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Intemperance and Our schools.

EDIToR REPUBLICAN :-Impres-
sed with the great evils of intemper-
ance, and the sad and terrible results
entailed upon society and humanity
by the use of Intoxicating liquors, the
General Assembly of Maryland. at
its recent session, enacted a law re.
quirins text books upon the effects of
alcohol upon the human system to be
placed in the public schools, and made
one of the branches o. the course of
study therein. If this matter was
deemed of such importance by our
representatives as to demand of them,
although opposed to local prohibition,
this legislation, how we'll each one of
US, and particularly parents, should
consider before voting against local
option on the 9th inst. If necessary.
by compulsory education on this
question, to rear our children in OPP
position to the use of spirituous and
fermented liquors, how much more
important is 1t, and how much better
would it be to end the traffic in them
within, and Danish it from the county
by our bilOts ? If such course Of
instruction Is so essential and Iequir,
ed, Is it right and proper. is it wise
and do we desire that the over and
proprietor OF a saloon, where the traf-
tic is carried on. and liquor dispensed
by the drink and otherwise, carrying
with If NUhnl and shall
the quallti catiOns of those who are to
govern, train and instruct our chill
dren and have control of and general
SUPERVISION oyer teachers and schools?
Will pot the habits and example of
such a person have greater weight
than, and overcome all the good hop
ed or expected to be derived from the
use OF such text books and the teach
ings upon the subject?
These are questions for us to con-
slider and answer now, for if local
option is defeated in the county. the
person who now occupies that posi-
ton and will hold it unfit January
1883, the Secretary aud Examiner of
the School Board, and the leader of
the opposition to local option expects
To ana VIII procurse n license aud en-
gage in The business. In view Of the
law referred tn Is this consistent, and
ought such to be the case? Will you
say by your vote that you are Wiling
to leave the enforcement of this law
to a licensed liquor dealer VIII to
make his business II success, must
have ali the patrons of his bar he can
get, al people int mperatr anu unu"
temperate?
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To the Voters OF Garrett County.

A special election to determine
whether intoxicating liquors or alco-
holic bitters shall be sold within Gar
rett county, will be held on Tuesday,
April q, and during the few days
intervening every one should, and we
In behalf Of the friends of Local OPP
ton, and in the interests Of economy,
morality, humanity and christianity
appeal TO you to give this question
full, candid and prayerful considera-
ton, and to determine within your
own mind what is right and vote ac-
cordin9ly. We rely upon the right
eousness of our cause and feel conf.
dent that if sense of right and hon
esty of heart and intention prevail we
will be successful in this contest. By
the aid of editorials in one of our
county papers and circular letters and
addresses the views of our opponents
have been placed before you. They
consist of mere assertions, not argu-
ments, unsustained by facts or reason
and require nothing more than calm
consideration to convince any and
every one of the fallacy of their posi-
ton. We shall 60 into no extended
argument in reply, but submit few
Facts to you to consider.
In November, 1884, local option
was voted upon. In the county it
failed to receive a majority in five
districts-Nos. 2, 6, Z, and l0-hoW-
ever, it prevailed by majority of
159, and since May LIST, 1885 has been
in force therein, with what success
will be hereafter noticed. A few per-
sons desiring to engage in the traffic,
with the aid ofour Stale Senator have
succeeded in having the question re-
submitted at a special election. Why
a special election, and for whose ben.
eft?
Prior to May 1, 1885 license could
not be obtained nor licensed saloon
found in three of the districts named.
In Oakland and Deer Park were Ii.
censes granted. and by six or eight
persons in those districts only were
licenses procured, and for the benefit
of these persons is this special cleo
ton held, The advocates of local on
tiOn opposed re-submission and
when convinced that it would be,
protested rgainst a special election
and demanded and insisted that it
sbOuld be at the election in Novem-
Der next. and although of the most
influential citizens and heaviest tax
payers, their protest was ignored and
for the accommodation of the few in.
dividuals who desired to open saloons
this special election, mourning an ex.
pense Of from $500 to $1,000, to be lev
led upon the taxpayers, was called,
to enable them if local option is de.
feated, to commence business May /,
and thus the sooner begin to fill their
Golfers off of the hard earned money
of the laboring men, And why this
expense? Because the persons OPP
posing the legislation upon the SUBJ
jet pay into the county treasury
about ten times as much as those
favoring it, and would have to bear
the burden Of the expense, and these
liquor dealers reap the benefit and
so situated, they, of course, would
not be deferred in the least in their
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esponsibility as to the termination
of this contest. Women can work a.
men cannot in this canse. On,
not with folded hands and sien.
tongues; the demon is waiting 10 en-
ter your homes. The serpent is COLL
ed along your loved ones pathway;
with fiery eyes he's watching every
fOotstep, only waiting an Opportuni-
ty to embrace them in his deadly
coil. Oh, women of Garrett county,
work night and day until the even
ing of the 9th with tongues touched
with love for your dear ones, use
persuasive elequence upon your hus-
bands, sons, brothers and the voters
of Garrett county. Let not an oppOr-
tunity pass. If you have not suffer
ed, many have. You know not how
soon you may. Oh, come to the res
cue of those who do suffer. Can We
mans love see her sisters suffer and
sit idly by? Come, by your work
and influence wipe the bitter tears of
sorrow from their eyes. Come, with
loving, working hands and bring
peace and joy to their aching hearts.
home where naught but poverty and
ruin, heart aches and bitter tears are
found, into a home of peace and hap
| piness.
| Think of the drunkard's home; i'm
aginatiOn cannot picture it nor brush
Of artist paint it; tits picture OF
the dark regions of woe, reflected
through damning rum, and can only
he described by one who through its
curse. has sunk into and experienced
the misery and pain of that dark and
hopeless world ; and shall there be
such home in this beautiful county.
With the saloon there will be many,
and yours may be one of the Inflated
ones. But do we not hear the voices
Of hundreds of women sounding in
the valleys and echoing o'er the hill
| tops that no such homes shall be in
our county, that no saloons shall
! fling open their doors to entice our
! loved ones. Then on to the contest.
The golden. moment has arrived.
Arise with your might and drive
this evil from our midst, then will
our loved ones he safe and not before,
Sad would be the reflection to any
one of US that through our negligence
the battle should be lost, and that in
coming days any of our dear ones
should be lost through this curse
Then conscience through. the sorrow
ing years would upbraid and con
denim for neglected duty.
In conclusion, mothers, wives and
sisters, we appeal to YOU, we beSeecf
you. we pray you be aroused ); d'
your duty; go to the polls On clertlou
day; be there at the opening: stay
until they close; let n Ut timidity keel
you away; you can afford to lay aside
your timidity in order to save your
loved ones.
Again we say do your duty; then,
on the evening of the 9th as the last
rays of the setting sun shall tingt
with mellow golden light the distant
mountain peaks; then as the shadow;
begin to lengthen in the vale, and
twilight gently falls on mother earth:
then peacefully you can 60 to your
homes, and as you lay your tired
bodies down to rest, sweetly yOl
can fall asleep with the consciousness
of having discharged your duty.
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disorder in the town. Last year, how
ever. there were more strangers and
visitors at both Oakland and Deer
Park than ever at any one season be-
fore. One of the hotels, it is true, did
not meet with great success. but that
was for reasons other than local op-
ton. But the proposed repeal of
the law has had bad effect. One
party alone from Philadelphia, con-
sisting of fifty. persons. intended to
come to the county for the season of
1885, but on hearing of the action of
the General Assembly, cancelled,
their engagements; their future move.
ments depending upon the result of
this election. As further evidence
of the fallacy of their argument, we
refer to Mountain Lake Park, resort
of but four years, with a law prohib-
ting the sale or use of intoXicants
within one mile of its limits, Whilst
Oakland in 1888 and 1884. was rapidly
going down as Q resort, Mountain
Lake Park was growing, and at each
successive year doubled the number
of persons there during the previous
year. Last season being the most sue
cessful since its Incorporation.
But we are told that it depreciates
the value of the property. What
property? All dwellings for rent are
bringing in as much rent as they have
for years, and in several instances it
has been increased, and tenants re-
quired to pay more. The Glades Ho
tel, which is now renting for $4,000,
and is to rent for So, 900 if local option
is defeated, is the only property in
Oakland disadvantageously affected
by the law. What is the cause? 1t
has saloon connected with it which
the owners apparently value at an
annual rental of $1,000. Who pays
it ? The persons who spend their
money at the bar for intoxicating
liquors; who take their earnings
which should properly 60 for the ne
cessaries and comforts of life for home,
and give it in exchange for that which
Is worse than nothing, to help
pay this rent. 1t is transfer
simply of money from the poor
to the rich-from one person to
another, without return. The in
creased value of the hotel is in the
saloon-in the business carried on
therein. With the business it draws
an additional rent of $1,000, which
goes into the hands of two individu-
ais, by them taken from the county,
and expended in other places, leaving
the county and the people therein,
81 900 poorer. Without the business
that 81 900 remains in the county, in
the hands of numerous persons, and
is disposed of to the advantage, COM
fort and joy of all concerned.
1t is also claimed by our opponents
that prohibition does not prohibit the
sale of it, and refer to the case of
Maine, where they say more govern
ment licenses are issued in proper
ton to its population than in any
other state. In answer to that, we
cite from the U. S. Revenue Report
for the year ending April 30th, 1885,
the following facts.
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BLooMINGToN, Nd, April 13, 1886

DLOOM NGlON, WI w., April 10, 1000,
Mr.. EDITOR:-I notice in the col
umns of the MOuHtdin Democrat OF
April 8, 1886, an editorial and an
article under the heading of "Anuap.
oils Letter." which articles | wish to
correct as they reflect personally up
on me, and place me in false posi-
ton before the people of our county.
My impression is that the charges and
structures were intended to cover up
and gloss over the mistakes of others,
who see that "they have put the If
foot into it,"
Now, in answer to the second para
graph in said editorial, Mr.. Brown
iDg's original bill provided for a spe-
cial election on May 4th, 1886, which
| objected to absolutely, on the
ground that the taxpayers were not
prepared to meet the expense. The
high license provision | did not OBJ
ject to, as charged, which Mr.. Brown
ing knows, if he knows anything at
AL about it, and | will show it before
close this article.
In the third paragraph l find the
following statement:
"This alliance was most unholy
one, as it combined the interests OF
the low doggery with that of the pro-
hibtion lodge, and blended the de-
sires of the keepers of vile saloons
with those of the pi0us eyangelists of
Mountain Lake. The alliance being
a strong one, succeeded, as a matter
of course, and to Delegates Weiner
and Michaels are we Indebted for the
measure AS passed."
Let us see who is responsible for
this measure: Mr.. Browning intro
duced it in the Senate on Feb. 23d
and it had its third reading on March
9Th, and went upon its final passage,
and was sent to the House March
10th. AT that time | did not known
that the time for holding the election
had been changed to Ihe general cleo
ton next fall, and repealed the Local
Option law, or suspended the law for
six months, which the people haye
voted into being. from the date of the
passage Of the bill. which considered
one of the most unfair provisions that
could be attempted against free peo-
pie, and unconstitutional also. To
suspend the operations of law that
was voted into being by the people,
and then say, after six months, that
the law shall be revived or voted out
of existance, is something that never
has been done in the State of Mary
land. A motion was made by Mr..
Hole, of Allegany, whom Mr.. Brown.
ing had employed to champion this
bill through the House, TO refer the
bill to the committee on temperance,
and said in support of his motion that
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The Allegheny Synod of the Luth-
eran Church, held September 1st. 1880,
adopted the following resolution;
ResOIUed, That no christian can con-
sistently sign petition for license to
sell intoxicating liquors as a beyer-
age.
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Senator Wilson has presented petit
tions from the Knights of Labor of
Baltimore city and Westernport,
Maryland, protesting against the pas
sage Of what is known as the free
ship BILL"
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The friends of the Morrison tariff
bill in making their estimates of
friends and enemies OF the measure,
have put Mr.. McComas and Mr..
Findlay as in the opposition, and the
other four members, Gibson, Shaw,
Cole and Compton, as in favor of the
bill.
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The above shows concusiveIy that
the claim made is utterly without
foundation in fact. But we go further
and say that the number of United
! States licenses issued is no evidence
that the owners of the licenses eyer
sold drop of liquor. And we need
go no further than to cite the instan-
ces of two people in the town of Oak
land that had such license, but failed
to use them, although they tried
hard. Mary Wiseman, who was
arrested under the local option law,
! convicted and sentenced to pay fine
of $3.50 and costs, and falling to do
this went to Jail for six months. Viola
Groves, arrested for violation of same
law, and committed to Jail, escaped
by dressing in mems clothes, and in
ducing the Sheriff's little child to I'M
lock the Jail door, left the State; her
whereabouts now being unknown.
And it is undisputed that there is ut
an open or other saloon in Oakland
to-day.
For further evidence of the effec-
tiveness of the law we might refer
to the result of its operations in Wor-
cester. Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester,
Kent. Calvert, Montgomery and
other counties in the State but deem
it unnecessary. In Montgomery
County, which has a voting popuIa-
ton of $500, an effort was recently
made to repeal the law. A petition
against such legislation with nearly
$500 slgners was presented to the
House of Delegates by Mr.. Laird one
of its representatives, who said he
was glad of the opportunity to pre-
sent such a petition. raise his voice
in favor of local option and bear wit
ness to the great good it had accom-.
plished.
In CONCLUSION, they say we are fa-
natics. Ii actuated by no improper
motives and without pecuniary inter-
ests, being interested in the welfare
of our county and its people, in the
relief of heavily burdened taxpayers
and the suppression of vice and
crime, the reformation of the inebri-
ate, the removal of the temptation.
the healing of sore, wounded and
aching hearts, the mitigation of sor-
row, misery and woe, the substitu-
ton of health and comfort for afflic-
ton and distress, the alienation of
suffering and dispair. the immediate
results of intemperance constitutes a
fanatic, then we are fanatics and are
proud of It.
With this we leave the matter with
you. We hope, we believe we will
be successful, "for," as has been said,
"we have on our side God, the right,
the women, the children, and a ina.
jority of the best men,"
j. M. DAVIS,
President.
G. M. MILLER,
Vice. President
VIM. HINEBAUGH,
Secretary.
d. E. OFFUTT
w. p. TowNsHEND,
JOHN SHARrZER,
FRED. A. THAYER,
Ed. II, SINCELL,
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THE HOUSE.

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