Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
WHAT OUR NEICHBORS SAY
License ava rs O1enly Violated az
the Prohbi DRY Law ard Worse
Conditions.
G'rom the Enosburgh Standard)

t'rom the EnoSburgh Stdnuaru)
The advent Of Rishop Hall into the IL
qIor discussion rs a cha mpion of high IL
censc cannot be criticised from the stand
roint that his profession would in any
way dollar him from expressing his opin
ION relative to any law that in largo
measure affects the welfare of every HON
in the commonwealth In fact tho Heo-
PIE have been educated to look to men Of
recoRnizcd distinction in the various pro
LESSONS with which their life work IS
connected with more than an ordinary
degree Of respect and conndC nee and fair
minded mon are not urcJUdiocd in their
judgment when an argument Is submitted
ii her for or against any public ques ion
Of vital Importance. because OF the pro
tession or calling Of the one submitting
the same.
Certainly The Standard is not dispos-
cd tn look upon the utterance o. Bishop
Hall with anything but respect. when &C
"ompa"ird ~ arguments fortified by facts
and opinions that commend themselves
TO ones best judgment. But II must be
admitted that the bishops two recent
communications to the Free Press in ia
Nor of the proposed hirh licenses law ar"
great disappointment as they practically
place Bshop HAN before the peoplc If
Vermont rs an ardent and enthusiastic
advocate of the open saloon, without any
conclusive arg rl"nts to shoW that he hps
ara research which We have right to
expect from a man Occupying such an tx
allied position.
In fact his second letter. that OF last
Saturday, is n really l1mentnbc confession
Of weakness. Boiled down ana relieved
OF all Vertiaso his opposition to prohih-
tior l. In line With the familiar arguments
Of the laws orrouents thot it does not
prohiOit. but H. breeder OF hypocrites.
neriUrols liars etc. and that in the cities
e Rutland and Burlington the pul lie sem
tment l. adverse t. the enforcement OF
the rrohititury law and he consequently
Jaw rs the open saloon. Now tho assump
tion al tie opponents of prohibition IS
UhpuGl not lrCdicated ON a singl" fact
Yet mad" puhlicD that i high l:'onse law
with it, severe restrictive provisions wll
bc 1u advance movement in favor of tenn
Ierance .as they assume and argue That II
wCll enforced license law with these re.
stlictilp feature, IL much better for the
no0plr than a poorly enforced prob htory
1aW.
Thc STANDARD would ask bishop Han. !
after having given the question the
earnest invest CATION it deserves land II
h has not he certainly should not como
before tho public as an advocate Of 80
great - change IN temperance legislation)
IN vnat state in this bread Uniou. which
has enacted liccusc laws with the restrc-
live provisions heretofore referred 10. are
these laws better enforced than the
sane provisions which go tc make UP the
Vermont prohihit0rv law. Take, tor IN
stance Massachusetts, from whose statute
tie proposed law for Vermont was mostly |
copied. VIII PiShon Hall name single
year during thu z years since its en-
aCtmcnt that the law has not been CON |
stantly and prrsiStcntly violated in al OF
the features above referred to. W" would !
also direct his attention to Pennsylvania.
Minnesota and every state whore hihh Ii |
conSc is IN OncratioE. and ask him to tell
us when and whore "A high license law
has suppressed blind tigers "kitohtn |
bar rooms "speak-easies and all other |
evils. which he 50 stronuously objects In
as existing under the prohibitOry law.
Unless ne can show by unquestioned |
authority that high license laws in these
important provisions. nre better enforced
anG in their execution tend bettor to pro- |
mote Temperance than the present pro- |
hihitorN law. how can he consistently adj |
Vocatc n change which does not offer any
relief from the present violatio of the
law now in force. Again If the restric- |
tive provisions of the high license law
now before the people. as regards the sale |
OF pure liquor. the closing of saloons At
II O'Clock and on Sundays. forbdding the |
sale TO miners and habitual drunkards |
etc, cannot DO enforced can Bishop Hall |
consistently, AS Christian teacher. adj |
vocate the opening of saloons in every |
town IL the State under the local option |
system,
If So his mission to Vermont serves IA |
double purposc--the Introduction and |
maintenance of the church on the one |
hand, and. as opposed to this and neu- |
tralizing in its effect the introduction and |
maintenance of the saloon on the other
WHO FAVORs PROHIBITION:
tFrom the Bellows Falls TimesD
..I.t -i.s..
Morrow and followers. Joseph Battcll
ana followers. and the rumsellers and
dive keepers Of Vermont standing
shoulder to shoulder to fight the local |
option bill Is a funny combination.
Some other things besides politics
makes queer bed fellows
This is from the Manchester Advance. |