The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-09-24
LOCAL OPTION LEAGUE COLUMN
Practical Suggestions on LOG al Opion
CAMPAIGN.

the EoIeT, VI Try 10 10 50. by many
ways and insinuations they may do
harm. By regretting that the bill was
not broader, or was too broad, they
may lead some unsuspecting voter out
of the way.
1t has been asked, why did not the
local option bill to be voted upon take
in the Miller's distillery?" The answer
is simple enough. 1T COULD MOI
AND BE CONSTITUTIONAL. Moth
ing short of Constitutional Amendment
could do so. To have included it in the
bill we repeat would have made the bill
unconstitutional.
1t is circulated, that if the bill is
adopted, the farmer cannot make
vinegar out of his apples, or if he makes
it, that he cannot sell the vinegar
This is absolutely false. There is no
foundation for the assertion. There is
nothing IN the bill about making or
selling vinegar.
1t is said a farmer cannot make
cider, if the bill becomes a law. Rank
nonsense. The bill does speak about
cider being sold at Mountain Lake
Park. Simply re- enacting a prohibition
which already exists in the charter of
the Community of Mountain Lake Park.
1t does speak of HARD CIDER.
Cider that has become dangerous. Read
section carefully. What is wrong
with it. What farmer wants to run a
saloon with Hard Cider, Sweet cider
is not prohibited, but HARD CIDER
is. The kind that ''biteth in the cup"
The kind that upsets the drinker, makes
him feel'"big," that puts him in a
fighting, destructive spirit.
Read the bill prayerfuIly, consci-
entiously and the mountain of obiec-
tons will disappear. There is a reason
for all these objections, a very selfish
reason. There are some few persons
who profess to be extreemly strong on
the subject of temperance, who are
sorry % because-well who knows what
they are sorry for?
Voters of Garrett county, Christian
men of Garrett county, we want local
option. The saloon is dangerous and
destructive, it is running our young
men, it is killing our old men, it is
taking the bread out of the mouths Of
poor helpless womanhood and childhood.
Shall prejudice, selfshness, or
vengence keep US from doing our re-
lIgious or moral duty? Will not our
love for God and for our country and
our freside compel US to vote against
license.
This is not selfish proposition. Do
not act like the old selfish fellow, who
when he asked the blessing, said, Lord
bless me and my wife, my son John and
his wife, US four and no more, Amen. )"
Be broader, truer and more honest
than that,
What does God require of you, Mr..
Voter? This is crisis in the history
of Garrett county. Much, very much
depends upon the result of the vote
next November.
A mighty responsibility rests Upon
you as an individual. Beware of these
false prophets. who shake their heads,
and utter deep groans of agony be-
cause the bill does not at one stroke
bring about the millennium.
The present local option bill is the
very best thing ever offered to the
voters of Garrett county, for the
purpose of stopping this internal bust
ness of selling rum and populating the
abode of the evil one.
The bill has been carefully consider
ed by the officials of the Anti Saloon
League, by the leading lawyers of the
State, by prominent clergymen, and by
citizens of our own county and all
pronounce it good. What say you?
Another objection we have heard is,
that it is LOCAL Option, instead of
Statewide. That it is class legislation.
ihCoS PSOpiC say, WdHL 70 vote IL
out.of the entire State" So do we all,
but we want Garrett county dry now
because we can have that much. We
will get that much and work like
beavers to make the whole state dry.
Just before going into great naval
battle, one of England's heroes signal
ed to his fleet, England expects every
man to do his duty" So is every voter
OF Garrett county expected to do his full
duty in this great battle before us.
Do not be deceived or misled. Be
men. Do your duty in the fear of God.
Vote for the redemption of your county
from the influence of the rumseller.
What does God require of you.
HE is counting on youl
On love that will share
In his burden of prayer
For the souls he has bought
With his life-blood, and sought
Through his sorrow and pain
To win home yet again,
He is counting on you:
If you fail him
What then?