The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-03-04
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ne Sru8NQe may imagine lnAt nave beon
writing in favor Of the whiskey element !
OF that I am tending bar somewhere out
west, and with all due appreciation Of the
delicate position am placed in by having
rs my opponent minister Of the Gospel
proceed herewith
Our friend Rev. Mr. Pearson objects q
believe) to my statements in q former letter
that Prohibition 10 Iowa was failure. In
reiterauug my previous statements (Which
honestly believe to be true) must needs
make known my reasons for believing 30.
After reading them the question under con-
sideration will only be as to my veracity.
My conclusions were arrived at from the
following observations:
1. The almost unanimous declarations Of
the Iowa press-regardless Of politics I
remember distinctly Of reading local news
to the effect above mentioned, and editor
ials 'clamoriug" for the repeal of the law,
in papers at Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Bur
liugton, Keokuk, and many other plncos
(The names Of the various other journals
and the places Of their publication are not
remembered) The Burling on Ha5Obeye
champion of the Republican party and
the model peoples paper Of the west, de-
nounced the law as a mistake and failure.
The State Register published at Des
Moines, and the recognized organ Of the
Republican party in Iowa, an excellent
journal that previous to the trial of the law
favored its enactment, did the same. One
Of the Keokuk papers (either the ConStitu-
tiOR or Gate CITY, I do not remember
which, also voiced the same opinion. Some
Of these extracts sent at times to relatives
in Hillsboro, where Cif not yet destroyed or
! lost you can see them. When you read
them you will find that I am not merely
airing my own opinions in regard to the
subject.
O. It failed to stop the drink Of intoxi-
cants, and have heard it repeatedly said
that those sold are Of the worst possible
quality. Drinkers procure the contrabaud
article in quantities and drink it ofteuer
because it happens to be handy, whereas, if
they had to walk down street after it they
would drink much less frequently. A
prominent business man of Mnrshalltown
told me this, and have heard the same
thing all over the State.
8. By what have seen with my own
eyes, which to me, is as conclusive evidence
as want.
Perhaps the enthusiastic and not over
gentlemanly aunihilator" used in my pre-.
vious letter did sound rather plain; but
time and again have sat in the Hall at
HiIsboro and listened to orators Cwell- paid,
spout about the success of the prohibitory
laws that was indignant when 1 saw with
my own eyes to the contrary And think
reason will uphold me when 1 state that
during my six weeks of promiscuous trave
in Iowa had better opportunities to study
the question in its various aspects thar
J Rev. Mr.. Simmons with his thirty years il
the State as a minister The itinerant min
ister's point Of view has been from TEN
perance meetings, or his opinions formed
3 during discussions over a repast Of yellow
3 legged chicken" Ono disrespect meant I as
sure you). As a stranger, who did not de
! pend upon the hospitalities of the gOoD
! brethren and sistern Of the church, bu
who, instead, paid hard-earned lucre 70
his foray, have stopped at about 40 diff
, ferent hotels in the State, and many a bote
To- Office serves as a bar-room also (lest yo
] think am a frequenter Of bar-rooms
+ which, with bare intimation would circulat
D among female Hillsboro with lightning ro
8 pidity), and at these places have bee
B necessarily among the travelling people, an
among people who really have "minut
r acquaintance with the temper of the Peopl
Q and the affairs Of the State. "
. From this came to the conclusion whic
/ plainly avowed in my letter. The SUI
and substance of the whole matter is thl
the State has been deprived Of a valuabl
revenue without any real abatement of tn
evil Such e0e1yJody to whom talked O
4 the subject told me, and 80 it certaiui
r looked. For what sensible man can imal
" ing that the State or people are benefit,
j, by the law where they drink just as muc
It as before It's enactment? What does IL
II closing Of the saloons amount to if the pc
u pie drink the same or a greater quantity
ID pOisou'
Another thing 1 may mention is the Dirt
D. store disguise. Little towns that could u
10 support more than one drug store so far
the sale Of drugs and medicines are co
= cerued, support two or three. Invoice the
stocks aud they have 5000 or $500 wor
. Of drugs and $500 or $1,000 worth
liquors, which they will sell to any one wi
can pay so cents for a prescription. EvO
8 in the State Of Kansas, where the law is (
a more strictly enforced it does not really Fl
~ ill the end for which it is supposed to
lg designed. True a saloon keeper was fin
\, 81 200 aud imprisoned at Topeka week /
u, fore last but that is an exceptional cal
80 And the people who drank in Topeka
1q fore drink there yet.
80 far as the Republican party is conoel
~ ed, what Rev Mr.. Simmons wrote is c.
=. taiuly true It did pass the law and 'sto
pledged" TO inioroe it, aud it did try to G
force il. did not desire in the first pla
iit In mix DolitiCg i'm this question but no q