The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-25
L1oUORLEAGUE Observation-Disclosures
The Question That Comes Before Temper.
ance Legislation or Anything Else.

The Question That Comes Before Temper
ance Legislation Anything Else.
Indiana Christian Advocate.
The right to vote, and have the vote count as
much as any mans vote, is so Indispensable to
the obtaining of any form of temperance legisla-
ton, that we make no apology for again refer.
ring to the acknowledgements OF the temper
ance men of Indiana. AS the law is, 1t is
an insult to ask temperance man to vote at all;
for the saloon element stands by and chuckles
over his playing citizen when he is no citizen,
or at least has no right to vote as a citizen.
Look at the following points as illustrating the
insolence of the liquor element, as displayed in
their legislation of 1885:
Lawrence county, which has strong temper
ance vote and contains 1898 voters, is not al
lowed representative but is attached to Du-
bos, that her heavy liquor majority may neu-
tralize the temperance vote of Lawrence
Dubois has only 3 1885, yet every voter may vote
for two representatives, while practically the
temperance men of Lawrence can not vote at all,
as the liquor element of Dubois is pitted against
them. Owen county, liquor county, has but
1923 yet she has a representative by herself,
while Lawrence, as above shown. with 3, 1913, has
no representative The same with Perry. an
other whisky county. With only g. 1893, 200 less
renee has none. Monroe, with 3.74s, has
no represent ative; Jennings, with 1929,
has representative The reason is
that Monroe IS temperance county
Jennings is not. Brown, with 2,2lO, is TIED to
temperance Monroe, as to give Brown a Rep
resentative and Monroe none. Pike, with its
large whisky majority, with only 3, 648, has a
Representative ali to herself: while Randolph, a
temperance county, with 6, 300 votes, and Jeffer-
son. with $685., have each only one. Ohio and
Switzerland, with 4,483, have no Representative,
but they are tied to Dearborn, thus giving Dear
borns G, 1872 two Representatives. By the same
process Franklin county 8 T. $50 have two Repre-
sentatives. while Ohio and Switzerlands d, 1873 have
none, and Hancocks 4, 324 have two. Marion
county has %, PIG votes, yet it has but five Rep
resentatives; whereas, on the basis of Owen and
Perry. it should have eight, and on the basis of
Hancock, thirteen.
This comparison could be extended ind efnite-
ly. but the above are Sufficient to show that the
temperance men of Indiana are not only down,
but their hands are tied, and the insolent liquor
power that has done this and those who sympa-
thize with them. stand hooking them and laugh
ing at them III their vain struggle to assert the
rights of Americans.
Can there be any question equal to this2 All
the talk about prohibition. local option, or
high license tariff, or finance, or anything
else is idle words while the temperance men of
men, then; let US discuss the question at ISSUE
The slave the Southern plantation, in the
palmy days of slavery, might as we'll have dis
cussed the political questions of that day, as for
US to discuss temperance legislation in Indiana.
Until the editor of this paper can vote as freely
and count as much as saloon-keeper in Dubois,
or Perry, or Hancock county. he will not insist
upon having this or that kind of temperance leg
islaton. The first question is the right ITO vote,
and have that vote to count as much as any
mans vote