The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-08
PUBLIC MEN DISCUSS
LIQUOR. AND. THE, L.AU1
The Governors Of Various States Write Setting
Forth Conditions Nearly All Showing Re
1narkabeL Growth Of Temperance Sentiment.
&C Sentiment.

1 porlsin.',
I've have not only proven tho wls-
dom Of tho prohibition policy from
the standpoint of tho intellectual ana
moral interests of tho people, but wo
have established its wisdom from u
| financial standpoint. Incidentally I
might mention that Kansas city, KAN
sas. Is the largest city in the United
i states without q snloon, and that
Topekn Is tho only State capital whero
intoxlcants are not sold"
i. Local option prevails In Texas.
mere ,i,e. are az counties totally dry,
/ tifty-iive counties are partially SO, and
only forty seven arc totally not Gov-
1 ernor Campbell writes that "nenrly ALI
i tho dry territory has become so since
i 1873, and about fifty OF the totally dry
counties and many of the precincts In
mo others have become 80 In the last
I four years. The effect has been To
i greatly decrease the consumption OF
i intoxicants. 1t has decreased the state
i revenues to considerable extent, and
4 mas greatly decreased tho amount Of
crime IN the dry counties after tho
i law has been in force long enough to
accomplish It's legitimate results Tho
i saving in court expenses from tho de-
crease in crime Is believed to Offset
4 tho loss of revenue from the closing
Iof the saloons"
| AiiCI ~ OiiA SuuEcS JHlh view.
Il Governor Folk shares tho view or
i Governor Campbell that tho saving in
I, court expenses from decreased crimo
. offsets the loss OF revenue from clos
Ing saloons. He writes that local
option and high license prevails in
A Missouri, no liquor being sold IN thir-
ty-nino Of tho sevcnty-six countiea
INC decreased sale of intoxicants has
had tendency to reduce crime and
\ n az en- IN,
saving to the State. The Sunday
closing of saloons has decreased sun
day crime co per cent"
!, Governor Cutler. Of Utah, takes Il
not dissimilar view Of the matter,
writing That there has always been
q strong sentiment In Utah against the
liquor traffic The Mormon Church re-
qurcs total abstinence OF Its men,
oers, and other churches nre also IN
4 sistent upon this point IT is n fore
gone conclusion that tho morals OF a. +
community are improved by a de-
creased sale of strong drink. The rev
ehues or the State are Increased. be-
! cause temperance leads to frugality
, and thrift which in turn leads to the
, accumulation of taxable property by
; the citizens
No Juiis In North Dnkotn.
. Governor Burke, or North Dakota.
,s.e9tiiGaiiy writes thar we have had
! P pro ~ in North Dakota SO long
that IN some counties there are no
/, State.h =. 80
], Governor Warner writes that Mich
, !Ehn mas local option, and that while
mere IS u growing temperance sentl-
,1ent, tnere Is not much dry territory
n me state. Local option prevails in
: lCohnect!cut. and parts of every county
are dfy; Delaware has four districts,
8 , ata eacN Or these VIII decide the ques-
10 ZION Tor itself this Year. Florida has
tour or Its forty-iiyc counties and
! temperance Still spreading. 3N
kentu ;. has prohibition in ninety
: FiS OF Its l19 counties. with several
, other counties about ready to como
!, into the temperance fold. Maine has
sonau sye or fa fo1nstes
!. violations. Better enforcement OF the
!, prohibition laws IS reported. MARYLAND
: has local option. with prohibition in
many communities. Montana has local
n option, but the only county that ever
!. voted Cd dry has gone wet again; Ne
breykn has IA sl eea option
i ties. and in about 500 cities and towns
II Prohibition sentiment Is said to be
q 1 growing )
= New hampshire has prohibition In
! four-ffths of its counties. New York.
= New Jersey and Mex Mexico have high
license, With n o marked growth in tenn
perance sentiment.
Temperance Among Tnrhcels.
Local option has banished the saloon
e from practically the whole of rural
: North Carolina. and from many OF the
: towns. The dispensary exists in few
e counties, and temperance sentiment is
S said to be growing Alabama has local
3 option. with low license. ranging up
Il to $3.50. a decided growth of temper
q ance sentiment Is reported from In
i diana, where bar-rooms are universally
Y known as 'sample-rooms." Local OBJ
ton exists but there are not a great
h many dry communities reported. Low
n license and no local option describes
It conditions in Idaho. The Same is true
q of Indian Territory. High license and
e local option, with a few dry counties
n and a growing temperance sentiment,
e is tho order in Ohio.
: Newspaper Makes County Dry.
g A whole, county was made dry in
y. Oklahoma by the"refusal of the local
newspaper to print the advertisement
which the applicant for license Is re-
! Qured to make. Thirty signatures TO
10 in municipalities, and o.thirds Of the
= lfreeholders must agree for the issu-s
9 lance Of license in rural districts.
n Governor Chamberlain writes that
W four of the thirty three counties in
i. Oregon are dry, with partial prohibi-
j.. ton In other counties and that there
;. timent. Pennsylvania reports some in
- crease in temperance sentiment but,
lie aside from a few boroughs and town
y. ships which We're given local option
"a under tho old Constitution. there Il no
( local option. General local option was
. defeated by vote of the people. In 1850.
=. A growth Of temperance sentiment is
g reported.
~ Dispensny Giving Way TO Prohibition.
at The Tlllman dispensary system in
le South Carolina Is being rapidly sue
ceeded by prohibition Fifteen of the
forty-one counties are dry, having be-
come so In the past eighteen months
cslwith more reported as likely to follow.
ut Tennessee is practically dry. Liquor
Is sold only in Memphis, Nashville,
~ Chattanooga and LaFollette, and the
=. liquor men are afraid Of the future in
II Memphis and Nashville. BY prearrange-
W, ment one thousand temperance SER
10 mons We're preached in Tennessee last
re Sunday.
"a Local option exists in Virginia, No
"a liquor can be sold where there isno
ea police protection, The signature Of o
ed majority Of the voters in the precinct
he where liquor is proposed to be sold Is
n. N ascor IN ho n