The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-01

lline make their other purchases, and
that even if few should do this, it
would not divert any great sum from
the county.
The last part of the first treason"
is almost too silly to be noticed-that
about the revenue derived by the
general government from the tax on
liquors sold in Garrett county. The
fact is, that the general government
now has on hand millions upon mil
lions Of dollars more than are needed
for its expenses, and the question
now is, not how to raise revenue. but
what to do with the great surplus on
hand, which is constantly increasing.
I'd. The emergencies are rare, if in.
deed they occur at all, in which liquor
is the only remedy for sickness. In
cases of severe illness, most of SEN
sible people send at once for physi-
clan, but even if this should not be
done and liquor thought 10 be neces-
sary could he conveniently procured
from a neighbor, is it not probable
that drug store could be reached
about as easily as whiskey saloon =?
Section of the Local Option Act al
lows me sale by a druggist, without
a physician's prescription, Tin case Of
extreme illness, when delay may be
dangerous TO the patient" Shall we
be so foolish as to license liquor sa-
looms and allow them to be constant.
ly doing their mischievous work,
merely that in case of possible
emergency we may he able to get
liquor at saloon instead of getting
it at drug store as we do other medi-
cines?
Sd. In nine cases out of ten, the
man who would buy and keep large
quantities of liquors in his home, is
the man who would otherwise go to
the saloon and drink with boon COM
panions whenever he felt inclined to
do so.
4th Reason" Let the reasoner
here 'stick to the text" The Local
Option Act says nothing about pro-
hibiting anything except the sale of
Intoxicating drinks. We claim-and
who can successfully dispute it p
that intoxicating drinks are hurtful
Thugs that are responsible for vast
amount of crime and misery, which
we desire to lessen. And the law
has the right to say that harmful
things shall not be sold.
9Th. Although there are enough
saloon keepers, bar-room keepers.
&c. in the county to do a great deal
of mischief with their saloons, their
number is not large and they have
had fair notice of the possibility of
the adoption of the Local Option Act,
and in case it becomes a law, they
will have until the LIST of next May
in which to seek out some better bus
iness. But whether their number be
large or small, Garrett county is un-
der no obligation whatever to pro-
vide these men with an easy way Of
making living, by sanctioning a
business that, instead of doing good,
does great harm, as we all know.
Dry goods stores, groceries, &C.. are
rightfully allowed and encouraged
because they deal i'm articles that are
useful, harmless and necessary. We
object to the liquor saloon because it
is not only useless but harmful.
9th, We have no fear that the
adoption of the Local Option Act
would cause people outside of our
county to "point their finger" at us
and say that our "moral sentiments
have fallen so low" &c. &C., as the
writer of the "Reasons" intimates
would be the case. Because we, in
common with other civilized people,
have laws against theft. arson, burg
larry, forgery. murder and other
crimes, that does not argue that "the
moral sentiments of the people of
Garrett county have fallen so low,
its inhabitants are so degraded and
abiect" that these laws shave become
necessary to make them decent and
law-abiding." but simply that we
have in our county(as they have in all
places persons who would engage in
these harmful acts unless restrained
by law. To adopt the Local Option
Act would he a mark of progress. In
a NUMBER of counties in our own
State. they have the local option
law; they have prohibition in large
number of the counties of Georgia !;
Kansas and Iowa. by majorities Of
thousands, by vote of the people,
have put prohibition into their state
constitutions and in September. the
people of Maine, after having tried
statutory prohibition for gears, were
so we'll pleased with prohibition that
they, too, put it into their state con-