Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-05-28


The Dow bill will uc tho great point Of con.
lict during the oomiug campaign. Tile Rcpnh
lcan leaders and press will ludustrious,y repre-.
sent to the temperance wing OF their PARTY that
| It Is great temperance measure. Tho majority
OF the party VIII mover road the bil but Will nc.
cCpt II ds i0rcgOuc conclusion that II Is grcnt
| temperance measure because II was passed ty
the "only party that over did anything for tenn
| pcrncc" Tho tltc Of the bill Is lld Intended
| " doludo the temperance men III tito Republic.
can party, and as most OF these ate worry anxious
| for some straw to cling to, they will Wildly
clutch at this straw.
PfOhibltiousts should be prepared, by thor
ough acquaintance with the bill, to meet these
Arguments aud show the bill for what 1t ls-a
ncithor.fur.nor-against' bill, intended to
please the temperance men and keep their vote
without offending the saloon vote
THE LAW.
| As before intmatcd the title of the bill, "An
Act Providing against the Evils Resulting from
the Sale OF Intoxicating Liquors." is deception.
II should be called An Act to Protect the Liq-
uor Traffic from tho Assaults of the Prohibition
| lists, and secure IL as Source of Revenue" The
bill does not provide against the evils resulting
from the liquor traffic II simply secures rcvo'
nue. from it which Is intended to bribc the pco.
| pie of Ohio into tolerance of Is lniquity.
1t is quite evident that the trainers of the law
| had serious doubts of its constitutionality, and
knew that the law, IL not direct violation OF
the constitution, was an evasion OF II for In sec
tion Is 1t expressly provides for the preservation
OF the fragments should part OF the bill be set
| aside.
The law contains the lien clause which has
been conceded as making ita license law, and
also, IN its provisions for the collection of the
tax, makes provisions which will undoubtedly
be set aside by any honest court
The bill expressly provides for rnon'lnterferencc
with the manufacture, and sale by the manu-.
iacturer of intoxicauts of all kinds in oil places
in quantities of one gallon. This, OF course
makes the local option feature farce and n
humbug and there is no doubt whatever that
this was the express intention of the bill. 1t is
shrewd scheme to pretend to give local option
law, and then attach 1t to such conditions as
would make the law practically without effect.
| BY this scheme they can, of course, claim the
credit from the temperance people OF having
passed local option measure, and at the same
| time get an argument to prove that prohibition
| Is not wanted and not practical in Ohio.
| Chalk this in your hats, that Within twelve
| months the Republican leaders and papers will
| be holding up the failure of the local option
| feature of the Dow bill MS another argument tn
| prove that the people Ot ONO don't want prOhi-
| bition and that prohibition don't prohibit.
The local option feature as in the Scott law, is
made applicable to municipal corporations
only a county or a township cannot prohibit.
The rural districts have no protection whatever.
| There Is nothing to prevent Il regular Gordon o
| saloons being established all around the margins
| ~ n town or village that votes to prohibit ale,
| beer and porter houses, and places where fntoN-
iCating liquors sold at retail" What Il farce
| 1t would he for village to vote the dram-shOps
| out and then have them established as a picket
| line all around the borders Of the town What
| a holy howl OF horror would 60 up from the very
| men who passed this infamous bill How they
| wOuld point to the string of "low dives" sur.
| rounding every prohibitory town ns mn illustra-
| tiOn of the evil effects of prohibition How the
| liuuor papers would chronicle each decd of vic.
| lencc committed in these "bOrder-linc" drunk
factories, and proclaim that this was the product
| of prohibition
We have no hositdncy in saying that the local
| option clause of the Dow bill is an Infamous
| sham that was intended by the originntors and
managers to damage the cause OF prohibition.
But there is one feature OF the local option
clause that is not n sham. II Is the local option
| Sunday. There is no sham about thati Any
| municipal corporation is given full and COM
| plete power to sell its Sunday 10 the saloon on
any terms II can get, give ii away. This local
option Is genuine and fully secured.
| And this act, providing for the turning loose
of the Demon OF Drink on the Sabbath day, is
called an act providing against the evi!s result
| ing from the sale OF intoxicating liquors
| Oh temperance Republicans, your grand old
party" is feeding you on thin soup indeed
| Strong must he your attachment to your party
| n YOU can read this bill carefully through and
| not recognize the TACT that the hand Of the rum
power covered the hand that wrote 1t.