Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-04
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nnl It has hopred into the arms
Of the saloons. The only obscurity
~ tho case j.. It, statement of it's no.
s.tlon. According to It's statement
1t H., The saloons are here. We
ca Mt get I'D OF them. Take their
money and use it. Tie real posi-.
tlon L., The saloons are here.
TLey have their uses. 1t will cost
IA like thunder to get rid of them.
Qait bo;hering and let EN- alone.
Hey Will furnish money to run the
town. Bully for license. Down
with the Trinity
I'm I"i"n.. OF the 10Th has another
TRADE against our "odious major
II, IN the Common Council, and q
laudation OF that hopeless minority
man. One would have supposed
from the I'"tH"'s Indignation that
THIS " hopeless minority" had been
heroIcally bringing forward matters
OF public importance, and that the
majority had been ruthlessly sitting
down on oil his measures. a little
investigation reveals the fact, that
good fellow as he is, he has been in
dustriously sitting in Council like
bump on log, vociferating "No,"
whenever the beloved license pro-
gramme was menaced, and as read
ily saving Yes to all useful pro-
lo-,'Ions proposed by his brethren
# the Council. 1t says nothing was
done foi the city. Where are the
mullitudes Of measures for munich
pal ACKNOWLEDGMENT that this pet
statesman has brought forward :?
Echo answers, Where?
What sources OF revenue these
mis-, rable incapables have cut off: j.
e. saloon license, the leading source
Of revenue being the whisky tills!
Talk about one-ideaism! The one
idea OF these saloonists is to perpet-
ua,e the internal whisky traffic us a
means OF revenue.
Tue " infamous persecution that
drove out the frs. tool of the saloon
interest SO fnr rs we can get the
facts is, that when certain persons
were found to have put their names
to petition for prohibition as Cit
pms Of Moniesano, who were known
to this gentleman of the Council as
holders Of government land claims
outside Of the city, he suggested his
willingness to see that things were
made hot for them if they ventured
to exercise the rights Of citizenship
10 the city; whereupon some bad
prohibitionist concluded City
Councilman Of about his caliber
nigh, get dose of his own physic.
Thus this valiant defender of vested
rights in beer kegs was prosecuted"
into the conviction that land claim
was more desirable than a council
ship. Now II this version is not COR
rect, We hope the public will get 1.
statement Of Just what the "perse-
cutions" were.
The other Councilman who left in
disgust was prohibitionist. and we
think his disgust" was merely to
find his personal friends determined
to badger him into sustaining the
saloons, OF to drive what little peace
was left to his declining years far
from him.
The Justice of the Peace dds.
posed" of was ineligible under the
city charter. and the one appointed
by the only power competent, the
City Council, was simply deceived
by false statements of law as to bis
status. This miserable set of oh.
structionists claimed that n Justice
must BE- eiccted by The people be-
fore he could he selected by the
Council. and now they show how
much bottom there was to their le-
gal sense, by emitting to nominate a
candidate for their "Justice elected
by The peopie"
The facts are that this hated ma
jority have. out OF perfect chaos,
constructed u city government that
bsgi ms 10 assume the shape of prac-
ticability. ard that in the face of all
the obstruction possible from this
coterie Of saloon keepers, bunmers,
lawyers aud temporizng license
temperance men, and now the "
d"if" proposes to hav, some of 4" it's
kidney" step in, repeal the hated
prohlbi'ory ordinance, and then it
will cry, "Groat is Diana aud
we We saved her aud made great
city for herr" If anybody asks what
all this fuss is about, we eau only an
swer. license money!" and the
blessing Of licensed rum holes. To
license, or not to license ?-that is the
question.
A Card.
Enron OF MoNTEsANo TEMPERANCE De.
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