The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-24


! the saloon states as in the dry.
| Insanity.
| The census of 1900 also shows that
! in dry Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Iowa and Kansas, the average
per million Of insane is 1884. while in
the saloon states of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York.
| Ohio a9d Wisconsin, the average IS
PAL.
Paupers-
The average number of paupers in
dry Maine, Vermont and Iowa is
1412, while in wet Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware.
Ohio and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
the average is 1S45.
School Fund.
Did you know that not dollar of
the saloon license goes into the
school fund? No, the government is
not guilty of taking the life-money
of the children whose father robs
them to exercise his personal liberty
to educate the rest-not cent of it.
Examine the law. 1t won't even allow
the saloon within four miles of the
school, except in town where there
are policemen to stand bver it with
club and pistol
Again, notice that the government
does not dignity the business as legiti-
mate. They do not even issue
license We call it a license, but it
Is only a permit.
'1n the case of Mugler VS.. Kansas
(123 Z. S. 205) the Supreme Court of
the United States declares that the
right to manufacture and sell intoxt-
eating liquors does not inhere in
citizenship.
In the case of Crowley VS.. Chris
tenson (137 u S. S6) the Supreme
Court of the United States said:
There is no inherent right in
citizen to thus sell intoxicating liquors
at retail; it is not privilege of a
citizen of the state or a citizen of
the United States
'fSee also Cronin VS.. Adams (192
U. S. 1857 in which the last quotation
is cited and approved. The privilege
to engage in the business as an in
herent or common law right of citi-
zenship is denied in these cases upon
the ground that the business is at
tended with danger to the safety,
peace, good order, morals, and well
fare of the community. This court is
of the opinion that this is the sound
doctrine, for government was organ
lied for the very purpose of promot-
ing the safety, peace good order,
health, morals and welfare of the peo-
pie. and it logically follows that citi-
zenShip within itself confers no right j
upon any person to do anything that |
is destructive of the fundamental pur-
pose of government. If, then, the |
privilege TO engage in the saloon bust
ness is not right of citizenship, and !
we hold that it is not, it must be |
acquired from some other source, if |
it exists at all. This proposition is |
automatic.
1.-The quintessence of all these
holdings is that, when measured by
the common law, the saloon business
is unlawful, and, therefore without a
legal existence. In other words, in
the absence of statute legalizing the
business, common-law prohibition pre-
walls
The government reserves the right
to annul this permit at any time.
When 1t gets tired of permitting the
evil it can stop it You can permit
an enemy in your house but YOU can
order him out when you wish
Inc mayor closed the saloons OF
Atlanta when that city was in distress
from a race riot they had caused. In
San Francisco, when that city was in
distress from an earthquake and
needed help, the mayor closed the sd-
.oons. They mayor closed the sa-
'oons last September when we were
afflicted by the storm. Who ever
heard of grocery store being closed
oy the mayor, when the city needed
iood, peace and safety?