Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
THE LICENSE LAW,
An Admonition from One of Its Ad-
vocates and Supporters.

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% ..'' tI.t,,ds ar the new local option
>, on ,,. y.tth dismov and some
ICV','e '" ,,.,i,,,,, 90 renantanco the
OF ,iie,I'n,,N WI o,,r streets of the
i'u',', .,.i,,, sinca the licenses
. ,i.,, r,vself stood on
Mo", M a,,,,i, ,,f b,,,rs tbe other fore
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noon ~ ~ i,,t,i,i,,,nt ritizens toll me of
es',tp,~ a,,q ,i,,,ss mar number on some
g. ,'d csn,,iallv saturday evenings.
a., ho dsnied maj the situation
,t,', rJ tuuv itstides Rev Mr.
I,,,.t,,,,,. st,.i.tnrns last sunday how
-, ,,,,,,.h tt,t o,rrast and ACCOMPLISHED
- -, ,,,,, ORR as IN its meaning ar
ti,,, ,,,,,,,j,. rho contrast is nor exactly
t,.i,.;i'', ,,itb tbo n,d conditions when
priti,ii7,, ,sod f., t,l,e nrido i'm the fact
80 a,,i, -, r .o,.,, ,,retts Of &" DRINKS -
,.ao,t thnu,,b mar limo was urite q
y,hiio bark
r. oi,n ,r,,s ,vitbout savinp that the
,ov. eviction, win die "a veorliu.r if these
conditions continue Nor need we he.
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,,roiuitin,ists cbu,l,Io ,r o,.er if many,
of mon, ,r, disro.ed to Lot thinos ero "a
ti,,i,.' 49,, a., a., holier INT IL t,,ui opl,.
,or,i,r moro .ort,ir a., rntirn tn what
tba,. heIifve to he tra only ,ioht v,av Of
doolino Win the subject This in mart at
laast is only a n,raIIel tn the attitude of
roon, license mon Indar .nrohibitio,, ..
l.
nerati,e the duty of the believers i'm the
now law as q measure of the best nuhIic
nolic,
states Attorney SchWenk has set th,.
right examnle in giving to the license
hoard tne name of every nerson urnse-
cuted for intoxication so thar the hoard
may forbid licensees to sell to him again.
The bailiffs ought. for the sake of public
decency. if nothing more to give the
police officers strict orders to 4" run in IS
every drunk they see And the rest of us.
to make sure of covering every case they
overlook or neglect ought to hand the
name OF every intoxicated person we see
or know of to the license board Thus
quick END would be put to these eXhi-
DitlohS that now disgrace our streets
ANA IL would not be any " busy-body
needing on our part but only plair
duty to neighbors and the community
lor the man drunk is a menace to life
ana property generally as well to fam.
lily, ana we nave no more right know
inSly ana repeatedly, to let him run al
large than the maniac
Inc law (Sec. 2D forbids the sale OF
Iquor 10 any person who is known t
have been intoxicated within six months
ANY seller who violates this condition i.
HdDle 10 forfeiture of his license, anC
one forfeiture bars him forever mot fo
one year only as in Massachusetts, from
getting another license anywhere in Yer
likely to risk for the sake of the profit OF
a ten-cent sale. BY making sure, then
that the license board and through it tn
seller knows " of every case of intoxi
cation that the good citizen knows. w
nave the seller fixed where a single sale
with no screens or instructions to hid
it from the passer-by, brings the penalt,
and the lifelong bar The easy an,
direct way is provided for conditions in
fnitely better than were ever known un
der so-called prohibition
II l. vary. li1,alv that tho nrasar+ 20
crndascerce of dri,rl,enness is In sor,o do
gree ternorarv On the new hroop,
nrincinle INF in tba main I believe t. !
4 pni,, hrinoino 70 tha smrfaoa ,,hnt bo al
oIony evisted bacanss tho selIer nov
feeis soto In Latino loose tho sot no he
tow slowed awav 70 sIeon n or t. :
or1,, for tbo hoT,, DoIitio ono 90 10
ernyti,,a dissosos y,bosa roiSn,, o,,,, ~
80 t,-t.iS ,,i, y. 1900 80 "a
IN keen WORKING out of sigb+ III on
roat tta",,, 40 ,,,',,,,s, 80 w. ne ~,