The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-04-25
The LIQUOR Party Methods.

The Liquor Party Methods.
Nebraska has been under $1,000 liquor
license for nine years, which has resulted in
? turning over the chief towns of that State to
the saloon power with all its Infamous
Accomplishments. The people have deter
mined to get rid of the saloon by consti;u-
tional amendment, forever prohibiting the
traffic in alcoholic liquors as beverage,
and the saloon is just as determined to fas-
ten its fangs more firmly in the vitals of the
State. With this end in view the liquor
power succeeded in having the amendment
clause TO read license shall be granted, in
the event that the prohibitory clause is
defeated, so that any local option laws in
the future shall be unconstitutional.
The campaign is already warm on both
sides in that State. A Mr.. w. E. johnson
of Lincoln, Neb., ascertaining the address of
the leading liquor men in Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and other States, where
similar constitutional amendment elections
were held last year, addressed circular let
tiers to them, asking for information on con-
Quoting a successful liquor campaign in
Nebraska. Mr.. johnson received a large
number of letters in reply to his circular,
which were placed in the hands Of the pub
fishers of The Voice, aud that paper in its
last three issues has published this rare
liquor literature, detailing the virtuous
methods relied upon by the saloon to cheat
the public and defeat prohibition. Their
strongest allies in this infamous business has
been the daily party press. 1t has taken
the saloon money and entered into the con
spiracy with yes! equaled only by hungry
man seated at well filled table. The
following letter of Jesse S. Eddy we select
as specimen. The same tactics will
doubtless be resorted to by the liquor party
in this county.
PROVIDENCE, Mich. II, 80.
WIN. E. JOHNSON, ESQ, Lincoln, Neb
i. Dear Su:-Your favor ofthe d at hand.
1t would have received my attention before
if had been at home. have been in the
liquor business for about thirty years. Dur
ing that time we have had Prohibition in
every conceivable form in this State, Local
by vote of the City, State (made so by Leg
islative enactment and Constitutional Pro-
hibilion. Tn every form 1t has beeu dead
failure, SO far as stopping the use of, or the
sale OF liquors. In no part of these thirty
years has my store been closed, or the sale
of liquor been stopped At times 1 have
had to use care and caution, but most of the
time, no restraint or care has been used. l
am large holder of Goods in this line and
sell Only at wholesale. Prohibition has
been tried This must be shown to your
People, especially the farmers and small
tax pa ers. 1t cannot be done 10y speaking
or joint discussion, the bigots will app al TO
the feelings and moral side of the question
without showing the abyss which they will
fail into aud the harm which will be sure to
come, if Prohibition is enacted They ar.
peal 10 the prejudices not to solid facts. All
this cannot be answered by argument with
the Pulpit Orators &c. Don't have any
joint discussions. Don't have any speeches
unless you can get Minister to meet Min.
lister. Now the best course to pursue to de-
feat that which is impending in yonr State
is to get Pamphlets, &c., and scatter them
all over your State, get statistics for Rhode
Island, Maine, Massachusetts,, Kansas, (by
the way did you read the proceedings in
Congress last week, when the Kansas Liquor
law was ventilated), good thing to have
printed in yonr papers for the masses to
read, have four or five good writers and
have their article published in your papers,
i not gratis pay for them and send the papers
with the articles in 70 all the voters far and
near. Secure politicians and wire pullers
to talk against it in every town dwelling on
the expense, increase Of taxes, kitchen bar
rooms, attic slums, and cellar dives and the
increase of drunke caused by Prohibi
ton and the poor quality fliqucr furnished
and the unprincipled men which will en-
gage in traffic. You don't want to 60 for an
exceeding High License for that means
Prohibition, go in for local option license
IL" MIAMI VoUo 10 P'oOi retail anu lUr IUU
to ST. 900 for wholesale is plenty high
enough. Surround the license with all the
restrictions to make the business respect
able, not allowing Liqnor-dealer to sell TO
minors, drunkards. or women, Bars must be
in plain sight from the streets, (wlndows,
doors not screened) any wife or husband
father or mother can notify any licensed
dealer not TO sell to any of their family in
writing properly witnessed All saloons
must be closed at eleven O'Clock and not
open before six a. M, in fact surround the
license with as many safe guards as possible
which will take the looG of respectabiity
and be accepted by the liberal minded. Ii
you cannot get the press in your own State,
get some outside, which are influential and
circulate in yoor State al your own expense.
Hire politicians to talk privately against
this measure. The newspaper is your