Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-06-12
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Fleets and Arguments For Tho
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wr,,.r 'he Reader.
I'VE shall publish in numerica, -,
matter that Will be highly valuable y, v'a 'a
cry worker In the Temperance reform nv ss-
advise the reader to cut out this coin. we
cry week and paste it in book tbss I'm IN ev'
carried In the pocket and be handy 20 Sa1 e
mediate reference.-EDIToR1 Tut IN
30-Price of Votes. Z
Fifty cents apiece for the natnro,;...
of voters. This Is the sum r. 1"1lon
Democratic campaign committee bo on
70 pay tor expenses. In Cook copn,,eisa
estimated that there are from II ooo = - ~ Is
600 persons eligible for naturaI;.s.."-
More than half OF these are claimed Is ~,
Democrats. The Democratic count tne
mittee Is greatly pleased over the dsc;~ I'm
OF the campaign committee and MIN
into the naturalization business ,r;.u 20
ergy now that there is a prosnec, w en-
expenses being paid.-Chicago News su sae
Q, 1892. sept
37-High License.
The Weekly Bulletin, a liouor ro
Louisville, said in its issue of Mark =, o.
1887: ion ~
There is growing sentiment anna.
the distillers of this state in favor Of binS y
cense, some even favoring 81 COO licans.n
3S-How to Defeat Prohibitio,
The Chicago Freie Presse German l,o,o.,
OF April 30, 1880, has the following. ''
THE Chicago Tribune has advoo...,
with the determination and zeal ,rh,.S
mark it the cause of local option and b;sI
license since Iowa and Kansas went nros,
bition. To some German Republicans MI.
took exception to this Mr.. MediI aU
planned that the only way in which n.
adoption of prohibition laws in all tbs
northwestern states, with the possible ey.
ception OF Wisconsin, could be hndered
was to leave it to localities to decide wbe.h
er there would be license or no license,
1.-THE Tribune opposed prohibition h.
cause 1t was an attack on personal liberty
because it did not stop the sale of shirts
and only increased the evils growing out Of
the sale of liquor, as the business was mn,
into the hands of persons generally 81
doubtful character. Local option and biob
license We're the only barriers against the
prohibition craze, and the good results of
high license would soon lessen the numbep
of those states which had come out against
the granting of licenses. How accurately
Mr.. Medill calculated the effect of high Il.
cense ON Anglo-Americans the vote bv
which the prohibition amendment was de.
feated in Massachusetts shows.
ut was the great argument of the friends
of personal liberty there that prohibition
would stop the sale of liquor, while the Ii.
cense taxes would mot only reduce thu
number of saloons. butt bring in heavy
income to the community that imposed
them. That took the voters, and prohibi-
ton was beaten by an immense vote. We
believe now that it was owing to the far
sightedness of Mr.. Medill and the energetic
position of The Tribune that Illinois has
escaped paper prohibition, and that the city
treasury of Chicago has received about
&, 900 900 year from the saloons This is
sometimes severe on the saloon keepers, but
it is insurance against prohibition.
39-The Scheme Exposed,
The st. Paul Globe says.
The only chance for the defeat Of prohi-
bition in Dakota is for the other side to
stand squarely by high license and make
an honest fight on that line; the field might
as we'll be abandoned to the Prohibtionists.
| 1t is immaterial whether high license has
intrinsic merit or not--the popular temper
makes it the only effective barrier to legal
exclusion. The activity and zeal of the rad
ical element show determined purpose
and it will win if the opposition does not
display prudence and tact. High license
must be the word if they do not want pro-
hibition written all over the constitution
4O--A Brewers Opinion,
| The Western Brewer Of Chicago says:
without high license Illinois, Nebras-
ka and Minnesota and perhaps Missouri
and Wisconsin would be as likely to favor
| prohibition as Iowa. Now there is no dan
ger of prohibition being adopted in any of
the states named as long as license law is
maintained and fairly enforced"