The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-03-12

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ty sure to pass The Senate 1t an
early day, and go from there Il
the House.
The Republicans in the House
have the power either 10 submit
the amendment or refuse to lei
| it be submitted. In the Senate
the Democrats have the necessa
ty three -fifths majority TO pass
the joint resolution, but in the
House there are but GO Demo
Gratis and the proposition requires
63 votes. Originally there were
three Republicans who voted fol
the license amendment, but when
it come to the final test they re-
fused 10 vote either way.
In my opinion it is extremely
doubtful whether these men will
vote for the Senate measure OF
not. The probabilities are that
they will obey the party whips
and defeat the submission of the
measure. 1t is the Republican
policy 10 prevent settlement OF
the liquor question and remove
it from the domain of party poll
tics. They know that as long as
that question is matter of pub
lie agitation, they can play doub-
le and make capital out of it,
10 the temperance people they
can pretend one thing and 10 the
liquor dealers they can pretend
another. and between the two
they expect good many votes
for their ticket.
This has been the policy Of The
double dealing Republican lead
ers in the past and will continue
to be their policy in the future
just as long as the question is
left open by a failure To settle il
upon fixed and permanent ba
sis in the organic law. But in
the meantime the people will
suffer by The passage of uncon-
stitutional laws just as they have
suffered and are still suffering
from the effects of refunding the
money collected under the Scot,
law, which has given rise 10 liti-
CATION in every court in the State.
These suits will all cost money.
and the aggregate costs, in one
shape and another, will in the
end loot up as much as'the taxes
which are refunded. The public
will have to pay the COSTS in the
end, SO that the total cost TO the
people of the State for the one
unconstitutional liqnor law
passed by the Republican Legis-
Iaiure will run anywhere from
IS. 600 600 to s10. .OOO, 600, and the
Republican proposition is 10 con-
inue on with a system that is Ii
able at any time to involve the
people in as great an expenditure,
with no end of trouble. vexation
and all SORTS of incident evils.
The Republican members Of
the Legislature are exhaus,irg
their ingenuity to inve some
sort of a Incense law that will pass
muster with the Supreme Court.
To do this they are perfectly will
ing TO take the risk of involving
the tax payers in millions OF
costs and expenditures, all oi
which will have the result that
followed the Scott laws they
will be declared invalid and the
question will be as far from a set
tlement as it was in the begin
ming. If the Republicans were
sincere in their advocacy of a IL
cense lax they would show it by
unanimously supporting a prop
ositiOn to amend the constitution
SO 'hal a valid law could be en-
enacted without resoriing TO any
tricks or evasiOns.
During the past five years the
people have been compelled to
pay out of their pockets, because
of unconstitutional legislation
on tile part of the Republicans
enough money 10 pay all the eN
penditures of the Slate govern
ment for not less than two years.
Isn't it about time that this Use
less waste was stopped and
straight forward. honest method
of dealing with the question
adopted
The Republicans should not
be permitted to shrink the re-
spansibility of their acts and con
duct on the question. II the OBJ
minority of the lIegisla.
.ure would unite with the Dem
ocrais and admit IA license propo
-i,ion, and then turn in and see
that il was adopted at the polls,
we would have an end TO the /
costly experiment of political
knaves and fanatics. The policy