The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-28
EtME REASONING.

The wheeling Intelligencer seems
to think that because Fairmont has
Z one hotel Of bad reputation where
LIQUOR has been found in the basement
and Immoral men and lewd women up
stairs. therefore, no license is dismal
failure and after a years trial the
town ought to go back to the old days
when there were half a dozen vile
brothels and gambling joints to where
there is one now. That is very fine
piece OF reasoning on the part OF the
Intelligencer, indeed. We have laws
Which attempt to prohibit forgery. and.
Yet only a few days ago man and a.
Woman were, sent from this county to.
the penitentiary on a forgery convic-
ton There are two or three other
forgery cases docketed now and the
accused are awaiting trial in the coun-
II jail. There is also strict law
4 against stealing, but at the last term
az court a man and his nephew were
sent to the penitentiary or taking a
horse Did the law against stealing
prohibit the theft OF the horse? In
stances OF this sort could be multiplied
almost indefinitely as to all sorts OF
crime; arson, murder, Matchmaking,
etc. Because the laws against these
crimes fail to prohibit them, would
the Intelligencer advocate their repeal
and ask to have murder and arson and
burglary licensed? In all seriousness,
would the big State organ be willing
ito license these things II a majority Of
the people OF its county favored them.
and the State and city got large rev.!
enue thereby? How much worse would
T II be to license crime direct than 1t is
/ to license traffic which leads to it
as the court records show? Perhaps
F1airmont has one or two hotels of
questionable character and has no sa"
lpons. How long has 1t been since the.
Intaldgencer was making war on
4 Wheeling's bad joints, even going to
the point OF running cartoons about
Y them? According to the Intelligen-
GERS fine reasoning, Wheeling ought
not to have any. bad hotels or gam.
bling joints for 1t. has license and all
these things are CIRCULATED" That is
enough to provoke smile IL the mat.
ter were not 80 serious, 1t is a down.
right dirty shame that the Republican
party which stands pledged to county
local option and to give the people a
vote on the prohibition question should
he Inundated by having to acknowl-
elge a whiskey sheet as the principal
party organ. 1t is said that So per cent
4 Of West VirgInia's population is rural,
and the rural communities are anti.
liquor, there is no mistake about that,
Yet the Republican party, which stands
against whiskey and whose candidate
for governor talked against 1t every.
where and was elected, yet, we say
the party has to be insulted and humil.
lated by having the paper OF largest
circulation and prestige fighting
against the things 1t stands for, The
time ought to soon come when the IS
per cent Of the people ought not to be
scompelled to be dominated in the
gnewspaper field 5aby, ~ per cent, and IT,
properly looked after it need not be SO
! now. What the people need on this
line is education and they are getting
~ pretty rapidly. Twelve per cent of
States population can't rule the
ether ss very long when the rule is
wrong ,,.
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