The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-18

q provigion In the Act giving reasonabls
time Rtsr ita ratification. before " be-
coInes operative. IN order that those en-
gagged IN the business may adjust theh
affairs without too great sacrifice
have no fault TO md with tbs County
Unit Law | have favored every advanced
step taken Ia its various amendments II
IL a step In the right direction ana mas
been a great blessing 70 the Common,
wealth Under Il 100 counties have voted
dry. but the remaining counties contain l.ia
very considerable part Of the total p"pu-
lation Of the state. The present law
seems Inadequate TO give relief 20 the peo-
pie Of most o. these counties. And again.
the liquor interests, Instead % ahoNlns
respect for the County Unit Law, ana LOT
the win Of the people a. expressed nj the
polls, have been coniesting every election
where the result was dry. and soing ihto
the courts with every possible tecnnlcal-
itS, IN an effort 10 defeat the wiz OF the
people. Not only has this been thelr alti-
tude toward the law and is embarrassment.
but they have made u their business 70
bitterly oppose every man who aspifes 10
public Office who does not take his orders
from them temperance man can not
run for any once 10 kentucky. nowsfs,
humble. without feeling the weight OF
their wrath. expressed Ia the usual way:
Their efforts 10 dominate the politics 81
the State have increased a. county after
county has been added 10 the Dry column,
until their inuuence nah peeeAae "'""~Ne
10 popular government.
In v,sw of All this n seems that there
Il but one solution TO the problem, and
that 10 10 submit II 10 the whole people
that we may know once and for ~ time
WHISTLER the people OF the nquor inefesta
are 10 rule IN Kentucky Not only 10 thls
the logic Of the situation. but u II abso.
lutely fair. who can be heard 10 say that
inc people A. whole haven't light 10
pass on a question NO vitality anecung
their moral and financial welfare we
submit good roads amendments ana utAa-
ton amendments 20 the whole people
why not submit thia question Infinitely
more vital TO themI
A. stated above. l am not unmindful
Of the property interests Involved. II ~
10 be- regretted that moral reforms OFTEN
bring financial loss 10 some; but the pub
lie conscience lustnes lhs loss to ,ns .s"
when u means an lnnniteiy greater gay.
ing 10 the many. The onward march ot
Christian civilization must not be retarded
because few men have Invested thelf
money in the business constituting the
Nv familiarity with the financial affairs
Of the state as a result " eight years
eTpertence from 1900 TO 1000 as super
lntsndent Of Public Instruction and Be q
Rotary of State, and as member q the
Sinking Fund Board, leads me To the be-
lief that such revision Of our taxation
Systsm can be made as will readily reduce
The state debt. and make good any de-
crease In revenues that might arise from
the loss % the tax on liquors. Ana this
can be done without any Increase 90 the
ter rate. saving state revenues IL Just
M important as producing them. With
the elimination Of the liquor business from
Kentucky the saving TO the state In Grim
Iral prosecutions alone would be an euof-
nous item, and go far toward solution
~ The financial problem. II the money
spent for liquor In Kentucky and foi
criminal pro secutiona growing out OF IL
use can be saved. In half dozen Year,
we can relieve the financial situation 0i
| the State and build n maeadam road "a
syery church and school house In this
Commonwealth.
1 Another large saving can be accom-.
Nhed by the elimination Of all useless
icss, and 10 elected ! shall institute I