The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-17
County Local Option.


'cure' for nemI erance, and consider his argumen
! very lofty and able but where there is one feo
that God gets hold of and puts religion in his sou
and he quits drinking, there an hundred that
not avail themselves of such teaching, and go
with their drinking, having gotten into sue
, habit.
Further, there is not one time in years that v
read of saloon man quitting business because
thought it wrong to engage in it, Thus
comes that it necessary for laws to be enacte
to regulate these things, for the Spirit of God col
, trolls only those who accept Him, perhaps mol
properly putting it-that He accepts.
Il want to agree with Mr. Younker, that local OF
tion will do good Though have for th
saloon, / think too much of my neighbor to vote
push them out of my door yard into his. This stat
has saloon regulation laws enough to make a saloo
as demure as lamb, if they enforced, and tn
time is coming and here that the officers that expec
to remain in office, must do their duty in conformit
to their oaths, and enforce the laws.
This state has law against gambling, agains
selling liquors or keeping saloons open Sunday
against youth under II years of age going into
saloon, even if accompanied by parents, against an
person selling to boy girl under 2l years of age
against drunkenness, against swearing, against fight
ing, against carrying concealed weapons, and all tn
like, that might be regulation to a saloon. Now
all these laws strictly enforced, the saloon wi
be quiet place of business.
In Pennsylvania and West Virginia the laws ar
such that if saloon man violates any laws of th
state regulating his traffic, and such is prove
against him, his license is revoked, and he canno
obtain license again in those states for period
two years 1t practically puts him out of business
That is good law. That is the kind of law OH
should enact instead of county local option law
Take it for instance, that have county local OF
tion law, and Hooking county has enough temper
ance people to vote the saloon out of the county
then our neighbor of Athens county cannot rails
temperance votes enough to keep pushing them or
and many of our saloons pile in on Athens county
We still have the influence of liquor near us an
Athens county has double her saloons and all th
taxes. There would perhaps be just as many tro,
bles for courts to settle, and no money paid in b
the source of trouble, to help bear the expenses i
our county.
Again, am not in favor of any law that wi
drive out of a town county legitimate business
Some will say that the saloon is not legitimate, bu
the laws of Ohio make it legitimate by permitting
to exist under license. If the state considered it
Legitimate, it would not be tolerated in the confne
of our boundaries. To the contrary the law hold
that the saloon is Legitimate business and fixes it
license like it would state license to pedders, O
to insurance companies.
believe that a state that licenses any business
thus making it legitimate business to be carried OF
any place in the state itself when it passe
laws permitting town county local options
law that will grant license to a business ma
throughout the state, and the law that makes hin
quit business after he is established under the cens
issued him. is contradictory and should be unconsti
tutional The State of Ohio should either declar
the saloon nuisance and wipe it off the state map
or else permit it to locate any place in the state
der the license it Issues to it, that makes 1t egiti
mate.
am simply giving my personal opinion to whicl
every man has right, but it seems to me to be
breach of con tract for the State of Ohio to take
mans money and let him invest thousands of dollar
in business and then protect him In the legiti
mate, lawful pursuit of that business. What fair
is there in it to have State say to a man. "W
sanction your business and make it Legitimate ant
part of u.s. and then grant to any locality rgh
to call that business a nuisance and push it out l.
should license gambling house, 1t should protec
that house against custer proceedings, after it il
once established.
In granting license, state makes a contract,
and as it is party ofthefrspart in tn at contract
it should protect the against
all custer proceedings local option law is al
custer proceeding and is in direct contravention to
the law granting license.
These are just few things to think about, Mr..
Editor, and you can publish them If you will.
A READER.