The Washington herald., 1907-08-05
Remarkable Prohibition Sen
timent in the South.
KENTUCKY FALLS INTO LINE
Georgia Already There, Tennessee
Wavering, and Reform Sweeping
Texas-Other Districts, Especially
in the West, show similar Move
ment-Law Enforced in Kansas.

p IN the tide. and viii be made dry
tate on January /, although the loss 10
be liquor interests has been estimated at
100000 and the revenues Of the Com
uonwealth will be out $2,000.000.
County after county in Kentucky, Ten
nssee, and Mississippi have voted out
Huor and when it is remembered that
nlny of them have been famous for the
a8ount Of moonshine whisky that they
haze produced. the wonder grows.
lore than half of Texas is dry. II
ALBANIA no liquor dare be sold after
O'dOck in the country and 9 o'clock in the
cips North Cardinals next legislature
viii consider a prohibition law. In Kan
sasthe prohibition law, once joke, is
nov rigidIy enforced Illinois now has a
loca option law. In the southwestern
partof Virginia. the widest part of the
Stat. scores of towns have voted out
rum.
Prohibition Work Cause.
Leaing Prohibitionists say that the re-
suits are due 10 their efforts. In none Of
the Safes does the party figure strongly
at tn polls, but for years the doctrine
that ihisky IS the cause Of crime las
been tught, and the mass Of the people,
determined to stop the reign of thuggery,
have tarted out to cut off the whisky.
This ii the view of the Associated Pro-
hibitios Press, which furnished the facts
presentd here: In Georgia the saloon
has doe its work in a way not hitherto
develond on 50 large a scale in any other
Southeh State. Thoughtful citizens Of
that Commonwealth know well that the
race rios which occurred in the city of
Atlantaa few months ago originated in
the Atlhta liquor dens.
'SoutRrn statesmen and publicists have
come toknow that in order TO save their
section rom the increasing menace on
account of race antagonisms they must
abolish be saloons.
In Hntucky the recent legislature
passed Wat is known as the county unit
law, with gives every local community
the rightto pass upon the liquor question.
County ater county is falling into line
and in tie meantime. the most remarka-
bic situation in the whole United States
has developed in the city Of Louisville.
Election Frauds in Kentucky.
"Througl outrageous and unblushing
fraud the. Democratic local organization
of Louisville placed in power an admins
tration tint was hostile TO every moral
sentiment pf the people. Through the in
tevention of Gov. Beckham. himself a
Democrat, but law-enforcing man, the
election frauds were uncovered and the
election Sc. aside
This resulted ian entirely new deal
Gov Becllam appointed men to iii the
offices in louisville, the Augean stables
have been cleansed, sobriety rules in the
chief city 2f what has hitherto been the
great distiling state. and not q drop of
liquor Of any kind can be bought in Louis
vile on the Sabbath.
Not only that. but the agitation Is
spreading almost like a forest fire, and
Kentucky viii soon be as dry as the
States Of Mississippi and Tennessee. In
these latter States the saloon has been
almost entirely annihilated.
There are only seven counties in the
entire State of Missouri where liquor can
be procured, and only three counties in
the State Of Tennessee.
phis. and Chattanooga are the only points
which viii tolerate open saloons, and it Is
confidently predicted by the prohibition
workers that soon all three of these viii
fall into lia
Saloons Must Close Early.
In addition to this. the State Of Ala
bama recently passed a law prohibiting
the opening Of saloons in towns Of a GER
tain class after o'clock at night and in
the larger places after o'clock at night.
"Coincident with these stringent regula-
tions, the people are moving for the sub
mission of an amendment to the State
constitution forever prohibiting the liquor
traffic in that State. a bill has been
prepared for Introduction in the North
Carolina legislature as soon as it con-
venes, and it is believed that South Caro-
lima viii also fall into line.
Meanwhile the State of Texas goes
bTavely marching on, placing county after
county in the prohibition column. Texas
IS an Immense Commonwealth. It con-
tains 274,000 square miles. It has 224 coun-
ties
Some Of these counties are larger than
the smaller States of the North, but l54 Of
them have joined the prohibition column
and others are constantly falling into
line
More than so per cent Of the entire
area Of the State of Texas is covered by
prohibition laws. This is done through
the local prohibitory law, which was
placed in the State constitution one-third
Of. -
advancement along the lines Of absolute
prohibition, but the agitation for sane and
sound government has resulted in the es-
tablishment Of what is known as the com
mission form of government ia practically
all Of the larger towns Of the State.
Movement StiI Spreads.
This eliminates the CRATER and the sa-
loon politician, and places the government
in the hands of the better class of cit-
zens. In addition to all of this, there is
no doubt that at the next session of the
legislature a move VIII be inaugurated for
the submission of a constitutional amend
ment forever prohibiting the manufacture,
sale, Importation, or expectation of intox-
icating liquors in the entire State.
The State of Kansas has had cOnstitu-
tional prohibition for very many years.
but until recently the law has been imper-
fectly enforced To-day the situation has
been so far rev0lutionized that the blind
tigers have been exterminated, the brew
cries have been dismantled, and the en-
tire State of Kansas is now real pro-
hibition Commonwealth
With slight exceptions in the border
counties. there is no attempt now being
made in Kansas systematically to violate
the prohibition law
In Illinois the legislature recently en-
acted a stringent local option law. and