Show I LIQUOR AND LAW Governors G of Many States Write Concerning Temperance T Legislation D C July 2 11 Virginia hIltS has n fl law Jaw that pro profi proW W W fi V 4 tho Hille oC or 1111 I r where there la Is II police pollee pio pa 0 and anywhere else Ise thaI hint the tho peo Pie lilo vote vole for local option opton This inake of o tutu thu area areti alel of the Ilia dry Tennessee bali imn hll only tour four tn cities In lit all 1111 ItH l this Uy It ht con cun be bo bought hought ut II retail And Mid even overt Kentucky with Uth UH its iK and honor Ii lain reputation fur fit r the making nii dl I slug and Ind nf ot stood good ll liquor hUH hue counties IU Its 18 sale Hale In Iii 11 all al but ut 23 of or o UH its II 1111 19 fuels facts are nrc MI so that they Y lou led the to tulo thu Ihu sub nub subject III In till all 11 the states tu to lion ho far fil iii reaching rear tho the temperance movement H Is I find UH its IM effect affect upon the morale morall und oC or tho the different states ThIs Thin hue hall been not au as II u a temperance 1110 not lint us u n a 1 of the cup CUll that cheers hut but with wih el thu us 11 much luch of o f i hit I cold coldi i aim Ilm lily of th I hut ii I in 1111 1 UH Its 11 ho ennui could c ii lid Tho Jho governor guve hr fr the tho varIous states WK were Il to 10 fur furnish nish iii cli Information I I Ion tue 11 tu tf I ii thu I Iu ii I U a of ot the tho I or 01 lo 10 I o di no altO who could give a sod in ion TI Ice tho ho t bl l nf at n u ii most mont Iii her Cs t Iii g lUl y a a they Ibis do iIi I Hint thu I In Ina II a ii largo lu ly ft or f the tho I etu ten there la Is fi n rapidly growing In hal II favor of rut lt rutI Iho I th restriction rt rust or 01 u prohibition ot I if the I lie en in of ut Ir In III most 10 1 nf le au thu t te ali luti prohibition In aim Ii i I lure II many fly 1111 1 tt The Lii a local 1011 option op I Ia ii Idna lilian 1111 hue hUl been 11 a 1 atti ki fell lii re of tho I he develop of or the Ito I tom uteri Only Gaily n ju I week or mont mor nun ngu nR sliu the tho seat eat n ot of the the nh rIY of or n VIr VII itt und tu n it f town I Wl Ii nf ut 1 1111 lIlt lInnis ent dry Th rho 0 1101 tu to hue ih solo sale tuf nt Intoxicating In II Ills DID stalls than In any other section If through und In other th r Stales liat l St showings Yet Yil thu r fuel tIl I I III In itt Internal I ii hers lr hit U humes u red whIch show that there liu hiltS no art 10 gui off III I In II I ii tha I lu a ii pin I of o I ii lox I rums rII lined I I de despite i the lie growth KIl 11 I of ot the tho I e iii pell I n nU low Iii we lb their 1111 stale Hule Tim nf of lt tux liar IU nj spIrits withdrawn from dl bonded fez far the lie lUcal lell year nl ending June 80 SO WON iSN WAI j Ia IlUng which r utne O al Ihn about Ut 1111 aviti drawn In IMS This TItle Increase Is U said aid to tobo ho bo fairly representative of the average Increase se from roan year eur to tl your year and of or the tho irot of H unturned consumed TIO JI Increase In tho thu taco face of ot 0 prohibitory Juns 1111 I Is not explainable from frum the data dutu ut ni lt hondo bond ARKANSAS AnA SAS DRY U II i rapidly I becoming one oue of the great prohibition states Today roday th the sadie Ali of ot Intoxicants Is In absolutely pro lire prohibited In III M 18 r of nt the 7 7 t Seven yours yearn ago IRO there them weIl K 46 WIt wet counties countes There IH ha I a n local option dIlution law hi herl Iho thu salo II alo of nf liquor ban all been au nu authorized IU It mn IA bo bu by lay petition Ii ull within I bin three brett I Ilc an lies of or c any ii ny church reit or Ill school OU hut Henry A t of Colorado wrItes We W havo 11 recently r panned n C i i s ivery svery very 1 tine 1110 1111 option dilution law which mukeR H It I l for tar UK us Ul to create rell territory With Wih this thin n nw w law latt 11 HO ne If be ito u hI it lo 10 I o k nil 11 ii II our nul a ur agricultural ri a rn 1 1118 Ie uh tely My n 1 have havo tow UK where whre liquor In Is 11 riot not sold cola Holl i I told oit ly Of Or course count WB we WI have a n continual growth or nC the hhie illiC In 11 tills as ls A Athern Iberia thern In is II In iii II ovary every IN option In Ita II GeorgIa wih with high licenses license In Iii II several cUls front fron 50 to lo In iii II in IWU u count lee tIle tha Ihl lii I Ii 2000 which of lit course lucid tie that lua t I r In Is II mi to I 0 wet Iel it a I ath th hut their iida ml ess Thero IH Is no hi whisky fold Dil In iii 11 us is out of tim tho of or Iho flue sulk stute Clot O Terrell that the tho sub of nf Intuit Intoxicant unit liun hll not nl the hunt but lut has hns 11 very cry rr rf the mural 1111 lone bib 1010 In iii u the Ihl prohibition territory WHAT 00 lov 0 of Iowa 1011 ito HID I lator of o the tho 10 Iowa Ion Idea In iii tariff rant lt i lure r 1 lii g t In Iii 11 Our regulation h is I known ns ui ni thin Iho Ih mulct 11 1111 let leI law II which Ichu C tint ii ot 01 slug Di this sale pale 10 Ie of C tf liars imm lion UI the I ho tax I 11 t a IH Is II paid 1111 vu iii und ii nil lie tho I nf or tl tl tIle n l Jaw iw are 11 with TItle hI allow Iho thin or ot n it rOI to 10 whether Intoxicant be j old n ii I ement of nf V Illi lh 0 r n i 4 0 the tho on nn whether that tho Ih consent OI t IB Is sought ought In lii 11 t city cl or n II coun county I ty Iy The h IK Is II local option ollon A flat high 11 I lIel lee line Prohibition tion exists In 6 ot o it him ti t tS VS ties In iii lie Iho t I hl state I be bO believe bOle I lieve le tt tWI li is II iv it t contInuous growth ot atm the t lie I oh u I flail also 0 hut H It I can lihi so fely lie ito 11 staid MIl that hint thud the less cold ohl consumed tho the better the t h morals moral 0 fl t ITT CITY IT Gee GOI K l W V I Writes entertaining lv ly and Ild I list h v ely about hout a In Iii InK II K un can He lie 1 KI The Flu h Stub 1 naver neI 5 I tree fro tl O front from 1011 und aund IId an iii I II U H i 1 at ui II thili tu lit I and by I the Ihl WI way the it staIn till n tetta nover so 11 U materially hiP terha I ly and 1111 a hal financially I do that dl not hut believe there thc are aro not any anywhere alY where on tutu 01 Curl ii h I people In laming n it of ot morals than I un a Is II iii d by li II tUu t I poo pie lain who thu at I the he 1 ic population of o IC it I IK 5 nor lull 11 d I kilt Vt them In II I a a I sim similar sll l in liar ilar In number I of on out enjoying n ii I degree of ma mIL maerli erli l I arid and RII among n whom poverty 1111 iro or so Ito 8 little IU W Ve f have hu II not aint 10 only proven the Iho wisdom wl lom of or tho the policy RO so far fair faras fil as all the I no I 1 and 11 or if the tho people aro II 10 concerned hut but we weme c hn hate me Its If wisdom fol a aL l financial standpoint Incidentally I t might night remark that lint Kanias City CI Knit Kan Ills aH IR IC II the city el In the titi country without wIt hi taut a I and 1111 ii It that hut t Topeka H Is I the lie Ih only on stale capitol capital lIquor la is I lot lint auld IN N r Local option In iii II J Thorn There are arl Hi counties that are arc absolutely dry 55 that Hint are 11 partially so ci Sl und Ild auth 4 4 that are iro ra totally wet vet Governor Campbell writes Nearly all ni al I Hie liv tw t t lou that t ha t me 11 ii to lo In tally taly dry 13 and II tho thin 51 61 1 that tire lire Ile partially Iry dry havi h b coma so sti o 1893 itOl unit and something like 10 fifty Itt of tho tite tl un le and 1111 tinny of the precincts In lii Ii other hl hato adopted In 11 the thO hiM four to II year The Tite effect erect has hus been hecl to tn greatly decrease e the thc of ar r In Intoxicants toxicants It I has the state stale revenue to a n extent unit and the amount of cut crime crimen crimI In n the dry d counties after ater tho Ih law IliaC has beel been een long lOlS enough to 10 accent Its legitimate results Tho TIto Iho saving of court churl I expenses for fOI decrease In hi II crime crimes ta IA s to In fully tuly offset the Iho loss hiss logs ot ur front from closing the tho saloons FOLK l oJ SHARES TillS THIS VIEW Governor 00 1101 Folk I out of Missouri taken tho tue same sante view tiete as its ll Governor Campbell im as asto to the tha saving of court expenses Ho He Hona HoRas na says Ras s with wih reference to temperance In lila ils hi I option und and high bight license pre Ire re vail nl In lit Missouri no n being sold old Id IdIn In ha n 39 3 of o the tho 76 counties Tho Tito sale le nun of Intoxicants had Imd a II tendency to i educe dime crime ind anI 1 by lay h consequently I y reducing uig thin the crim criminal in inal last cost fund to effect a n saving to o the state The closing of saloons on oat Sun Sunday day thul dl has hitte reduced crime 60 per pOl cent celli GOV OF OF UTAH Expresses largely the Ito saute came views I 1 10 o cal option and 11 high license Icene loII with wih prohibition In lit many may counties Ho lie 10 writes There hns hits always been beel n a I strong seal sen sentiment 1111 In Utah HIatt against tho liquor traffic fir fic fe The rite lh Mormon Church to total total tal abstinence ot of o its Ita Is members Other churches are arc aN also Insistent on this point It I Is II n II foregone conclusion that the morals of a n community art aro m Im Improved proved by lay II a decrease In ill tho Halo salta of o liquor Thin The Til revenues of the state arc rare Increased Increase because leads to 10 anti and thrift and the thc accumulation Lion tion ton by b citizens of at fr taxable property NO JAILS AtM IX IN I NORTH DAKOTA Governor lurks Burks of ot North Dakota laconically writes concerning prohibition tion 1011 In itt his state Wo We have ad prohibition In North Dakota so an 0 lung long that In II sonta SOI counties there are aro no 10 Jails There la Ill II not much crime In this lila state I Governor Warner Varner of if Michigan writes that ilM the state has hns local option hut but that thaI hlo there lets has been heen a n marked growth of oC sentiment there are Riot not many dry counties Local option In hut every elry one ono of the that eight In III Connecticut and each cant of them Is 18 partially dry Each Hach of the tte four districts In Delaware wId 1 for itself this fall full whether liquor sn bu Itu sold or not Florida has hns local hucul option oatS and high bight license with wih prohibition In 31 nf of Ir the tha 45 6 counties There Thero his hus 18 been n a II growth of or temperance sentiment but hut no ito 10 appreciable effect hits has ha been shown on en the revenue or ot 0 prison records Kentucky prohibits the Iho sale of Q In iii In S G of ot the ID counties and naci It I Is predicted that several more counties will wi go 10 dry aIry soon Coon has baa prohibition but bUI a I corres torres correspondent says SaR that hat there are aro three or four counties countes which nullify at al times though thought there has hats been hicen bl a at I l leler enforce enforcement ment of ot the thc temperance laws recently titan than there had hod been heen Maryland has local option and 1111 pRo pio 1110 prevails In many mun counties Montana onta na ha has local option law hates lu II but hut there are arc no Ito dry dr counties There Then was WU ono 1110 dry Iry county count a few fow years year ago but bul It II hillS sInce gono gone wet Nebraska reports that under tinder local op option tion no 10 Intoxicants are nrc sold soul Hi lii eight of ot the lie 30 DO counties and In roo 00 cities and anal towns with prohibition sentiment do de developing rapidly rIlly Now Not No Hampshire reports show sho that whisky Is II sold old In lit only about on of or tho thin counties New Now York Vomit New Ne Jer Jr Jersey sey so sc and New Non Mexico have halo high li Ii license cense cease but bait hit urn are represented as nit 11 show showIng showIng Ing lug no Important growth of temperance sentiment SALOONS AMONG AMONO TAmmEr I Joul Local oeal option In itt North Carolina has almost wholly eliminated tho the saloon from thin the country districts 1 and nd 11 many 1111 of the tho towns Tho The dispensary exists In III several counties A great growth ot or temperance sentiment ut is III re IC ported Porte Alabama hats has license of o from front to 30 No hlo been furnished ao us to the prevalence of or tuitIon A decided growth of temperance seal sen Is reported from frol Indiana bar rooms lire tiro called sample rooms but hit whereas local option exists there thero therome me Rio tint not many IllY dry airy communities ro re reported ported Governor flooding says that tilt there linn lute been heen no itt 10 marked growth of ot tInt the temperance tu Iii 11 Idaho during recent years yearn rn and that thuit there Is IA no nuu local 1111 notion nation ollon licenses ranging tu from 00 to ton If n slop m Vendors of C liquor puy 11 t a t tux tax ot or JIM n ii year 11 In lu Indian Territory Ohio has hl local option pion A ten few f counties nr iuro dry tiry f A uniform license ot oC 0 pro pre prevails vails NI MAlaS Tho VIm power of the Ih press hUM haw been 11 1 exemplified C 1111 In III I it Oklahoma altO a n it county tIlts WIH made dry airy by his h onu Ira no MOWS flows Pun law requires notice piper paper 11 10 of jar f application for or shall bi hll pub I in iii II 1 L i no 1111 In iii tho Ii it county COUlt whom hut tho whisky whisk Isky Is I tn to bo 10 h mild t Tho Iho a ir to 10 I o print t tIle the nolle tint tc nud the thu Ihl county count IN Is dry airy Thirty signa signatures llla turns tures aro tre a requited 1 nil on petitions potton fur for II I leIH In iii towns Two thirds majority of freeholder In 11 n at nutt I sign lf petition In lii II order to 11 ties 1 In rural communities Governor Wilton thu I four of o the tl 31 3 In iii II Oregon ur urn turn dry airy y with partial prohibition In hut II other counties ennui t that tim I thu ore hits hll 0 u it I roth of or o sentiment |