Eminent Nebraskans Discuss Slocumb Liquor Law
Prominent Nebraskans defend local option under the Slocumb act as best method to regulate liquor traffic. Letters from bankers, editors, lawyers, and business leaders cite enforcement success, compare prohibitions in Maine Vermont Iowa and North Dakota, and oppose statewide prohibition as impractical and harmful.
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Maine
Kimball
Neb
Kansas
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
North Dakota
D. R. Streeter
The
Linton Record
Emmons
L. D. Richards
Fremont
Tahion
Vermont
W. H. Thompson
Grand Island
George L. Miller
Charles Dane
Iowa
Local option wins at Methodist conference shows temperance shift
The May 26 Baltimore Sun reports the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church endorsed local option after three hours of debate. Governor J Frank Hanly led the majority, while Chancellor J R Day and Dr A B Leonard opposed portions seen as surrendering prohibition principles. The report notes widespread comment across press and ends with Clay Center Neb Sun editor W L Palmer.
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Methodist Church
Baltimore Sun
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
the Lyric
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Temperance Committee
J. R. Day
Syracuse
N. Y
A. B. Leonard
Clay Center
Neb
Sun
W. L. Palmer
Anti-Saloon League Eyes County Prohibition Tactics
The Anti-Saloon League seeks county option as a step to statewide prohibition. In Massachusetts it campaigns to divert local license and fine funds from schools to the state treasury, arguing it pressures communities to back prohibition. Omaha faces a potential tax rise of over a quarter of a million to cover the loss. Nebraska taxpayers urged to study the issue before it advances.
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Anti-Saloon League
League
Massachusetts
Omaha
Nebrasa
Oklahoma's Dispensary Debate Shocks State Victory Reversed
Oklahoma editors and Judge Strang weigh in on prohibition reversal. The legislature's dispensary law is argued to regulate sale, not prohibit, sparking editorial quotes from Texhoma Times Erick Altruist and Carmen Headlicht. Widespread bootlegging and clandestine liquor sales feared as outcome.
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Strang
Oklahoma
District Court of
Guthrie
State Capital
Texhoma Times
Erick Altruist
Safoon
Carmen Headlicht
Maine
Kansas
Afeirs
Framers Tie Legis to State Dispensary Power
The Oklahoma constitution allows the legislature to establish a state dispensary if it can show prohibition cannot be enforced. This mechanism mirrors the Iowa legislature’s action in 1894 to address enforcement limits.
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Oklahoma
Iowa
Bryan and Prohibition Stance Restated by Bryan
Associated Press dispatch from Lincoln June 11 quotes Mr. Bryan replying to Milwaukee letters on prohibition. He says the issue is not national, will not be a national convention issue, and he avoids outside questions beyond the platform. He notes he is a teetotaler but opposed 1890 state prohibition amendment for license system reasons.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Millwaukee
Bryan
Nebraska
Four Aspects of Civic Duty on enforceability of sumptuary laws
Secretary Taft cites his view from Four Aspects of Civic Duty that laws prohibiting liquor sales fail when local sentiment will not support enforcement. He notes agitation by rural interests can pass laws that cities won’t enforce, making such statutes a dead letter.
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Taft
William H. Taft
Full and Frank Discussion on Omaha Merchants League
The Greeley Citizen discusses the Merchants and Manufacturers association of Omaha aligned with the Anti Saloon League. It defends the group as a business coalition and urges equal press facilities for frank public debate, noting most papers support open discussion without harming morals.
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Nebraska
Greeley
Omaha
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League
False Pretenses on County Option Claim in Prohibition Fight
The piece accuses the Anti-Saloon League of misnaming the issue as county option. It argues the effort truly aims at county prohibition and offers voters only a no-licenses option. It labels the term misleading and calls for using the true term to avoid deception.
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Hobson
Anti-Saloon League
Propaganda Push for County Option in Nebraska Probed
Paid agents of the Anti Saloon league agitate prohibition urging voters to defend the law. They press farmers to sign petitions to the next legislature for county option they claim is a guise for county prohibition and a step toward statewide ban. Taxpayers should expose the pretense and push back against the bill.
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Anti-Saloon League
Nebraska
County Prohibitionists Attack County Option Plan
A Nebraska anti alcohol effort argues that county option would deny voter choice and push for state wide prohibition. Critics say the Anti-Saloon League mislabels the effort and aims to remove licensing options, misleading voters.
Why Hoke Smith Was Defeated in Georgia Prohibition Clash
The article argues Governor Hoke Smith lost in the Georgia Democratic primary due to his support for prohibition. It notes business groups vented against the law enacted last January, which aimed to curb a white liquor trade while boosting outside shipments and state losses. Joe Brown benefited by pledging relief for merchants, signaling a shift by Georgia business interests toward candidates promising economic relief.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
South
North
Savannah
Iowa
Prohibition Debate Cited by Dr. Lyman Abbott
Dr. Lyman Abbott argues in The Rights of Man that prohibitory laws should not be enforced. He questions a rural Maine county imposing its will on Bangor and Portland, warning majority rule in loco parentis conflicts with democracy and local self government.
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Lyman Abbott
the Outlook
Maine
Bangor
Portland
County Option Debate Exposes Hidden Prohibition Aim
A paid Anti-Saloon League agent claims to seek a county option for licensing. Voters should demand explanations for using option to restrict votes to no license, revealing the plan as openly prohibitionist rather than genuine local choice.
TEIS IS SOUTHERN PROHIBITION
Henry Watterson argues that no Democrat can be a Prohibitionist and still honor liberty. He says personal rights deny lawmakers controlling others, noting southern states apply prohibition to regulate African Americans rather than white men. The piece critiques white run clubs and distribution systems as tools of racial control.
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New York World
Henry Watterson
Express
Prohibition Opinions Split on Kansas Effect
A Fort Scott Commercial Club member from Kansas replies to a Merchants and Manufacturers association inquiry on prohibition. He argues liquor remains accessible, worsened social ills, and hinders growth, noting small towns differ from cities and urging Nebraska to reject the law.
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Kansas
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Boards of Trade and Commercial Clubs
Fort Scott Commercial Club
Kimball
Neb
Kangus
Union
Nebraska
Dry town political fallout at David City cited in drift to wet neighbors
The case shows David City voting to ban saloon licenses under Slocumb local option law. Prohibition reduces local merchant profits and school revenue, while surrounding wet towns gain trade. Merchants fear tax burdens rise and pressure for license relasation or wider dry limits increases as farmers, many foreign born, trade elsewhere.
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David City
Anti Saloon League Pushes County Option in Nebraska
Critics say the Anti Saloon League profits from a false pretense on county option amid Nebraska support for local option. They condemn the league’s program as lacking true option quality and reducing to county prohibition.
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Thomas B. McPherson
South Omaha
Pennsylvania
Slocumb
M. E. General Conference
MR. Bryan
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