Arizona republican., 1908-04-13

[ because it is full oi holes, and an in. justice because it punishes one party { to a misdemeanor and lets the other ! party go free"
 Providence Journal (Rep.)
 "The community of Rhode Island is i much more concerned with the ques- l ton of prohibition itself rather than with the doings of the prohibition par ty, and 1t is very grave and serious matter. indeed. The state now QSSs) i is practically in a condition where rum ' is sold openly and without restraint wherever there is a market for it. A constitutional law forbids Its manu- facture and sale, and there never was time when 1t was manufactured and sold to such an extent. Saloons have multiplied and manufactures have been enlarged. and the traffic goes on without restraint and without revenue to the state. whose finances are al- ready crippled by the loss of income from it. More than this is the effect of wholesale violation of law upon the community, and the contempt for the system by which society governs and restraints itself Such a condition of things must be very grave considera- tion to every good citizen"
 Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep.)
 Tn the philosophy of prohibition the state is an absolute monarch, who can command obedience however unpopu- lar the edicts of his Royal Highness may be. It is not only a great mis- take, but a greatly pernicious one, to suppose that the law, unsupported by public sentiment, is capable Of working reform in the social habits of a people living under a republican form of gov ernment. The cause Of temperance is being retarded by such monstrous folly"
 Chicago Post
 This is the voice iof bigotry crying aloud for the permanence of the fatu- ous system that has disgraced Iowa in the eye of all civilized communities and made the name of temperance a by-word and a scandal. It has been desert of some fair cities. spread the habit of incorporate drinking. bred a race of spies and perjurers. and de- bauched the morals of the state
 Rutland. Vt., Herald.
 Rutland county has never been SO exercised over the prohibitory law as now. Had every seller been amerced in q sum of $l0 for every glass of liquor sold. no fault could have been found; but when one is fined to the extent of the law and another only lightly. the true inwardness of the law is seen. No attempt is made to close the bars of fines, but extract as much as they will stand, and let them go on with the sale. Complaints are made by those whom sellers refuse to let have liquor. and it has come to pass that the seller is now under a control of the worst enemy of society. Under a high license law the seller could refuse d man with no fear of prosecution
 Omaha Herald (Dem.)
 Many of Omaha's substantial citi- zens came to Iowa to get away from the oppressive restraint of prohibition. The same farcical. yet harsh, enact ment put in force here would drive these people away. Prohibition has done no good for Iowa. ana much evil. It has not checked the consumption of liquor, but it has made the consumer a law-breaker. II has closed some sa- looms, but it has caused the drug stores to flow with bad whiskey. It has ere ated a lot of prylng sneaas, who spy upon their neighbors. It has checked the growth of cities. decreased or cut off revenues. and made municipal gov ernment expensive. Prohibition would kill Omaha, just as it has stagnated Des Moines. Yet. with prohibition. whiskey could be drunk, just as now. It would be poor stuff. and be swallow ed behind the door. The reform is not worth trying for"