New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09
B r q q = w AY,
9th and 9Th SIS, New York.
HIS EFFORTS TO ENFORCE THE PROHlBI-
TORY LAWS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE
SUSTAINED ny MANY DEMOCRATS EFFORTS or
THE OPPOSITION TO MAKE PARTY CAPITAL
UNsUCCE>sFUL-POssl OF
.pY TELEGRAPH 10 HE rkislSE.i


Boston March 81 patch 10 The Journal from
New Hampshire I'm . gard to the agitation oyer inc
enforcement Of the ilu0r law In the Granite N'a''
SAWS that Governor Goodclls COURSE has evoked NIUE
unirlcndlv criticism For many years he was 'h
active worker In the cause OF prohibt"n ana "''''
he had been chosen Governor and taken an oaih 10
,u.fain IN, law, he considered IL even more ln'nm'
he,r mon him. "a, an Official. to continue his labor for
the cause of temperance. lie frankly state, That he
does not expect to stop the Illegal sale # Il "i u"t
ne believes that the law should be a, ihoron-hF en-
forced ~ possible. lie LAY, TINT u the pf'Ni't"fS
Law can not be made cscctual III st'p png the liquor
traffic the argument for It's repeal i, no more appl'
cable than would be the argument for the rcp'' {" inc
laws against murder and stealing for the violation OF
,ho>c .tatute, i, going on almost continually.
What the ultimate effect at the poli-, or in tho
Icr.i,tur. Of the Governor, action In this ciic,
ton Will be- no can nt'lliecntly predict NJ
IN. last session Of the Legislature II was found I'M
possible to consider the License Ia" strictly
partisan question. Although majority OF tn Re
publcans opposed ana majority OF the DEM ~di'
favored it, yet there were able men on both SIDES VINO
DID not follow the party lead.
In hls present crusade. IA, 1t Is popularity termed.
the Governor has received many kindly. sympathetic
and approving words from influential Democrats IN
v,rioi, parts Of the state earnestly opposed
to the enactment VI License law. ,
Immediately after the poclamltion was i'sue.
some )i The Democratic managers thought theS Jaw
an opportunity 10 secure considerable patty aNai,'
lasc hut 1t Is evident that they nave met WIN
disappointment. Every attempt the Democrats ht'o
made in the Legislature 10 secure the passage oi y
license law has Developed one nat prominently WHICH
Is that. while some of the cities ANA larger lo"hs
rign wish license. yet tnat the great majority Oh
the tuu, are earnestly opposed to license ana WIN no
pru,pr, of "A change In that view. the solution ol tlo
iau0r question tni, state Is not purely palN >suc'
The present agitation the subject uiu'f l' ''VN'I
uors d Il l. hav good effect upon inc pun
lie n- A whole aud In way Is the LAW D'lhS 'HlvI'o"
I'm 20 practical manner a. h thc ,onPlhul.'
mnder tii supplemcntary Nuisance act againstS land
,,I., bnt
uouor traffic In Concord liquor sellers nave been
nr,en mi of some of the best bushes, buildings.
and some Others who have been warned OUT are
II win not be surprising II present widespr'aa
prosecutions, should cause Inv neat Legislature 10
p, :, rnmprnmi,e law, retaining the main principles
~ ,So nr,IIition act. but showing local option
s,urc that Will regulate the sale of liquor IN per
hans a dozen If the largest places In the stae.
wy = an, well satisfied with the result Of the work
chm, far ACCOMPLISHED under tho proc lalnaton MY
,,1y ann i, to demonstrate 10 the pubic tlat the
prohibition law can be ar wei 'hiolVr" a. ic i""S
T. General AGAINST crime. nave no Tears ts
a. he ,o,ur of the agitation upon the party
',,ch ,,rrd me in the executive chair. The
Danuil.taus gave the State the Prohibition law.
Ear more than "A quarter Of century they had re-
affirmed mi. prnclpc In their platforms. and believe
they cannot continue In the asccndency III New
Uainp,hirc If they rcpudiatc Prohibition II ims
nucsfnn can be diverted from partisan interests,
there /, no doubt in my mind that majority OF the
voters Of the state are opposed 10 licensing the SAFE
Of liquor"