English 6.

DEBATE OF MARCH 27, 1889.Question: "Resolved, That the prohibitory amendment to the Massachusetts constitution ought to be adopted."

Brief for the Affirmative.G. W. Lee, and Daniel Fulcomer.

Best general references: Senator Blair's "Temperance Movement," chapters 16 and 17; Dr. Lees' "Liquor Traffic;" North American Review, 143, pp. 382-397.

1. The vast public evils of the liquor traffic are today conceded.

2. Prohibition successfully meets them. Witness its working in (a) Maine.- Forum, 3, pp. 39-41; (b) Iowa-North American Review, 143, pp. 391-2; (c) Kansas-Andover Review, 1, pp. 513-516; (d) Massachusetts-"Facts for the People:" pamphlet.

3. A prohibitory amendment is preferable to (a) freedom of sale-Local Option, chapter 3. (b) low license-R. C. Pitan, Argument on License Bill, p. 22; Nation, Jan. 13, 1889, p. 87; (c) high license-New Englander, 48, p. 126; W. B. Spooner, pamphlet, p. 13; (d) local option-North American Review, 135, pp. 528 532; (e) prohibitory laws-Our Day, March, 1889, p. 297.

4. It is a proper subject for legislation (a) for the protection of the state and the citizens-Cong. Globe, Vol. 29, first session, 33d Congress, p. 1135; (b) it is not a sumptuary law-Blair, Temperance Movement, p. 337; (c) and does not infringe on personal liberty-Lees, Liquor Traffic, p. 91; (d) It is proper, also, for the constitution-U. S. Supreme Courts Reports, Curtis, 16, p. 519; Our Day, 1, pp. 11; Journal of Social Science, No. 14, pp. 78-86.

Brief for the Negative.J. M. Newell and J. S. Stone.

Best general references: L. W. Bacon, Forum, Vol. 2, pp. 232, 401; John A. Andrew, Errors of Prohibition, pp. 40-49, 78-85, 94-100, 116-148.

1. Constitutions are not made for such purposes as prohibitory enactments-Popular Science Monthly, 26, 789; Professor J. B. Thayer, Cambridge Tribune, March 9, 1889; New Englander, vol. 44, 706.

2. The temperance movement should be kept out of politics-Forum, 3, 152; New Princeton Review, 4, 31; Popular Science Monthly, 26, 790; Andover Review, 9, 18.

3. Prohibition has failed to accomplish its purpose (1) in Massachusetts-Christian Union, Feb. 28, 1889; American Journal of Social Science, 14, 90; (2) in Rhode Island-Nation, Feb. 14, 1889; (3) in Maine-American Journal Social Science, 14, 118; (4) in Vermont-Popular Science Monthly, 25, 47; (a) Constitutional prohibition would not be supported by many good citizens-Professor J. B. Thayer, Cambridge Tribune, March 9,1889; American Journal Social Science, 14, 90; (b) it would be an unwarranted interference with personal liberty-Forum, 3, 152; New Englander, 44, 706.

4. The present local option law is working successfully-Nation, Jan. 31, 1889; Christian Union, Feb. 28, 1889; (a) it educates the community which must enforce the laws-Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Cambridge Tribune, March 9, 1889; (b) any defects in the present laws should be remedied carefully, not by revolutionary methods-Science, 9, 105; Professor J. B. Thayer, ibid.

5. High license with local option has proved the best check on the evils of the liquor traffic-Nation, 42, 52; e. q. (1) in Illinois-45, 363; (2) in Minnesota; (3) in Ohio; (4) in Missouri; (5) in Nebraska-Nation. 46, 25; (6) in Pennsylvania-Nation, 46, 83; (7) in Michigan-Nation, 46, 127; Nation, 46, 70.

It is the interest of liquor dealers that the license laws be enforced-Nation, 42, 52.