Eastern Colorado times., September 27, 1912, Image 5

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AT VARIANCE WITH SOUND PUBLIC
POLICY. SAYS PRESIDENT TAFT
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WM. H. TAFT.
President Taft in liis book, ‘‘Four Aspects of Public Duty,” con
tends that:
“NOTHING IS MORE FOOLISH, NOTHING MORE UTTERLY
AT VARIANCE WITH SOUND PUBLIC POLICY. THAN TO EN
ACT A LAW WIJICII ON ACCOUNT OF THE CONDITIONS SUR
ROUNDING A COMMUNITY IS INCAPABLE OF ENFORCE
MENT.” y
The unit of enforcement for such a law as a prohibition enactment
is the police unit. Whenever an unsought law is forced upon a com
munity, enforcement is nigh impossible. In the larger cities of the
several states that have adopted STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION there
is no enforcement and the sale of liquor is carried on in marked defiance
of law. Public officials in whom the responsibility for enforcement
rests, conform themselves to local sentiment. It is a notorious fact, that
in many of the cities in prohibition states, officials have relinguished
their honor for personal gain, and age waxing rich in private “RAKE
OFF,” collecting as personal tribute, a large amount of revenue from
law-violators for the granting of special privileges. Rum-sellers, boot
leggers and blind-pig operators carry on their vocations without fear
of interruption nnd the vilest sort of strong alcoholic decoctions are dis
pensed, openly.
We charge that in the prohibition state of Maine there are operat
ing in flagrant violation of the lawfmmdreds of bar-rooms that are as
aeeessable as any similar institutions in Colorado and we shall prove
this statement through testimony that will be offered by the governor
of the state, the two United States senators nnd leading members of the
pi«,.gy 0 f Maine. With the sentiment in Maine opposed to prohibition the
law cannot be enforced anv more than it could be enforced in Colorado.
LET THE PEOPLE OF OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES RULE
IN COLORADO CITIES AND TOWNS A PROHIBITION POL
ICY IS IN FORCE WHEREVER THE LOCAL SENTIMENT IS
OPPOSED TO GRANTING LICENSES. LICENSES ARE GRANT
ED ONLY WHERE THE SENTIMENT IS OPPOSED TO PROHI
BITION. THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE.
The issue in this campaign is not the saloon, for the voters of our
state have the authority to outlaw the saloon whenever a majority so
desire.
THE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS:
ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE VARIOUS CITIES
' OF OUR STATE CAPABLE OF EXERCISING LOCAL
SELF-GOVERNMENT V
MARK WELL TOE WORDS OF PRESIDENT TAFT, THAT
NOTHING IS MORE FOOLISH THAN TOENACT A LAW WHICH
CAN NOT BE ENFORCED.
VOTE NO ON THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.
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NO % X
PROHIBITION OR PROSPERITY.
Does Colorado want Immigration
and capital to develop her resources,
or does she want to drive them away
as Kansas and lowa have done?
Does Colorado want her wise and
tested local option laws repealed and
enforcement of the laws taken from
the hands of the city officials and
placed in those of the state authori
ties? This will happen if state-wide
prohibition is voted for.
Does Colorado want a low tax rate
or a heavy burden of taxation which
Is inevitable under prohibition^
Does Colorado want a decreased
revenue by abolishing the saloon li
cense without diminishing the sale or
use of liquor? That Is what has oc
curred In prohibition states. Is there
any reason to suppose Colorado will
be different from all the rest?
Is not local option and local self
government the right way, the best
way, the most practical way, to de
cide the license issue?
“Prohibition in Maine has provoked
the sardonic laughter of the other for
ty-seven states of the Union,” says
the Boston Transcript.
The population of Maine has in
creased eighteen per cent, in the last
fifty years. During the same period
the population of Colorado has in
creased more than one hundred per
cent.
HIGH MAINE OFFICIALS ADD TO
TESTIMONY OF GOVERNOR
PLAISTED.
Say Prohibition Haa Never Prohib
ited.
By Attorney General Pattengall o!
Maine**, "As attorney general of our
state I have had ample opportunity to
witness the shortcomings of our state
wide prohibitory law. Fifty years of
experience has proven that a prohibi
tion law cannot be enforced In commu
nities where the sentiment cf the neo
pie la opposed to such a lav. Mains
would be tar better off with a local op
tion enactment sucH as other New
England states have adopted.” |
By Cyrus Davies, Secretary of State,
Maine: “The time Is not far distanf
when the people of Maine will discard
their prohibitory law for a saner me* I
sure. Prohibition was put Into the |
constitution of our state by 48,000 ma
jority. If a vote on this question j
could be had now, the law would be
taken out of the constitution by as
overwhelming majority.** I
Voters, stop and reflect. The people
of Maine aro clamoring for Just such
a law as we now have on the statute
books of our state. Would It be pru
dent to v 'repeal our present law for o 1
measure the people of Maine have i
given a fair trial and are striving tc !
be rid of?
COLORADO BUSINESS MEN'S
HOME RULE LEAGUE*--'
LOCALETTES.
County Treasurer Vf. E. Red
mon was in Denver, Tuesday on
business.
Wanted—A comfortable room
for two girlS/for the school term,
they will care for their own room.
Ethel LoNg, Cheyenne Wells.
Wm. Lange, the big rancher of
northwest of town, shipped 1500
head of cattle to the Kansas-Citv
market from Kit Carson the
other day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark J. Healey
are in Grand Junction and expect
to be away about two months.
Charley Counts is in charge of
the pool room during the absence
of Mr. Healey.
Festival
of
Mountain
and
Plain
A Grand and Gorgeous
Restoration of
Colorado’s Famous Feta.
Surpassing all tlie
Well-Remembered
Successes of former
Years In the splendor
Of its varied entertainments,
Supreme abundance of its
Elaborate features and the
Manifold Ramifications of its
Pleasures and Amusements.
DENVER
Four Joyful Days of
Fun and Frolic.
REMEMBER THE DATES
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15-16-17-18
Something to Interest You
Every Minute, Every Day,
Every Night.
FIRST DAY
MAMMOTH INDUSTRIAL
PARADE portraying the Mar
velous Advancement of Colora
do’s Industries, the Immensity
of Her Resources, etc., etc.
SECOND DAY
AEROPLANE ATTACK ON
LOFTY D & F. TOWER—
BOMB-THROWING FROM
THE CLOUDS—U. S. TROOPS
AND MILITIA IN DEFENSE.
A thrilling and awe-inspiring
s]>ectacle.
FOURTH DAY
CARNIVAL, BAL MASQUE.
A Whirlwind of Mirth—A Gale
of Gayety—A Riot of Color and
Indulgent Merriment.
AND A HOST OF OTHER
GALA EVENTS.
LOW RATES ON All ROADS
Robert C. Lewis
Successor to O. W. Carlson.
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I Lumber, Coal, Cement, Posts, Sash, Doors,
Roofing ana Building Papers. If you want
the best of any of the above, or of any
thing else in building materials and
want to get better prices, it will pay
you to see me, because my stock is new
and bought only of the best grades.
While I am selling on a bases of
live and let live. Seeing is believing,
so come in and see me and become convinced.
Will be glad to meet any mail order
competition on the same grades of
material and under the same conditions.
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Arapahoe, Colorado.
Cash for poultry. City Meat
Market.
T. J. Eagle transacted business
in Denver, Tuesday.
J. A. Jenkins of Cheyenne
Wells wants to buy forty or fifty
head of yearling calves.
Pearl Beeman, of Osceola,
Iowa, has been in Cheyenne
county the past week looking
over the country with a view of
locating.
Mrs. A. Froelich and children
left Sunday for their home in
Redstone after an extended visit
to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Counts, par
ents of Mrs. Froelich. Austin
Counts accompanied her home
and will spend a few weeks in
Redstone.
We were calling at the home of
B. D. Piatt and wife last week
where Mr. Piatt is growing some
fine feed crops and plenty of it
Mr. Piatt is one of the county’s
most substantial farmers and is a
rock ribbed simon pure democrat.
He has the ability and possesses
qualifications that would make
a good and desirable county
official. Political parties of every
faith are looking for men like
B. D. Piatt.
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L. V. Hudson returned Tues
day morning from a visit to Kan
sas City.
B. D. Piatt of the south Arap
ahoe country shipped a load of
cattle to the Kansas City market
last week.
The Misses Schaffer are
serving excellent meals at
the Nome Dairy Cafe. Call
and be convinced.
Charles Hargleroad, wife and
little daughter left last Friday
for Holstein and other Nebraska
points on a ten days visit to rela
tives and friends.
Bills were printed at The Times
office this week for M. G. Men
denhall, advertising a public sale
at his home eight miles north and
two miles west of Cheyenne
Wells on Tuesday, October 1st
Jerve Tinsley, who was slugged
while attending the fair in Hugo
recently, was brought home last
Saturday night He was uncon
scious for several days and for
awhile his life was despaired of,
but under the careful nursing of
his good wife he is getting along
all right and will be out in a few
weeks.