The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-02
PRIVATE DALzELL
oN 1AE SITUATION IN OHIO.
Aeut. observation. on the l,.un ., III. ca.,.u-
Tariff Alleged to be Laid Aside and the Pro.
hibitIoa Qass.IOa the Consuming Passion
ofrot,r4-nhat the Tutars ha,la Store.

To TIE Edhor ofuae lHtltg1leer.
SER:-Haying returned from a trip to
sanduaky, and converaed with men OF all
parties, 1 have gathered some facts and
reached some conclusions which will inter-
est the people.
The Ohio situation has been written
threadbare, and it Is hard to say anything
new about It that Is true. It has been
pretty much all said and much OF it wei l
said, and said 60 often, that the patient pub
lie begin to beg for rest 1tiared hotan
still heating everywhere you 10. It's all
Temperance. You hear nothing else talked
about except once in while when some
orator treats Of the tariff, a question in
which the people now have as little interest
as they have in The binomial theorem La
sard times currency and tariff questions
crowd out every other issue, because the
people trace all the ills Of commerce and
business to one or the other. But In good
times like these they won't listen to 1t. 1t
does for debating club, but the r.asses
see nothing in it. Tne effort made to bring
the tariff to the front az an issue Ia failure.
|. PROHIBITION.
This Is not the year for that. II will be
iu order next year when we come to choose
Congress and President. The Ohio
Legislature has no more to do with chang.
ing the Tariff than with tho Ten Com
mandments. Everybody wants to talk
about prohibition, license and temperance,
beer, whisky, &c. Nothing else possesses
particle OF interest. Upon those issues
men know that the election must hinge,
and what Is the use OF considering issues
not in the canvas? Prohibition is the on
ly element OF uncertainty. The churches,
parties are busy advocating the second
amendment, !. Q. prohibition, pure and
simple, while almost all Repub.
licans, and large majority Of
Democrats declare in its favor, yet, strange
as it may seem, each will vote their own
tickets. The absurdity and folly Of voting
for prohibition amendment, and at the
same time for o Legislature that will not
enforce II, begins to dawn on many Demo.
cratic minds, and we will make some gains
there. Butas a general rule, men will vote
as they please on the prohibition amend
ment, and yet stick to their respective
tickets, dividing on the old party lines.
TIE SCOTT LAW.
The Scott Law taxing saloons is 80
popular, that if that were the only issue,
The Republicans would carry Ohio by lO0,-
900 majority. NIne.tenths OF the taxpayers
regardless Of party faver a measure that
relieves their pockets to the tune ofS2 0O0,-
900 per annum. They will never vote to
pay that tax themselves again 80 long as It
can be collected off the saloons. Demo.
Gratis and Republicans class every way, pro
aud con on Prohibition OF the traffic, but
with very few exceptions all favor the $500
and Sl00 tax on each saloon, and woe to
the man or the party in Ohio that ever pro-
poses TO repeal that law, though the Demo-
cratic leaders say they will.
They know they never will. That much
is safe and secure. Unless the Democrats
elect Supreme Ceurt that will declare 1t
unconstitutional, or unless this fall they
elect q Legislature that shall repeal II, and
It matters not by whose authority that law
Is ever repealed or nnlliied, the authors OF
such repeal and nullifcation will raise
such storm about their heads as will de.
stroy Them. But there is no danger Of 1t.
Very few liquor dealers are foolish enough
10 expect the Democrats to repeal 1t, and
they know that the Republicans dare not
HAS CONE TO STAY.
Taxation Of the liquor traffic in Ohio has
come, and come to stay for hundred
years. 1t was long coming, but when it
arrived Il come for all time! Revenue is the
great question OF our advanced civilization
and increased public expenditures. All
sorts Of business must bear their equal
share Of the burden. About this all men
sgree. They do not agree on prohibition.
IL will get tremendous vote in Ohio
perhaps carry. The D .mocrats are unwise
to oppose the Scott law. 1t ia losing them
thousands OF votes even in Democratic
counties. They can oppose prohibition all
they please aud only offend few thou.
sand, but in running smack against the
Scott law the Dan o rats have sured::their
ueleat and made Republican victory rs easy
as rolling Of 10y, and as certain as fate.
PRIVATE DALzELL.
Caldlrell, O.. Oct. l.