Practical ProhibitionT. C. Johnson & Company, 1887 - 383 pages |
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Page 63
... violate her immutable laws are understood by few and practi- cally heeded by none . As the result of this , the worst of ig- norance and heedlessness , we have become a race of invalids , and a perfect man or woman is rarely , if ever ...
... violate her immutable laws are understood by few and practi- cally heeded by none . As the result of this , the worst of ig- norance and heedlessness , we have become a race of invalids , and a perfect man or woman is rarely , if ever ...
Page 119
... violation of the letter or spirit of the law . You will get the maximum punishment every time a jury of repre- sentative men get a whack at you . Not long since a saloon man located in Rockwall , and hung out the sign , " Dealer in ...
... violation of the letter or spirit of the law . You will get the maximum punishment every time a jury of repre- sentative men get a whack at you . Not long since a saloon man located in Rockwall , and hung out the sign , " Dealer in ...
Page 120
... violation of the law . When it came to paying his license taxes to the State , county and city , he maintained that local option was in force . When indicted for selling whisky in violation of its provisions he stultified himself by ...
... violation of the law . When it came to paying his license taxes to the State , county and city , he maintained that local option was in force . When indicted for selling whisky in violation of its provisions he stultified himself by ...
Page 123
... violation of such law . As the constitution now stands , no such law can be passed by the Legislature , and any attempt to do so would be obnox- ious to that provision in the Constitution which provides for local prohibition by votes of ...
... violation of such law . As the constitution now stands , no such law can be passed by the Legislature , and any attempt to do so would be obnox- ious to that provision in the Constitution which provides for local prohibition by votes of ...
Page 124
... violation of the local option law . In a prosecution under the latter the State assumes the burden of proving that the law was properly adopted ; that is , that a petition in due form of law was presented ; that it was signed by the ...
... violation of the local option law . In a prosecution under the latter the State assumes the burden of proving that the law was properly adopted ; that is , that a petition in due form of law was presented ; that it was signed by the ...
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Page 173 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several states as provided by the Constitution: ARTICLE "SECTION 1.
Page 380 - ... brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fathers fiends, and all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, invites cholera, imports pestilence, and embraces consumption. It covers the land with idleness, misery, and crime.
Page 344 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated .person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 259 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed, that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 380 - It violates obligations, reverences fraud, and honors infamy. It defames benevolence, hates love, scorns virtue, and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his helpless offspring, helps the husband to massacre his wife, and the child to grind the parricidal axe.
Page 366 - The Legislature shall not pass any act authorizing the grant of license for the sale of ardent spirits or other intoxicating liquors.] SEC.
Page 357 - No person shall manufacture for sale, or sell, or keep for sale, as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine, and beer. The General Assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the enforcement of the prohibition herein contained, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violation of the provision hereof.] [The foregoing amendment was adopted at a special election held on June 27,1882.
Page 223 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Page 151 - The legislature shall at its first session enact a law whereby the qualified voters of any county, justice's precinct, town...
Page 345 - Republican party of this state, in the senate and assembly, to support a resolution providing for the submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution, under which amendment it will be the duty of the governor to appoint the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the comptroller, the attorney-general, and the state engineer and surveyor, leaving only the governor and lieutenant-governor as elective state executive officers.