Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-10
Prohibition VS.. High License.

The old time lyceum was revived in a
measure Friday evening by a public de-
bate at Dubois & GAYS hall OF the ques-
ton, "Resoved, that state prohibition is
preferable to well-regulated high license
as a method OF dealing with intemper-
ance." There was large and interested
audience in attendance. DR.. A. G. Bailey
presided and each of the six disputants
was allowed fifteen minutes. The Grange
orchestra furnished music.
A. L. Newton, first affirmative, said in
brief:-We are fortunate in having the
wrong can never be made legally right.
License means saloons; prohibition means
town agency to provide for real neces-
sity. Americas license saloons take more
of the nations money than is spent for
provisions, defense and education. Lii
cense does not do away with drink. In
1872 we consumed eight gallons of liquor
per capita; in 1897 we consumed nineteen
gallons per capita. At the National Liquor
Dealers convention the secretary said:
"High license increases our sales and pre-
vents prohibition" Testimonies from
twenty-five reliable sources favoring pro-
hibition and deDouncing license were
given, including such men as Abraham
Lincoln and Justin s. Morrill,, such wom-
en- as Florence Nightingale and Frances
Willard, such papers as 1.-THE New York
estapt denomination, and the prohibition
states. High license men are advertise
ments for the saloon and, outside OF few
polit icians and schemers, are living pat
roniZers. Cleveland was used as an illus.
tration. Politicians know that most men
outside the liquor interest on account of
other issues will vote as their grandfathers
did. Neither party dare advocate prohi-
bition end lose the liquor vote. This ex-
plains why we do not have prohibition
laws in every state. Personally 1 am glad
to live in state W here thousands OF boys
grow to manhood without knowing what
a saloon is like except by hearsay. The fact
that business men in our cities pay higher
wages to secure the Vermont boy is an
honor to Vermont and prohibition. AT
Princeton and Yale, institutions situated
in high license states, the students cele-
brate athletic victories in the saloons; at
the University of Vermont they celebrate
as they should. An imaginary picture OF
the lives of two men-one a license man
in theory and practice, the other prohi-
as staunch as the old Green
Mountain state in which he lives-was
given. The first man was picture of dis.
slpation, the second a picture OF noble,
christian manhood. This was considered
as life's picture, the test of license and
prohibition. Consider which life you
would prefer your son to copy. Man has
70 right to legislate to the ruin of his
amiiv. or vote to ruin his brother or advo-
cate or edit paper favoriug a saloon he
would not have his own son enter. This
fall YOU will be given a chance to vote for
Three seventies OF the citizens
Of Randolph will support license. The
west side OF the state is for license. Citi-
zens of Randolph, know who you are vot-
ing for Sept 9Th when you elect man to
you in the next Legislature.
w. G. Wood ward, first negative-Since
Noah got drunk, thousands of years ago,
he natural, Inherited taste for stimulants
has been growing and fixing itself on
nan. Every man has felt ana yielded TO
n. tn he doesn't drink rum. he smokes