Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-30

10 me that the people OF county al
ways have Il grudge against tne couhs
~ seat. Now, prominent eit'"en y.
Tarrant county told me Jew uhys,
ago that he had II In FOR Fort WORTH,
on account OF the handsome new court
house-that monument TO the "nter-
prise and progressive spirit nnafnatlns
the people of Tarrant county-ah on
ject OF pride to be pointed out 70 az
Visitors and prospeetors. HOW wa
new court house, which was ler o1ily
boast, while Fort Worth had dls-
reputable wreck for a court h1uhc;
though 1t had once met the netds OF
this frontier county. no; let aiIhui
county ana Fort Worth people stand
shoulder 10 shoulder nid pail together
for their mutual interests, ana Wen
lust make things hum durtdS ihe next
Following are Interviews from prom
inent people In the city whose op.ihuns
have weight with all who read them
MIR. Ross Bowlin, OF the firm OF FUR
man & Bowlln, being called on loI ms
reasons for voting against local opto"'
said. .,,.
~ am opposed to local option simply
because 1 do not believe thht IL NouII
advance the cause Of temperance
am a temperance man and nave al
ways advocated the cause OF temper
ance reform. But as ] view the inntler
the adoption OF local option would NOT
only fail to lessen the evils OF me
liquor traffic, but would increase mem
'"rhp true theory, In my opinion, is
high license, and such Hateguards
throw around the business ms VIII IN
sure the least possible evils from lhe
use OF intoXcants. As long hs mere
is a demand for Intoxicating liquors
the demand win be supplied ~ some
way. Under present conditions liquors
ore required TO be sold openly, ana by
licensed dealers. Minors are NOT per
mIttpd to gO about where liquors are
sold or to purchase same. Liquor
dealers are not allowed to put up
screens In front of their places OF busi-
ness, nor are they allowed to sell 10
habltunl drunkards; neither are women
permitted to 60 on premises Wnetc M
orH are sold. Also music II not allowed at
such places. None OF these safeguards
would be thrown around the su-cullcd
| drug rtorc. II locnl option should carry.
| Any man, however ignorant Of drugs
| or medicines he might be, could mt up
! a front room. with a few patent mcdi-
! clnes. and some OF The simpler drugs,
| and In his back room he would keep MS
| liuuuts, or rather whisky. This Is re-
| cogni2ed by the law, AS n medicine,
| and even In local option district can
| be sold az such on the prescription Of
u physician My observation IN local
| option districts Is that the physicians
or enough OF them to supply the Dc
! mand, keep prescriptions printed IN
| blank. and any man can get one
| whether he IL an adult or minor Wills
| ky being a medicine, without charge
| The drug stores attend to THIS part OF
| IT, The doctor prcscrlbes so much
| 'splrltus frumonti. MS he calls II In the
| prescription aud the druggist hands IL
out ana that ends a..
Nov the local option people Hny
that the fact that the law VIII be Nlo-
lated or cyadod Is no reason why II
should not be adopted. that all laws are
ovadod or violated. But this argument
does not hold good with reference 10
! local option. because the other laws are
/ not analogous 10 prohibition laws. Du-
der prohibition laws, liquors can be
| sold under certain circumstance. THIS
| opens the door FOR evasion 80 man
could kin hiY enemy ON the prescrip-
| ton OF phyhipAu, the law against
| murder would not prohibit killing Ia
| any great cNtcut II man could steal
on the prescription Of u regular prac'
| ticlng physician the laws against theft
| would not be much protection to prop
erty, and the analogy might be carried
! through the whole list OF crimes, suCl
ua burglary, arson, robbery, etc, OF
course the doctors We now have In For
Worth would not write a man "A pre-
sCripttun to XIII his enemy, or to stea
| his notghhOrs horse or TO burn hli
house, or to rob him on the highway
but II 1t was lawful To do 80 phyAcinn
would spring M who would supply III,
demand for such prescriptions.
Again, the adoption OF local optlol
would drive malt liquors out OF tn
market The druggist could not wei
supply them, Hts stock In trade woul,
he strong liquors, An temperance PEG
pie admit that the use OF malt liquor
IN preferable, from temperance stand
point to distilled liquors our law
4 aaNr 1Aut la HtAI Ia.
have put the state licenses at $50 ri
malt liquors. and ut $500 on distile
liquors
IAN men know that II man want
atlmulnntR and can't get beer he wi
| tnke whisky. Local option would dc
. stroy the use OF beer ana Increase TIA
use OF whisky II would take the bus
mesa out OF the hands OF reputable 4
censed dealers, In open houses, an
, | drive u into back rooms and bin
alleys, whore yeritahle hella would 4
maintained under the forms OF Law
1, The amount OF liquor sold and cor
Y Numed here under local option, mlgl
! be even less than II In now, but M
l character OF liquor sold, aud the MAJ
ner IN which II would be sold, woul
more than offset any advantage to n
! cause OF temperance. That might |
gained ON account OF u slight decren,
9 In sales, The local option law wou
T. also work u great hardship upon an
: result In serious loss to reputable drut
n pists. Our citizens who are now In II
c drug business and o more l0w-nbldr
y or honorable clnas of men does not O.
Il ist. would be forced TO violate M
u evlde the local option law, or lo
y many of their customers They won
be thrown In direct competition wi
r tho Keepers Of dives under the name
drug stores established for tho sole pu
g. poac OF evadlug and violating the loo
n option law. II they refused TO furnl,
" their customers with whisky, many
II them would go 10 the dive keepers 4
10 other drugs ~ well M liquors.
,c The law would cause great hardsh
N and loss to reputable physicians. TIL
"a would he thrown into competition wi
~ uunclSs who would write prescrlptlo
y without cost TO persons demandll
i. them and regardless of whether or n
y they stood In need Of intoxicants Ms
~ medicine. II tho reputable physlci
y, refused to give such prescriptions, {
" duaclIs would he called upon In ma
IT instances. and when the quack got
~ prescribing whisky when wanted,
2. would extend his practice In other
et rectionH, to the great injury OF I
~ practice OF all reputable physician
II saying nothing about the injury 10 1
n public by increasing the practice a
no influence of qunck aoctora.
m 'icor these reasons shan We
IN against local option. lr thought N
In Il would advance the cause of 20
e. poranro l would vote for Il, eV
be though I might think that It wol
he dlaarrange business, and disturb I
be value OF property. and decrease I