The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-16
OHIO. IA DEMOCRATIC STATE,
 SAYS GOVERNOR ELECT PATTISON

at this season of the year. Neediess to sav. these views are very positive and involved an attack on the metn- ods of the saloon army in his State. IL was this horde with the immense pow CT it has exerted, the power of 12,00O Republican saloons, that was arrayed in solid phalanx against the Cin- cinnati Democrat in the last campaign. MT. Pattison did not object to the con cIusion that saloons must be forever eliminated from politics.
 What do you think of the compara- tive difficulties North and South of conquering the liquor evil?" was asked of the Governor
 If the Southerners enforce the law. and they have an excellent reputation for that practice, they should have an easier task in controlling the traffic, 7 was the reply.
 why do you look at 1t this way, Governor"
 "In the first place, the saloons have not so we'll mixed with politics here as they have in Ohio or in New York or in Philadelphia. Hence their control should be better effected in the South. Then do you know that I am surprised at the Southerner drinking as much whiskey as he does on account of your climate Although he drinks too much from all standpoints including climat- ic still he does not indulge as much as the man higher North"
 The public is gradually putting less trust in the whiskey consumer. con by the great railroad corporations which are eliminating from their em- ploy the persons who drink Sexcessive- iy The responsible employees are ott- en prohibited from drinking not only while on duty but they are restricteo in their indulgence while off duty: An engineer hardly knows whether he IS a capable judge of time ana ois.ano. when he is drunk. It would be rather hazardous for the scores of lives m his hands if he gets in that condition The same applies to the despatcnef ol | trains" Governor-elect Pattison manifested much appreciation of the strides MS sissippi has made along temperance | lines. The saloons of that State arc | being confined to fewer and fewer l counties every year The same was no | ted of Tennessee where the anti-saloor | element has been particularly active | There are but few counties in either o lthese States in which high license pre- | vails. Local option predominates In | good part of the two States
 I When informed of the condition tna has prevailed in Montgomery pertain | ing to open saloons on Sunday, Gov ernor-elect Pattison had but one thinl | to say:
 "You say you have a law in Mont
 gomery that prohibits the opening Q | saloons on Sunday and 1t Is well
 known fact that they have remaine' open for a long time? All l can sa,
 about that Is, that 1t all depends up
 on whether you enforce It. Look to tn
 responsible head for the enforcement
 of the law, whether it be the Mayo
 ar the chief of police. and If he ha
 a will to enforce the law the saloon
 will be quick enough to close It wa
 illustrated in Cincinnati when l6,0o
 slot machines were running openly |
 violation of the gambling law. Tn
 mayor decided to stop them ana ne ol
 so in a single day"
 No committal on the future polite
 of Ohio could be gotten from Mir. Pat
 tison, except to say: There IS goo
 hope that Ohio will in the future be come a Democratic State."
 The man who swept Republica State by 42,000 majority when yea
 previous it had gone Republican fo Roosevelt more than 100000 majorl ty, concluded his stay in Montgomer
 at o'clock yesterday afternoon. Froi ! II o'clock in the morning until tha : hour he met many of Montgomery I most prominent citizens. This was bu . an addition to the list of acquaintance he formed few days ago when Ii . first came South. including Lieutenant ) Governor R. M. Cunningham. MT. Pat , tison's tire south was mostly spent 1 s St. Angus vJe, Fla.