The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-02

To the Voters in Yards One, Flee, Sir asd
Scuen of Grant Perish:

To the Voters in Wards One, Fire, Sis asd
Screen of Grant Parish:
On the 23d of August. being the |
fourth Saturday in the month. we are
to decide by ballot whether tte liquor
traffic shall continue its Work OF de-
struetion to our prosperity. our NOR
ais and our lives, and be perpetuated
to do the same for the families OF
our land, or whether it shall be voted
down as an evil. Why did our Leg
stature adopted ''local option law.
instead of . prohibitory law The
plain answer is: Because our Repre-
sentatives wished to have the will OF
the people expressed in person on
this particular question. There was
doubt as to whether the people
would sustain them in the passage OF
prohibitory law, and their own con-
scientious convictions would not al
low them to permit the great evil to
be continued without raising note
of admonition to US. They did ike
the Legislatures of Georgia, Texas
and other States have done-refered
the matter to the suffrage of their
constituents. They looked upon the
liquor traffic as the monster evil. 1t
ia not only of no use and an invaria-
BILE source of crime, but is in itself a
crime. Now the decision with them
turned on the point as to whether
the single idea Of revenue would
Justify them in legalizing . criminal
traffic. Having left the matter with
us, they are quietly awaiting the re.
suit of the election in the parish. II
sufficient number of parishes vote
against license, or for prohibition,
the Legislature stands ready TO enact
a State prohibitory law. As the roll
of parishes in favor of prohibition
is called at our next Legislative SEES
sion let Grant answer with Rapides
"Here;" and then let Winn, our pine
woods sister, say, "Here-" But vii
prohibition do parish any good
We answer yes, and will here prove
it by an extract from the Alexandra
DAILY Town Talk" one of the strong
est papers in the district
II "pRoHrBrr1oN IN ALEXANDRIA.
: "Prohibition became . law in Al
!. exaudria on the first day of July
3 and we propose to show a partial re
suit to date: Quiet. peace and orde
!, reigns supreme; town marshalls q
leisure and ease; the criminal docket
8 like whisky, obsolete; the recorder
l court thing of the past; everybod
' seems to be happy and dry; whiloi
whisky saloons flied with lemon
and water. Prohibition demand
Q but few arrests. To date the major
o ity of such are whites. For law 40
b order under prohibition the colore
man has the blue ribbon-all prais
TO them for the example. A numb'
- of men still oppose the Law. A fe
- because it destroys vested rights;
IL few for the sake Of being contrary,
y few because they like the critic
A. The majority on account of the poe
n ct. Obi my pocket Such, rath
:. than lose whisky money, would pr
~ fer to see o procession OF ragge
d. hungry orphans, on the way to Il
lis poor house. Oh l shame on you al
he such greed! You will make you
b selves unworthy the semblance
manhood, much less the ambitio
kind regard. and respect OF 20
r. fellow men"
e. So much for q local law. Now
10 is q settled case that we can have
~ State law until our people prohi'
rs, it by parishes Hence, for q man
no saw he is in favor Of State law, q
YET vote against the Law in his pari
me is to say he is in favor OF State Ia
ge' and vet do the very thing, and
! only thing he can do, to defeat Sc
/, a law. know every whisky seller
inc Grant parish. and all bat two are
ion prohibition, on the ground that il
will not right for the whole people to
Is demoralized and impoverished
!. 1.-The sake Of the little private inter
o of q few men. / honor these .
Is for this philanthropic. this unsell
ice decision. / know of but one .
but in the parish interested in the sal
on- whisky who is making . fight fol
He is my strong personal friend,
man who loves his dear pocke
veil much as any other man 10 the t
Of Montgomery / want to
teach him the lesson that be
and make good living By selling
'ere such wares as will do the people
vice harm. A merchant in the 8
,,ho town, who in the last election Vol
hard against prohibition. tells M
2 on is working for prohibition now
and tha oronnd of the public iute