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

speare and G0ethe and aCeryantes used,
and Burns defended In song, the wine
of Ohio which Longfellow has celebrat-
ed1n Immortal verse, wine which has
been In common use by the most sober
Of nations. and has furnished daily
drink TO the most civilized ofpeople,
which. Kaiser wilhelm and many
other anciens In health and life, IL not
always an evil even as Leverage, but
tits liable to abuss and therefore we
propose to regulate it by license, to
give 1t the sanction and protection of
law. subject to conditions requiring the
venders engaged in this traffic to behave
themselves, to keep decent houses, and
70 keep them dn proper neigilbor-
hood and- we propose te charge the
traffic fee for the privilege of carrying
on the same,, graded in proportion to
the amount OF business done, as a COM
pensation for the burdens and injuries
Of iH abuse. The Sixty-sixth General
Assembly would have submitted t6.the
popular vote license system but for
the application of the great Republican
principle that whatever Republican
proposes is right, but when suggested
by Democrat is necessarily wrong,
which prevented three Republican
members of the Lower House from
voting for the amendment when enough
Democrats were present to give It the
necessary three-fifths vote; because the
Democratic party would get the glory.
Three Republicans, Burnett and
Haley, of Cleveland, and Peet, Of Gin
cinnati, voted for the license amend
ment, when not enough Democrats
were present to pass 1t. They were
loud-mouthed advocates oflicense then.
But when every Democrat was in his
seat and the full tale of sixty votes were
recorded in the affirmative, sixty-three
being needed for its passage, these three
Representatives being present refused
to vote. The Republican caucus dictat-
ed this evil course, and they followed
in blind slavery to the party behests.
If the Republican party succeed in Sc
curing Republican Legislature, which
Mr.. Sherman tells us will gives us wise
temperance laws" and Republican
Judges are elected who will construe
the constitution of the State not in ac-
cordance with its meaning and intent,
! "but upon what Mr.. Sherman calls the
side Of temperance and good lorder,n
the result will, no doubt, be reached
either to reverse the decision Of the
Supreme Court against the Scott law,
and collect the uncollected taxes Of18S3
and 1884, or to pass another law, of
which the Scott law is q sample, .,and
submit another prohibition amend
ment, for which the action of the
4 1Sixty-fiifh General Assembly gives us
A the precedent. Between these alterna-
tives, as between Scylla and Charybdis,
the Republican party hope to, secure the
Iemoluments of office within the State
Of Ohio, thankful for so little now that
the nation has been lost to them. NJ
Judged by its results, so far as ascer-
tained, prohibition seems to be fail
4 1re.l In Maine, where ii has been on
i trial the longest time, the reports Of the
!. Commissioners oof informal Revenue
i show that the, number of ofpersons pay
II ing special taxes as retail and whole
! sale dealers in spirits and III malt liquors
4 in all for the year ending April 80, 1881,
u was 916; year endingAprii 30;l882, was
n ,O36; year ending April 80, 1888, was
II, ,19S; year ending April 80, 1884, was ], :
1905. In iowa iii 1881, A, ,797; in 1882, A.
534; in 1883, s, ,437; In 1884, 1892. And
/ in Kansas, the State Of ST. J John, where,
) lif anywhere Virtue ought to be enforced
by law, in. 1881, !, ,227; in 1889, 1,546; in
: 1883, 1908; in 1884, 2,01. Prohibition
may be enforced, doubtless, to the ex-
: tent of destroying the Manufacturing
4 establishments in Ohio. Every brewer,
+ distiller and malster may be compelled
to emigrate to Kentuckyor Indiana.
t The grain, rye, and wheat out Of which
J whisky and beer are made, may be pro.
| tduced in other States. The hoops
. slaves, glassware and ootherlnecessities
|. 1of the traffic, May be furnished inl0thel
: lands, but trafficking will continue in
\ Ohio as long as the citizens of, Ohie
1 crave drink, and that they will crave
! drink as long as human nature contin.
: ues under its present Q conditions, Ii
v absolutely certain. o9 Yd tJl ,asd
: EiaI / have thus at length submitted my
; reasons for asking a renewed expression
/ Iof your confidence. Believing that the
+ Democratic partyis the party ofpro
8 Igress, reform, good government, and
4 independent and unbiased judiciary
q with the greatest possible liberty of ac.
4 ton consistent with good government
n wise economy and Wholesale reform,
u invoke your suffrages in behalf of ou
r lcandidates.T .Tmb.s bah slsqsdawan