The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-05
THE LIQUOR ORDINANCE.

of this week, you say. regarding the IL
cense law passed by the village council,
that lit is next to being as iron-cl;.d as
the old charter and ''it is stringent
enough to suit even Il prol'ibitionist."
The state liquar law III force for the
past twenty years, and the license ordi-
nance of st. Paul, have never to my
Knowledge been considered AS stringent
as you claim this ordinance to he. Nor
have either ever been stumbling blocks
to the opening of whisky shops.
Yet it is Il remarkable fact, that this
village ordinance is simply copy of
the present state license law with the
incorporation Of one or two points
from the St. Paul ordinance. These are
the power of the President of the coun-
Gil to suspend temporarily the license
until the next meeting of the common
c uacil, a I'd tie requirement of the pc
titiOn Of Ave frrel,olders.
In fact, tire state license law 10 mucl,
more stringent than the village ordi-
nance, in many particulars, omitted in
the village law.
The reason that no one ever claims the
state law to I've ''strinscnt" or that lit
suits prol,ibitiOMists' is: that rs al un-
iversal rule, one who obtains license
under the state law, and as far as this
is concerned, under the st. Paul ordi-
nance, simliy goes though an innocent
form. 1t is supposed that he gets Ii
ctnsp, will, responsible bondsmen, to
sell only under certain restrictions. In
fact, lIe gets Il license to sell ,rith0ut
OMy restrictions. aud i'll fact does sell
without any restriction. lie pays no
m ,re attention to lis license or his
y md than he Dies to il bible, IN con-
ducting His traffic. An incorporate
person, 0r an intoxicated person, sr an
IIabitual Il, unkard, can get liquor as
easily and rs readily us amy other. In
fact, if the sal,on keeper could not sell
t. his 1T 81 Gust Stoners, he could not run
his business. The doo:s are simply
shut on elect on days and the Sabbath,
the sale & n'S on as before, and such
days are his most profitable days. One
of the largest retail sellers III st. Paul
and an "lA personal friend, told NE.
laughi,g,y. that if lie was required t"
pay any attention to his license or
bond he w"ui'i quit III twenty-f"Ir
l!OulS.
Now hy way of application would
rem ark that the enforcement of the
present lic-,'sr law If the state would
shut up nine ttnti,s ef the saloons in
the state, that Il lamentahle iyn"r-
:,ncc exists, ia WOrthingtOn at least,
L., |. t,x.p. .,af .,T 1nN
aud these who oppose the traffic, Of
common. ordinary and easily learned
facts. as t. the history ahel law concern
ing the traffic. and that all Ecense
laws are. Il dtluSian and Il snare; not b>-
cause they are rot sufficient. to Il great
extent. to uproo, the sale; but because
n,b,'&,y prr,+n.ls t" enforce them. VIII"
ev. l.. ard Of Il suit o,, !. s.lno, keep
er's bond? A"d lastly, that those VIII"
favor the :latlic. as u rule, are never
s;,tiSti Il viii, anything bat unlimited.
unrest rirtrd fr-r whi>kry. to he sold t"
pv' ry fnpdy 1T all times. They nor only
require u law. tl.at.i not il fact striu-
gent aud i not in fact enforced. lnlt
one that could not be enforced by ITS
terms. and one that hy its terms does
no, put uy res rict"n "n The sale.
WOETHlNGTON.
spirit Lake is all ayoy over an txhi
hitl"n vt mau'S brutality. Tn" facts,
as We CLEAN from the Milford Mail are
that lest Friday, DR.. Baxter, the well
known druggist AMI grocer, requested
his little daughter Mamie, Il bright. in
tp.lig-mt child about nine years old, to
gu to- Davis Il Ellis meat n,arkt t and
get some meat for tht. family. She de-
m:rrtd aud when que stiohtd Ly her
| m,utl, made the reluctant statement
that about ! month ago when on Il SIM
liar rra,.d f. II. Ellis had taken her
into II room back af the shop and treat
tl her III an Indecent and inhunan
manner. The father, naturally astOun-
d~l and indignant, found Ellis and
charged him with the crime. Ellis beg
yt.l tor u little time to arrange his aft
airs and promised to leave the country.
Later il the afternoon Baxter and his
son. in law, W. H. Reed, went to the
It market and during the interview
Reed kn"ckrd Ellis down. Soon after
w?rl Ellis could not he found. a
posse. of citizens becoming apprised ot
the Case tn, ned out to hunt him up and
i warrant WAS iu the meantime issued
for his arrest. Toward evening the
workman on the B.. &. r. & n. hotel
1T the isthmus. having been advised of
the ii uhiom hy telephone, captured
Ellis and brought him hack to town.
Sheriff Mott took him in custody and
lodged him in Jail f, the night. Upon
preliminary examination. lie Was held
to await the action Of the grand jury
giving $l.OOO hail. We think that in
such a case Il knife properly administer
I'd weul'l be the proper remedy. The
accused is s. years old and \ professor
Of rpligion,-Slencer Reporter.
1t is an open secret at st. Paul that a
large sum of money was paid out during
| the senatorial contest. We are inform.
ed by compptent authority that $50, 900
was Laid down. in one night to bring
about Il certain result, and we undvr-
stand that the fact that one member
received $45OO is susceptible of the
clt Arrest lroof. Another member is al
legged to have disclosed when in his
cups that he was paid $500 for absent.
ing himself for 4 number of days. 1t
| is even said that the virtuOus de)ega.
| ton from Freeh0rn county did not
wholly escape the seductive influence
of money. The threads of these trans.
aetiols are being picked up by some
gentlemen who think that the prac.
tice has gone far enough, and it is
altogether likely that an investigation
will he made during the next session Of
the Legislature.
That Mr.. Windom's defeat was
brought about by bribery and corrup-
tion We de not doupt. and Wa propose
to do what we can towards nnearthing
the bottom facts. Large additions are
being made to state prison. and We
weuld rejoice to SEQ placed therein a
row Of the rascals who, We do not
doubt. sold their votes.-Albert J.ea
Standard.
The Worthington village election
came off last Tuesday. Our ex-senator,
z. H. Smith, was elected President
The vote on license for saloons stood
ia for and 63 against. So the under.
] 0raund 6nn0eripa cQn NOW m0Ya IN