Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-09
GOV. HoAoLY LEADS OFF

Amid Great Applause Most Brilliant
Speech.
Representative Hurd arose and introduced
Governor Hoadley IN few remarks and the
latter began bis speech amid the enthusias-
tic plaudits Of the auditors. He began BY
reciting the circumstances leading to the
challenge to q Joint debate. The most i'm
portant issue of the campaign is the ques-
tion OF personal liberty and how far inter
Iered with by law, as to habits of drinking.
Then he proceeded 10 define the position Of
both parties on the liquor question by read
ing the platforms Of each
Republicans and Prohibition,
He defined the plank in the Republican
platform recognizing the right of the people
to amend the organic law Of the State, to
mean that Republicans favor prohibitory
amendment. he argued that the point,
however, was how far the law may 60 to
regulate the personal habits Of citizens.
The answer 10 it depended on the answer
to the ether question, Is drinking vice?
Is it harmful or wrong to ike one glass Of
beer or wine2 Is man TO be allowed TO
indulge in moderate drinking which can do
no harm? If drinking be vice, selling
LIQUOR is a vice; but if man who is
capable Of selEcontrol, who takes a drink
On q fsrm does no harm, then he does no
harm to drink it in q saloon. he referred
to the local option feature OF the Scott Law,
which difers from total prohibition as q
coach doc differs from dog sll one color;
ana aihematized the Scott law for this fes-
ture; defined himSeh as opposed to partial
prohibition or total prohibition and in favor
of personal freedom to the fullest extent.
The speaker elaborated the point that if
wrong in one place, drinking was wrong in
sI; If right in ore place, right in all
The principal that would justify the Scott
law local option feature would Justify the
prohibition Of chewing or smoking tobacco
within the municipality. The conclusion
was that legislation must be decided against
the evils OF liquor drinking, but not against
drinking itself This was the right direction
Of temperance legislation within cities or
without them. The most valuable posses
sion Of the citizen is
Personal Liberty;
therefore; all movements which strike at this
must be opposed. Drinking is not vice,
but excessive drinking is. Prohibition Is
failure in Maine, in Kansas and IN Iowa.
Statistics of the number Of United States
liquor licenses issued in these States were
read, showing sn increase in two OF the
three. Gov. Hoadly pronounced prohi0i-
ton an incentive to hypocrisy and is against
- \ Ia nknI L-aP
TO ststs why be ls in favor OF local prohibit
bition in municipalities and not in favor Of
prohibition in the whole State. He is in
favor Of the Scott law whose ninth section
tgivss municipalities power to prohibit. How
can be Justify this and not justify State pro-
hibilion2 he compared Foraker to the
sandwich man with q pscard in front mot
.or prohibition" on the back a plscsrd
q Va rot sgsinst prohibition" and chal.
Ianged him 10 state whether he was IN
lpor Of prohibition or opposed to it. be
sisted that prohibition is the issue in Ohio
fttRuse the next Legislature will be asked
to pass prohibition legislation. he
dasires to know If Foraker
n1s elected Governor whether he will
tn his message recommend the submission
t'A prohibitory amendment 10 the eonssi-
tsf'on and demanded whether if Rep1bli-
ear Supreme Court is elected it will reverse
~ laie decision that the Scott law is uu-
t.1stitutional and compel saloon keepers to |
.ar back theta He charged that this |
'te Republican programme and declared |
,tte Was
But Two Methods
Il astihDg the temperance question-prO' !
.ftiion and license. The Scott Law was 1
Ill bastard kind of license. he de- !
nd be fsyors graded license, measured |
erding TO the amount of sales. License |
ects the traffic, secures personal liberty, |
.f.shes out low dives and secures obedience
aw By dealers. BE declared that houses
h fame would not be licensed to sell
toor, as under the Scott law.
The speaker quoted Senator Sherman as
syipg the Legislature of Ohio cannot
'heepse the sale of liquor, and under the
resent constitution could not see how tax
~ could be parsed that Vill have not to be
By the courts as license. The
declas ed tsxaiion a revenue power, nos
,.sIce power rs ihe Scott lsE made it. TAat
So brcytd 4 fsilure as police measure be-
a : more Uniged States licenses were Is
* 4 she year 4 ~as il farce than in the
>f~iceR yesr.
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