Show TUU arce legislation LUIS lATIOS la a crime crime or a tin sin Is it a subject of 0 public or only caly Is it af pf the bevil evil itself or of its consequences that law should take cognizance t these aro are questions on abich tho the beat of states men have differ differed cd and od which LITO have ioda vexed committees idi end ical ir turo lure almost with them problems lonii in a series of wild experiments the tha effect ol of which has ats generally alcen to enforce tho the obligation oLli gilion ot of temperance yet in justice to 0 o the difficulties dif lieu of the sall it to le be fold EB id bat it on oa a kind of borderland border birder land between public ana nd private right which compels any knowledge of 0 its nature anil and raiment to bo be empirical I 1 and lor I 1 or th taij n reason results which have recently rece reo otly been reached in three states arc ara less important tor for their intrinsic nature than for or their coincidence of character and lor for lb their air icing the product of 0 a long era ot of experiment peri ment in temperance legis lation after passing through two well defined lias las jait r reached b d its ita third it began in ia MG in ia a peculiar form ot of license founded on the element clement 0 f ant character tho pub licau before bo be could enter upon his bis trade was compol leLl to unite with tic sale of ardent spirits fp htiu tho the foliation ol of a hotel keeper whose accommodation accommodations as s expressed zed in ia tho the lw law were to be 10 at least four bedrooms bed rooms and eight bede while ilia bia goad personal character chancier was to be vouched couched for by twelve respectable citizens the these theo o regulations the iha time linn or of the legislators of abat ali t day which was to preserve preE erve iho old tavern tatem system with wilts its ila or of good bood fellowship tho period was a transition tran ulion onu between the eras cra or of the old bonso and the bo modern drum dram shop and legislation legi took its lao aca irom from fears of 0 the fut convivial reminiscence of cl the past pait after years of trial and fai failure laro it yielded two years ago to the local option system the truth that a statute law which touches seriously on social usages seldom can be enforce unless gralem when it li is reinforced by a strong public wal wa recognized by the legislature ind and the attempt made to put this truth into practice lut but whether by reason of ci the ilia nearness ol of liquor selling to others vloro prohibition was voted or to a faint hearted enforcement of ct the iho statute or to the iho incomplete of tho the measure in iu its details dc the plan alart hu has idly faila it has just jast been superseded ty by a bill which awaited for a whilo tho the signature of 0 governor Hartra rift pending a decision on its tho the central points tt cf the alio new measure are license and the perE of the liquor seller aeller for consequential damages in the case of sales to ilk ritually prone to intemperance and in the main nr guo attempts to enforce prohibitory ory laws in massachusetts have hate just juet resulted in ia a law identical io in principle with that of pennsylvania in 10 a law enacted three years ago giving tho the towns choice licence and prohibition has proved reasonably successful in tho the localities that have accepted the former alternative la in rhode island abo sequel 1 of tho the late lale struggle between the prohibition and license fact factions IOUs of tho the republican party has hai been the choice ol of a leg ial in ia which tho the license lament element is u dominant domin int and which will adly K fleet in its legUa tion the he principles n of the majority lite like these whether or not they indicate the true liaa field ol of police or sumptuary legislation upon thu this subject abject in the future aro are in as showing allowing the iho direction in which tho the enlightened policy ot of the ago age is in tending lording lor for the ol 01 a great social evil etil it is u aiming at regulation ot of tho the rattler rather than prevention ot of the uso use of intoxicating liquors liquor sand and regarding tha occupation of the liquor dealer as a kind of trust the abuse or of which is fraught with injury to gullic put lie inbe resta it exacts its ils fee for degas conferred and makes lim bim personally lly blo for the abuso of public confidence |