Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-05
LIQUOR In VERMONT.
Where Prohibition Laws are yory
strict, ava Evasion Very
Raty.
iA"'" Advances mndc = The rseIotaieis
whimE 80 reik but not Anxious
10 Act


New York Herald special from rfovldenoe.R /.
The startling story OF how The anti.
liquor laws aye evadod ~ tao state 81
Malue, despite the constitutional amend.
mtnt prohl 9iing the manufacture or Tho
sale ct alcoholic drinks, As relatod 10 Tho
(, Herald ot SUNDAY last, ia repeated with
variations when the workings OF tho code
Ia Vermont ls considered.
10 Maine the problcm OF chow not 20
10 a." has been thoroughly solved in a
most practical manner, aud tho hlbn.
lousH inclined secure sll OF the spllliu.
GUS consolation desired, The actual
results, az iniicatod by tho experience
IVi nearly forty years VI nrohlMtofy
Z legislation, show that public sentiment
( eluuo VIII tuforco tho statues, aud that
us only 10 nmall rural communities
that ibo law uhtama recognition la,
stead Of any markod decrease ia the
consumption Of liquor durlng the past
ten years there has neen n c1neidetablc
Increase, and thU most competent au.
/ thori,y has Expressed the opinlon that
1 the twa great parties are likely tn oume
together la locai an should tho rad.
loal Prnhibtionleis attain any headway
| IN politics.
Vermont Ike Maluo, has Republican
! government, and tbs Democratic party
has To bear the hfuul OF tho rrspnnaihiltty
Tor the enforcement vi the stringent
| lava against rum that now have place
In the statute book SO lar az law IL
cone rned the Green Moun'nlu state
unpht TO bo the paradise OF tho teoio.
tAlprs,
LIT VS. see IN what manner tho legiSla.
tors have Cudchyorud 10 vauuulsh KIM
Alcohol The sale " liquor IA unlawful
10 Vermont. A single sale N liable TO
Vie penalty of ~ lue Tor the fret on nee,
nnc uud imprisonment for the second aud
an Increased ilne mud longer period "
Incarceration for the third offence on
The complaint Of aslngle otlztu "scarch
and Heizuru' warrant may be- isauod, aud
thn promises Of the suspect may bc over.
hAuIod, The owner OF the building Ia
Niuh the aalO n mndO hrComna 10.
| spnnN'blc FOR the action OF hia touant, nnd
| liquor IN prOeoas of transportation
may be seized without warrant. Rurth.
ermOro, tbs drupkati who win moi toll
the court whore he obtained his liquor Is
subject TO Hrytre punishment Certainly
a pret'y suh law aud one which, IL
might bu suppus d, would mako the ,N.
lstence Of dispenser Of the ardent n
burden and u snare,
No fnOunLE no orr IiQuuH,
when your correspondent commenced
to Investigate tho Agtual condition ui
aft urs, u practical test was made aud a
number Ut public plaogH where liquor IN
sold were Visited ~ ono OF the large
towns,
Thero Ia generally sign a. the door
announcing that oysters or 'lunch" may
bo obtained within. There IL frout
room which contains some cheap iufnl.
turc, with "A table ur two decorated with
u bottle Of cataup OF poppor-sanGe, Ia
another room TO tha rear or on one side,
ihrre Ia a bar Nothing VI tho gorgeous
paraphurnalla oi conventional bar.room
II to bo seen, " II merely a plnce for the
dispensing Of "hard" aud "soitn atuff 10
hose who buy II Tor ils own sweet self,
regardless Of surroundings soisnru OF
the bar 1NtnreH would not have resulted In
a serious loss TO the proprietor Of any oao
Of the places visited by your uofraBpond.
ent, aud tho quality Of tho beverage
would cause the mar " bon ylvant 10
stand stH from tho horror his palate
would suffer-. Something like dusbn
barro0ms wcre seen Ia full blBst IA
civic community OF intense iCspCCtabihty,
backed ny code ui repfoHsive lava IN.
known IN paint OF severity IN any other
portion OF the Rlobo In no one Of Tho
prohibition states ~ thu code 20 arbitrary
M IN Vermont,
now rnE LAW ~ EyADEp,
Tho moduB oprrandl Of evasion N ~
follows Tho ordinary method Is deYel
oped IN The defense of u seller against
charge made by drunken man Occa.
aluuhlly IN inObrlato 10 hauled before tho
court and IN told that he viii ba locked
up ana kept IN duianco Vile mill he re-
yeels whore he got hls lntoXirani, Ordl- !
narllyi under tho circumstances, he will
swear that hH got u from "itllow who
gave him few HwallowA out ~ bottle"--
time, name anu locality 80 indefinite Hs %
bBDis inquiry. Oecasiunnlly 30 Will toll
the truth, especially IT hc has grievance
NIX Inst some liquJr dealer, aud viii dis
close the name uf tho vendor VINO fur.
nishsd the "tanglet1nt" ! no latter ia.
divldaul IL quite qnal 10 tho emergency. |
hnid distinguished counscllOr.at.iaw |
to the Herald correspondence "'rharo IL |
an astonishing degree OF boldneas aud |
system IN tho perjury that Is committed |
on the subject ~ ilquor gelling ~ thi. |
state potiufY which IN nine cases out ~
Ten defeats tbe intcnti u ~ tho law, aud |
which causns grave doubts IN the miadA |
OF Intelligent prohihitonlair."
fERJUKY ron HGh.
The dealer Hl says has u humber ~ loaf
erH whom he supplies with their daily tip.
pic VINO nfo IN readiness 10 10 into court
and testify that NJ the time tho hllpRed
sale was made The person charging that
he obtained bis liquor was refused a
drink, aud that no was too much lntuKi.
Gated 10 know what he WAS about or
whore he was. Almost invariably 10 such
CnHes there are two or three or four 70
testify contrary ~ the single tes imOuy Of
the ono who was forced by t1e court 10
mako a disclosure OF the place where he
bought the rum, and such testimony IN
hutuossiul Ia clearing The ekirs Of the
The 'search and seizure" clause Of the
Law n met very eAsilY IL Is not often
that thls portion ui the Gods Is called up
Tor u test, for tha ftaso0b that viii be
stated, but when toiaure liz actu NY |
inade and there y no BuJtofinge by whisn |
escape can be nad, ihe dealer pays hia |
doe aud settles costs Tho ilne for a
fret hn!a Is only $40, and, 40 n fiurllpg. |
ton batkeeper stated, "Wo don't have 20 |
pBy any lcebBe, aHd We could afutd 70 !
pay sieh u ono eyory month lhruaRh |
tha year" But a second OheBhe
ctils Tor imprisonment, aud a
confinement ~ not thinR 70
be cpurted, Therefore tbs dealer whp
has been once convicted promptly "rolls
..HN q. a.