The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-04-28
roR STATE SENATE:
NO LICENSE WANTED.

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NO LICENSE WANTED.
What is the nse of Logan coun-
ty refusing 10 grant license for
the sale OF. whiskey within its
borderss Experience has taught
us that this mode of prohibition
only causes the county loss Of
revenue. That whiskey i'd sold
cai.not be denied, and twill con-
nue. to be sold. We understand
t at At least two.members Of the.
county court we're elected by
the friends Of license, yet they
proved false to their constituency.
We are not in favor of the grog
shop to any extent, but think i
would be better to grant license
reputable men -andIth thereby
make source Of revenue. than
have the traffic conducted In the
manner it is. Neither crime or
drunkenness is lessened by this
mode, and it seems that the coun-
ty authorities do not try or can
not nc complish the breaking up Of
whiskey selling. Grant license
to the right men and We predict
as cool ii not better order than
now, and also Il few dollars more
in the county treasurer Sandy
New Era.
Unfortunately for Bro. Adams,
he gets into a serious error by be-
lag !, stranger in the county and
not acquainted with its past his,
tory. Eighteen years ago We
came here stranger, and we felt
in the matter just as brother Adj
ans now feels. We saw that d
urge quantity of whiskey was be-
ing sold and drank, and honestly
believed that the seyI wpulds be
mitigated If saloohswtfe licensed
and urged the matter sbsfore the
county county court until we had
our wishessfnlly gratfliedandlsaw
two saloons in full blast at Logan
Court House, as well as d number
of others in different parts of the
county. From an occasional
drunk before license, we saw
the town filled amost,daiH with
drunken mob, and the night
made bideous with the yells of
men maddened by bust-head. Ex-
perience has fully taught us that
the licensing of an evil will not
decrease its effects. As to the
question OF revenue, the county
receives nothing from that source,
bat the increase OF crime under
the license system would entail
such heavy cost upon the county
as to leave none of the revenue
which we raise from the over
taxed farmers, to apply to the i'm
provement of our roads or public
property. The information of
the New Era in regard to the cleo
ton of two Of the county commits
sioners is inaccurate. The ques-
tion OF license was neyerraised in
the county until 1888, when the
vote for the license candidates
was 407 and for the no-license
candidates, ! ,l6l, aRdwe are sat
isfied that there has been no
change in the people since that
time. Living upon the, border of
the State with d railroads being
built and thousands of foreign
and colored laborers thrown upon
them, we know that the people
along the Tug Fork are. just nov
thinking that any change would
be a relief from the present
chaotic condition of affairs, bat
this abnormal condition will soon
pass away and the courts will
then be able to exereise, their
powers and law will be as much
respected on Tug river as it is
now on the Guxandotfe. So long
as whiskey is made it will be
sold and drank in every neighbor-
hood to some extent, yet the evils
to society, arising from the acts
OF few smusglers is not to be
compared toSthose which will
arise from the fact of an open sa-
loon, and the proud boast of the.
vender OF whiskey, that he is do
ing a legal business. Let us
unite, brother Adams, in trying
to suppress the evil, not in en-
Adearoring to legalize it.
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The offer made by Hon. Steph-