Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-03
TEMPERANCE.
EXTRACTS.
Extracts from The Voice. |
pnhlisboa Inv Request Of w. c. T. l.

Agent OF the PRISONERS Alu Oo0io-
", Baltimore. furnishes me VOICES
correspondent with these statistics;
"During the last fiscal year 9,o9o
persons we're committed to the city
Jail, of whom 1854 were committed
for drunkenness. Many OF those
committed for other offenses were
under the influence Of liquor when
arrested. The police department
made 29,53S arrests during the
fiscal year, and 1876 OF these
we're for intoxlcation and disorder
" conduct. According to tho state
ment of the superintendent 80 per
cent. of those committed 70 the
House of Correction are intemper-
ate. Out of 1923 admitted to the
Bay View Asylum, LII were In
temperate adults and 16 were chill
dren of Incorporate adults. All
this terrible desOlatlOn was one
years work Of 5000 saloons-Or
rather that part of their year s
work that is publicly shown by the
records of crlminalty and insanity
The st. Louis Republic continues
its articles exposing the results of
$3.50 high license in that city. Its
latest article shows the evil in
fluences Of the numerous corner
groceries having saloon attach
ments. 1t says they exert a tire.
mendous corrupting influence upon
society, and that through them
"little children are early taught to
rush the growler.' There are" it
continues, sin round numbers,
500 corner groceries with saloon at
tachments IN st. Louis. Let us
suppose that each of these in
fluences dozeG vOtes-though
that number is probably far too
small-and we have a grand total
of nearly 10000 votes absolutely
controlled by these doggerIes."-
This estimate does not include the
ordinary saloons, which, according
to the Republic, are productive of
terrible woes, and all-powerful in
politics, despite the $3.50 license
fee.
The liquor men of Tonawanda,
n. Y, have decided to boycott the
Lumber Exchange Bank and the
State Bank, because the Rand
brothers, the cashiers Of the banks,
are Prohibitionists. James H.
Rand is a member of the Excise
Board, and is dong his best to pre-
vent the issuing OF any licenses
the terrible liquor dealers of iona
wanda have not broken the banks
yet. One salOon-keeper who owed
the State Bank S125 drew out his
balance of S121, leaving a deficit
of cents. Another drew his bal
ance of 81. The other day a tenn
perance man, hearing of the boy
colt, walked into the Lumber Ex-
change Bank and deposited $4,000
to offset the gin.millers' $780,
One of the cashiers says that "as a
rule the saloon.keepers are the
poorest class of customers a bank
can have
Besides Charles Smith, the Sill
yer Dollar saloon keeper, there will
be at least three liq1or dealers in
the next New York Assembly
Thomas J. Treadway, of Essex
county; Lewis Brownell, of Fulton
and Hamilton counties, and Fran
CHS G. Walters, of Greene county.
The official list Of assemblymen,
with their occupations and places
of residence, has been completed.
"Silver Dollar" Smith gives his
business as "real estate" Patrick
II. Duffy, assemblyman from the
LIST district Of this, calls himself a
"merchant," and Timothy d. Sulli-
van, of the Cd district, Is set down
as an "undertaker." These mighty
defenders of the liquor traffic are
ashamed of their business before
the public.