| Show THE LIQUOR BUSINESS tite constitution of texas ft lifts leen been been amended by a large majority vote of the citizens so x as to forbid forever the manufacture and sale of liquor except for r meehan mechanical hii kii and scientific falc purposes legi legislation is noW required tomake the provision provi siou effective have hava beenu beeri presented to the indiana legislature furj for fon a similar constitutional amendment amend menti to td be submitted to the popular vote and arid the celear celebrated abed nealdow jneal iseal dow asat is at thel ead of a movement in maine log looking km t to 0 the amendment of oc the of that state for the sama purpose the liquor tramm traffic le is one of the most difficult subjects for legislation of course if the m of intoxicating drinks la Is prevented jeche I 1 drinking of such liquors ia la stopped buccan this be accomplished we fear hot there is always a loophole in the law through which the maker erand enand and the seller of intoxicants find ro room to creep the proviso for medicinal bechn mechanical i n and scientific purposes which is always incorporated in the tiie laws regulating this business is sufficient fon for the purpose 0 aa of those who liseby the traffic agi which 1 ch results in so much evil to th the world it appears to lie tie impossible to ades establish prohibition e effectually the desire for strong drink which seems tobe increasing with each generation tion cannot be legislated out of existence and human ingenuity will be exercised to evade the law while the craving for I 1 intoxicants mcants remo reto alria na in so large a proportion of bonind bel bol beings boings fias fiks the best that ean can be done by the law at presena present is adrest restrain to rain and regulate the business while lemoral moral religious and benevolent influences are babu brought t to bear by the loverson lover their race to reclaim the drunkard and help the weak willed to abstain from a body arid squi inu in atah h the work of egal r tiou has hag ben eldered eh dered ra measurably abortive lay the acts acta dr those officials ed themselves as na 1 I regenerators municipal ordinances have been beer p aled against by federal judges in IA times past pact in jil favor of the fhe liquor traffie traffic anater rit orial statutes have been vetoed by the ther federal J iT Executive id the same game interest Inte iest lest the tha legislators aad and city authorities arb are therefore hot wt sible for the spread of tha liquor traffic fl in this tilis territory but those who sent here from the parent government to rute rule uri uti farl fail and execute the law in this remark ark we do fot riot refer to our present federal officials some of th their dir predecessors the subject of the traffic id iii liquor is attracting attract ng attention am among ang the thoughtful and imd tem in au all parta of or the cour country itry agid arid it Is one ozie that needs careful handling at itt home we hope to bee eee judicious measures adopted by our city fathers and territorial lp isia Isla tors fon for t be restriction and regulation of this business but look for the most potent influence to xe restrain strain the erring and reclaim the fallen among those are strong enough to resist I 1 temptation and who haye have N wisdom iii lri an and ad charity enough fi to in for the good of the public lie ile |
