Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-03-06

The Liquor Question Discuss
ed in Town Meeting.

now in force 10 this county. Mr. w.
r. lgIehart was made president Of
the meeting, aud Frank O. White.
secretary. The president read the
notice given for the meeting and
stated its object. and invited discus
sion on the subject Dir. George w
Moss made some very fOrcibIe re-
maj ks-sbowiDg that while be favor
ed local option be thought the present
law farce as far "a tho object for
which it was enacted went; that be-
fore local option went into effect there
were 50 licensed saloons 10 this scity.
that paid tar OF $500 anuually to
the county aud State, and TO-DAY
there was almost as many club-rooms
in the city. that dispensed as much
liquor as before and paid no license
to the county Mr.. j. Il. Munroe
read paper showing the evil effects
entaiIed upon communities where
liquor was sold, and strongly favored
local option, aud hoped nothing
would be done to repeal the present
law. Mr.. A. S. Bryan said 20 man
bad labored harder to bring about
local option In this county than be
had, but be was thoroughly convinced
the law was failure and farce LIN
asmuch, as by the decisions Of our
courts 1t had repealed the minor aud
Sunday liquor laws. which were max
ing drunkards OF our youth. and he
would favor its repeal Mr. Thos.
Young also strongly favored the re-
peal of the present law, and putting
the sale Of liquor where it formerly
was. The sentiment of the meeting
was decidedly in favor of repeating
the present Law and submitting it to
vote Of the people.
The Secretary also read a paper
from citizen setting forth many dis
advantages the present local option
law was to the religious aud moral
training of the young, and how it
was SO easily evaded under the club
system of dispensing liquor
The following preamble and reso-
lutions were then read and adopted
by decided majority
WHEREAS, we the citizens Of Az
napolis have been invited to confer
together respecting the dangers con-
nected with the indiscriminate -ale of
intoxicants. or their excessive use and
fr, quent abuse as stimulsnts. or with
their wide spread use in our communi-
ty witfoct heing guarded from the
dangers OF abuse by any of the quail
ficaticns of legal enactments bearing
thereon aud designed to operate as q
restraining influences;
AND " HEREAs, during a period of
two years We have been living under
lawn which were passed by the
General Assembly, and which were
designed by their authors to discoun-
tenance aud absolutely to forbid the
barter and sale in our community of
oil kinds If alcoholic liquors;
AND WHEREAS, we are law abiding
citizens aud believe in the necessity
of submission to the laws OF the
State;
BUT, WHEREAS, the circumstances
of the situation confront us as
patriotic ci,izens, and as law-loving
and law abiding citizens with grave
questions aud serious and alarming
problems arising out of this law, aud
the impossibility Of executing it, not
withstanding the heavy pains and
penalties attached to it;
AND WHEREAS in our bestjudgment
public morality, respect for constitu-
ted authority, the haluts Of the grow
ing youth of our city, the wise re.
straiuts of judicious legal enactments,
the present downward tendency 10
moral dspravity especially among the
youths of this, city the many secret
temptations to the formation OF vicious
habits, are concerned, make it APP
propriate for US to invite public at
tention TO the present situation OF
affairs:
THEREFORE, Resolred,
LIST. That we heartily approve Of
all salutary aud wholesome restraints
and of all well considered and wise
safeguards calculated to arrest the
abuse of alcoholic and other stimn-
lants, and to guard their sale and use
by appropriate legislation. We be-
lieve thar it's within the province OF
law and Of morals to devise such
measures as ; ball tend to promote
the growth Of virtue and 10 develop an
enlightened and honorable and self
respecting manhood 10 our midst;
we believe 10 legislation that u
founded on the observance of the
highest christian principles with re-