The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-25
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
ONLY IN CITIES
Agitation Of This Subject in the
Next Legis q ure.
SAVE The COUNTY EXPENSES
Wi,hihe Negro Vote Eliminated it is
Argued Thai j. Would Be Flting
for Democrats t, Launch some
Sucn Moral ket.rm.
tspaeial Dtspascn 10 The Tines

RALEIGH, y. c.. November 24.-The
Ecmo.. l.c Party OF tnls STATE, uaA44.s
2 gotte4 llu OF the negro, IeeIs tnat IL -
81 duty resting on the party To enaci
some CESSATION at the next session Oh
the Gennt 81 Assembly, winch pegins IN
january next, that Will br.ng ABOUT a
great moral reform and prove a stea.
beaeiit 10 the en4le peppie OF the o.sAs-
III fl.iFtaeiaflcc OF this OpJect IL IS sus
Eestcd that d law be enacted that VIZ
FORBID the disti4ation and saie 81 spa ~
uous .iuouts IN any pace aot4aef i iis,ii ~.
Incorporated city OF town,
There are NOW one Thousand Wii'shes
disliieIiGs Throughout Lie State ~. iuti
operation. and Wherever there Y one .1is
immediate community Is deothsitst go
drunkenness and crime greati y. iat1i 100,
During the recent electlati@# 81 - 80.
that every eistil4efy Throughout lhe 70 e
was run wide open Tor NC hloii i -
fore the election in ths interest," % ~
Republican party. The position q stot -
/ keeper alsd saagei - s.tsia s. ons u
Young man as they Decoi me =. :
So per month, and many OF them -
cept this position iilu gel iaiAed ~ WEB
tha Ii,ilo- business their usefulness IN
ANY other profession is destroyed and
4 hey ACQUIRE no social position or stand
ing IN the community where they live
l,he expenses OF the various counties
is very tnuch enlarged as the result OF
crime committed because Of the manu-
fiicture and sale of spirituous liquor IN
the country where there is no police pro-
lection
FAVOR PROHIBITION.
OF course, a reform measure Of this
character viii anita gonize the liquor men,
and viii meet their strenuous opposition
before tie General Assembly. but II viii
he Of no avail. There is very strong
feeling IN favor of State prohibition
Throughout the various counties of the
State. There are a number of counties
which already have prohibition! and local
option prevails in many localities. At a
recent election the county of Cumber-a
land gave 1850 majority In favor Of
prohibition The negro vote having been
eliminated. the great majority OF the
white people are against the nlanufac-
ture and sale Of lianor anywhere, and
VIII only Ito erate ti3e manufacture and
sale Of liquor where there is police pro-
lection.
This question is now being agitated
The News ana observer of this ci.N.
which is the daily leading Democratic
organ OF the State. is advocating this.
measure Iratl,e county of lredeil. where
there are q large number of whisSey dis.
tilleiies, the leading Democratic paper
the Mascot-has come out strongly for
tilis reform measure a systematic ef-@
fort viii he made iiatweHn now and the
assembling of the General Assembly 10
ascertain the views Of the people on this
proposed legislation A large number
of Republicans throughout the State will
support the measure. and the church PEG
pie will be nearly unanimous for it.
SANI3 EXPENSES
There is no other measure likely to
come before the Legislature that will do
the people "a s much good as this in the
way. of Improving the morals of the peo-#
pie and In saving the counties nloneg for,
court expenses and In decreasing crime
The State will lose no money by this
policy because the baI-reoms IN the
towns Will continue to- run ilnless the
people go In for absolute prohhitien
which they Will Go in number, of
counties
1t is TO be regretted that The discus
sion of this reform measure has already
descended with TIE partisan t,niticians
10 the level of&putting 1 he advocacy of
this measure solely on the Idea OF
whether ii will hurt or benefit Tie Demo
cratic party. The answer To this q1es-
ton is that the l,assaces of this law Will
greatly help He Democratic party with
esterv person I'm the State whose good
opinion and supnort ought 10 be sought
by the Democratic party. To fail now
to pass 1t after the agitation has COM
nlcuced ard the attention OF the people
has been directed to the measure Will
he To hiiid 5srn assentinaent against the
party that will PROVE DANGEROUSLY hurt
full whenever the leadership of the Re
publican party is pnt IN capable hands.