Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-28
[For the Evening Capital,1
The Death Traffic. Number 3.

Inc Ueatn 1ramcs-NuMDor D
Mr. Editor And now comes the
most surprising statement yet made
by those who so wish to restore the
Death Traffic in our beautiful Capital.
High License charges that Local
Option has caused Increased drunk.
eness among our boys" Here is
his wild language: "The most awful
part of the wreck wrought by Local
Option, (horribile dictu y is the in.
crease of drunkenness among mere
boys" answer squarely, it is
notorious to every fair-minded citizen
that this is not q fact. The boys of
Annapolis, | assert, will compare
favorably with those of any other
place. Better, perhaps, than those OF
many places. am not willing that
this aspersion on our good name shall
go unchallenged. / am sure that
Messrs. Southgate, Williams, Herbert,
Leech and other Pastors of
churches here and the Superinten.
dents of their schools, with our Pub
lie School Teachers, all of whom
know the boys of their parishes and
schools, will join me in saying that
this charge is a misrepresentation.
know the boys pretty well. / have
not seen one drunken boy in Annapo.
lis this year Those among whom
High License" labors-as per the
broad intimation in his article-may
be thus afflicted, but not so the boys
/ have specified. / am sure that
even his boys are not much more go
than before Local Option was made
the law. Perhaps some of them may
have inherited their passion for liquor
from the adults among whom he ins
Inmates, he has devoted his life to the
cause of temperance" No wonder he
has failed, when by his very sigma.
ture he can openly plead for the res.
toration of the traffic which ruins
Fathers, debases and brings misery
to Mothers and their babes, and puts
in boys SO early the seed cure to GER
inmate in a harvest of hoodlumism
and death, as soon as their boards begin
to grow. High License had better 90
into training and begin again. l re-
fer him for principles to the pastoral
addresses of all the churches which
have lately spoken, even to the last.
the Plenary Council and Methodist
Centenary Conference, both at Balti-
more. His life, In this line, having
by bis own confession been q failure.
be bad better learn wisdom Of the
past and lay foundation to build on
more stable than that Of License in
any shape, high OF low.
Lest | trespass on your limited
space, viii defer q notice Of the real
facts underlying this III advised
charge Of drunkenness among the
boys as the result Of Local Option.
till another paper
Meanwhile, may q sentiment be
aroused in the breast of every citizen
Of our fair city and county who wishes
our boys to grow virtuous and manly,
bringing honor to their parents and
the State, antagonistic to the plans Of
those who viii so surely debase our
youth, If they succeed in their i'll ad-
vised scheme of re-establishing LII
cense for this foul traffic. The out
goings of all virtue and true freedom
the world over now CRY aloud against
those who By their mad schemes Of
dynamite and assassination are but
riyetting the chains on Erin's fair
isle Kindred to that Of these IDIOT
plotters, il the work being done by
those who plead let as hope ignor-
antly and not with malice afore
thOught-for the death Of Local On.
ton and the establishment Of Lie
cense, High" Or Low.
Yours for