Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-17

CONSTITUTION. Inc Democras propose
to remedy this by 4 license system, 4
Constitutional amendment. The Re.
publicsns propose no remedy At all;
no settlement Of 9 vexed question,
which ass agitated the State thirty
years The prohibitionists propose to
settle it by stopping the manufacture
and sale Of whisky and beer entirely.
That is plain fair statement of the
case. / do not believe in leaving the
liquor question TO the rwhims and
caprices of every legislature that may
be elected in Ohio for all time to come.
One law last winter and another next.
The license system viii settle it. II
viii yield large revenue TO your
treasures which the saloon men are
willing to pay, with proper restrictions
and safe guards to themselves, and
the people. T tof yoa aa9re
Four years ago Republican legis-
lature passed 80 called temperance
law called the Pond Law which tried
every saloon in the State alike, little
and big, whether the keeper sold one
keg of bear month or twenty a day.
That law was declared unconstitu.
tional by Republican Supreme court
The next year they undertook to whIT
the Devil round the bush by a mere
change of phrasology and passed an
other law called the Scott Law, which
Democratic Supreme Court declared
unconstitutional. The Constitution Of
OHIO says, "No license to traffic in in
toxicsting liquors shall hereafter be
granted in this State, but the General
Assembly may, by law,provlde against
the evils resulting therefrom.' Now
the Scott law provided that il
you paid tax of two hundred dollars
you could sell by retail, by the drink
What was that but liberty to sell, per-
mission to sell, license to do thing
and liberty to do the same thing, pro,
vided you paid the money. F.
When these laws were passed Gov.
ernor Foster claimed 1T would stoI
half the saloons in the State. Well
if it stopped half, it left the other hall
under full sail to do BUSINESS. How
does that promote temperance CAM
q man get just as drunk in one thous
and saloons in Cincinnati IS be could
in two thousand. Can't man il
Bryan get as drunk In ten saloons as
he could in twenty? l have heard o1
men who became intoxicated in one
saloon, while out in Kansas and down
in Maine, they get as drunk as looms
where the have no saloons at all.
A license system for the protection
of minors and in6rm classes will yield
revenue under the authority of the
law, promote good order, and protec1
society. 7fot5 i1e saa1aH 7s, $50 =.
Let US try it once and see how il
will work in Ohio. Now, as to Gov
ernor Hoadly-has he not made {
good Governor-what act of omission
or commission, has he been guilty O
that he should deserve censure? 1t il
possible he may have made mistake
or two. If he has made mistakes they
were not corruptedly made. ae
He has given the Republicans of th'
State q fair minority representation OF
the boards of the benevolent lnsti: iti
ons, on the board OF the directors fth'
State Penitentisry. They have votet
uniformly with the Democrats in th'
management Of that institution, and i
there is anything wrong there, they
are as much responsible for 1t as th'
Democrats 5i'I5g eHo tlt@ s9Yga !,
When Hoadly become Governor
and the penitentlary came into tht
hands of the Democrats, there wa,
scarcely sheet or single bed in it.
For the purpose of making a show
ing Of economy, the proceeding admin
istration Of Governor Foster let ths
bed clothes Of the prison wear out, anc
every bed, mattress and bunk in i
literally alive with bed bugs and lice.
There is not q farmer of Williams
county who would permit his hogs Il
sleep in such q place, and If he did
the grand jury would indict him fol
cruelty to animals. Under the pres
emit management the bedding and bee
clothing has been renewed. There il
not bed bug or a. louise there; the
rats have all gone too, four.legged rat
and two.legged rats; the cells have
been cleaned, and the prisoners are il
charge of an ex.union soldier, War
den Petrey, who was himself prison
er during the late war ana knows
something of the horrors of prison
life. These men in the penitentiary
though criminals, and compelled, al
ought to be, to work for the State
should nevertheless be treated as well q
you would your cattle; they are human
beings and should be treated in . hu
name manner. It is also the unani
nous opinion Of the Board Of Direc
tors Of the penitentiary, that the plec'
price system has proven q success
That it will be profitable to the State
and beneficial to the laborer inside tn,
prison and acceptable and beneficial L
the laboring men outside as well. /
was tried as an experiment for th'