The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-01-15
Nigh License in Massachusetts.

Aigh License In Massachusetts.
EDfTon JOURNAL
Every voter should gain What intellj
ssnee be eau 90 The license question. spd
~esive belo. 80 outline OF the address oil
Rev. o. II. Miller. Of Holyoke. Mass. Of
the Methodist church 81 Manchester Ctr
tire last Friday evening. Mr. Miller has
been resident OF Massachusetts Tor more
than IS years sud bss been soiise 10 Try
Ing to help enforce tbs restrictive proyi,
ions OF the Masssch u,etts lsv;
'firsi, high license in Mssssch ossett,
does not drive on, the los dives. Oae Of
the s.tonges, arguments used by The
friends Of the Massachusetts, high license
ball when trJips 10 get II enacted yesrs
ago. sss thst 1t would drive cot the low
divss aud kitchen bar-rooms They rec
soned lhns: II Ia mao pays 81 900 for liz
our license II is natural TO suppose tbs. he
will proiec. bimseli, that be will insist
that the police authorities protect hin
sgsinst the illegal desler who pays no high
license Zee Whenever iox dive started
mp IL was nalnrsl TO suppose tbs, the high
license liquor desler paying $1,000 for bis
llceuse would otlse, 10 the low dive sIesl
log bis trade. aud 80 would go sod Gem
plain 81 the illegal liqaor dealer and have
him srfasted. prosecuted, sad pn, out Of
TIE basiaess, Bot here is smother illustrs
ton CT the old rnth that OF experience
often coausdic, aud destroy preeouceived
iteotiee. for our experience 10 Msssschus
e'ts hsi proven tbs, the mao p,yinE $1,000
Tor BIZ iceuse never complains Of or prose
enlee Illegal liqaor dealer who pays no
licansu Ice. Why there sre three reasons
Frat, because the high license liquor deal
or yiolaies The Law Continually by SELLING
10 minors. selling to drunk'rds, or by cell
irg 90 Sand.ys. etc Should be complain
oil lhs low dive kesper 10 The police smith
oiilies, ,hen Immediately the lov dive
keeper soaii set some OF bis friends TO
secare eyi3enee sesiost the high license
liquor dealer, aud have him prosecuted 10
cont Hence neither ever dare complsip
OF The other.
Another reason Why mspy hish license
msn do nothing 10 stop the low dives 10 be
cause some OF them supply the lov dives
With the liqout they cell. Second. the
Mssssohu set. hish liocense lsv is con
stsniiy sod n,srsuily siol.,ed. This 10
the testimony Of ell Who have made any 10
.esiissiious on the snl iact Probably 30
oa, Of every 100 M.chuse,ts liquor deslers
vioisie those provisions Of the high liceuse
Lev which prohibits them selling TO MN
ore, TO dranksrds. on TO persons ubo have
been drunk within sir moB,ts. and many
Of them siolsie the prohibitions OF the
high license Law which says they shsll not
cell on Sandsys, or before 6 O'clock 10 the
morning, or alter II O'Clock Of nisht.
We have bad boys ii years Of eye 40
diatk. iyins on the street, that lbs police
Esu hsd to pick then mp 10 their arms
aud carry then 10 The rolies station, end
when they sObtred up they admitted they
soi tbeir liQaot ., . ssicon. / ssw tso
bcys 10 Springfield, Mace. one sbou, IL.
The ether sbcat IL go into . saloon.
follosed them 10 aud ssv them bny Ia
osr, Pay Tor II. AID dtiuk 1, sisudies Of
Tbs bar. AMI 20 question ~ss rsissi Is TO
tasir sss; aud tbs, sss 1t ope OF ibs beat
hotels 10 sprirsasld. II they did thst 10
oae Of The beet hotels. vbst will they not
DO 10 The cheaper snj lees responsible ho
tslsf Talk sbsat The fares aud hypocrisy
OF ansuiorsd piohihi,iou 10 Vermont, II 10
rot oas..onnh ss big fares ~ the non
eniofeemss, Of The provisians Of The high
lloeass ls~ Ia usny Massachusetts cities
sai sssns
Ialr3. the Massachusetts, tist-lieesss
Lag IL mash harder 10 sniotee thss yonr
yanott prohibitofy las. ss1s nsa ere
ra,lss stre ~ isv thai ~s car erforee.
Bat vs Gaa IL mach harder 10 Asssehas
s,is to tEtotes the prossOss Of the high
llsssss IA than yea Do 10 sniofes The pro
wien d year proaibiiofy lss. TIE essi
sf yes lzste /, Tor nsr 10 cell h2our The