Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-25
WEIGHED AND FOUND

States That Have Tried and RepHdia- ted ProhIbitioR-TheY Have Enough
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 From the Chicago Tribune
 Illinois enacted prohibition in 1855, but repudiated it at the polls in the same year.
 New York passed the law in 1854, tried 1t for two years and gave it up as bad job.
 Massachusetts tried prohibition for fifteen years and repealed it vain and injurious.
 An effort to restore prohibition in Msssa- chusetts was voted down by an overwhelm ing majority April 22d, 1889.
 Atlanta tried the law for one year and re- pudiated it by an overwhelming majority in November 1887. The injury to the city was inealculable.
 Connecticut enacted the law in 1854, tried in vain to enferce 1t for eighteen years, and then finally repealed it forever in 1872. Ohio enacted prohibition in 1855, and af- ter few months of bitter experience re- pesled it.
 Maryland passed prohibitory law in 1855s The results were SO disastrous, both ! to material and moral welfare, that, after 8 | few months trial, it was repealed, and the | lesson WAS so severe that the question has never been raised again in that State. New Hampshire tried prohibition for thir- l ty-four years. April 18th, 1889, effort was made to incorporate ib into her constitu- | tion. This was voted down by enormous | majority, only two counties in the State giv- l ing a majority in favor of prohibition. 1 Delaware tried it ia 1855, and, after two years, found that it so affected the welfare of | the State that it was repealed in 1857. The Independent Anti-Prohibition Repub- licans aud Democrats of Iowa united for the purpose of overthrowing prohibition.
 The law was twice passed in Wisconsin l and twice vetoed by the Governor, with unanimous support of the people. Since then the State has been untroubled by fanat- icism.
 Rhode Island enacted prohibition in 1853
 and after ten years' trial repudiated the jaw in 1863. She again enacted 1t last year, and
 is now trying to get rid of it, after one veal of financial and moral disaster. The legis lature has by almost unanimous vote decided
 to re-submit the matter to the people.
 Michigan passed the law in 1858 and kept ! it for twenty-two years, when, finding the futility of attempting to enforce the prohib itory measures, she abandoned it in 1875 The fanatics tried to saddle the law upon hel again this year, but her people would no
 have 1t and overwhelmed 1t at the polls. Indiana and Nebraska in 1855 passed pro hibitory measures, but neither of them kep prohibition upon their statute books for an. length of time. Indiana voted on the ques tion again in 1882, and the amendment wa defeated by the biggest majority cast in Una , State for twenty years.
 Texas cast niaety three thousand majori l l ty against the effort to force a prohibitor amendment into her constitution. An effort was made to force the law o
 Tennessee in 1887. The people after f ! thorough discussion resolved not to put ] t | into their constitution.
 e Oregon submitted the amendment i @ 1Ss7 The amendment was buried unde @ an avalanche of votes.
 }, In November, 1888, West Virginia vote on prohibition. The question was thol - ouehly discussed, Investigations into tn 1. working of the law in other States wer d made, and the amendment was defeated b O a vote of three to one.
 t Canada has tried prohibition. The la s was passed, and on reconsideration ( n the question on April Sd, 1889. the vote a slaughtered prohibition from Lake Erie d the Bay of Fundy. Every city and tow