Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-15
CONTINUE rHe LICENSE PAN.

Tomorrow, the voters Of the
County, will be called upon TO pass
upon the ques ion Of liquor Licenses
or no liquor Licenses in the County,
after May the first 1915. The ques-
tior, Ct course, ID agitating, bur pru-
dence and common sense should rule
and the question dealt with from the
broadcast sense Of good citizenship, so,
that no personal scars will be left in
the wake, Of the result. We, should
realize that we are one people, our
interests are in common, aud Will 1,
we cannot al think alike, the motive
of each toward the other, should be
a generous desire to further the in
teres,s Of all.
Stimulating intoxicant' have been
used for time out of mind, and will
be used until the end Of time by the
human race, and in the language Of
bis Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons,
% ) h ition, cannot he
ENFORCED in any Chri-:Ian country"
That being 50, and we should ac-
cept that dogma Of the Cardinal as
of the greatest weight, W that his
vol e has been injected into the con-
troversary, unadvisably, we say, wise
~ others contend, even at the expense
of the goad moral standing Of large
portion Of our best citizenship, for in
stance, Messs 5. p. S. Bpwling, T. A,
Switzerland, Price Cray, P. r. Wills,
Eugene Lloyd, Arthur Thompson,
Francis L. MattingIy, Clarence NJ.
Woodburn, Edward |. Chappelear
and Others, engaged in the PEI fectly
honorable pursuit, published, declAr-
ed and denounced as a menace.
We are at front with one Of the
two propositions; the continuation Of
business in itself perfectly high
toned and honorable; that does not
necessarily contribute to moral de-
pravity; that is the livelihood Of many
of our citizens; tlat contributes a
large revenue to oui progress and
the general advancement of the coun-
ty or shall we have the unlicensed sale
OF whiskey it'll all Of its degrs ding
conss quences.
Whi>ke) will be used and will be
sold. aSpeak easies' will spring ~
al over the county, in dark holes and
hidden corners, as sure, as night fol-
lows day. Many households low
happy in family unison and love will
become sanctuaries of the demiJohn
and the resceptacie of debauch; strong
drink will then be nearer the sight
and within easy reach of the youth
aud even tenderer members Of the
family may be tempted and fall
Old drnnkards, many Of whom lacking
manly courage a,e seeking Legislative
restr ctions, instead of moral snasion
to avoid their SHINING, instead of be-
ng reformed will likely, as history
shows and as observation has proved,
not reformed, bnt purified perhaps
while within the confines Of the
county whsre the Jugs are 10 the
back rooms, but become a worse de-
mon Of debauch when occasion
demands their presencs in another
territory. Last but not least our
county, will suffer the heavy loss OF a
Legitimate revenues" with necessari-
ly an increase of taxes or else WORSE
public highways, best les repeating
system Of having another class be-
sides the farmsr, contributing some
thing in III. way Of taxes towards
public Improvements. As for our
selves, We, see the greater good in the
former proposition. We do not see
in the liquor sellers criminal class:
we do not see a degradation in the
business they are pursuing; we do
not see that alleged menace to the
good morals Of our county alleged to
be existing, but we see a possibility
of the unhappy condition ari.ing we
have depicted, if the license Of the
sale of intlxicants in the county is
prohibited, hence, favor the continu-
alton of the latter, and while we
claim no special authority to dirtct
public thought and do not for a
moment mean to attempt to dictate,
our Judgment is, toe present Liquor
License Law ought to remain upon
the statute b ,oks