Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-20
AUTHORIZATION.
The Results of Prohibition in Maine,
Kansas and Iowa Should be
Lesson TO Texas.
The Only Practical Way to Regulate the
Sale Of Liquor is by State
High License Law.

JEFFERsoS, TEX, Jan. is, 1885.
To the Editor OF the Gazette
From AN editorial iutimation few
days ago in THE GAZETTE, and from
broad hint In your issue of the 18th by
one who signs himself "Prohioition-
ist." it. 8 quite likely that another as
8 ,ult will be made on the Texa legis-
lature this winter by the 80 called Pro-
hibitionists. 1t is 10 be regretted that
the time Of the legislature should
be wasted over the discus
sion of question SO utterly
destitute of interest to the people Of
Texas. II the legislature will do it's
duty it will pay no attention to their
bogus petitions farther than to refer
th,m to committee, which will lay
them in their little bed.
Ioppose prohibition not merely be-
cause it is proving TO Le detrimental
to the interest of true temperance re-
form, but because as a political scheme
it has proved its slf an utter failure.
Here is one set Of facts winch com
mend to the attention OF our legisla-
ture and every good citizen:
r-ounr1oN IN IOWA.
DAVENPORT. Iowa, Jan. "a The Democrat
~ tuiH evening co ttins repor n, m the
msy RS I ighIeep Of the leading cities in
.uNa on the WurEluss uf iha Prohibition
| liquor law mr the 4lN months II HAS be"u !
up rau0p, In al nut one Inst tncs the repeal
Of he Law is reg 'rd 4 AZ Advissol as there
a 4N Ia
! places Than 81 der the o law which mad the
| licensing g wine aud er l'gAi COunc' !
! luns = ten saloon more Inan ntt1ft w
! prOhiulu ry Law went nth effect h ''kuG NJ
! teen. Bn ne four, Sioux tlty thirteen. ut
| tumw hfty.three Oskaioosa te, Davenport
| u , De- Monies fDrty mpre Lhn a year ago
| Tho mayor OF y. dar ap d4 wit TIA llquol
| III rot openly sold n hat CitN, which SEEM
a. be the only one Of cOnsi itrRulr size whert
/ su cessful tempt Das been made 10 en-
force the law. Tue c'tv councils OF dubuque
Council b uiis aud AtlHnuc T1alnial" thu
revenue formerly received from S2ioon II
ceuse for the Iale OF illegal drlnks,n whiOn Fl
! only an evasion.
Take the following, clipped from
the Oakland Tribune soon after thu
adjournment Of the triennial con
clave OF KnIRhts-Templsrs in San
Francisco in 1883:
I'm au after dinner conversation
with Gen. Bangs, who was in attend
ance at the triennial conclave O
Knights-Templars, and from the pro
hibit,on state. Maine. hestated that h
had never seen so little druukennes
for twenty years past as he has wit
messed since he ha- been In California
That during the same length
of time he would have seeI
five times the drunkenness ii
the oil Pine Tee state. notwithstand
ing her prohibition laws, In fact,
am astonished at the sohriety of you
people where so many places are Opei
and no restraint whatever on tn
traffic
'Druukenness', he said, in Main
Ia the direct result OF prohibition
There, when mau feels like taking
drink, instead Of going to a saloon AM
taking his drink, and then going OF
about his business, he combines viii
friend and they bu.
pint or a quart q
villainous stuff, anu the.
are certain 10 bo'h get drunk. for they
must, as they think, finish the bottle
Tue evil became 30 great in Bango
that by common consent the saloon
| were hlllWtu 10 AuIoM Optu bhtii uoNi
and are now running without let o
hindrance, and drunkenness ha
grea ly ahRted
, The general Is of the opinion tina
! the only way to regulate the sale G
! liquor Ia by license He says 'prohibi
: tiIn 10 a remedy for drunkenness is
{ total failure We advised the genera
Q TO advocate the use of the Californi
wines and It would drive drunken
. neAs even out Of Maine.h
j. Mr.. D. III Ingraham OF Portland
S Me, writes in the New York Sun: 81
have obtained this morning from Nj
{ ] l.. Rsckliff, Of the internal revenue
office for Maine, the following state
1 ment: Number Of liquor licenses, r.
, tail, Issued In Matte sine
. May l, 1883, 1871; number liquo
, licenses wholesale, Z; number Of ma
= liquor dealers, III; total, 25h. TIL
d population Of Maine l. $50, 600, divide
i by 1855 we have 5ls, or one lique
e dealer for every 5is Inhabitants.
D 1.-The Portland assessor gave me th
i number Of retail liquor licenses issue
e a. 200 and wholesale 8 a total Of 2lls
! The population Of Portland Ia SO 0Ol
2 There Is, therefore, one license
liquor dealer for every III In
p habitants This is 80 astoundin
r that thought 1 must hav
Q made mistake tin wen
: three times over the figures As ;
the wisdom of adopting the c0nstitu