Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-22
ruE CONFLICT.
Eprros Posr-ISrxr11erScrs.

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Thst the fast approaching municipa
election will be one of the most import
ant, as well as most interesting. in the
history of this city, the signs Of the
times plainly Indicate. The law and
order people have nominated full
ticket. With one or two exceptions il
Is an excellent ticket. Ii is a morally
clesn ticket. II its nominees are elect.
ed the affairs of the city will be in safe
hands IL II not temperance ticket in
the radical sense of the term. Much
less does il embody any principle
OF prohibition. 1t proposes no lesisla.
ton whatever. II SIMPLY means an en-.
forcement of the laws on the statute
book. Not a fanaticsl, but q reasonable
and intelligent endorsements of existing
law. Is not this the sentiment of evsry
law-abidin9 citizen Cannot saloon
men subscribe to this Is there any
thing IN the enuncistion of this princi-
pie to disturb the eQuanimity of a
business man ?" Is there ANYTHING in
1t TO intiame the hot blood of Young
men?
No class of men are more interested
IN the enforcement of Law aud the pres
ervation of order than saloon men. No
class of men are more interested in the
severe regulation, yea, entire suppress
sion, OF the low chebangs," where
thieves, aud prostitutes, and gamblers
congregate, than the respectable saloon
man. Temperance fanatics are con
stantly charging that saloon keeping is
50 intimately connected with gambling
and houses of Ill fame that the one can
not exist without the other. Is this
charge true Are saloon men WILLING
TO confess the Indictment by a plea of
guilty IL not, what was the meaning
OF that rushing around that resulted in
the assemblage of that grand fiasco
called Business Mems Meeting %
1t met once Its like will never more be
chronicled. What was the occasion of
that extraordinary ebullition Why, a
few men had been indicted for gam
bling and others for keeping houses of
Ill fame, and were convicted, some on
their own confession of guilt, and
others after trial and contest,
whereupon We are told business men
We're filled with holy terror over the ap-
pretended dissolution of the social fab
rio. But, thank God! it stood the
strain. Ii Is just possible that the
wreck of matter was prevented by the
timely gathering of these gentlemen
around old Atlas" and steadying him
Tor awhile until he passed safely on
With the upborne world. The conserva-
ave voters and drinkers of this CITY
want TO know from the respectable sa-
Don men, and there are many such,
whether We are required to go the whole
hog or not? Is it demanded of US that
We defesd gambling and serve low down
houses by the wholesale? If we are. We |
Will consider the matter, and We will de- |
ernllne If such is the confessed result |
whether It is not best to join the orusa-
iers and sweep the whole thing ous of |
xistence. Saloon keeping Is a legiti-
nate and lawful business. Gambling
md keeping houses of i'll fame are lille
Ultimate and unlawful. They are crimes
a nearly every State and Territory in
he Union. Do saloon men pretend to
bet, protect and defend the violators
Il law! and that, too, at a time when
forces are gathering all
round to destroy their business by
'lacing it under the ban of prohibitory
aw! Do you not need for support the
element in every osmmu-
lityl Is it wise under such circum-
tances to connect your lawful business
With that which is unlawful and crimi-
lal! How do you think the announce
nent would be received by yoar fellows
n the States, where they are fighting
he forces of prohibition, that the whole
ale and rstail liquor dealers of the city 1
4 Seattle had thrown off the mask and
onfessed that their business was so in
lmately and necessa lily connected with
ambling and houses of ill fame that il
ould not be separated? They would
repudiate the charge rs q
oHl SANDER. And yet the whining sym /
'athy and political action of the saloon
nen here is a confession of the charge
rod save the work
There is one thing in the line of ag-
ressive reform that these law and or
or nominations do mean. They mean
hat a man convicted of keeping a
ouse of i'll fame 6Oes not possess the |
noral character required by law as a
ualification to retail liquors. My sa
BON friends, do you think otherwise?
I you do, all we have to say is that your
of morals ID not a very high |
ne. The license of such man was an /
Insult TO the morals and conservative |
entiments of this city. 1t made the
of the law fsrce and |
he Judgment of the court of no avail.
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