New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08

paying Of ess of
to about 90, paying q 900 license each per year
a ,s SSsSa has a Ssa 3 RsoSs
license each, and the restrictions and Liabilities under
has ceased to e exist tuG and the actual
the city has in judgment been reduced more thsn
In tho rural districts of the state the beneficial
eject OF the law has been much more marked IN
prejudice which prohibitory law so often produces
s avn not IS Ps sp ss II as that
enacted feel certain, however that, up to The
Iowa and Kansas In fact, believe that our present
a% mus Whoe proSbtory law would be
forced by public sentiment have no asss TO 1 mr
whole desire is to see the lest practical remedy ap
piled to the evils Of lntemperanee but am not yet
icating liquors which been cocxtensive with the
existence Of man on earth, can DC abolished o. ems
era public opinion ,.. .. =,
have o moi SssrS sudlGa hg to the
present law. JOHN NJ. THURSToN.
omaha, Mob
DEMOCRATS.
JE North writes the following:
ID l think Il does.
(2) 1t is the best we have had in this state M law
(3l / do not think IL could be improved. III the law
stringent than now, 1t would be equl.aeHi
to prohibition which would place the LIQUOR tra co
troll it under bonds as now provided There Is com
paratvely little drunkenness now. j. T. Nohlh'
DR. George L. Miller sends this answer
IN Yes Nebraska liquor law operates TO repress
intemperanco by lessenng the number OF ,ne tTmo
called whiskey dcnsn In the larger towns and cltes,
and in excluding them altogether in the smaller COM
te Yes. i regard the Nebraska law as the best
liquor law in existence in It's main features n snv material
cha o@sh IA taS 0A''"S GEORGE L. MILLER.
PRoHIMTIoNIsTs.
Fx-Mayor Hardy OF Lincoln, replies to the qucs-
lions as follows:
Cd Our Nebraska High License law does not " re-
press ntemperance' in the least. nor any OF the aieD
ant evils growing out of intemperance Il simply ad-
mts the people to Joint partnership with the ,aIQol-
Keeper condition the traffic is egslzed and cher
isbed There Is Just much lQnor drunk as before
(2 Ours not the best law to rcpress intempera3ce
They have better law In kansas ana iT" sSere is
decreasing 1t will be with paupers and Insane per-
sons as soon as a fair test is made o.u.,t,on u,th
(3 Constitutional and statutory prohibition, WIN
imprisonment for violation is our only hope e1r TINS
we vote and pray IL W. h|A"'
W. G. Olnger replies this way
o. Quite the contrary, except In the localtes
whore the 81 inc osa oPon feature
(2) In my judgment, 1t IS as goou ~ any i0o"'0
C3I statutory law similar to that of Iowa, or
better, constitutional law against the
% nertv back of it to enforce the will of peo
ME expicsscd i'm constitutional law, be that party
he publican Democratic Prohibition -r,,
w Eentra1 Cifv Neb W. G. OL1NGER.
Here are p. E. Lumbards views;
"a No; 1t increases it. A., ,..o 81,
(oi No its tendencies are TO increase the use OF
ih' f5S ph ibtnrv ~ course For no crime evil
Is repressed except through prohibory laws V ha
High License law has the tendency TO throw inc
ildnor trade into the hands of Weather persons ana
their competition is in providing the greatest adorh
ments for the saloon making II more attractive 10
young mon Old topers Will drink anyway, but what
| ever increases drinking among young mon increases
the traffic Again, the higher tax IS eventually palu
by the drinker and the majority OF drinkers are
poor the heaviest tax comes out OF the poorest mon
| Fremont, Neb L. T. LO"nH'D'