Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-01-14

circulation of petition to the Legislature
asking for the repeal of the local option Law
and substituting high license law in it,
stead. We do not believe such movement
will be successful. We do not believe a
sufficient number of reputable citizens will
sign such petition. The members of the
Legislature, 1--WE speak of the House of Del.
egates,) from the county, have given rs their
written pledges that they will not repeal the
law; they were not elected by the liquor
selling element, but by the votes OF the
friends of local option, and we expect them
to be faithful to their pledges and to their
| constituents We are aware that large sums
of money will be used, and have already
been offered by the liquor men, to secure
repeal, but we have confidence in believing
that even this outrageous but characteristic
method of corruption will fail. 1t Is, how
ever, sign or indication OF the danger the
citizens OF this county are in when under
the dominating influence OF the whiskey
element.
Let this influence get the protection of the
law, as it would have under high license,
then the security and protection we should
otherwise enjoy will depart from US.
1t is TACT, known to some, and should be
known to all, that under the laws OF the
State all license moneys go to the State, and
not TO the county, and there is no way to
prevent this, unless by amending the State
law. Let every voter, every parent, every
man or woman interested in the peace and
safety of the home and the family, refuse to
sign, and persuade others To refuse to sign,
any petitions for the repeal of the prese Mt
law, or the substitution OF any form of Ii
cense law.
Let us ask any man or woman who is dis
posed to sign petition for high license
these questions When the saloon author
lied by license law is to be located in your
neighborhood, near whose home do you
want 1t locatedg Is it to be near to or op-
posite your home? If you say you do MT
want it near yours, have you any right to
locate it near some one elses home? 1t must
be located in the pathway and in the sight
of some ones home aud children, if not
yours-then will you compel some other
home and family to endure it?
Near what district school shall il be To-
Gated? Shall it be near the one where your
children attend, and at which your daugh
ter teaches, and by which they must daily
pass? Answer these questions rs fathers
aud mothers and citizens before you sign
any high or other kind of license petitions.
The statement is made, and somewhat be
lieved, that the bringing Of these prOsecu-
tons at the last term Of the Court was eX
tremely expensive to the county and that
the taxpayers must suffer therefor. This is
on par with many other reports circulated
Tor effect. A comparison OF the actual figures
will easily disprove it. Beginning with the
term OF the present States Attorney, the
figures are as follows:
Cost for jurors and witnesses, June and
November Terms tor 1895, SO 1856 10; for
1896, SO ,9l3 %; for 1897 $2,54l ID, showing
that the terms Of the first half of this fiscal
year, which includes the last November
Term, were really less expensive than any
preceding ones. And if convictions could
have been secured in the cases brought the
November Term would have paid all its
expense and put money in the treasury.
The number of cases continued 10 the
March Term is seventy. Which shall win
shall law and order win, or shall we be OBJ
liged to confess that they are impotent in
this contestY