Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-15
OLD WHISKEY STATE
FAST BECOMING DRY
HOME OF OLD BOURBON is ALL
BUT CONQUERED.
BUT FOUR "WET" COUNTIES
Prohibition Forces Give Notice That
They VIII Push the Fight-Ques-
ton Is in Politics and Interest
Manifested Everywhere-TWo Dry
Precincts in Louisville.

Louisville, KY, Aug. Whiskey,
whiskey, everywhere; but not one
drop to drink The words Of the An
cient Mariner, thus paraphrased, are
appropriate today in eighty-seVen Of
the 119 counties of Kentucky.
Strange as it may ceem to a public
educated in it's notions of the Blue
Grass state by the jest IS of the comic
press, Kentucky, the hame Of fine
whiskey, is in imminent danger Of
becoming a prohibition state
At the present time, despite her
253 distilleries, turning out thousands
of barrels of the fluid to fill the cup
that cheers" Kentucky has but four
counties sufficiently irrigated to be
classed as really wet" counties. Pro-
hibition leaders say that Appellate
Court decisions in pending cases will
make entirely dry" the four of the
counties now classed as partially
wet"
Wet Spot in Bourbon County.
Even in the thirty-two where liquor
Is sold it is in most cases in but one
or two precincts. Anomalous though
1t may seem, Bourbon, the county
from which one variety of whiskey
takes it's name, has but one place
Paris-Within it's limits where whis-
key may be purchased.
The four counties which are largely
wet" are Jefferson, Kenton, Camp
bell and Meads. All, with the excen-
ton of Meade, are still "wet" because
they contain large cities. Jefferson
has Louisville, Kenton has Coyington
and Campbell has Newport. The lat
ter two are directly across from Gin
cinnati, with its German beer-drinkfnp
population, and possibly. it sets the
example.
While the anti-saloon forces have
oeen making a steady fight for over
Chlrty years, it is within recent years
only that rapid progress has been
made. The passage of the county unit
law by the legislature last winter mt
the most formidable weapon in their
hands. With this they have been able
TO carry county after county, Their
EFFORTS have to this time been confined
TO counties having no large cities he.
cause OF compromise amendment of
OF the law excepting from it's provf-
Sions all counties containing cities Of
'He HrSt' second and third classes. "
Prepare to Press the Ffqht.
Inc Prohibition leaders already
nave given notice that at the next ses.
sion of the legislature, next win+ar
they will seek the amendment of the
law so as to cover all counties They
VIII then invade some of the COMMITTEES
containing larger cities, among then,
1 ayetIe' IN which is Lexington.
Ihough they have given this citv
IlIIle attention, the Prohibitionists call
attention to the fact that there arc
even TWO dry precincts in LouIs-
vile itself.
The sweeping change which has
come over Kentucky on the liouor
question first came home to most of
the people during the recent Demo-
cratic senatorial primary. Roth
Beckham and McGreary made their
hShts on the prohibition platform
Inc move was shrewd one, it proved
Ior the vote of the country districts
In the state is overwhelming conn
pared with the city vote, which might
De expected to be against prohibition
Inc campaign was a novelty for
kentucky, where, according to tradi-
tlon, candidates in the olden DAVIS
We're in the habit of knocking in tho
heads of barrels Of Whiskey and allow
ing voters to help themselves NTH
tin cups.
where Does the Product Coz
With eighty-seven of the 119 conn
ties in the state dry" and 253 distiI-
leries turning out their endless stream
OF Whiskey, the question naturally &C.
ours where all this product is going
Kentucky is rapidly putting herself in
a queer position. She is forbiddine
ner sons to drink that which she Is
manufacturing for the rest of the
world.
A feature of recent option elections
has been the victory for the anti-sa-
loon forces in many of the southeast
ern Kentucky mountain counties.
What the effect of this will be on
moOnshining is an interesting cues
ton over which government revenue
are now bordering. The H.
uqor men argue that it merely means
increased Shilling" by the mountain
GERS on the sly.
Liquor is hard to secure in the coun-
ties which have gone dry" A state
law forbidding shipping it into dry
and also prohibits any per
son carrying more than a gallon of
the product for any other person.
Blind tigers" are run, of course, but
the class who frequent them keep
away even semi-respectaDle topers.
The option elections have resulted
in some queer things in tn state. At
Winchester and Mount Sterling half
,he town is wet" and half "dry."
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