Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-15
VOTE 1T DOWN.
DO Not Adopt Measure That Cannot
he Enforced.

Be EnIOrceO.
On Tuesday next the special election for de-
Gliding upoil.the question Of liquor prohibition
In this state will he held let every man hav-
Ing his best interests Mt heart turn out, ana
where there are those In community VINO nr
Indifferent on the ground that The amendment
will be beaten anyhow, let them be urged To go
10 the polls, and when they get there wee To 10
that they vote all right. Leave no man behind.
II is believed that the amendment will be
beaten by 5000 majority In the state, but TO
make sure of II bring out every man.
Like all the laws transmitted Ia us by our
forefnthers, the laws regulating the traffic In
liuuor are the wscst and best and sOundcst that
can he devised ON that subject, especially 80
the present high license law. The latter makes
due allowance for the wants and appctiles OF
men u also exacts proper and decent
obscrvances of everything pertaining to
public morality, and besides greatly relieves
the tn xpaper by the application Of certain pro
portions Of the license fees to each and every
district The able and sound Legislators of the
past always framed laws so as not 10 Interfere
with the private inclInations and practice OF
individuals. They never said In their laws that
n man should not kiss his wife ana children,
that he should not cat turkey and beef when
he pleased they never prevented him from
slipping his bowl Of punch ere retiring to his
couch, and yet the further We turn back the
pages Of the time In which they lived and
nourishcd how much more simplicity and mo
"
the many who to-day advocate total Irohibi-
tion we would recommend u pcrusai Of the
laws that at present control the sale Of liquors
and ask them In what respect they emu i'm.
prove upon these laws. They are sound and
wholesome, and should not be interferred with
We must all acknowledge that the travelling
public should De provided for, aud u at hotels
NJ they now exist are necessary TO that end
If we take away hotel licenses and abolish
the liquor traffic, ~ II proposed, we there
by bring down hotels 10 the level Of board
Ing or hash houses, and leave no place In
which n traveller can aojourn. In u word. we
drive travel, and the money derived from that.
source, To other states. II has bccn shown ~
that the proposed amendment to the constitu-
tion IL wrong In principle, because II nnduly
and unnecessarily trenches upon personal fib-
erty, the bulwark Of the American Republic
C.D that the amendment is inexpcdlent. because
II makes the enforcement dependent upod nI-
turc legislation, which of necessity cannot
occur within two years hence, even II at all
ana In the meantime absurdly dcbars clergy
men, manufacturer and ply ysicians rom law
fully purchasing liquors within tho state even
for sacramental, mechanical or medicinal uses:
tD that 10 is unjust, because II II aimed espc-
ciaIy against the poor, whilst u fayors the rich,
and also because IL Will destroy sOy0O,O0O ot
property, as well as 10000 licenses which were
lawfully paid for and have nearly year yet to
run, besides throwing out OF employment from
5000 To O,0O men upon whom 10000 women
and children are dependent for support, and all
| this without one dollar of com pensation To any
one of the sufferers; az that II the amendmcn,
| should be adopted millions of dollars would <,
out OF the state annually for the purchase u
| beer and other drinks 10 the serious injury %
| tradesmen generally within the state; G5) tina
the theories now advocated by the Prohin tion
| lists are contrary to the doctrines OF the bible
| the use OF alcoholic drinks, and especially wine
being not only permitted and recommended