The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-10-11
SI.Oo YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Friday, Oct. IL, 1850.
How it Works.

We publish in another column an
other chapter of high license expert
ments, this week, showing how it works
where it has been longest tried. In
every instance it appears to work like
the crab, backward. In place Of ere,
s.ricting' the fact that the saloon is
made SO important factor in govern
ment and politics, gives it increased
power and influence; the saloon keeper
having paid high tax to pursue his
evil occupation assumes position Of
importance, insisting moro strenuously
on what he claims as his rights, bought
at large price and paid for in advance.
The facts from all high license cities
plainly show that the saloon keeper
asserts those claims boldly and enjoys
them too. He refuses to submit to the
restrictions" that are talked of by
politicians to amuse simple minded tenn
perance people who we're never inside
of saloon, and insists that having paiG
the city or state a large sum Of money
that he must have no Instructions
placed in the way OF his "trade." His
Importance as a tax payer has acquired
for him an influence that you are bound
to respect. All this is very natural
As soon as any person becomes heavy
contributor to bcsiness, his opinions
and wishes acquire importance, and he
very naturally expects and receives
Difference to lis wishes and considera-
ton as large stakeholder, (tax payer.
The whiskcy and beer associations
have become liberal contributors to
election funds and Of course they ex
pect, and have right to expect, that
their business shall receive no harsh
treatment from the party to whose
treasury they have literally supplied
funds for vigorous campaign. When
conventions meet to form tickets they
claim and receive representation to
look after their interests. This is all
very natural and the facts prove that
this is all very true. This saloon in
Auence is seen moro and more plainly
in the party conventions every where.
The Republican party leaders are every
where committing the party to high
license, (the Democrat party has always
been so committed) Mr.. Chauncey
NJ. Depew, Chairman of the Republi
can New York State convention which
met two weeks ago at Syracuse, in his
address said:
Had the laws prepared and pre-
sented by the Republican party in re,
lation to High License been placed on
the statute book Of our Statc,' etc.
Every where we are hearing this
chorus from the Republican party
platform; all the leading papers of the
part- take up the refran-the New
York Tribune, Philadelphia Press,
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Chi
cago Tribune. Baltimore american,
all cry High License. The saloon has
undoubtedly captured the machinery
OF the party if it has not captured the
voters; but the machinery being in the
hands of the liquor power, the voter
becomes powerless to resist the saloon
influence. That High License will
ever restrict, much less lead to prohi.
bition of the liquor traffic, a cloud Of
witnesses rise up in every High LII
cense city to disprove. So surely as
the saloon debauches and ruins the men
who patronize it, so surely will it ruin
the political parties that support it
The real and true temperance people
will desert any party that insists and
persists in casting its lot with High
License saloons.