The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02

passed Dy the Legislature and pro-
nounced Constitutional by the Su-
preme court of the State? "A two
years trial of the Beal law has proven
IL to be failure in this place, and
Hillsboro is not alone in the matter:
other places have had the same ex-
perience."
We quote from the Gazette; then
again 1t says, speaking of the trade
leaving Hillsboro because 1t was
dry town, "however there seems to
have been no reason for the trade
being diverted, for intoxicants have
been sold openly and large quantities
shipped in here from other places in
plain packages marked Glass handle
with care and so forth" But how
did the Gazette know that the pack.
ages marked "Glass handle with
care" contained intoxicants F? Surely
the Gazette did not seek that method
to evade the law. The Gazette knew
all this and yet instead of exposing
this violation and criminal disregard
of law and right, criticises the law
that made such section criminal. Had
the Gazette been called as witness
would 1t have escaped the obligation
of it's oath on the plea of "incrimi.
mating ITSELF" If forced to answer.
The Gazette cares nothing for the
loss of the Dow tax If "uuder the Beal
law the moral tone OF the community
has been improved, or one wife or
family of adrunkard saved from want
and suffering" Again, Because the
number of places where intoxicants
are sold have been lessened It does
not follow that the amount of liquor
consumed has been decreased" How
then we're 1t possible, would a "High
License" which the Gazette claims is
the "solution of the question" effect a
cure ? If less number of saloons do
not decrease the amount of liquor
consumed one saloon would be as bad
az ten, even worse, from the fact It
would have monopoly of the drink
ing business, control prices, aud play
havoc with the scant earnings Of the
men whose wives and families the
Gazette desires to save from want
and suffering.
The open saloon business is recog-
nized by the State as being bad and
the object of legislation, this far, has
been directed toward the control of
the evils resulting from the unre.
strained sale of intoxicants. But in
no case where license or tax is in
operation was 1t the intention of the
Legislature to over ride the right Of
the citizen, or to take away the privi-
lege of prohibition when the times
and local option demanded 1t.
No man has the right to be a bad
citizen or to carry on bad business,
and when the "moral tone" of a com.
munity demands that certain known
evils shall stop and that demand is
made imperative by law, it is the
duty of every citizen to obey the Law
and cease his evil doings.
With the liquor sellers in HillsborC
this has not been the case, they have
not obeyed the Beal law, have not re-
spected the will of the majority, ant
yet at the first opportunity rush tt
the folks to change conditions which
they used all their efforts to make
imperative. Refusing to recognize
the right of a majority to rule them
they appeal to ma jority to protec
them in their evil and criminal bust
ness. How can those men hope t
gain the confidence of the citizens fO
their future good behavior when the,
come red handed from the violation
of law to promote public security ant
good morals?
No man has right to enjoy civil
cation that he does not help create
nor reap the benefits that the law
security entails, who refuses to ODE
the mandates of the State.
The open saloon as business propC
!. sitiOn Is burden to the State,
source of continual danger to tn
peace and good order of community
and Its presence is menance to tn
home and temptation to the young
} 1t ought to be abated, declared unlav
J fal and banished from every commur
. ity. The sale of intoxicants in Hill
bor0 must be prohibited. The Ant
Saloon League is pledged to the over
. throw and extinction of the saloor
!. whether open or shut, and "wit
malice toward none and charity fo
!. all, the conflict must continue unit
. not saloon In the state of Ohio n
mains to stain the fair name of
, State who has given to the world illu
trious names In statesmenship, an
art and won world wide In characte
. spotless in purity and deathless
patriotism. ~