Evening journal., 1907-11-02

and sprtuous liquor drunk" Then
there wiz be less harm done Perhaps
the old topers will get some, as he
says but the boy recruits will be less
and less.
The law may be violated Every law
is But no sane man would urge that
as a reason for the repeal of all law
and for the substitution Of anarchy.
The present liquor laws are nagrant-
lily violated everywhere daily. II can
be no worse. All the liquor everybody
wants can be had now. There certain
ly could be no more sold under NC. LIZ
lCENSE. And IL is believed the amount
sold will be vastly less. It is the guam
tity sold that harms, and there has
been an alarming increase. The per
capita sale of drink has more than
doubled In Delaware in recent years.
But quite as important-the overbear-
ing and dominating political power Of
the licensed liquor traffic will then be
no more.
Must Elect Honest Officials
When this fight. is won, as It will bc
the good people OF Delaware will make
IL their business to elect a General
Assembly known to be right. They viii
nominate and elect public officials for
every position In the state whom they
know positively win not yield TO
temptation nor break their oaths Of
Office.
This is necessary to ensure the en-
actment of proper supporting laws, and
to be certain of the strict enforcement
Of this expressed viii Of the people.
NVha rtaanI. s,,ttof onnfva1 thaf. Cos,
! eral Assembly If they would maintain
their sovereignty and compel obedience
to their deliberately expressed win.
From now on the people must stay
I on guard In their own affairs. If they
do so, we will rid Delaware of the
= political domination and corruption OF
/ all predatory interests, and obtain JUS
tice for the people.
If the liquor traffic and its allies win
now they will carry the next election
1 -and thus dictate in their own inter
ests the appointment Of every Judge
/, in Delaware, to serve for twelve long
h years. This would be q calamity, dis
1racine, shaming and outragins oul
O whole State for all time.
What About Maine?
our friends on the license side in
10 dulge In much eloquence and statistic.
- about Maine. We all know that Maine
! has produced as many great statesmen
7 proportionately as any other state
Ia Blaine, Reed, Frye, Hale, Dingley
~ Livingstone, -and many more. Th'
people of Maine must be intelligent
And they know better than we what i
- good for them. They are not foolish.
once the liquor traffic in Maine wa
io licensed For fifty years It has bee
~ outlawed This was done by vote O
- the people of Maine Repeated at
~ tempts have been made to again licens
\, the traffic, but all such attempts hav
/. been beaten by enormous majorities.
Maine has tried both plans. He
people understand all the conditions
70 They know the facts better than W
N can at a distance. Is Il not fair
u presume that a state producing sue
10 men knows its business? All of thos
Sc distinguished men strongly Supporte
or the NO-IICENSE policy. Should th
small minority rule, ana force license
on saloons upon the large maiority2 Thj
ce would be un-American
st What is good for Maine is good fC
de Delaware
License Policy a Failure.
or There are those who do not like
C. lsee their sovereign state authorize I
NJ license the commission of the wroni
H. which the saloon inhicts. They no
les that IL makes the people a party
the crimes. They consider a licens,
,to Jag" as bad as any other. They no
~ that IL makes no difference wheth
u the liquor poison which fred the bra
e. Iof the criminal wretch and caused h
~ violent assault upon some wife
ia daughter (perhaps yours) along Il
- public highways of the state, was so
- i'm an unlicensed "speakeasy' or
~, the jeweled hand in a gilded corn
saloon licensed by the state to NAL
human brutes do Just such things On
American citizen stabbed on Wedne
iiN day and another shot and killed Tue
ns day OF this very week This is ty
rec day record of Just one Wilmingt'
saloon licensed by the State to furn
ng the liquor poison certain 20 produ
ity such results
ley These people see no justice in iicen
nd ing a saloon to make a man drum
lar and then arresting him for doing VIII
,ey the state licensed the saloon to ma
Ike him do. They believe this is like
ID censing the itch-and then arrestn
len the man who catches it for scratchr
Imported From New Zealand.
IN The paid agents OF the liquor traf
Mo seem TO have imported a man frC
n New Zealand. lie comes (prcsumal
,be at his own "Npense) to tell us how q
80 our saloons are.
a. In public address. this man fr,
New Zealand orders all the ciergym
n, of all the churches in Delaware to
ny ~ back to their Greek and Latin, to p
y no more attention 20 the saloons a
ave other evils which cause the chief s.
70 lof the people. Doubtless they v
ing obey ordersl
The saloon had 20 go ten thousa
miles from home to find a person
nee ignorant Of local conditions that
are would be willing TO face the hon
pa and Intelligent people of Delaware, 4
,rse ing To give a good character 20
nay notorious liquor traffic OF this state
f It Where are The able and brilli'
urn lawyers who accept retainers to r.
resent the saloon n court? Even Il
and have too much self-respect TO app
ems in public and try TO make the peol
, 70 their neighbors and friends. hell
IN true that which they realize The peo
know is not true.
roof Absence from the license public pl
~ form Of prominent citizens of
- state, who know the facts is very s
nincant.
en "What No License Will costl"
oV', Some kind missionary ON the lice
-. - committee has favored me with q