Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-04

on thls QUESTION fney can sell hs bfta
tofore, but IL the voters OF our Stat.
or county can poll a majority OF yos,
against the liquor business, then M
must shut up shop.
Again hn SAYS: .iThey claim loe,l
option a euro, panacea, for all NJ
evils of intempsrance. I" 10 intellumt
person ever thought OF claiming an,
thing of the sort. We do not prpinsl
TO Say that local option is tho ils,
thing. Local option does not say
man shall cot drink liquor il he q,
get ii; II only says ii shall not he lsv,
full to cell il. Our laws against tbeA
do not say man shall not eat bed,
steak. il only says he shall not steal A
All that Mr.. Millington says agaips
local option laws bocauFe OF tbst
violation may with truth be saj
against any law on our statute boots
but shall We repeal all our laws agaiAa
vice and immorality beeanss the, al
violated by class OF untuiy citi2eusi
II, as liquor dealers assert, more liqau
ia dispensed under local option i'm,
than under license laws, why 10 In
world do the men whose business ii /,
10 SUNNY the trade with the stuff, ID.
wholesalers. invariably unite all thei
forces to defeat local options Th.
effectiyer uss of tho law depends ea o
tirely on the drafting OF the law itseIl
and the official integrity af the oiliCen
| whose duty il Ia 10 nnfdrce ii. Beside
| | know from personal observation tha,
where there 10 proper care taken h
| drafting the law. the violations of ths
law are not any thing to compare wifi
| the reports set in circulation by thua
| who bate the laws, and would bring
| them into disrepute. The remarks d
| Judge Robinson referred to were mad,
CONCERNING violations Of what was pet
haps the worst local option law tAs
was ever drafted, and law whose ven
good for .nothingness wrought its oal
repeal and ia therefore not far ted
by any means. knew Judge Robin
son, personally, and hau from his oEaI
lips the strongest sort OF endorsemerlI
for the very principle for which We cOnIl
tend in tho spirit Of what we ask Id
this matter. lie despiseu, aH does sveI1
good citizen, any .eers make-sh Of 4
law that affords eril.doers an easy
opportunity to violate 1t.
Again Mr.. Wilmington says: "Undet
the wise provisions OF our license Law,
we are restricted from selling a maa
visibly intoxicated, minor, nr 40
habitusl dIuDKard, and these re-
Rtrictions are accompanied with penal
tics SO severed forfeiture of License
that they are very generally observed
"You would find that no such 70
strictiuns would prevail with the speak
castles. under local option
Now, does the gentleman intend I
say that these restrictive provisions Q
the license Laws are not constant
being violated? Or does he mean b
tho use OF that very accommndatin
term. livery generally observed"
have US to infer that the dealer acts a
, his own discretion in tho NATTER
Ia fact known 10 everybody who ha
l,aan at all obaeryant that habituI
dfunKards, and men under the intiuent
Of liquor, or minors, or anybody uDdt
the sun who wants liquor can get II
and do get it. Mr.. Millington MA
keep the law, do not say hs dues no
but | do say that, il no does. be ia a
exception to the rule. / am well a
a quainted on this Peninsula, and
/ not know of a town in this State ha
/ ing an open bar room In 1t whhre 1t
, not common thing for all those pI
. bihited classes to get liquor whene'
! they want it. l have myself s.en pc
. men for whom my heart has ach
4 staggering drunk as they have gone
n anil out of the bar.room adding
o every visit to their drunkenness. 4
4 grace and shame. And minors beco
!, confirmed drunkards hRfore they come
n manhood. All this talk OF restriction
license is sophistry of the worst XII
/. Liquor is within the reach Of any Il
e or buy in this State who wants 1t.
only thing that at all diminishes
amount Of drunkenness is the grow
public sentiment that makes drunk
ness Clisreputable. According to
Mi!lingtou's tleory the best way
aurpgess any evil would BIO to lice
il, 10 Law around it the strong arm
the law and clothe it with the garn
resbectability. and the best way
promote any measure would be to 7
hihit IL, His argument 10 reference
y revenue has been answered 80 often, {
y is so open 10 correction in any I
a minded man that it is not worth wi
!, to discuss it.
- Nov listen to little moro sophist
!. Mr.. Miliington says:
;, Zone OF the gentlemen who addres
L you the other day, and presented
T. local ontion aide Of tho question
= furcibly and pleaded 20 pathetici
II for an opportunity to vote ON this 81
- question, must have Ignored
; precious privilege, or strangely
!, gotten that he has had that privil
!. for 4 number OF years, a privilege I
y seams 10 be represented, Judging
!. election returns, by too diminutive I
= diminishing number to cause
!, much CONSERVATION by their impra'
- cable demands. ! believe the vot
= about 500 in a total of 10000"
" Does tho gentleman mean to say I
"a Of the voters of this State there
~ 90, 500 liquor men and only 800 t.
u perancs men, all toldf Why il that
/ so then tho liquor men ought TO hay
N bill of sale for the State and the res
il US ought to get out. Cannot be ,
4. tinguish between political prohibit
NJ and popular, local prohibitions III
10 gentleman, is just where the Ii
lie option movement has it's strength
&c IL strictly non partisan. 1t is jus
ur much Democratic as it is Republic
30 anu vice versa, and it is voted emit
re separate from partisan politics.
be become political Prohibitionist /
be must largely abandon other polit
op issues to The other political par
no and vote for single issue, and II
H.. few are willing TO do, but the prime
!? of local option leaves men free to
OH their party tickets straight il the
he desire, and then vote for "license'
Nv mo license" as they may choose.
-. | IN & hnlu sI,nnnsf anrthinr fnIrnr 1