The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10

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 office dissimulating, and when elected.
 unfaithfui and hypocritical The er-
 feet of this law has been to rear
 class of men who shamelessly pay fines
 and bribes and hush money in order
 to eyade it's operation, and another
 class which will just as shamelessis
 accept this corrupted mones. ., I take issue ernphaticaiiy ana s'n- cerely with those who would maintain and enforce q state prohfbition iaw.i without the people behind iaWs n each community where 1t ts 70 pc en- kforced, that law is impotent-
 The aFolIy and Mischief" of Prohina- 4 ton.
 (I.etter of Bishop Hall to the burhns- ton Cvt). Free Press.9 .sx r,v You are good enough to asA ny opinion on the present prohibitory law. Briefly 1t is this: 4h.. Exnerience has shown me that tha law does not prohibit. l. myselI have had to deal with repeatso s, ss of drunke enhess some Of them unhindered. and. to certaln -, ssa believe provoked or aggravateo oy sme existing law. (Election day m ungton when. if ever. the us unintliasssu n,ight expect the law to De chiofsSu.
 presents ocular demonstration ot 'ns
 futiiity of the law.o .aaruroupd I2. Prohibition drives undeI .ns the mischief which 1t seehs s',,th n,a,xinr it more difficult to deai VIII
 inc evil and impossible to reguiase the trade. as for instance. In the a0~- ty of the liquor sold; he,,eve. The present law leads, l pehevs , na,y cases to heavier drinking '" clubs and at home, liquor peihs spria chased in larger quantities tnan o,,r- be the case If 1t were p possloie os wine chase at a restaurant glass oi or beer. .aon9 the ....~ nrobibitfon provokes resisea sto,en drinks. not only waters. ..tress to possess an adoeo ,,th any Few persons, I suppose. will knowledge of It's actual ..s wor ia c6n- nsns n;ssS with a vast amount Of nypoo, .,s,, o,, inc part of buyers. sellers sn1 a1o,aIs May not his hypocrisy, oe,ns
 Saarsr and a more wide-spreaoihs
 av,I he A greater mischief than tne ;ntemperance which 1t is sought 'o check7 ], ,.s earn-
 G s,,ncates, is connected with the no- tsa, that all use (save for medicinai
 nurnoaeg) of drink, that in excess may hs intoxiaatinsz, is wrong. The use or s,,ei, drink is in itself no more wrong than the use of tobacco. In either case | if is tbe misuse which we have to guard | against. Doubtless. with many per sons. total abstinence 6rom vine or
 from tobacco) may be sa4est ana oss.' M | To attennpt to enforce this on all per- sons Is to manufacture an artificial sin vyith inc risk of leading many persons to think lightly of what Is absolutely wrong. S one of the most serioue obtecticns to the prohibition law. It tenas se oreak down the sense of obligation in the case of all law. human or divine. torv law I consider foolish and mis- chfeyous. because it[is largely an at tenpt on the part of one set of people l to Iegislate for another set Of people. | I recognize to the full the evils of fn- | temperance, but cannot think that the practical, experience of Vermont. New l Hampshire or Maine, is in favor of state prchibitory Jaw.
 Faithfully yours, Arthur c. A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont. Burlington, March IS, 1901.
 VIEWS OF THE VERMONT PRESS | Rutland Herald, February 1. 1908.
 .rhe dark night of prohibition is over. Vermont, this morning, is part | of the great world of intelligence, com merce and wealth"
 Randolph Herald.
 "Idcense has won 6 decisive victory and starts in with the direct approval of the people. The result does not al- l ter our idea one iota. but we must abide the outcome as faithfully as we would expect the other side to if our ] side had won. The solemn truth is that the voters were dissatis- ! fled with prohibition" Wilmington Times.
 "A license of this (second) class properly conducted, now that it is proved that intoxicating liquors cannot | be prohibited, it seems, Is worthy of a trial. All the talk of Judge Bond and 1 others about licensing crime Is mis-
 leading and fallacious. If the Legisla- ture should pass a law making 1t
 uenai ofrense to eat peanuts out of | doors. a violation of the statute would l he A crime in fact. It is not crime in 1 fact to sell a temperate man pint or spirituous liquor. Nor is It crime | in fact to sell an incorporate man small quantity, if that will prevent him 1 from buying a large quantity, and from l heinR intoxicated week. Whatever l will reduce the evil of i2temperance, or | even if it will not increase 1t, is not | crime except in the eyes of the wor- | shipers of a word that might about as well be expunged from the dictionary" |" l Barre Times.
 Tt is the common opinion in this State that the new law will have to prove a very lamentable failure to put | 1t in the class with the prohibitory | law"
 Vergennes Enterprise.
 we have vet to hear from the man
 who could not buy more rum than he l needed under prohibition"
 Swanton Courier.
 "The following story comes from St. Albans: A prominent citizen of that city was taken to task by prohibi- tionist for his stand in favor of the li-
 cense law. The believer in prohibition
 said: My friend. don't you fear for your boys if half a dozen saloons are
 thrown open here? The answer he got
 was this: My dear sir, if my boys can
 buy any more liquor in this town under
 license than I have been able to buy
 under prohibition they will have to hustle"
 Randolph Herald.
 Prohibition does not regard the personal rights of men
 who have done nothing to warrant
 the harsh measures adopted toward
 them. It is oppressive, needlessIy or,-
 pressive. When fully enforced it is |