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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1885
Page
4
The platform calls for prohibition of intoxicating liquors, strict law enforcement, civil service reform, prudent use of public funds, and a free ballot free from machine influence fraud or bribery. It emphasizes a voter ballot untainted by stuffing or boss influence and ensures fair elections.
Grover Cleveland assumed the presidency at noon on Wednesday with grand ceremonies watched by hundreds of thousands. Chief Justice Waite administered the oath as Cleveland delivered a concise reform minded address. He expressed support for Civil Service Reform and closed with a prayer for divine guidance and blessing. The Cabinet listed includes Bayard, Manning, Lamaar, Whitney, Endicott, Garland, and Vilas.
The proposed license amendment to the Ohio Constitution failed in the House as all 60 Democrats voted for it but 63 votes were required. Some Republicans favored temperance measures yet opposed this Democratic proposal, ensuring no amendment will be put to a vote this session.
The article notes the first meeting of the Educational Society for Political Reform It 13 on the right line and urges every citizen to give it encouragement.
National Senate Monday Hour vave notice that he would propose a female suffrage amendment to the constitution.
The Massachusetts House moved the liquor saloon early closing measure to engrossment. The bill targets earlier closing hours and may affect saloon operations pending final passage and assent.
The Scott temperance act, a Prohibition measure, was adopted by the united counties of Durham and Northumberland Ontario by a 1300 vote margin.
The National Reform Convention of Ohio meets in Xenia this week with several strong addresses anticipated on Prohibition.
At Reading Pennsylvania the Conference of the Evangelical Church urged support for a constitutional prohibition amendment and urged members to refrain from patronizing skating rinks.
The Michigan House adopted a resolution to submit a Prohibitory Amendment to voters but the Senate defeated it on a strict party vote with Republicans for and Democrats against.
The writer argues that even a law favoring saloon keepers would be enforced by moralists if the license tax is high, yet saloonkeepers in Michigan refuse to pay the elevated license. The piece questions enforcement and the effectiveness of prohibitions on drink traffic.
General Grant is seriously ill and considered near death. Three New York physicians and one Philadelphia doctor attend him. The family has long shielded the condition, but current reports say the illness will prove fatal.
Joseph Cook outlines fourteen reasons for forming a National Reform Party to curb the liquor traffic. He criticizes both major parties for Prohibition inaction, cites municipal misrule, and argues for a broad eclectic party to advance constitutional prohibition at state and national levels.
The Educational Society for Political Reform held its first district convention in Collins on February 20 1885. Speakers including Prof. Frost and Mrs. Garner urged political education, public welfare and reform, with six local clubs forming and new memberships securing funds for the Home League pledge promoting abstinence from liquor.
A string of arrests and violent incidents spans several towns. Chas Keating lies jailed in Snelbyville, Ind., for saloon robbery. St Louis saloon keeper Thomas Boswick alleges a seduction by Mrs Gue before attempting suicide. Multiple men die or are gravely injured from drink related acts amid a broader view of disorder and civic scandal including a demoralized Mansfield mayor resigning after bondsmen pull support and council names S. M. Douglas to replace him.
Mr. E. B. Esieumay has sold his interest in the Akron City Times to partner Edwin Myers. Editorial supervision will be under W. B. Taneyhill.
Secretary Richard Katzenmayer of the United States Brewers Association says Kansas has two years of prohibition ruining all brewers and Iowa’s new law has caused great havoc, wiping out many breweries and shrinking their political influence.
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