Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-04-14
4sRE4r VICTORY.

4 GREAT VICTORY.
The republican party was born into the
world as party of principle and progress.
Its greatest victories have been gained in
hehalf of great moral and political truths
as they affected the rights, privileges and
lives of the people. Republicans have,
from the first, been conscientious and
courageous. They fought the extension Of
slavery. and when it rose In rebellion
against the government and against human
rights, they smote 1t down by the red-hand
of military power. They fought also for
honesty in our national finances. and, In
these later years, they have, In the several
states. done what they could not only to
legislate against the liquor traffic but to
educate the people to enforce law. At the
same time they have been making vigor-
Gus fight against organized and persistent
crime against the ballot-box. In ohio the
republicans have gained a great victory
over the bulldoZers and boodlers-securing
free ballot and an honest count for all
time to come, and they have, also, in the
final repeal ION friday Of the Sunday
clause Of the Dow law, removed from the
law its only defect.
There will, hereafter, be no selling of
liquor, in any portion of Ohio, on Sunday.
The law DOW declares this and it will be
enforced. Many saloon keepers in Cincin-
natl and elsewhere say that they approve of
this legislation-that they need one days
rest in seven. They do, indeed need it, and
the public need lit. G. rest from the liq-
uor traffic also. Certainly the law is fair.
even TO saloon keepers-if 1t shall be fairly
rs they must be. no one will have any
advantage own the others, and we shall
have, over the Rhine, as well as In small
country towns, quiet, American Sundays,
in which people can have an opportunity to
offer up their worship, in churches, or to
pass along the streets, without disturbance.
On this point saloon keeper who pays his
tax honestly and keeps his placed closed on
Sundays and at the times forbidden by
ordinance, says: my neighbor gets In fif-
teen or twenty kegs of beer on Saturday
nights and sells them out on Sundays. At
least, the kegs are returned empty Monday
mornings. A man comes to me
on Sunday and wants glass Of liquor. l
tell him i will sell him glass on Monday,
but he says he wants 1t at once. refuse
and he goes to my neighbor and he says he
will buy his liquor on weekdays at the
place where he can get 1t on Sundays"
This" says the saloon keeper, sis rank
it is, and while We cannot
approve Of the selling Of liquor on any day
Of the week. all must concede that saloon
man who refuses to sell on Sunday is, by so
much, better than q man who does so sell.
The removal of this provision from the
Dow law Is really great moral victory
and great political victcry-for the repub-
lican, as well. The law just passed re-
peals the following Section IL of the Dow
law:
That the sale of intoxicating liquors,
whether distilled, malt or vinous, on the
FIRST day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, except by a regular druggist. on
the written prescription of regular prac-
ticing physician. for medical purposes only,
Is declared to be unlawful, and all places
where such Intoxicating liquors are on
other days sold or exposed for sale, except |
regular drug stores, shall on that day be |
closed, and whoever makes any such sale, |
or allows any such place to be open or re- |
main open on that day, shall be fined In |
any sum not exceeding slo0 and not less |
than SIS, and beimprisoned In the county |
Jail or city prison not less than ten days |
and not exceeding thirty days. In regular |
hotels and eating houses the word 'place" |
herein used shall be held to mean the room, |
DR. part OF room, where such liquors are usu- |
lily sold or exposed for sale. and the keep |
ng OF such room, or part of room, secure |
" closed, shall be held, as to such hotels |
md eating-houses, as a closing OF the place |
within the meaning of this act. Il
And any municipal corporation shall have |
,ull power 10 regulate, restrain or prohibit |
lie, beer and porter houses, and other |
places where intoxicating liquors are sold |
It retail for any purpose or In any quantity |
,ther than as provided for In section of |
his act as amended March 81, 1887. But |
T any municipal corporation shall prohibit |
lie, beer or porter houses. or other places /
where intoxicating liquors are sold within |
he limits OF such corporation, ratable |
Of the tax paid by the proprie- |
ors thereof for the unexpired portion of |
he year shall be returned to such proprie-
ors.
Seventeen republicans and eight demo-
rats in the senate voted yea for this
amendment and two democrats voted nay.
Not only is 1t now true that all munich
,al governments in Ohio are forbidden to
Illow the opening of saloons on Sunday.
ountry, have the privilege of utterly
the saloons, and the saloons of
)hio can now be wiped out just as fast as
he people of each community can be edu-
'arty has placed the responsibility Of al
owing the traffic to continue upon the
Of the people affected by II, in
he several localities, and all localities, In
he state. This is republican; it is demo-
ratio. 1t is right; II Is prudent; 1t Is
'ractical. If the legislature had passed
law, for which the people were
ot prepared. and which public sen iment
Tould not enforce, state Of things would
ave ensued that would have been disgrace
ul to the commonwealth.
fR. HALSTExD 4ED G0VERNOR FOR
AKER.
Mr.. Halstead has made q statement in
he editorial columns of the Cincinnati
Gazette, Tor allowed one to be
lade,) which places the facts about Gov
rnor Foraker's services to the republican
arty and his present attitude, In true
ght, and as the REPUBLIC has thousands
{ readers who do not see the Commercial
tozette we reproduce this remarkably