Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-31
TENPaRANCE REBORN.

OF the necessity of Temperance
reform there can be no question.
How to to make that reform effect
i've is a big question. No two
minds appear to agree on the sub
iect, and between absolute prohib-
ton aud mild restriction, the
eontending factions swing like pen
duluns. Intelligent temperance.
advocates move slowly upon the
works of King Alcohol, and THEN
main idea is to make no false steps.
They realize the fact that it is
about the hardest thing in the
world to control an appetite by
legislation, and any temperance
movement that fails, sets the cause
back a long way and makes temper
ance a laughing stock. The Anti
treat law is in reality a blow struck
at temperance because it is one
Of those peculiar laws bat is i'm
perative in itself. Out Of town
of five thousand inhabitants 1t IS
hard to find man who will make a
complaint when the law is violated.
Liquor dealers are proverbialy noted
for looking sharply after their own
interests, and he would be bold
man who would take the required
steps to enforce the law. Again,
should such complaint be made
and the case tried, the matter
would be taken to the Supreme
Court and in all probability would
there be declared unconstitutional,
because Of the clause regarding
the disposition Of the moneys ar
Using from an imposition OF fines.
In fact Mr.. Hamill, the author
Of the bill, who is VIGOROUSLY con-
vivial in his habits, stated after the
bill bad passed that it was uncon-
stitutional, it was also stated by
some of the members who voted
for the measure that it would not
stand before the Supreme Court an
hour, because of the clause placing
the fines at the disposal Of the
School Fund. The men who knew
this and yet voted for the bill sim
ply wanted to make a record for
temperance, and IN future when
needing votes, they will tell the
temperance people that they voted
for the bill, because they believed
it a GOOD bill, and these same men
will assure the saloon-keepers that
they voted for it knowing it to be
unconstitutional.
Taking it all together does any
sane man believe that the cause OF
temperance is advanced by such
child's play as this ?
The manufacture of pure and
cheap California wines has done
more for the cause Of temperance
than all the lecture against whisky
ever delivered on this coast, and
the brewing of good beer has also
played an important part in drlv'
ing whisky cut of use as a popular
tipple.
Whisky, however, will be dranl
As long as there are stills to manu-
facture it.
When the temperance people
realize that they cannot proven
its sale and manufacture, the mex
best thing for them to do is to SCI
that it is manufactured as pure a
possible, and to encourage the us'
Of some beverage less baneful IL
it's effects than corn juice. A cas-
case in point is the recent actor
of the Swiss Parliament.
AS a measure toward surpressinl
the curse Of brandy drinking
which has grown to frightful pro
portions in the Republic since tn
introduction of cheap Frencl
brandies. it passed a resolution
giving to the cantons the priv
eledge of imposing taxes on tn
domestic manufacture Of spirit:
in addition to the tax on the salt
The cantonial duty on wine /
cases is abolished. The resolutlo
was passed as a result Of the pre-
found agitation and the belief tina
the best remedy for drunkenness
lies in the encouragement OF tn
substitution Of good cheap wine
,r;r;ta % a beverage.