Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-08-03
A Few Thoughts from Glen.

Mr. Editor Il notice a correspondent,
signing himself Taxpayer" seems to int
mate that some recent law lessness Is the re
suit OF the local option law, and seems To
think that high license law will remedy
such mlsdoings. Now don't a license law
make the sale Of liquors legal and permit
the vender to sell all he can and protect him =,
and him onlyp II, rs Taxpayer" says, a
drink or pint of speak easy whiskey will
cause mau to commit mIdemeanor, how
can the unlimited sale and use OF the same
whiskey prevent misdongsp IL seems to me
that such an argument will not bear It's own
weight.
He also says that he wants local option
in reality or high license with restrictions.
Now # Taxpayer" Is really honest ia what
he says why don't he exert little effort to
have the present law enforced. The Anti.
Saloon League and other good citizens will
doubtless lend him helping hand. But IL
seems 10 me that the least OF local option We
have the better 1t will suit this writer, his
writings read like those Of an old author
with new name But IL he il honest and
really wants high license let him say 30, and
| will say that II he will take the trouble to
investigate he will doubtless find that
these violations have been committed by
parties who are not natives OF this county or
whose ages will prove that they were led
into drinking habits BY the legalized saloons
OF more than twenty years ago, and even
though local option Was enforced to per-
lection We cannot expect twenty, or even
thirty, years 10 wipe out all the Ills OF a
system which. according to Mr. W. Ii.
Lamar, was demoralizing and revolving be
yond measure or endurance. Our young
men of to-day are sober and industrious.
The drinkers, as u rule, are the middle aged
or the young men OF twenty years ago who,
according to Mr. Lamar, were led into such
habits through the fundamentally of those
legalized saloons. But, alter due thought,
If Taxpayer" insists on having high
license let him apply TO Mr.. Lamar, he will
find him TO be very accommodating gen
tleman, who Is managing that part OF the
program with ability, and he can be found
almost any time riding his little dark col
ored, bob tail, high license hobby horse, with
his head turned slightly toward Annapolis,
and he is thought to be reaching for Sena.
toTial plum, and when ever that little bee
begins 10 buzz the little horse cuts all kinds
OF Inconsistent antics. Taxpayer can also
be accommodated with something TO cover
his Jamaica Ginger incidents.
| would like To ask Taxpayer" If the
failure To enforce the local option law is the
cause OF 81 much crime, which would cease
II we would only abolish the law or grant
II high license, why not also repeal the law
against murder or grant high license for
the commission Of the crime, as IRON the
several incidents mentioned by Taxpayer"
this law seems TO be equally guilty with the
local option law in producing criminals
II IN accordance to the arguments OF the
saloon writers we should abolish our law
because we cannot strictly enforce II, does
IL not follow that we should do away with
OF repeal all laws, both civil and divine, Tor
when ol them is Obeyed 10 the letter.
A NATIVE LAND OWNER