Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16

for poor Ireland Can DIR. Gal
loway tell why!
TO my mind there are several
capital objections to "local op-
ton liquor law.
/. 1t means license in the al
tentative.
2. Under its provisions the
question of liquor selling is set
tied for only a limited time.
3. The saloon may be an out
law in one county and in adjoin-
ing counties full-fedged, legal
institution-doing its deadly work
even in the Prohibition county.
+. 1t seeks to and does localizc
a great national question, Il ques
ton that must be settled by this
whole Republic, not by one or
twenty counties, or even one State.
1t would be as wise to reduce the
great tariff question to the whirl-
pool of local option.
5. 1t practically transfers the
J law making power from the Leg
! islaturc to the masses, which our
Supreme Court says must not be
done.
6. 1t helps to train a citizen
ship committed to cxpcdicnts and
tends to destroy all patriotic spir-
it and cndcavor.
!. 1t is not founded on the
principles and correct theory of
our great government, but an
tagonizes these at every point.
s. 1t taxes private citizens, in
person and purse, to accomplish
Just what legislators are elected
and paid to do.
, 8. 1t subject our best men and
! women, when campaign is on, to
the vile attacks of the worst ele-
ment in society.
10. Cities with large per
cent. of foreigners as residents,
will always have the alternative,
license.
Il. Under its provision those
counties and communities that
most need help cannot receive it
as only votes determine results.
.12. 1t does not "enthronc Pro-
hibition above partizan politics,
= but makes it IA foot ball for polit-
ical partizans, who sidc-track it
g whenever it contributes to the re-
1 alization of their aspirations to dc
l so. Besides, every saloon in this
} nation is always in politics with Il
vote-making power, equal to that
: of one hundred Christian men
: like DR.. Galloway. This power is
courted and sought after, by both
p the Democratic and Republican
parties. When a 'Iocal option
l election was held in one of the
e counties of this State, certain
+ ministers abscntcd themselves
= from home on election day. am
told the reason given for this con
1 duet was that the liquor mer
. threatened the political friends OF
these ministers if they (thc minis
!. ters) voted in that election. This
is the way "local option sen
thrones Prohibition above ques-
tions Of place and power.
13. When under its provisions
: Prohibition is declared the policy
of Il county, that policy is, in
most cases, left in the unwilling
hands of its enemies and is not
enforced. Note the recent Juror
at Prohibition Hazlehurst, where
private citizens were compelled
to organize to protect themselves
against the assaults of "blind ii
gers ,manifestly because the Off
cials did not enforce the law. Note
again the tragedy at Prohibition
Alderman, in which that splendid
young Methodist physician, DR..
Shumaker, was cruelty murdered,
because he made affidavit against
Il notorious "blind tigerist, ="
whom the officers had failed to
disturb. And the people of this
State will not soon forget the bru-
tai attack on w. H. Patton, of
Prohibition Shubuta, for seeking
the enforcement of Prohibition.
II. 1t teaches the people that
the moral responsibilities of citi-
zens are bounded by county or
territorial lines, which is anti
missionary in spirit, and an abom-
Unable, hurtful heresy, that culti-
Yates the spirit of the old man. S
prayer: ''Lord bless me and my
wife, our Son John, and his wife,
us four, and no more. Amen. "
~ II fo,.hnc thn xro,nos on1