Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-11
sertiou BY . few brief extracts rom sns
published remarks Of the speakers ~
the meeting. II.

sertiou BY . few brief extracts from IN.
published remarks Of the speakers u
Rev q. s. Dickerman said:
,,.a,..,,on d. How il the law TO be en-.
,,,asa We have made some sugsesuo on,
iv ,,, ,a,ance 10 the city OFFICIALS III tne
10 a moi enforced here In thls Guy, ~
alleged BY many: n there sre ~ ILL.,
pisces in this city "a wn mas haen said or,
.n,i soor sonebody Ia to bla me. All tne
,i,s. ~ Inc world and the best oiiiclais tnat
aver lived cappot enforce ,ne ihw n" ,,s
poppiar sentiment Ma..s 49,, a. ,ts nrnsecu-
,,nn Tbe other day heard sermon. i,
.Iosi in a 10 rber's shop on Lisbon street, enu
We. .rsacher was the keeper OF An eat.
Ing saloon. / wish you coula nay neh.u
rs seyynou. 10 was one OF the nnest on
We mora Is OF Lewiston ever listened 10.
AZ sal under the operation OF the scissors
ms mn N began talking about me minister
and this movement. He wanted 10 KNOW
rhy they did not attack the hotels. Sala
w rhey talk about the eating houses ana
y,ctualiing saloons, but the hotels are AL
,isbt' They can gamble there inrougnou.
state.fair time. and the ministers 90 no.
saw ANYTHING about IL. he saiu h.sP
q GOOD "a ting. house. have had IL open ior
Ter or eleven years, and never during that
time has II been searched. although pe
long 10 the party out OF power. Al up hn ',
down Lisbon street they have saloons, put
a cheese and a loaf OF bread ON .ne couu n,a,
put M partition, and behind TINS counter
ihey sell iiquor 4" said he, They are cutting
into my business. They cannot i've VIII
out selling LIQUOR. They have no reputation,
TO keep them up. But they Keep open a,l
day Sunday, and sell liquor ana 10 Keep
going. It,
Rev. Mr.. Luce brought down the
house with the opening remark
Lincoln street and Lisbon street have
come together" think he 's greater crl-
minal who sells liquOr on Lisbon street IN
drugstore than he who sells 10 In DARK
mole on Lincoln street. Some OF those men
on Lisbon street who are dealing out ID
damnabie stun are some OF tns
prominent citizens OF Lewiston, anu
fbey are criminals. and greater criminals
than she who hides IL under her dress
or he who copceals IL In his pocket. lie
who on Lisbon street trifies with the appe-
lite Of a young man by selling liquor III the
back part OF a drugstore is more OF cflml-
nal than he who sells IL in his den TO con-
firmed drunkard. -,
A business man OF this city told me few
months ago that eight tenths OF the men Oh
Lewiston drink. said, That cannot be so.
but he said, 81 know II is so, ana ne
pointed them out place by place on LISBON
street.
MI. y. w DtuuCtt ohiN
In Bangor, they tell me. liquor is sold AL
most as openly as In Boston. why n sa.
Bangor an open bar? II is because party
exigency requires II, and | believe ~ mas
been the same In Lewiston the past three
wears. could not give evidence before q
Jury that liquor is sold by the druggists IN
Lewiston, but II man asked me and said
my head would he cut of II Old not an
swer right | should say a once that it was
sold by Them, and should think my head
was perfectly safe.
Professor l.. G. Jordan said J.:
lisa very easy thing to talk about thest
evils. hut IL Is n very different thing To stof
Them. II is easy 10 vote there shall b. nc
liqUOr sold and appoint officers 10 prevent
II, bot 1t is not so easy thing for them tC
carry it out.
The reason why prohibitory laws are
not and never will be successful is tolc
in the following article on the " Yer
mont Liquor Law" by Edward John
son, published in the Popular Science
Monthly. Says Mr.. johnson
/ in the city of Burlington there are abou
! fhTrescore places where liquor IS sod and
! in Rutland, ~. Adams. AMI all the large
/ tow ms a proportional number; and IN every
/ village in the state. with the exception o
/
| least one sucn place. y large proportion o
! the dram. shops Gre located upon the prlncr
! pal streets. ard there is no concealm cht or
! ate mpted cOnceal ment Of The illegal trtih'
| conducted within them. As these facts
| and figures sufficiently indicate. the law
| broadly spea king. is not ~ all enforced
| The sale OF liquor. II is hardly zoe
| much 10 say. il aimOSt az frcc ana Op'n ~
ibGNGh mar rrre no such ming rs Dro
| Eii liam tar. The principal exception 10 tht
! general rule consists Ot an occasional spas
| modic attempt TO enforce the law IN ih'
| lalger places. and the nnihg OF the Hfupr
] dealers on what are termed disclosures.
| In The latter case. r person arrested IOl
| intoXfcaliOn j. competed 10 disclose
| the person OF whom he procured uIUpr
and that person is ihen Tried Tor th'
| offence. such cases ale very com
/ but as only the lowest class or NlUur
/ dealers is concerned IN them, generally
Speaking. and as the prosecution IS inya
/ riablV for First offence no effective
/ purpose is served In REFRESHING me llquo
/ ire fiic. In the larger towns an effort TO zen
I force the law is occasionally made: bal
/ such efforts have Invariably proved short
/ nVed. and in almost every instance Tue
people have. at the earliest opportunity
/ r.jcc{cd ~ the potts the officers who nave
[ ATTEMPTED To enforce the law. Ihes
! are the principal exceptions TO IN
general rule of non enforcement q
/ enforcing the law as the laws aSalns
I burglary and larceny are enforced no on'
]
factory result OF VermOnt's thirty years eX
perience Of the prohibitOry liquor law. Ont
/ might 90 still further. and speak Oh tIle per
! Jury and suborDatiou OF perjury. 10
/ which the law is in sense responsible O
I the disregard and contempt for all lay
/ which the operation OF this law tends I
foster and encourage, and OF cognate mat
| ters which will occur 10 the reuectiV
reader: but perhaps enough has been sal
in showing the failure OF the law to accom-
! plish the object for which u was enacted.
The cause of the failure OF the law is nC
far to seek. IL is obviously that ne Jar
not sustained by public sentiment. IL is tina
the world cannot be dragooned into virtue
The supporters Of the prohibitory law nj
well.meaning men and women VINO al
| sincerely DESTROYS Of beneillng their ie
low human beings and advancing God
kingdom upon earth; but not even by thes
will humanity suffer Itself to be driven
lofiier heights OF thought and action. IN
people OF Vermont are not singular In TN
matter: and there would seem TO be 4
reason why the prOhibitory system-a fai
ure in a moral, GOd-fearing cOmmunit
should be successful anywhere In the mite
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