Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-02
DEMOCRATIC HOT SHOT
Fired with Democratic State Com
mittee Workmanship
THE REPUBLICAN BAD FAITH
On Local optiOn-RsAsOn for the Platform
Dodge This YeaT-PrOOf from Its Own
Admission that II Plans to Kill the Law
by Tactics Like Those Of Two Years Ago

cCn>- law, formulated m their caucus /
and introduced and fought for even To. .
the sacrifice Of his life. by the late nT. I
Conlani. that WAS conceded the best |
among all those before the Legislature. |
Because il was Democratic Measure I
and because most Of the Republicans Of
the Legislature were determined that no
license law whatever should he enacted
that could survive vote Of the people,
this bill was much mutilated before II
became a law.
As a part Of the malignant tactics Of
the Prohibition Republicans and Politi-
clans for plunder. their Representatives
on the joint Temperance Committee con
stSutly. in secTct caucus. unbek known TO
their license associates, with whom they
prUfeSsed to be acting in concert TO con
struct the hest law possible. 10 put up
iobs and Law ambu>he> for their asso'
ciates who supposed they were engaged
in a square. aboveboard deal After
doing everything in their power in tins
wav to spoil the license bill, they as
founded their license associates. al the
last moment before the committee was
70 report. by proposing the substitute,
which they nearly carried, Of the batteI
hill. The Democrats, Clement men. and
a few real license Republicans, had no
suspieion until this moment Of any such
game. which failed Of success only l.
rausa ore cor>uirator at the final pinch
went |s,k on them. as the Prohibition
Republican politicians charged Al tht
time
From such 4 hodge podge Of had faith
and braEsn population of Republican
promi>es on the subject it i wonder
that the hill emerged in even a. good
shane A. il did. As result OF the Uer-
it, LETT. a. proven by the official records.
il has.
Decreased the number Of liquor sellers
in the state by l. PER cent.
The number oi towns where liquor y
sold. Ny = rvr cent.
Iioulr ,a>ss in county courts by
thrt.~f 'urtEs.
Medical sales" under 5th class or
ar,,.-ri,- EtruSts. ninc-tsnths a. COM
rsrt5 with the cid town agency.
Brought a closer approach than law
has ever done before 70 eNterUlnSto.
~ Sel-st dives. Sunday traffic. salts l.
minors. Confirmed drunkaTds, etc
Ana Welded a net revenue Of nearly
$4,000 "a Town Treasures and Tor
good reaGs. where before WAS net out
-. probably. un,ier the arce OF pro
hibi;.oa
ArE in the one reS0sct in which there
was r,,ssshilitv 81 doubt, the extent If
drunkenness. a. measured by arrests AMI
vr7sse, .sa->. II has now vinGlo&'cd H.
self. From the reaction excess AZ orSi,
there hss been progressive Improvement
az over twenty Per ceat every iATet
months. - shown bv the quarterly set
t's,,,4r. u eyast hills VITA tkt State
Treasury. ana fo- the quarter ending
Nav 81. zsy,r-siiUc 20 = statement uEsttC
date @: August II from the >rats IEssas-
mes ofsey. these prosecutions &--7e-
gated 80. Ulsse for is average quarter
in the .ast year ai prohibition they were
500 Considering The much greater
x-ris.asss 5- making arrests that -s-tT'
slly v-5ya5.s under the provisions q tte
rew law. tEs7a can be n Goobs that VIZ
have reaeas,s mach better cCn5lt5an q.
temperance under tAs rew hand az tls
end of 6ftesz months than Pro1leIGlaZ
b1czzA5 Il E5sv ys1r-
Tht 5e5sc1s q. -a5 Aw. every gre a.De
70 Pr,hIb5riaz- Il -..tlissn ra1tl,a;}oEs
sn5 r.t exc q -s.-a 9a2l3 ksvs existed
il Ds-nCezats could have controlled
are
Several polr,s u doubtful eoas,itu
tiozalty.
Several features g. znt4iT1sss u Law
cheering sellers. q: ELie1 TIE zaaralar5o-
al TIE vzovi>So-s io- Eth class OF drag
Cis- Ecez>s i 81 example
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Tssss defects Hs-s AL gzg IE;c The hi
az The Pra11szl5-- E--ztll1ezs wl-A a.
primary -z-Tssss O.: E-t-z-c II I--o s1el
share THAT ths =&s w1zzb3 re5sy- IL T
rszzly sz1cssss3s5- re51yszE The ~ sc-sry
81 the -sSs-sz5- - les sAzz IpN
whaz r.s normal III ,yltv far l5eezss. q
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1872 wgss ssE-s -ltu
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needs zz2tz Hz3t-g-za@zt tazs e-7z-lze "a Z
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