The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-07
Mr.. stechhan,s objections.

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There is much more good sense in Otto
Stechhan's objections to the Nicholson bill
than some people are disposed to allow. He
is certainly right when he says, in SUBJ
stance, If there is no harm in keeping a
saloon open till IL o'clock, which the State
ought to forbid, there is none till Il, or all
night. He is right, too, in deprecating the
measures becoming a Republican party
measure. There is no party in it, nor can
be, for many Of its most ardent supporters
are Democrats. But he is mistaken if he
regards 1t as a temperance measure. AS l
understand the genesis and the animus of
the measure, it is the offspring of a few
what is known as the Good Citizens, League,
or the anti-Saloon league, which is COM
posed of men of all parties except the Pro-
hibition party, and their plan is to hold in
dividuals, not parties, responsible for their
acts toward the saloon, and their purpose is
not to prohibit but regulate the saloon. 1t
is indeed a joining of hands of these men
witt respectable saloon keepers who want
to make 1.-The vile grog shops Mr.. Stechhan
spectacle, too. Hence, Prohibitionists are
not in it. Mr.. Stechhan is right, 100, when
he says It IS useless to legislate against APP
petites. But twenty years ago the saloon
said that the appetite could get all reason
able indulgence by IL O'clock, and this
measure is to give that theory a fair trial.
1t is simply to- help saloon keepers who
want to obey the law to do so. 1t is rot a
temperance measure at all, and Prohibition-
objections put him in a strange fellowship,
but politics often make strange LcdfelioWS.
Indianapolis, Feb. 6. u. j.. SEE.
Wants the Nicholson Bill.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
I am distinctly in favor of this bill, espe-
cially the local option feature. Temperance
people are not all fanatics, and they are not
all in the third party-the Prohibition. A
large and growing number are in the Re-
publican party, and are entitled to be heard.
are worn out: they feel that the
weight of this question is not appreciated
by the average legislator either socially,
financially or morally. The question is, What
can be done to prevent or lessen the wasteof
lives, of fortunes and the wrecks of homes?
When an efficient measure is proposed beer
alarmed, and their clamor is listened to,
and temperance men, who love their coun-
try and the interests of humanity more than
their pockets, are told to stand aside, lest
the German vote should be lost. All Ger
mans are not in this class. There is a time
coming in the near future. when venal legis-
lators viii be left at home If l We're look
ing out for the permanent interests of the
party 1 would advocate that which is wise
and good for the permanent interests of the
State and let howlers clamor, and If that
brought defeat let it bring it. Stick to
truth. and it will bring you out all right in
the long run. I am sure ! have no use for
a party which will veer to catch the beer
vote; / don't want to belong there, and
there are large numbers like myself that
cannot honorably endure it any longer. So
let us have the Nicholson bill.
CHARLES TINSLEY,
Pastor Wall-street NJ. T.. Church.
Jeffersonville, Ind, Feb. 6.