The Monitor-register., 1896-06-12
DEPARTMENT OF THE v. G.. T. i
OF WOODSToWN. N. j.
GLEANINGS.

NOS.
TO IA SCHOOL GRIN RELATION TO
GRANTING LICENCES, THE o. OF THE
COURT, ETC.-THEaNEw CRUsADE-ITs
AIMs-wHAT QUALITIES ARE MOST
ESSENTIAL TO TRUE w~oMANHooD-
PERFECT PHYSICAL HEALTH-THE
KINDERGARTEN FIR EsPECT-
CLOSEST RELATION TO GOD HIMSELF.
In Response.
MY DEAR "ScHoeL GIRL: Very
interesting was thy communication
entitled, Thoughts Suggested by a Day
10 Court" which appeared in the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on the 295h ult., and
to which l intended to respond last week,
but having laid it aside it was over.
looked. Pardon the neglect.
Some of the observations made and
questions asked show most clearly thy
mind to be in a healthful condition. And
it will not be amiss, l trust, to pick ont
from thy letter a vein of valuable ore,
which possesses nuggets of the brains
metal Of purest worth, which may be
looked upon q second time to the profit of
all who may read.
With truth thee says: 1.-THE Court is
employed (italics mine) in trying and
Furnishing crime-and in the maintenance
of personal rights and liberties" Such a
thing is very necessary, but it also pro
duces much experience which might be
avoided if it would leave undone SOM
things which it does.
This Court, supported by
the taxes of the people, grants licenses
to saloon keepers, and they sell intoxi.
cants to almost anyone who will pur-
chase.
"Can not the very crime then, to
punish which the Court exists, be traced
to the Court itself? Are not men all the
time supporting that which provides
opportunity for their own ruin ?"
"If men would make it illegal for a
Court to grant licenses, much crime and,
therefore, much expense, would be
avoided. II such a change could be
made in a few years there would be little
necessity for a Criminal Court, and there
would be more money for improving our
towns and educating the people. Personal
rights and liberties would need less pro-
lection by law.
"Let us have Courts, not to grant
licenses, but to close saloons. Then we
shall hear less complaint about burden
some taxation, even though we ave
needed public improvements"
With all this I am in most hearty
accord. But when thee adds: ''Since so
m uch crime can be traced to the sale of
liquor, and since the license for this is
granted at the Court" (Which is true)
"does not this place afford an excellent
opportunity for the ca ger workers of
the W. G. T. u? When a license is
granted in Court, little or no remonstrance
is made, n here is an open field of
work for white-ribboners."
Does thee know, child, what it means
for white-ribboners to prepare and pre-
sent remonstranoes to our county courts ?
All, ! am of the opinion that thee does
not. But there are few active W. G. T.
U. workers who do not know, because
they have tried it, repeatedly, and what
does it amount toP Simply not worth
the paper the remonstranoes are written
upon.
WhyP Because the teohnicsllties of the
law are such that all law (?) is in the
saloon keepers favor, and in order to
prosecute successfully even the most
criminal offenders of these license laws,
it would have been a necessary stipula-
tion for these same W. G.. T. U. women
to have entered these saloons, tasted the
beverages that may have been sold to
minors or in violation of a Sunday law
or to employ some one else to do it for
them-for the Court does not recognize
any truth in what one sees OF smells, 80
far as Intoxicating beverages are con-
cerned Gin some counties of the State at
least) for the only sure proof is to 'staste
and see." Besides, aver if the most con-
elusive testimony was "onls a woman's,'
it would stand for very little in a license
court. Why? Because she is classed
aosh criminals and idiots in the political
world and her cote does not count.
Sad and humiliating isn't it. to the
intelligent womanhood of our land ?
But tile ballot placed in the hands of M
is the only means through aohich the liquor
traffic DM eOer be ~outlawed, and blessed
are they who help to proclaim this
liberty throughout all the land and unto
all the people thereof.
Help us, my young friends, to make
ourselves ~(womankind) free people, SO
that even the Judge of the Criminal
Court shall think it worth his while land
mayhap his position) to pause and listen
to the voice "for God, and home, and
humanity"
Truly, thy elder sister,