| Show THE LIQUOR QUESTION THE bib liquor question orr is As one of the most important of all that present themselves to any community it is one that requires serious conz cons con cou should be dealt wali in a sagacious and prudent spirit it should certainly be keptot least strictly under restraint perhaps s boother no i other question involves such weighty consequences nor more powerfully affects society nor more thoroughly permeates the various interests of society upon it de pend the majority of criminal of fences yet the liquor interest in most communities is very powerful because it has such hoid holdi hoida holditch hold uch such an iron grip upon the weakness of poor human nature the petition of four thousand ladies of this city olty presented to the i city council on ori oil tuesday evening may 19 asks that thab body to refuse to license the sale af pf intoxicating drink this is tantamount punt to a asking sk the nil municipal authorities to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks rinks which include strong beer strong porter ale all wines winey perhaps with the exception of mild homemade home made wines and all espiritu ouis oua liquors there are many considerations which will suggest themselves to the council in deliberating 1 over this petition one of th the e first things will bo be whether absolute C prohibition would bede bode be desirable and another whether it would be practicable ti As to the first it may be urged that prohibitory laws generally have not worked very satisfactorily facto rily as witness the experience of maine and massachusetts but in 4 u former years year g with a more sour and tractable 1 c population pro inhibition or what amounted to ne irly the gamo bamo thin thing existed in this city with very salutary efrece barbro taking denini defini definitive definitivo tive tivo action upon apon the question the city counell council eil will bo be likely to examine the whole subject carefully in all its bearings if after such deliberative examination the council should como gome to toe tco the conclusion that I 1 it t would be desirable to grant the petition of the four thousand ladies nud and institute rigid prohibitory measures the next thing to bacon bo considered si would be would it be practicable to carry those measures sat tl t I 1 isi 1 I c 0 11 into to effect aci in deliberating part of tio tho the subject tha the courts and thor action would comei come comel into nto anre ven if this thia Pi court antl annn the premo court for the territory should n not 04 favor prohibitory mea bures buresh there would bet be left an appeal to plo nio supreme court at washington regard ltd this latter tribunal there la is reasons L tp to that thal it would ae decide ejde clde i a favor of tao hight right of the cotylo city to enact pr prohibitory 0 hibi hibl tory measures for in several of the late deci idona of that high J judicial u hody kody there has been heen leaning in favor of beli belf go v rement for sor the territories nitwit bot not th the e admission that thai the constitution was war not pok made dorith fo for rith tho the e territories dries bries and that congress has bas ry powers oyer over them it is enough ugh thattie atthe th that the organic provisions of the federal belp ta non moli lia ila havo have i no lag to heter ter pat antil 1 ibey bey hey become states or aru aro preparing tp to enter the union but bu t tue the fundamental prin opus cpUs of the constitution lu must m be held bd to apply to all bitzen ci of met mel T united state states w whether et herTe berte residing in states or corles cories ithai atto alto ito aito a ai tto to principles is is the fun fuu fundamental rule of acion action aelion fo for fod r congress in all Jegi tion jile the citizen of the th union Up loil auda aud ra will wilful u I 1 departure rona even by would be of the nature of treason to the principles upon which the lite republic of bf the united states was e established phed obed andias been maintained n its dignity before all ali the lie world these and other relevant ideas question taken into due consideration should abound the city council eventually eventually conclude to institute prohibitory measurer measure we shall heartily wish it success tor or it is very verj evident that if the who whole 0 liquor liguor r V business N w vere yere ere to be blotted jotted out of existence today to day to be knolyn known no more on thi thib fair falc earth forever the entire human iu PM I 1 r rae race nae morally physically ph icalla financially intellectually and in eve every eveny r y way would he be infinitely the gainers ga inert though a fely llew pe people opio koplo might er themselves immensely unwarrantably ran rant tabs taus auly taby alff irreparably jilt |
