The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-17

by q Democrat In necessarily wrong, whNcn |
Lower House from voting for the amend.
ment when enough Democrats were present
TO give 1t the necessary three-nItns votee,
because the Democratic party wouio get tne
Three Republicans. Burnett and Hawley,
Of Clsveiand. and nad ps Sme 1d y when mott esnonsh
Democrats were present to pass II. Iney
were loud-mouthed advocates OF license
seat and the full tale Of sixty votes were re-
corded in the affirmative, sixty.three being
needed for its passage, these three repre-
seutatives being present refused 70 vote;
The Republican, caucus dictated this evil
course, and they followed in blind slavery to
the party behests. ,- ~ 80 -.
Democratic party succeed in this election
and secure the necessary three-hfths MAJOR;
~ any en- permitting the license Of this
trafRc-ths most salttafy and wisest scheme
| ever devised for its fegulation3Iwiil be SUI.
Republican party succeed IN securing 9 Re
publican Legislature, which Mr.. sher,
man tells us will gnd Rss give ns ,u mMase
are elected who will construe the
Constitution of the State, not in &C
upon what Mr.. Sherman calls the side Of
temperance and good order" the result will,
no doubt, be reached either to reverse the
Scott law, and collect the unsolicited taxes
of 1888 and 1884, or to pass another law, q
which the eI Scott law is sm a samp,e, af for s WHICH,
the action of the Sixty-ffth General Assem-
bly, gives us the precedent. these
dis. the Republican party hope to secure the
emoluments of office within the state OF
Ohio, thankful for so little now that the ma
tion has been lost to them.
Indeed by its results SO far as asuertained,
prohibition seems to be a failure. In Maine,
t Tne rep 10 ass Of the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue show that the number of persons
paying specia! taxes as retail ana Mhoiessae
the year ending April 30, 1881, was 9lb; yea
ending April 80, 1885,, was 1,036; year ending
April 90, fss g. was IS 1 fas. y in 1s snd 4.as7 AP IN 1s s.
1854; in 1858, 5,4s7: in 1884, 4.s22. And in Kan
sas, the Stale Of st. John, where, if anywhere
!, ~; in isss, t,S4s: id 1883, 1898; in 1884, s,o!7l
Prohibition may be enforced, doubtless,t TO TN
extent of destroying the manufacturing es
: and malster may be compelled to emigrate Z
: Kentucky or Indiana. The grain, rye an
wheat out of which whisky and beer ar ar
hoops, slaves. glassware and other necess
ties of the trafic, may be furnished in othe
I l lona KS PIN he sf citiSens Of Ohio crave drink, an
that they will crAve drink as long as hume
{ nature continues under its present cohd
tions, is absolutely certain.
. But, say our distinguished anniversaries
license has been twice defeated. Yes; b
t small majoritfes. In 1851 by q majority {
s S,952. In 1874 by a majority of 1926. On thi
theory, however, what becomes of the .ete
s nal principles of taxation and regulationi
o of the LIQUOR traffc"was submitted to the pc,
t, pie under that name in 1883, and received les
e than loo, 900 out of a total vote OF 72l,0oO vote
g Since 1883 taxation and regulation has bee
theory, / suppose, that t Is said, "hoI
springs eternal, in the human breast t,o, 2 2
+. dicates an eternal clamor for its adoPt1t
II without success. The real question, as | So
ID before, is PROHIBITION ITO I or ra license 9,ro anS Il
st Is the party of the Laodiceans, OF whom {
aAnd unto the angel of the Church of t
Laodiceans write: These things saith q
,e Amen, the faithful and true witness, the o
@ ginning OF the creation not OF G t6o;, art Meth
cold nor hot; I would thou vert cold or ht
So, then, because thou art a
a neither cold nor hot l Will spew tnee OUT
10 Feliow-citizens of Butler County, a (,
n Their thought and / shall retire: The ls
NJ the people a constitutional amendmel
is which If 1t prevail will result In holding Q
,it future annual State elections in Noyemb
The Democratic State Convention adopted
Nv resolution in favor of this project. Acco
Ia1 ing to the present constitution every W
an which is silent upon this subject, or viii
of is both in the negative and the aftsma q
io, renders it extremely difficult to adt
he any amendment to the f p aMendm
to is seen and recognized by all. Ohio was
nC corruption ground of the last President
if election. To save the State from a repetit
.se of such disasters, the intelligent attention
in every voter to the form OF nj ticket rs nee
IN sary to carry this amendment DO not LOT
III to record your vote in the affirmative, SO t
mt Ohio NAV cease to be a pivotal StQte, and
in suffrage may pc renewed Irom IL Prees
nj which all felt in 1884.
ou- I nave thus at length submitted my J
ICE sons for asking for a renewed expression
me your confidence. Believing that the De
cratic party is the party of progress refo
be- rood government, an independently and
ing biased judiciary, with the greatest possl
1se liberty Of action consistent with good gov
nv ment. wise economya and wholesale refor
invoke your sufrages in behalf of our ca
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