Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-21

hedged up by carping critics, who
make it their business to throw cold
water upon it, and, as far as possible,
discourage the efforts of those en-
gagged in it2 The different societies
of the w. @. Il. U. in this county are
now making a united movement look
ing toward the abolishing of all liq-
uor dealing and gambling franchises
on the grounds of the Napoleon Fair
Association, declaring their belief
that such privileges are demoraliZing
to the citizens of the county, and also
declaring their intention of with
drawing all patronage unless they
are removed. And now, no sooner is
the work commenced, than up jumps
an astute citizen of Monroe township
and informs them that they are on
the wrong track. We quote the fol-
lowing:
Nobody deniest the right of petition,
but it is unquestionably unlawful to
threaten or boycott, and it looks very
much to a man up tree as though
the petitioners were violating the let
ter of the statutes just as much as are
those of whom the petitioners COM
plain"
Now, there are few things in the
foregoing words of your Stockholder
correspondent which need a little
ventilating. We will suppose that
he patronizes one of the saloon groc-
cries of Napoleon, the proprietor OF
which sells liquor to his boy and gets
him drunk. Does Mr.. Stakeholder
claim that he has no legal right to
say to that grocer, "If you sell any
more liquor to my boy, you will new
er get any more of my patronage?"
In other words, has he no right to
| bOycOtt that saloon-keeper? If said
saloon-keeper has back room con-
| tanning q card table for gambling
purposes, and Stockholders hoy is
decoyed in there and fieeced, has he
no right to boycott the whole CON
cern? If a house of prostitution is
set up on each corner of the fair
ground and kept running during the
| fair, does Stakeholder claim that he
can not boycott the whole institution
without laying himself liable to pros
ecution for violation of the statute?
Such an idea is preposterous, and
smacks strongly of completely with
the evils complained of. "a man up
treen must be so exceedingly high
that he has but little knowledge of
terrestrial things. who would put
forth an idea so perfectly devoid of
common sense. 1t will be observed
that the author of the above extract
is very strenuous about having things
LaWful in all movements against
gambling and liquor selling, but he
has no word of condemnation in re-
gard to the manifestly unlawful bust
ness of bringing those denominations
in contact wit the minded youth
of this county.
The aforesaid petition is being cir
culated all over this part of the
county, and almost everybody signs
it that has an opportunity, liquor
drinkers as well as others, and have
no fears of violating the boycott
statute.
Your Stakeholder correspondent al
so adverts to the great success of the
fair hitherto. He undoubtedly means
that his dividends have been ample,
swollen as they have been by the
sale of immoral franchises. Finally he
says, "It is to be hoped the citizens of
Henry county will let good enough
alone, and that they will throw no
'obstacles in the way of the future OF
the fair, an institution which has be-
come almost the pride of Henry
county. There is no surer way to
kill a fair organization than to run it
in the interest of class and to their
tastes only"
One can hardly read this and main
| toin Il. ftxra md +a III n
vices in the black catalogue are
''aOeU enough" and should not be in
terfered with, particularly if they in
crease the dividends of the stock
holders If few booths of ill-fame
could be sandwiched in somewhere
on the fair grounds, no doubt still
larger revenue from vice could be OBJ
tanned and Stockholders dividends
be still more increased, and all would
therefore be "WeU enough" for any
attempt to run them off the grounds
would be running the fair ''in the
interests of class and to their tastes
only" so says your unfathomable
Monroe correspondent.
In conclusion, we have no desire to
be over caustic in our remarks, and
vet we have q strong desire to try
and puncture the ridiculously incon-
sistant ideas advanced in Stockhold-
er's article. Why was the article
written? Evidently for two purposes.
First, to prevent his dividends from
being interfered with, and second, to
work upon the fears of those signing
the aforesaid petition, by CHASING
them as law-breakers, liable to prose
cution. We think he overshot the
mark. We would have very poor
opinion of the common sense of any
citizen of this county who could be
successfully operated on by any such
baldeedash. Let the good people of
Henry county keep in the middle of
the road and not be swayed by any
such clap-trap as comes up from the
woods of Monroe.
So mote 1T be. VERITAS.
Ridgeville Corners, o., Feb. 16, '95.
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