Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-26

ter to which allusion has already been made,
Brockton and Cambridge were the only
municipalities outside of those steady-go-
ing no-license cities, Newton, Somerville,
Maiden and Quincy, which were held this
year for no-license. In the four cities Just
named the saloon interests have been so
steadily beaten that they have lost heart,
and no longer make any attempt at
fight. Brockton and Cambridge both in
creased their no-license majorities, and the
explanation in both cases is the same: a
good enforcement of the law, an organized
public sentiment behind it, and strong
fight to hold it. In Cambridge the con-
test was of much the same character as
that of last year, recently described
in the Christian Union A citizens COM
mittee organized the campaign on rec
ognized political principles; contested the
registration with the enemy; opened head
quarters, employed clerks and canvassers,
made house-to-house canvass of the vot-
ers, and published a paper called The
Frozen Truth, which was sent by mail to
all of the ten thousand voters on the list,
and gave them precise information as to
the results of the system. Diminished
arrests for drunkenness, a marked falling
off in crimes or violence, increased depos-
its in savings banks, lower tax-rate, a
large increase in the valuation of the city,
and strong corroborative personal testi-
mony as to good results by local employers,
business men, and physicians were some of
the points made in The Frozen Truth.
Meanwhile, every Protestant clergyman in
the city, and two Catholic priests, signed a
strong appeal to the citizens and Joined in
union meetings in the churches and in
public halls, eliminating in eight great
meetings held IN different parts OF
before the election. The contest
at the polls was hot and stubborn
The two Catholic priests referred to
Fathers Scully and Mundy-wore no.
license badges, and visited the precincts in
| their wards, and Catholics and Protestants
worked side by side at the voting places.
The result was that this city of 10000 in
habitants was carried for the third time
against the saloons. Thereupon the church
bells were rung, Father Scully's first of all,
and an impromptu jubilee meeting was
held in the hall of the Young Mems
Christian Association, in which the two
Catholic priests participated. Afterward
the liquor interests petitioned for re-
count. and employed counsel, hoping to
reduce or demolish the adverse majority.
When the recount thus obtained increased
the no-license majority from 423, as at first
announced, to GA, the temperance people
felt like having second jubilee.
The Massachusetts high license law
lacks some of the stringent features of the
system which has worked so well in Penn
sylvania. How it will operate is prob
lem. This years vote, however, indicates
that if it works fairly we'll, it will increase
the license vote in cities like Boston,
where the enforcement of no license is re-
garded as impracticable. In Cambridge
| the high license sentiment is naturally
strong but the good results of no license
there are so numerous and patent that the
voters are not likely to be beguiled into
making experiments. A few saloons,
relatively, may be better than many; but
Cambridge people are persuaded that it is
| better to have none