New-York tribune., 1888-03-25

4 speak When legislation on moral questions is at
..emp'ea since requires healthy sentiment to en-
.orcc every citizen should have his say. As 1t Is In
Georgia the opulent ard boarbonisc control these
elections often throwing out enough votes to change
Results. This Is ono reason the negro opposes pro-
htltion He fears the Greek though he bears pres
Healthy as 70 myse "a 0ppsie sumpnsyM M
Tor in'emperance. W. A. PLEDGER.
Athens, Ca
snce creed
e, think It Is good as any tried anywhcre thus
GD Instead of the local option law we now have
each couniy or city acting for Itself voting prohibition
or 1 ssng the attempt and TIE attempt prqoay re- =
Would Dc Te to pass prohioitory Jaw for me state:
es WHISKY or license ii IN S one and a' prohibition IN an
other, as Is now the case This conclusion is based
pubic Sentiment that 'o siSs of Of the
successfully enforcing prohibition and that majority
law throughout the State. a. E. BUCK.
Atlanta Ga
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs
From c. r. Pringle comes the following:
Ql 1t certainly does II breaks up barrooms, aud
thereby stops ths msn,iiacture Of drunkards And
While tboro arc few old ,cpers who win not stop drink
manage to get it, there are greai many who do stop
drinking, either because they Cannot get or because
tho temptation Of tho saloon is removed; in either
!2 The pr,nePio o. LEGAL option s good one but
years ago there much opposition any kind of
to S % Sp
trodnced that were Objectionable in order TO pass IT,
50 tss 70 mss suf g
the counties are now under prohlbon-and as tho
lies that are under prohibition might Be best
ssndsrsvilis, Ca. G. r. pRINGLE
W. a sesrcy holds to those sentiments;
G Tssi & u,,,, +. n,ov,.,o, 70 call nv s,.to
.gsnt In each county, liquors for medicine. The law
wS hs4 % S circuit
received pay according to the work aid; As one
T he, another & Of those eoss e sdpss s qnGI rpea % %
the criminal side Of the court. ". Z IL. sEAKCf'
Ex-Governor Bullock on the temperance question at
tracted something moro than local attention, gives
the following as his answers:
() The local option law does markedly tend to the
apCr IN than the
1877 counties of this state, and Its use therein, whe
moi a snIsS n Se and
general sentiment of the people of this state think
accomplishment Of that purpose
(3) 30 change of This law is deemed necessary. or
State IN favor Of prohibtory laws against the manu-
acture and sale Of liquor has been Of progressive not
have become dominant or overw helming further legs
latlon is perhaps unnecessary. j. HAWTHORNE
Atlanta "a
Professor Scomp Of Emory College, expresses the
following opinions:
"a Georgia has little legislation upon the liquor
question. Her chief statute of this characteristic
Local Option act-is OF only local application: Dc
fectve as this law confessedly has nevertheless
been productive OF vast good wherever honestly en-
forced SIS for license laws, they are miserable fall
(2) The law Is too local In its workings, too tenn
porary, susceptible OF change, being only statu
tory and already too much the creature OF local and
clique politics.
t3I prohibitory amendment to the Constitution IS
necessary and. as TO execution, officials In sympathy
with this Law are the sine qua non for It's proper adj
ministraon. But first and foremost of all, needed
the repeal OF the Internal Revenue system. far
Honor is concerned. and a dscontlnuance by the
National Government of Its protection TO the tariff
This money power Of the great lquor-deaers OF the
North, feel In every local election in which the in
terests of liquor are Involved. H. A. SCOMP,
Emory College. Oxford. Ga