Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-10-31
UNCONSTITUTIONAL !!
Is What the Supreme Court
Says Of the Scott Lawi
And Ohio Owes the Saloons Three
Millions Of Dollars
And Wood County Owes them About
Forty Thousand Dollars
"pinions OF the Press ana Others
Concerning IL.

"'"'o'"'c o"WmUtto, without reasonbo
doubt tho three Democratic Judges OF the Su.
rreme Couu NJ Ohio took the Scott Law cases
M out of their regular order on Tuesday last,
October 2s, 1884, and declared that law uncon.
s'iiutional, This decision will necessitale the
relnndinE OF all the money collected from the
saloon Keepers last and this rear, which
amounts to about 5000 900 in the State.
Wood Connty's share will be nearly $40 600.
which will have To be raised by binds as there
10 M money in the treasury to meet II.
We give below number of opinions OF the
prcss and individuals. The course pursued by
the Court Is condemned by every body who has
been consulted aud are willing to express an
opinion.
| Toledo Post
Saving moth ing about the merits OF the cues.
tion, the result at this time cannot TN 10 be
| disastrous IN nearly every county and civ In
| the State. II nav berom.s m,,s
than ever important that steps should be taken
to so amend the constitution. that we NAV have
a inst regulation of the liquur uuflic through an
efficient license law.
| Toledo Blade
Note this one fact. The Scott tax was bur.
den on M one but the dealers them. elves II
| did not even affect their customv,s. fur the
price OF whisky and beer by the glass was MT
inc creased by its operation. No dealer pretended
tn charge nure than he had done befn,e. IL
merely came ont oi the enc imnus profits of the
sellers. This decision means. practically, tbnt
the business nf liquor selling is To be a favored
| occupation that the woIkingman shall nav
more tax upon his little home. in order that the
profits OF saloon men Of the State shall not be
| lessened
Ohio State Journal, Oci 81.
Ills beingiannounced by leading Democrats
that the Democratic majority Of the Supreme
Court vii! on Tuesday mex; announce tn, ir de
cis"n that the Scott law is Unconstitutional
| This Is sc remarkable a procedure that we can.
not credit 1t. II has not been the custom Of
that august tribunal IN give their decisions To
the public through the medium or leading mol.
iticians in hotel lobies or on the public streets
1t may be that the wish Of the Democracy Is
father tn the thought, but We shall wait anxious
ly the arrival OF the day specified to see il the
Court had really adopted new method of pro
mitigating its decisions.
Cincinnati Times Star.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has pronounced
the Scott Law unconstitutional, and in doing 40
at this particular time it has destroyed its char
acler as an impartial judicial tribunal.
Before the October election the Court deter
mined not tn decide the constitutionaty of the
Scott Law, for the reason that decision At tba
time would draw the Court into p0litics-a thing
which would be detrimental to its influence and
on that account especially to be avoided.
; Now. however, since the October election, In
which II became apparent that the Germans
voted with the Republicans IN spite Of the effort,
! of the brewers To hold tt EN- for the Democracy
5 the Snrreme Court allows itself to be dragged
, into pni'''cs at the urgent request Of the Demo
cratic leaders, with the hope Of wining back III,
e Germans for the November election,
3 Toledo Commercial telegram
2 is a disastrous decision to the laxpa yers q
d 10 t.,Zt "A.
mt have prevented it. even though il reversed
z former decision which was nearly unanimous
The tax was paid wholly out ~
th huge prntts OF the liquor seil.r. 1t injured
1 no one. aud II saved the tax payers of Luca
more than million. II we have il all TO pa,
2 back. the State will be impove risled Ia the ex
D tent of a bad crop failure. II We are only 1,
stop receiving 1t, and have 10 go down into an,
own packets t" make up the deficiency, il viii
. be great burden To taxpayers Of Ohio. II will
intensity the hate that is felt Tor the liouor MAJ
and their trade, and will provoke such retalia
3 llon as the salo"n keepers 10 no, dream ol
Men " ho never voted for prohibition in thei
lives, threaten to do So now, if the result OF ti
II election next Tuesday gives evidence ,f II.
g bargain between the Democratic Leaders an
the liquor men which We believe To bay. bpa
y made, and which the Democratic me,nbers n
= the Supreme Court seem 10 have done their brs
to carry out.
1hcmas McDcugdt Hamilton Co., attorney in SEQ
LdiO Gases.
The financial effect of the decision Il anna r
emily disastrous. ALI the money paid in mi
year will have to be refunded, aud M more ca,
be collected. As 10 the So .000. 900 or there
aoon' Paid IN last year the question remains fo
settlement, whether the statute limiting suit
for recovery To be commenced within one Yea
viii apply. This will depend upon whether M,
amount paid shall be decided IN be a tax ur a,
assessment or neither. II tax, the limiiatiui
, app'ies, u an assessment il may de recuvere,
rom The county. AMI II neither then the anesiio,
is unsettled whether or not the county will h
required 10 refund.
foiItccuiiy u must prove disastrous TO Ia,
Dem cratic party. The decision reaches th,
masses o' the people every where, VIII" are BY i
c"mpe'ied u pay over again their taxes. Their,
are none more warmly in favor Of the law thar
the Germans stnce the effect of II has been ex
perieneed. is an unfortunate decision fol
every budy.
Judge Rdnney's Decision
Judge Ranney was seen bv Cleveland Her
dfa reporter aud said He WIS deeply dis.
gusied over The decision. II had been sa,d
o"fhg Tue afternoon that his disappr0v al OF the
course OF the Democrats was sW strong that he
would devote the rest oi the campaign IN stump
ing Tor Blaine and Logan, although he is a
Democrat. He denied this assrr,i.n, bu; said
III lint the Scott Law that has b. en- declared
uncons'ituiional. but merely that clause Of il
providing that Landlord shall be held resI.on.
siole his "a oonist tenant fails To pay his Scott
Law TAX. Heretofore when one claus. of a law
has oeen found u be faulty the rest of the law
MT effected by this clause has always remained
In fnIce. In this case, however, they pretend 4,
say that because they have found this inde
pendent paragraph unconstitutional tue " gole
law must be set aside"
| "What will you, as their counsel advise the
| do
81 shall tell them not To pay back a cent al
the money and demand the tax us usual"
Cltrei1nd Herald.
Mauy liquor dealers of the oity say that they
are s"rry the Scott Law was declared uncun
siintional. They point out the fact that II oper.
ated Az u means OF protection To their business
and WAS in other respects Of great value Ia
them. This is the proper attitude for them u
take. Having opposed the Scntt Bill by a pa id
libby when II was before the House, contested
every step in the collection OF the tax aud us.
sessed themselves several times To test the
measure legally. having enriched politicians.
who In turn fixed" Supreme Bench, il be.
comes them to assert that they did all they
could to uphold the consiiluliUnalily Of the law
lest their own actions recoil upon them. The
probabilities are that the next law tat Is pass
ed viii be so plain in term. and So clearly with
In the Constitution, that wayiaring man, eve
though his mental attributes are in a less
healthy condition than hose of the Democratic
lawyers who escaped the Asylum for lmbeciles
aud were sent 10 The Supreme Bench, need moi
err therein. The penplco of this Sla.e are tired
oi being taxed IN III p"rt Courts of Justice
Warehouses;, In0fmaIies aud Pnce fnrc.s ren.
deied pecrssaiy by traffic, whereof II may be
said that lbnse Win ursue II, like the lilies oi
the field, toll n"i ntii er do they spin. nor YET
pay taxes. The belief that they ought u be
made /" contribute to ibe support oi these in.
s'iiniions Is very ili"r"nPhly grounded in the
minds VI The people, aud the action of n parii.
san Court will be felt most severely IN The end
by th"se al whose iLslauce the decision was
rendered.
Stated by II. B, Cochran, drlggis,, Lam
casier, Pa; Have guaranteed over SOC
hotties OF Burdock Blood bitiers for dys-
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