The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
THAT APPROPRIATE" LIE GISLA-
TION DODGE.

"What will the people of Cecil county
vote upon next year when the license
question will be again submitted to the
popular verdict" and in what shape
will the question come up"-are ques-
tons frequently asked at this time.
In reply to this common query, our
Democratic masters of the Crothers
persuasion tell US: that a1byobriae
legislation will BE- needed to carry out
the provision of the law of 1899, or
putting it exacting in the language of
the platform of the County Democratic
Observation-Disclosures in order to
carry out the provision of this law
(1S5) appropriate legislation must be
passed by the General Assembly Of
1854"
We asserted in our last issue and
we re affirm now, that this declaration.
of which Mr.. c. c. Crothers was one
of the trainers, is fraud upon the
people of Cecil county, and fragrant
violation OF the pledges which the
authors OF the law of 1892 then made
to our voters.
The law of 1892. distinctly sui
mitted to them a choice between the
present law, and a prohibitory license
law, all embodied in one act.
the advocates OF license assured
them, that the high license (1) law was
a well regulated one, that 1t was restric-
tive in character, aud would meet the
views OF the mo 1erate temperance ele-
ms1t il the county.
7 stead of that result, the present
estrictlve law has proved a
failure, and now APPROPRIATE
4 is to be resorted to by Mr..
and his pro-license legislative
.es should they succeed in get
9 to Annapolis, all in order to make
the present law more acceptable to
Democrats of moderate temperance
views, and to SaOe tie license system
IN tile county.
That this is fraud upon the people |
a moments consideration will show.
If the managers of the Liquor Deal
ers Association ticket now asking the
support of Democratic voters, have the
right to doctor and tinker the present
law in spite of their pledges and assur
ances given our people in 1890, in
order to make it more acceptable to
voters of moderate temperance views,
they haze the equal righttO tinker
and doctor tile byoAibit0y provisions
of the La70, and BY maxine byohi6i-
tis~ olfena0e, thereby make O0ters for
its license features.
We believe every reflective and i'm
partial voter will agree with US, that
this proposition is a sound one.
The truth is, that no appropriate
legislation is needed, other than, the
simplest legislative reaffirmation of the
provision of the law of 1890, as to the
fact of submission and the time at
which it will be had.
That means the resubmissIon in 894
of the license question IN tile shape of
the byesent La7V, untouched and un-
tinkered by any legislative hand with
view to curing IFS manifest defects, and
hence save it votes.
But while this is the plain and pal
pable meaning of the law, and the
put upon it by its
authors and trainers in 1890, yet the
language of the law does not specifi-
cally provide that the saml lar shall
be submitted in 1894, or every four
years, but the question only whether or
not licenses to sell liquors shall be
issued in the county.
Thus the shape which re-submlsslon
will take in 1894 will very materially
depend on the Individual opinions of
the Senator and Delegates from Cecil
and the influences behind them. /;