Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-09-07
DOES PROHIBITION rRonlpirl
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. J

I. .ostar.s nm, ,,,,co a. ntto,,;vo l., ,t,o
20, 80 ,''ss;on ~ s ~ ,hoy y,sas;o ',,,a ~ '
@ I'M, lsws p ag,insi az ,ho er;mes % ,hsy % a,e In in'.
tended TO prevent
Again. In 1873. Goyernor perham said
ut is probable that less intoxicating
liquors nre drunk in Maine than in any
other place ri equal popnla,ion in the
conntry-perhaps in the civilized world.
Other States have temperance men and
women as devoted and as efficient as ours,
but, having no laws to aid them, the sue
cess they deserve ia not attained1
Gover,or Ne,son D;no,sv Jr s,;d in
a.'.'"v' I,o''o" n D'''s's'' -, 90 :"
ioi4' 70 me commissioners OIL 'he Sana'
o'an rar'a'neht'
"All organized opposition to the law has
died out. The great majority, probably
two thirds OF the people al least, heartily
approve OF Il as the best system OF reslric.
tion OF the liquor traffic yet devised, aud
the most OF the minority acquiesce In II as
policy which deserves thorough trial.
ne efen. 'mprovement nj; IN S, .ne ar,mk,ng ,n;s,;g
thirty or fortY wears i, 80 evident that no
candid man who has observed or investigu-
ted the facts can deny IT,
The city of Lewiston with Auburn),
| with population OF about 10000, has not
an open dram.shop. Secret drinking has
not taken the pac, of open drinking"
Governor Dinpley. in his address to the
7 o,;.,.,,ro IN 1874 s,;J.
Hes'si"'"'' :" '"."
| This system has had n trial OF only
twenty-five years; yet Its success IN this
briei period mas, on the whole, oeen so
much greater than that of amy olher pia,
| vet devised, That prohibition may be SAID
TO be accepted by large majority OF the
people oil TINS state as the proper policy
towards drinkinG-houses and tipping
'hopa.
Mhere our Prohip!,ory iaws nave oeeh
wen ehioreea' lew VIII deny mat 'hey nave
accompisneo great GOOD IN more 'han
'htee'iour.hs oi ',e o'ate, especially III 'he
rnrai poruohs, pupiic sentiment mas secur
ea sueh an enforcement ei 'hese Jaws ma
,here are now IN lhese districts lew opei
pa.si ahu even secret Sales are w huci
reduced lhat drunkenness IN the f"ra
towns Is comparatively rare.
Governor Dingley, in his address to thu
Legislature, January. 1875. saws:
aTl,o A,or,.rcon.r,l o,,i,i;,, =, l.;
x.,art oo,nn,,n;o,,;nm. fro,, ,l'a sanor.
oonn,v at,orneys fnr,ish;n. ;mnor,an
!. of,;ciaI statements and s,o,;s,;cs rela,,ng /,
: ,ho anf,rcenent NJ ,jo Laws ,,roj,;h;,;,,
r ari,L;nn,homsss ~ ond ,;r,J;,,a .,,o,'s ~,
s,.,;,,;oss si,n,y ha, ,;,,,;po tl,e si so,r !;
: ,i,o Snnron,o Comr, ainna ,ha,a Iayo bse
o56 conv,c,;ons 4i con,n,i,n,on,s to la,
e nnd S3o sos coIlectsd T., Gn.s nraer ,I,es
d I.wsNmore os esnl, ,i,,m l., amn o,l,e
a raar and fonr ,;n,as .s ,,on, n,,;ot;n,
o .nJ ,on ,;,nos no n,,,oi, Il, s,,o, os in 1sG
l. when the general enforcement of the,
laws was resumed after the close of Il
'' war whieh NAG ehsrossed me puoiic at'e'
re uon 1nu enersIeS' IL is slghihcah., a's
10 INA, ouIlne 'hese nine OF zen years Oh graz
ua.y increasing eInciehcy IN me enforce
men, vi .ae iswa against Stam'snops, :, u
fallen off moro ,han nne'four,h =
The report of The ATTORNEY. General Al
n the statistics accompanying conclusive
of show that the laws prohibiting drinking
OF houses and tippling-shops have for Il
most part been enforced during the pa
year more generaliy ana effectively IN
as foo,orv ras,,l,. IN ,ha din,;un,;on - 40 :
n shops and intemperance. These resu
m. are due, to a considerable extent, TO I
increasing efficiency given to these laws
of the sheriff.enforcement act, but more
id pecially 10 the improved temperance sen
re. ment which hns been created by the mo
efforts put forth in this State within n
yu,;.,o yea,S =. H. as s'a.iy,ns ta, 70 hnom ,ma.
nj. ,o secure the var gene,,l snnnress;oo
known dram.sI,on. and the conseor
marked mitigation of the evils of inte
,as perance in four-fifths OF the State"
OH, Judge Clifford, Associate Justice OF
n Surreme Court said
-as "a. =,
uei 'Ie operation Gi 'ne Ia" ~
nas oee" u''i'hu'lon o. crihe' snu
tnoi. nau Ieen W mast .ne 'n,e VI ny
W uisiePu."o.e, anu 10 conlhu 'he 'r"ih'
Ga' tue 'owesV CLASS Vi PERSONS
~ j. II. Drummond, formerly Attern
,nds General, said:
'he "Thsre ware M mora valuations IN
nor,ion IN The drinter. thar there J
cry rinlat;ons of Tho law ao.;ns, ,,ef, in
ace nor,ion to ,bieve.n
'ne VIZ Wv d.. W
ie' ~ W. Mice, "arueh oi we "'a'e rr'
~, Ihomaston, said:
ny "Tkat seyen.eshths of the prisoners v
il there through liquor. The drinking
usi- toms are gradually diminishing. III
lied ,r are no piaces OF open SAFE In this 10
as me enect OF lhe law has been 10 make
'rahc infamous
tied With the view OF not occupying
SON. mucl, OF the paper, I omit the evidel
Ugh from ,a75 ~ 1899 .rd Gonna a, oroo -
nresen, ,;,ne 'o"'' ~ o"e' "
~, =, 900
the ELLSWORTH, ME-, July "a 100
Tn. Hon. Mills Gardner:
~. MY DEAR SIR-Your letter touching
working OF the prohibilory law in Nj
It's has just been received. There is |
me. doubt here in the minds Of thoughtful
,blv as 10 its benefits. Both parties, Iy I
action In annual conventions, admlt
T. VI Public opinion generally sustains it.
the the smaller towns dram-shops are pr,
the cnlIy unknown, and in the larger ones
E,l sale OF Intoxicating liquors is greatly
,p sc,,. stricted.
You would need to go far in Maine
search widely 10 hnd careful men
W. .u '"' VIZ 10" i"'