The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-13
THE "HOP TEA" QUESTION.
Dedicated to His Honor.

COil' no OluoI uc BCto tnO lipci NO io' |
He will probably be wanted for even an
other term. At the end Of 1t he. would
not be so old as Gladstone. BY that time
Foraker may be ripe enough for a senator.
He Is too young now. He is In the fer
mentation stage He lie too peppery and
combustible and exlosive. These are |
piping times Of peace. There is no occas-
lon for war whoops. tits undignifed TO
call the president of the United States
granfather's hat. Sneering at little inno-
cent baby Mckee is unsenator like. Can
we imagine Chase, or Wade, or Thurman,
or Pendleton, or the "0ld Man." giving us
such senatorial chin musicS So the result
of the struggle Is we'll. General satisiac-
tioD prevails-satisiactio with the "old
man."
Hop tea now demands attention-your
attention. There Is an ordinance TO en-
force-for you to enforce. Let John
Sherman alone. He is old enough to take
care of himself Let Foraker alone. He
won't be In II again for some time. Change
yodr mind. Great men 60 that sometimes,
Perhaps flop back to original principles
on the hop tea question may not be barren
of results.
Now comes the original principles al
luded TO- During dog days last summer
you proclaimed something as follows:
ave" gou and the common counciD
"haye come to the unanimous conclusion
that the prohibition ordinance is being
violated by the open sale of so called hop
tea. Now therefore all venders of 1t must
quit on the-daY ol-or they will be pros
ecuted according to law" Did they quit ?
Yes two Of them did and started else
where. The other two quit-one a little
while and the other long enough 10 take a
dog days excursion up the lakes. Yes,
they quit long enough to get better hold
while new conner is doing full as disrep-
utable business as his predecessor at the
old stand. Now in this connection some
very pertinent questions suggest them
selves. Was it really TACT that the hop
tea was found TO be intoxicating and It's
sale violation Of the ordinance. or was
, that unanimous conclusion oaly proclaim.
ed for buncome? Was II mere TO drive
, away two obnoxious venders? Can q
chief magistrate elect who shall do bust
i ness In violation Of an ordinance and who
Q shall he driven awayY Does tie sale o.
a hop tea by two saints make IL soft
D drink while If two sinners sell il, 1t be
o comes intoxicating? Did the sale ceas,
i. TO be violation Of the ordinanc,
v after the saints were allowed 4
q resume. 4 they would be yer,
n carefully Is the indiscrlminate sale TO al
n corners fulfillment of the injunction I
O select the customers. Does the sale {
, the elect make hop tea cease TO be 8
d calledH Is IL not fact that whosoeve
E, will may come and partake Of so calle
At hop tea until he is full Why is hop te
IL soft" drink In Wellington and It's sal
winked at, while In Greenwich and Ne
London and other places II is genuiI
beer and It's sale prohibitedS
IN Your attention Is called TO proof tn
you was right when you denominated
ID 80 called hop Tea. Uncle Sam tolerates I
10 evasions Of his law which puts tax {
b the retail Of malt and spirltuous llquul
Ia. in which he classes hop tea. He don't
10 call II but calls 1t by Its tue and not
C. nickname, ani he requires all venders
a. II to walk up to the captains office al
,r- settle. The lisence he gives is put up
or all the hop tea joints In q conspicuo
he place as required by Uucle Sam in su
Of cases. True, Uncle Sam is getting to
&C. quite an old man but he knows his 'bi
asst and allows none Of the rules and regu
ST. tions Tor his family to be violated. You
al, Mr.. Dow Is not so strict. He spares I
he rod and things 70 at loose ends in plat
not where he has threatened the severest d
of cipline.
Hr, Now, your honor, II has been sOmeiil
Iill since the people, with the help Of
md Democrats, selected you TO rule oyer {
beautiful and saloon forbidding mum
. pality, and during that time so called /
tea ranches have had bonanza.
. There has been little TO molest or m,
'ar- them afraid, and II Is matter Of fact {
., whlskey and gambling appurtenances h
(, OF been added.
They are unanimous for you for MAJ
NAL unless you change your mind, that uni
/. m. nifty would extend on through time in,
and initely and they never would object
- the score OF age or claim that ycur mel
faculties were waning and that
- ought To step down aud give young
more vigorous man, VINO Is In touch v
go the sentiment Of the people, n cl ance.
Now, your honor, In concluding
ling. neighborly chat let me remind you
Kin you are only seryant-a servant 0
very fine people who have decreed d,
TO the saloons In their midst and sele'
you 10 execute their will. Don't Il
moment imagine that you are the pei
10y or act that way, for that road leads to
- " itical ruin. Take the switchback roui
'h' where you stood last summer whe
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