.ds matk the archer little meant"
 l will now have few words 70 say about the three-mile church act. in Ar kanssw. which took effect las, January a year ago. IL has been in operation m the following counties: Woodruff, Nell. Franklin. St. Francis. Nevada, Mon- roc. Independence. Randolph and Lon oke, and several others. Any one read- ing the prohibition papers ot Arkansaw, would think tha, prohibition had ptohsb- ited in these counties; but. for ,unately for truth. the records of the circui, court show conelusively that il has state. that have been reliably informed , by citizens ot the towns that there were seyenty-one criminal indictments found .f.- I .h. 1.~s AlsAs court al Batessillc. and ninety-four at Pocahon,as. In Nevada and St. Francis counties. went to the records myself. and saw the criminal indictments under license. in 1881. and under the thrcc-mie- church act. m 1882. In these two coun- ties. in 1881. under license. there were i5o indictments. and iSi last year. under the thrce-mile-chureh act. Nevada county granted license again last January went there again and examined the records, and found only twenty indiet ments under license. s,. Francis county s,ill has the three-mile church act. The circuit court convened there last week. l was informed by lawyer oi Pores, City. tha, the grand lury found ever ia.o Ind.ot= men,s during the first three days oi the session. The prosecuting attorney io!d me that there were .3s indictments found at the last term of the court in Monroe county. The prosecuting attorney oi the dis;ut in ,.A}eh Lonoke county is si,g- ated. informed me that there were sixty i've criminal indictments found m th.,, county. al last term of court. and that the grand iury investigated seven murders that were committed m that county last year. How different x history from prophecy on this subject. At the election last September. the people of AtkansaN em- ph.ueally rcpudii,ei the ,Atee-mi!e church act. a, the polls. Six,y-swe oi the seveHty-four counties n the state voted for license. There were 79.245 5voies cast for license, and only .5.iS7 tor prohibl- ton. or for the continuance of the three mile church act. Notwithstanding this presnan, fact, and the fact ,ha; it had been proven a dead failure. the legisla- ture. instead of repeating the three-ml.e church act. retained Il. and aggrandned II. by making II extend ,o all cities of first and second-eiass. They themselves se- knoaiedged the old law failure, but now say the law is perfect.
 Man ne.cr is, hut al~ays b oe blessed.
 This ihree-mile church ac, has already done Arkansaw infinite harm. We have now reached the point when our cmigra- ton IS nearly equal 10 our immigration. There are now n Fort Worth, Texas. alone. eighteen people who have jeff Morrill,on since the ,hree-mile church act took effect there: and also know of twelve persons who have Jeff Searcy Now. most of these are young men who are n no way connected with the whisky business. and never have been. They left searcy. they informed me. because business was so dull iha, they could no, there obtain profitable employment, Nothing can be more detrimental to place than the loss of is ambitious and mos, intelligent young men. Hot-headcd prohio'lonists, by moral, or rather by an immoral mob, forced the three-mllc church act on these towns, 10 save. as they allege- their young men from temp ta,ion. But the young men arc fast lcas- ing these towns. and choosing deliber- a,ely to risk thcir fortunes and future m other places. Thus do unwise parents lose all control and influence over their children. This process of eliminating the young men of the county by these gloomy laws has been going on in Maine ana vermont the last thlrty-two years, and this IS what has brought everything in those states to a dead s,and-stiii
 Prohibition IS incorporate legislation. lt leads men 10 the mos, dangerous ex- trenes. |, dwarfs the intellect by exer- cislrg i,s noble faculties on vain, delu- s.ve. and unsubs,an,iAl things. i, de- siroys mankind, wi,hers the spirit. in- vades the domain of private judgment. and sisrobes the citizen sf the golden a,- tribute of independence. by putting hlm in the place of child with the state as his guardian. The manner oi it's enforce meni destroys all spirit of good neigh borhood: II renders man spy upon hIs feslox-man. his friend. and his neigh DOT. its strict enforlcmen, may make good ciiizens. bu, in order 10 do this, it ~ill first make bad men !; for no man caa respect and love his feilo~-rnan. and a. the saEe lime hound him doxn wiih tn,s infamous lAw. IL makes men hypocri,es.