The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-29
n-PROHIBITION.
Dificnlties IN the way Of The
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u Adopted. Laws TO Enforce II hlW be Re,
quired- Prohibition Would not
Stop Manufacture.

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- '''| Says Sir Peter TeazTe,ih Admiration of
the nne moral sentiments expressed BY
Mr.. Joseph Surface, Nothing Is so 1beati-
tiful as man of sentiment.H Men OF
,.,.,i Ehne SEN tlments WHICH are not fettered
Dy c0nunct are always beautiful. In
no public affairs what Is mbrs to be- admir-
9"' ed ehah the men h0 ride upon pFiR-
c1ple, soaring above all practical pOlir
tleS and partlesC-the men Of conscience.
who, abundantly satisfied with their
own elevation, cOntemn All cotsidera-
tlOns of practical possibilities, and of
the necessity to cOnform to the minds. of
other men in some degree, in form of
governments which places the power in
the hands of the peoplel
A great cause ista great thing n pOr
litieal affairs. The soul which is infa.
ted by the consequences of a great
cause, can be different 10 practical re-
suits, abiding IN the cOmpIacent con
& rg templatiOn Of its own elevation above
IS human errors. The plaeafds and vari-
! 4 oAsAn 0ttces that iaSselect bandNOea our es-
teemed fellow citizens are going
through the fOrms of organizing 60 pro-
mote voting for the prohibition amend
- mentgtp the constitution, give an Occa-
sion for measuring the greatness of the
pr1ncTp1e, and the W0rthiness of this
zeal, by sizing up the UTMOST possible
results in case of the very improbable
happening of the ratification Of this
amendment.
Persons actually live i'm the world.
and go through the process of progress
s1ye and retrOgressiVe metamOTphOsis
who think when the constitution has
forbidden the manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquors for a beverage, all
distilleries aud breweries'will close up;
that so much higher is the reverence for
the constitution over a mere statute
That no one will carry on manufac-
ture or trade which is unconditional;
or in the more moderate view expressed
by an esteemed contemporary religious
journal, reputable people will abandon
this occupation, as we'll as drinking,
when 1T has been made uncOnstitution-
al, and 1t will be left to the disreputa-
BILE, who have no shame in breaking the
constitution.
These people are too innocent to be
left go about without a protector. Let
us see what the adoption of the prohibi-
tt0n amendment will do, First, il will
be inert until penal statutes shall be
enacted by the General Assembly to en-
force the prohibition. Therefore the
prohibition fight will have to be made
in the election of the General Assembly,
and made at every election of that body.
For its prohibition statutes will always
be subject to repeal and alteration. But
the movement for prohibition by the
constitution implies that it could not
succeed in the election of the LeRisla-
ture. The Supreme Court has decided
that all the pIOhibitOTy power IN the
province of Government is now in the
General Assembly. So says also Judge
West, the eminent lawyer - =
Therefore If the PrOhibitiOnists could
elect q General Assembly to carry into
effect, Q prohibition amendment, they
: e6ulds elect one TO enact aprOhibtfOa
without altering the constitution. To
cOncede that they cannot do this, Is to
confess that the prohibition amendment
sWOula abes mere sdead 4matter IL they
cannot elect and keep prohibition
Legislature, prohibition in the cOnstitu-
tiOfi would be nulf. IF they can elect a
prohibition Legislature, they need no
change of the constitution to enact prdi
hibitOTy statutes. t., ,....E.E.s. -..
= - This grves glimpse OF the fact that
the effort at crusade for the prOhibi-
tiOn amendment is mostly among. those
who are Ignorant of its effect and of the
present C0nstitutfOnaf sitIfatiOH; many
.a,' of whom think the amendment will it,
.u"rself extinguish the manufacture and
sale.r ri i.t.d r.a..,irI I.,," -.t,ttt.f..o,i
be-" rLSupDOse, however, the amendment
i.were carried and this had given an
impetus which elected a prOhibitiOn
az, hegislatnTe. and It should enact laws to
forbid the manufacture or sale under
severe penalties. Those statutes would
u
gle distillery or brewery or liquor store
The prohibition Is only for liquors used
as a beverage. As much as half the spifJ
its distilled are taken for mechanical
use5 and for export. Every still could
be kept running TO its full capacity
10 prove that it was making spirits for
a Beverage would he impossible. The
distiller himself would not know this
SO with the rectifier and wholesale dea-
Ter. In all their manufacture and sale
there is no place where the proof can be
made that 1t is for beverage.
The only place where this proof can
be made is at the bar or saloon, where il
/. lis sold by the drink and drank ON the
premises. The whole process OF prOhi-
bitiOn by constitution and that by pe-
nal statutes, would come out at
y, the sale OF the little horns to be drank
on the premises, which has been prOhib-
tied by statnte for thirty years. The
p0nderOus labor Of the prohibition noun
tain would bring forth this little mOuse
which would be the same in effect as the
dead statute we had for thirty years of
free trade.
Nor would the result be materially
different in the affair of wine and beer.
'Ehe uprOhibitiOn amendment and the
statutes to carry it out. could not shut
up. a.single brewery. The fact of brew
sipg,beer does not prove 1t for a beverage.
AfPe6ple believe it.S6utthat does not prove
1t in law, .-COnstrnetiVely, 1t may be for
export, or vinegar, or medicinal use 1t
may be sold by the barrel to families or
y Edeafefs, not iKh owing what they DO with
it. Theonly place where proof can be
made of its sale for beverage is at the
| drinking places. AZ these places pro-
hibitory laws have thus far failed. The
proof must be made according to the le-
'"g "gA ruies or evidence. and then IL is left
to themind of jury And in such Ca
sesith9 beer seller! would, haYe a jury of
In
:" the attempt to enforce the'Sanday clos
ing law.
Thus. il there could be prohibitiOn,
crusade that would set the state on fire,
and would carry, first, for the prohibit
,s'.t1Ou .amendmeRt'a majority of all the
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