Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-07-23
Letter From Judge Boren on the
Liquor Question-He Justifies the
Action OF the San Bernardino
Authorities.

SAN BERNARDtSo. July 18th, 1884.
EDITOR OF Los ANGELES HERALD
l lind in your paper Of the l4th inst.
communication from our town, which
calls for an answer. If you will permit
/ wish to say in answer that we plead
guilty to the following charges: The let.
ter says that it is not fashionable to be
on the side Of the liquor dealers. This
is the sentiment of all the best people Of
San Bernardino, for the reason that the
liquor traffic has always been the worst
enemy we have ever bad to contend
with. 1t has killed and imprisoned hun.
dreds of our citizens, and we think we
have a right to discountenance the
liquor business. Your correspondent
says the cry is, crush the liquor business.
This, Mr.. Editor, is just what we are
doing. 1t 10 like the Cinnamon, the sa.
looms must go. They are as obnoxious
as the Cinnamon. He says every TEN.
perance fakir and every half religious
temperance zealot finds haven Of rest
and is caressed and fondled and held in
high carnival. True, oh HERALD He
says every public business or amuse.
ment is harassed by these fanatics. Too
true, oh Los Angeles, and what
will our saloon man do about III Our
citizen says that 1t was dictated to us
that we should celebrate the Fourth of
July in the way we should prescribe and
that no stimulants should be used. This
charge is true. We believe at San Der
nardino that sober men indited the
words in the Declaration of Indepen.
dence, and that the children of the Re.
public ought OF right to celebrate our
Indepence Day sober and without drunk.
enness. 1t is charged that on Washing
tons birthday 1t was heralded by tenn
perance crusade in our Court House.
Aud why not? Washington was sober,
religious father, or fanatic, the same as
those temperance crusaders that met at
the Court House to honor his memory.
1t is charged that every public lecture,
sermon or address is dished up and gar
nished with temperance; that it seems
to permeate the leaders OF the county.
This is true. also, and we fanatics feel
proud OF our people. These fakirs or
fanatics have never killed a man, or
caused one of our people to feel the chill
ling blasts of a prison or the heart burn
ing Of crime. Can the Saloon men of
our county say so much! "H. j." says
they hare nearly abolished their own
individual taxation by exorbitant de.
mands on us 1.-THE saloon business.) This
is not true. After collecting $500 per
year from each dealer in liquors, the
tax payers have to pay not less than
per cent. to protect the civil community
from the expenses directly coming from
these prosecuted liquor dealers. Lest
our citizens who are engaged in the
liquor traffic might be deceived, l will
tell them that the verdict of all tax.pay-
ers of San Bernardino is, that if
they cannot pay the expenses Of the
county which they create, they had bet
ter 60 to some county where there is no
fakirs or fanatics to force them to pay
for what they create. We fanatics do
not believe it just to pay for expenses
we do not make. Very respectfully
submitted, A. J. BoREN.