Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-15
DRUNKENNESS A CRIME


Henry G. HART. writer in the May
Forum. thinks that neither prohibition
nor high license offer the solution Of the
terrible rum problem. lie believes in
legislation ON the subject. but legislation
Of another sort. He says that the system
Of high license is AN anomaly. a. it i'm
poses discriminating tax in favor of the
rich. creating privileged class and
taking away power tn earn money
from thousands Of poor men without oh
vious offen>e>. In this way any form Of
exhorbitant taxation j. contrary TO the
spirit Of republcanism. Drunkenness.
according to the writer. should be treated
like any other vice aud he punished ac-
cordingly. Christianity originally counted
il among the deadly sins, making such in
diligence an impossible barrier To the
kingdom Of heaven. Strange enough
while theft and forgery are in many eases
the outcome Of liquor drinking. the result
Of the vice is considered the criminal part
Of il rather than the cause itself. a vast
body of citizens who are engaged In the
liquor traffic are either manufacturers or
dealers and while they are supposed to he
primarily Interested in drunkenness. they
in truth. derive little or no benefit from II
aud much annoyance. Al present their
business j. under ban. and they
are exposed to unmerited yitupera,ior
and enormous taxation. Certainly they
will he the first to lead in the matter Of
reform Last winter the Hon. Albert
Scheffer of Minnesota. succeeded in So
curing the adoption Of hill by the state
legislature making drunkenness crime.
providing that on the third and all sub>e-
quent offenses il shall he punished by
| Imprisonment. Them seems TO be- a
general aud practical endorsement Of the
I law. IL has been suggested that the same
be tried in Washington.
I Newspapers all over the state have of
! late become so much disguised with the
revolving details Of brutal prize fights that
they are going into the "knocking out
business with that weapon which j.
weightier than slugger's dukes. the
Faber No. .. aud other implements Of that
character. The Olympia Tribune in a
recent issue says: "A fight has been ar
ranged between John l.. sullivan aud
Peter jackson. II the moke would Mill
the mick. aud the former die Of injuries
inflicted by the latter. there would not
appear many columns Of ROT in the
new spapcrs about these two brutcs. sui
Ivan j. great big wife heating. drunken
loafer. jackson j. an ugly Australian
negro of immense proportions. Both al
them ought To be put In a chain gang
but that wonld he rough on the other
fellows Put em in hog pen along with
their equals.
Frequently and from different place,
come notices Of new Norwegian paper
called the Echo which is started with
much frequency and in divers cities.
While II Is doubtless an excellent paper
and We would he delighted To exchange
with IL. in order that the HERALD's cook
who reads Norwegian like a native. being
native. could have congenial literature
but the fact that sounds from the Echo
come FROM all directions wonld suggest
that the Echo Is well named.
With Nellie Bly's mcnagcrie aud Train
and Wallis curiosities. which the Olympia
Tribune says those gentlemen carried
with them around the world there should
be freaks enough amsng the globe trot-
tiers to start good dime museum. but the
chances are that Bly's contribution
would make higher priced show than
that. not 10 speak Of Miss Bisland's lug
gage.
How well the New York World Is ram
ed. That paper is the world in miniature,
daily. aud II also includes much Of the
solar system. It speaks well Of heaven
and occasionally throws some light on
hell. IS witness It's impressive portraits of
Hilton. the hog.
n that old steamboat captain who said
''the great city Of Puget Sound Is yet 10
be- built" should happen this way just now
he would think the people Of Falrhaven