The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-16
DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT9
A Richie County ProhlbItionIst on the Mar
shall County Indictments,
tn E,k ElitOF OfIhs IRteIlIgtaser:

4 Richie County Prohibitionist ON the Mar
shall County Indictments,
TO nt Editor 9tRe IRteti0sasF;
sIR:-In your issue of March 7, you
say editorially, "out ofiono hundred
and fifteen indictments found by the
Marshall county grand Jury, one hun.
dred and eight are for unlawful sales OF
liquor. Marshall county does not grant
license. 1t seems that in this case pro-
hibition does not prohibit"
Asa Republican Prohihitonist l desire
a littlesp in your valuable paper to
reply to the argument that is being
used by rumsellers and their sympa-
thizers.
Viz: That prohibition does not pro-
hibit, II the means employed to accom-
plish an end are found to be inefficient,
Is it likely that their use would be con-
tinued2
II prohibition Ia a failure, why has it
not been abandoned in the States in
which it has long been triGd2
Are not those who Rdopt these means
likely TO be first TO perceive their imper-
lection. AS likely as not the rumsellers
Of Wheeling employed a man to go Into
Marshall county TO sell whisky, that the
facts which You mention might be avail
able as argument in the present CAM
paign against the amendment
Rest assured that at least nine-tenths
OF the whiskey sold in Marshall county
was bought OF rumsellers in Wheeling,
so II you had no licensed saloons in
Wheeling, Marshall county would be
shielded to u large extent from those
travelling bars that seems to attliCt her
people.
Is It an argument In favor Of license
at MoundsyillO that men sell whiskey
there in violation OF lawP IapsYeE NO,
Prohibition does prohibit oven in Mar
shall county, 1t prohibits men from
Public selling as they do in Wheeling
A travelling bar is not half so dangerous
as licensed saloon, . Every good law
abiding citizen knows this to be a fact
An open saloon is to be feared above al
other evils, That indictments have heer
found In Marshall county is the strong
est evidence that prohibition does pro
hibit,
Those violatos OF law will he pun
ished and perhaps have already takeI
refuge among the rum-sellers in Wheel
ing, where they will be shielded ant
protected from their crime In Marshal
county.
The people Of Marshall county ar
satisfied that they do not need saloon
or they would have them, They know
what is best for their county or the
would undoubtedly pursue a differen
course. They have seen the effect Of tn
saloon system In Wheeling, rs all othe
good citizens who go to Wheeling seei
and hence they refuseto grant license j
their county, and they will punish vic
lators Of law who come into that count
10 sell whisky on the ely,
l ask you, Mr.. Editor, does your systel
OF licensed saloons prevent unlawiI
selling? Have you rumseller in yor
city who is not guilty OF unlawful sellir
time and again?
How many thousands OF indictment
, could be Justly found against the run
sellers of Wheeling?
Is illicit sellingconAned TO those citit
and towns where no license Is granted
Did the license system in CGbell coul
ty prevent unlawful selling where Il
grand jury recently found over thri
hundred indictments against the run