The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-03

II devoted to business. and the saloon
mans property 10 counted neither as
residence nor business. That ID the
3rannock bill in q few words. Is
there anything unjust or unfair about
It? Does It ret aocc ,.',1h exactly
what was desired. to-v,t: the removal
of the saloons. by veto Ct q ma
jority of the poorle. from the resi-
dence districts Of the cities Of the
state? 1t IL accomplishing that all
over Ohio today. and no local option
measure ever gave more general sat
isfGction.
at Is charged that the bin In its
original form was better one, and
that I announced my unwillingness
to sign 1t. unless c,rtin changes were
made In what respect was It q bet
ter bill. and what were the changes
that were made from the original bilii
In the first place, the original bill
provided that tie residence district
should consist Of not less than 800
electors nor more than 5000; that y
to say, It made possible q neighbor-
hood local option territory that would
contain $4,000 people. thought that
such residence district would be too
large and unwieldly, and in the inter
est Of the law itself and its practical
operation, suggested q reduction. The
maximum number of electors In res
idence district was finally put at 1000.
Is there anything unfair or unreason.
able about that? IL there . temper.
ance man or woman in the state who
will not agree that this amendment
improved the bill?
A Reasonable Change.
"In the next place, the original Bill
provided that for the purpose Of de-
termining whether particular street
was devoted to business or residence,
the saloon property, which was the
very subject of the election. would
be counted as a residence. In other
words. 1t wes proposed that In de-
termining the question as to whether
or not the saloon should 60 or stay,
the saloon itself should be counted
against its owner. thought that this
was very much like saying that when
the owner Of q saloon came to vote
upon the question as to whether his
saloon should go or stay. his own vote
should be counted against his saloon
! thought that at least saloon property
should remain neutral. and be counted
Ecither as business nor residence. Is
there anything unreasonable or un-
american about that7 Did not this
amendment improve the Brannock law
by freeing 1t from the just charge Of
unfairness?
"In the next place, the original bill
provided that unless any particular
street contained rs per cent Of busi.
ross frontage, II should be considered
O residence street and included within
residence district That 10 to say,
In determining whether a particular
street was devoted to residence or
bus mess. II tool, only 2G per cent to
designate 1t residence street. and It
took rs per cenl to designate 1t O
buciness street. Now, since local op'
tion means majority rule, thought
that this question ought to be deter
mined as ether questions Of similar
character ere determined under Amer
ican insti utions. md that is by the
test of naioritiea. Therefore, sus.
Cegtcd th.t the Is per cent should be
rcducei to 81 per cent or more, and
Il was finally pei at So per cent Is
there anything unjust about this? Can
fair-min led temperance people com
plain? It means that II anything over
45 per cent OF the property OF the
street in which they live is devoted tc
residence, then II Is a mart Of resi-
dence neighborhood, from which sa
looms may he eradicated by vote OF
the people. On the other hand, II
means that IS per cent or more Of the
property of that street must be de
voted to busineGs in order to prevent
tie inclusion Of that street within I
residenca local option district. Is
the temperance people who are dis
criminated against In such provision
as this?' Are not the doubts resolves
rather in favor Of, than against. thos'
who desire to remove the saloons frou
the midst Of their homes?
Party is Responsible.
"Finally. the bill In its original form
provided that II the sale OF liquor II
any district was prohibited by the or
, ,eraton of the law. the result Of tn
election should control for period q
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