The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-16
IA RSHALL TALKS
ON LIQUOR TOPIC
vernon of Indiana Declares
Himself on a Question
Of Great Interest.

Nbi'A->'AI ol4Ao' lilu', mar. -
cmas R. Marshall, Governor of In
ma and probable candidate for the
.gocratic nomination for President
ahe United States today gave to a
preventative Of the National Model
dense League the following author
atise and emphatic statement Of his
csltion on the liquor question:
ITO begin with let it be understood
lat am not a saloon man.
II believe in the doctrine of local
lf-goyernment, which in Indiana, /
V construed to mean the city and
township as units, rather than the
ger units.
have serious doubts as 10 the
ssibility of the enforcement Of any
ohibtory law until the sentiment
a community rises to the degree
lat the use OF Intoxicating liquors in
bat community is frowned upon. 1
elieve that the city and the town
hip have the right to outlaw the sa-
bon.
Upon the other hand, do not be-
icve from the viewpoint of constitu-
ional government, that save any
Fight to compel any one to adapt his
plode OF life to my mode Of life.
4 have. therefore, felt that until
people come to believe that the exces-
i've use of intoxicating liquors is det-
imental, not only to the individual
itizens, but to the state at large, that
j all those communities where a
laiority of the people do not want
be saloon excluded, it should be
richly regulated. In other words. l
rlieye that where people will drink,
is infinitely better to have them OBJ
in liquors openly at licensed sa-
ons rather than in dark and sur
ptitous ways at illegal places. l
we, therefore, been much impressed
lth the regulatory features of the
octor regulation law which l, as
vernon of this state, have just APP
owed.
This law divorces the brewery
pm the saloon. l believe that the
ewery-owned saloon is one of the
lief causes Of irritation upon the
TT of the people.
This law fixes limitation OF one
loon for not less than five hundred
habitants and the board of commits
Poners, at its first session, may raise
limitation to one thousand.
The license fee is ample but not
orbitant.
u do not believe 1t is SO much the
estion of the size of the fee as the
racter of the license, which Ge-
mines the conduct of the saloon.
viction Of Eelony is bar to the
nting of license. Any one twice
gicted within four years of viola
Of the liquor laws, or convicted
i've violations in his life can not
re a license. This will eliminate
b the business many undesirable
b. A license may be revoked or
pended for allowing immoral wo-
to frequent the place, and for
hbling, and must be revoked upon
holders third conviction of viola
of the liquor laws. The remon-
nee laws of Indiana are pre-
Jed and strengthened.
was opposed 10 the transfer OF
license in the beginning, bur now
elieye that the transfer is the best
yard that can be hung up before
aloon keeper to induce him to obey
law, and the fact that the license
renewable from time to time, so
ss as the man obeys the law is a
~ potent factor in eliminating
saloon from politics.
me most serious feature IRON the
.ndpoint of the state (and I hope,
ople will distinguish between the
andpoint of the state and the stand
pint of the church, is that the sa-
on keeper has been in politics.
nleiye he has been in politics be-
muse it has been necessary that he
hight obtain and retain his license,
Therefore, this legislation. which
low enables him to renew and trans
er his license, so long as he is a
aw-abiding citizen, takes him out OF
politics.
There are many other admirable
features in this regulatory measure
and ! hope aud believe its adoption
by the general assembly will result
in such careful management Of the
saloon business as to take it entirely
out OF politics and bring about good
order and absolute obedience to law.
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