Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-13

IsW0AO20a nfAnCH, ~ lDss.
~ rrslihlslss Dssce.
CuAire, which he's had q Law
yosso upon her statute books,
11n4 ~ 0ls and manufacture OF
6rDnnklne liquor, hes decided not to
vogn1os oncA 3 regulation into her
01uo1oo. TIE Prohibition advocates
~ 49, II was put there It would b
Doo4 They found that the law was
uDnfoed, but conceived that, the
no1Entioa would mot. be. Upon
~ oseua1 lhsy bsssd this expectation,
~ hGgo1v know themselves. Probably
n t1oA ~ that, with prohibition dxed
I ~ - ~ fundamental law, the Legs.
nnso aad The police could be handled
no1ontly In ths work Of prohioitlcn.
x1oDoople a Vermont failed to Be per
|0on1D1, ana votsd down the amendment.
Ne e8pect that The people Of Pennsyl.
f<onIa viii b lashed into state OF much
osolSeneos over the June election upon
- question whether ths manufacture
- eale Of Intoxicating beverages shall
~ ountinued here, where the situation is
&lG0ent from that In New Hampshire
- ~ fact that liquor IL now lawfully
oSl1 nfder . high license by persons Of
eood character, authorized by the courts;
SWAsrsas In New Hampshire anybody may
~ without license who desires to violate
~ lAw.
Tue Pennsylvania practice hardly needs
I - b praised, as much the best practice,
70 the intelligence Of unprejudiced minds.
We do not think that tho advocate Of
peohibitlon can be credited with both
! 1ntelligence and impartiality. We hold
rs doctrine to be wrong In theory and
ipeRective In practice. Viewing Its
peactical failure wherever 1t has been
tried, It is very difficult to understand
how any intelligent advocate Of prohibi.
zion can favor II; and especially how he
can hope for the effective prohibition OF
the use Of intoxicating beverages from
lAw which only prohibits their manufac-
turs and sale Ia the state and leaves the
gaees down for their importation into 1t.
II fanatic could see, the fervid Pro.
hihltlonist could not fail to n,te how the
Republican governors OF this state have
\ played with his weakness and how they
have thrown him stone when he has
asked for bread. The Republican Legis.
Aturs and governor, protesting their
1 hostility or Indifference TO Prohibition,
have. sought to placate the Prohibition
voes By ordering separate election, for
the special entertainment of the Pro-
hibltionists, wherein they may ask the
people Of the state whether they are in
fAvor OF prohibiting the manufacture and
sais Of intoxicating beverages in tie
state.
II the people say yes, then it is still In
tho power Of the Republican state gov
4 ornment to say whether the laws shall be
onacted TO carry out the constitution; and
g give them further play, they have do.
lleeTately contrived that the constitu.
tlonal election shall be held upon o day
upon which the constitution seems to
make It unlawful to hold It; 50 that the
election may he set aside by the supreme
court, which has annulled so many OF the
8 acts Of the Legislature because of their
4 unconstitutionality.
Il b 20 evident that the Republican
1eaden Of the state are playing with both
Y the prohibition and the liquor interest, as
- make their pretence patent to the
4 most careless observer. They propose a
constitutional prohibitory amendment,
which is one only in seeming, to be voted
- upon day Of doubtful legality, and
that only Can have vitality through their
substqusnt action. They keep their hand
upon the strings all the time, aud
expect 10 have both liquor dealers and
Pnohibitioaists dance to the mus Q they set.
II the prohibitOry amendm dment is passed,
they will have provided collar for the
liquor monkey and expect it TO dance as
thsy pull the string; and they have pro.
vided likewise bone to hold before the
Prohibition dog, that he may amuse him.
self In jumping for TIL he is tired; bat
nsither monkey or dog will get anything
savs exercise and worry while the play
Goa on, and the directors rake In the
money.