Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1909 — ATTACKS PROHIBITION [ARTICLE]

ATTACKS PROHIBITION

Tennessee Governor Says Let Individual Settle Question for Himself. Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 12. —In a special message to the legislature Governor Patterson declared that state wide prohibition is fundamentally and profoundly wrong as a governmental policy and does not accomplish the result hoped for. He says it violates the plainest and most obvious* rule, individual actions and personal freedom. He declared that the use or non-use of liquor should be left to the individual. He asserts that prohibition states are filled with open and secret violations of the law. He made a strong plea for local option and in closing recommended that no bill or bills be passed prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor in Tennessee. Recommends Isolation of Drunkards. London, Jan. 12. —The departmental committee of the Home Office has issued a rei>ort recommending that the only way to deal with the habitual drunkard is isolation under conditions that will prevent indulgence in alcohol and inculcate habits of self-control. The committee opposes the treatment of inebriety as a disease that can be cured by drugs.