The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03


quite a easnaassa e o3aca,loa TO war. "a
this line
This reminds ne that in the saf8res.
ment q ias ne~ lass. tbs moral toycra
of the State hA*e quite a work - az
The blockade business nauet r. chokri
out b. alert public sentiment So mast
the ~ine. cider and br4aay bnssneas t..
guarded eount. TOO. on thr guarai
leaders % the people 10 clear the fas.
raised hy those Who cry out that IN,
inauon is based on patent tisUnetttaa
SSca Discrimination As there Is. Is from
the neral point OF view favorable 20
the uuntTy-1ectdcdly so The dtserlua-
ination is based oa patent obstruction
and is commended ~ aouad sense IL la
also IN accord with the progress ~ tcrss-
perance IA North Carolina Such prog
ress as has been made thesr teu WEARS
has been made In the couatry largely.
upon petition of ihe people for the In
corporation Of churches aud school houses
with view 10 ridding their comuunl-
ties OF the presence Of dist.llcrles OF 50
| looms.
| have feared much for the small ln
| coTporated town. Bat there is ~ least
one way 10 prevent the saloons aud dis
! tilleries from settling down upon them
1
the election and elect a board 90 county
commissioners that viii not lssa, d.
ctnse. Either do this or call an ele, tlon
for the entire county. la my opinion. tb-
sooner We compel the public leaders ta
| face the issue. the better. We have all
TO lose oy dallying.
This may likewise bc said of th, Anti-
Jug law. Any county that wants - can
get it by olecting men pledged 10 get II
| The General Assembly viii not hesitate
10 enact the law for any county whose
representatives advise II.
The London bill did not pass the House
or Senate because It could not develop
sufficient strength. The Watts bill passed
Only by the most strenuous efforts. on
three occasions it was practicaliy de-
feated. but its opponents seemed not 70
recognize their success. The prestige OF
the Democratic party carried that bill
through. / doubt If even that could
have carried a stronger measure. The
people must choose temperance men Il
they want temperance legislation
There are good number OF temperance
men in the Assembly. But some Of these
were unwilling TO pass the act without
a vote OF the people. / DO not doubt the
! genuineness of their attitude. There were
men who made preteXt OF the leaye-it
to- the people argument. but these mon
did not make this argument encctual.
Genuine temperance men did that Now
that the ignorant black vote has been
eliminated, none Of US should be aNerse
to referendums or Initiatives without
them the hope OF actual Democracy Is
surrendered. For my part ! must re
joice in every opportunity 70 develop the
spirit of Democracy in North Carolina.
The Watts act Will also serve TO make
prohibition or the dispensary system CT
fectual in the towns. Prohibition VAS
made failure in Raleigh by the estab-
lshment of saloons just outside of the
city This can now no moro be done.
In two years we can and viii sweep
the State for prohibition and dlspensa
ries and as a consequence General As
sersbly will be elected that VIII under
stand that the people are in earnest anl
that will hearken 10 their petitions in
this and other such matters
cannot close this letter without
thanking the people in every quarter OF
the State who have freely worked with
me. ! would also thank Senator Lon
don who gave his name and character
and energy to our bill; Senator Brown,
who rendered invaluable service day al
ter day and finally brought the blll
through the committee with favorable
report; Mr.. Josephus Daniels for bis per
sonal> assistance given in unstintcd DE-
gree: and TO the News and Observer for
It's magnificent work. / have not known
one issue of a North Carolina paper 10
have so great and immediate effect AZ
that memorable issue early in the strug-
gle / feel constrained 10 say. also. that
the Committees on Froposit tiOns AMI
Grievances heard us with much court -.
| and | thanh; their chairmcn especially Io'
| their consideration. Mr.. Ndnn stood for
leaving the matter TO the counties. !
am sure Mr. Watts would have enconr-
aged a stronger measure than the Watts
bin If he had thought it could be car-
ried. His refusal 10 encourage amend
nents on the ground that his bill was as
strong as the House would bear was
justified by the great difficulty with
which all the friends of immediate tenn
perancc legislation combined carried his
bill through.
Sincerely,
JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY.
Chairman Anti-Sa loon LcagIo.
P. s. There are now two bills IN the
General Assembly that important.
a. The Anti-Jug bill, and tZ.J q bill re-
curing saloons to close at 5 p. IL. each
| night. EdCl was luilOIuLf4 ~ Att-lt
straight and steady temperance man, Dr.
Alexander, of Mecklenburg. | hope these
| bills will pass.
There arc two more bills that are
highly significant: One to Incorporate the
town of Williams in Yadkin county. the
other 20 incorporate the town Of cokely.
| in Edgecornbe county The object OF
these bills is TO save liquor makers and
sellers the trouble Of moving.
To incorporate these towns will set n
precedent that will undermine the watts
bill and destroy the faith Of the people
| in the good intention Of those who fos-
tered and passed the Watts act. The
State should establish a rule Of never in
cooperating a town simply for tie sake
| of a distillery a saloon.
| There are also bills 70 permit resort
| hotels TO sell liquors. OF course any
botel can become a resort hotel. To
pass such an act will go far toward max