Daily Republican., 1889-04-09
High License-What Is Its Object?


AS there is so many views upon the bill
now before the Legislature Of this State
known as the "Priekett BILL" will you
allow me space to give my views upon III
], with many others, wish TO see the
liquor trGfllc restricted and made more
respectable. IL is useless, however, 70
make laws that the mass of people will
not respect, as they cannot be enforced.
If the people demand high license the
| question arises, how high shall It bel
Enough TO restrict the traffic and have 1t
properly conducted, or high enough
TO make monopoly Of ia Now, would
not $500 in this city and $3.50 In the
counties be sufficiently hight The one
thing that is the worst feature about the
business has been overlooked by that bill
and our temperance friends, and that Is
some saloons, and only some, who feel it
their duty 10 ruu the politics OF this city,
county and State, and say who shall hold
offices, are not restricted by II any more
than those gentlemen who conduct them
selves properly and attend to their own
business. Why not, by little reform in
our present laws, make them effective.
Say by taking the granting OF license
out OF the courts and putting it i'll the
hands OF three commissioners, who are
u
men in this city, who know the need OF 1t
better than the Judges, who live in Other
counties, and require every applicant for
license to take an oath that lie will not
engage in politics any farther than cast
ing h own vote, and Will not let his
place OF business be turned into a politi-
cal club house OF any kind under tho
penalty Of losing his license, and being
disqualified from having any for i've
years.
Then have a chemist appointed in
spector and not allow any liquor sold that
is not chemically pare, as the price OF
liquor Is sufficient to warrant selling
good whiskey only. In those long van
ished days, when ! was boy, my remem-
bcrance Is that, almost all families kept
liquor In the house, and in many instances
when the minister came, 1t was set out To
him and he drank Of it. We're not our
1orepaTents as temperate and as good
Christians as those ! ~ am boiler than
thou" people of to-day Now, another
sample OF ancient Pnritanism tire stict
enforcement OF the blue-light Sabbath
lave, have those brother keepers ever
read that the great teacher said that the
Sabbath was made for man. How many
OF those eabbaIarians are OF the ciats
that are able to buy their cigars by the
| box and have them always on hand, aud
does not the same kind OF money buy a
cigar that pays the munster, as lie does
all his duty for his salary on the Sabbath,
and also The orgAnist that is paid, aud
also the paid choir. The milk man, tie
cars both steam and horse.
Is 1t breaking the Sabbath when one OF
our large firms are behind with con raut
to have 200 or 300 employed iu an indus.
trial establishment on the Lords dayP
why strain at guat and swallow O
eameif' Can you make people good by
law Is very important question. Car
you change human nature by law when
you change your laws so that every mar
works and no man drudgCs when ever
man plays and nobody loats, when Ii,
child goes To work until II Las spent tel
or twelve years az school and it's bone
have become hard, and no bread WHINE
knows what 1t is to want for any Of tn
necessAties OF lie, ten hatred, envy
, drunkenness, idleness, theft aud murdt
, will become things OF the past. AN "
need is little alteration IN our presel
laws, and enforce them, not In a bin,
vindictive spirit, hut : with cool judg
ment, regarding the right OF all.
JAMES b. WELca.