Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-18
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! Ine gaes$isn hgs bssn asked quite
frSqnenliy xbv tie "a wouAu's On ris:isu
I i4rpef4Dos Jal =" +. prohibition or
1 saplz iion, 50 quickly took I'D the
gaaniists IN defence of the Posi- ISrrI
LIoEScER IL is el timed that the csa=A
| OF temp=r4nSe has receiv- d very litii-
| aid from that sheet ws do not consent
/ 70 thisl and no assurance had been Civ
IN seat would lead ~ to expect more in
the future.
IL appsars % soms ihA: the Union
- snxfn7s 10 leSd OF IN Political az
fairs. We believe the tho1zst of the
ssmuer election never entered the mind
Of any one Of as vhea the resolutions"
we're being prepared and aaaptesi, and
the ida Of women WITH their crude no.
tons Of policy or Expedieney, leAdingfn
the planning and arranging, necessary
30 political campaign. did lot orici
nAiA With any one Of Is. nor will there
he ~ attempt I0ads TO folisT it out, On
less wiser heads fail us. in which case 20
VII DO ghe b 81 we can. Present iadi
cations signify shat We will be allowed
- ronaIu soDeshai 10 the background.
siScs sofne Of the ablest msn are
thoroughly interested in tue welfare Of
ffAf EAkf AAt1 VIII IEAE4t@4 10 sian
forth when the time cones
We noticed the insult offered toe IAN
and order party bg the attack on the
POST iSTKLLIGEsCER arSt-because We
we're organized ~ = law and order
nnicn. for Christian Temperance inslndes
obedience to the laws of nations as we'll
as obedience 10 the law Of God. Then
too, the fact that vhiskev league vas
Opposed to tbs paper seenned conclusive
proof to the most radical of orr number
that II had besn hslp - the temper
snee csuse and that in the opinion ofthe
league it was likely to ke of more assis-
tance, else they wonld not wish to in
jure IT,
I1at the " b0yentters " found friends
nutsid OF the whiskey ranks IL obvious.
II seems unfortunate that there should
e y difference of opinion among some
OF our business firms We do not refer
20 saloon keepers As regards the fnan
cial interests of cur CITY, inaSmueh as
the different opinions Involve the OBJ
servanca or uon-obsefvanee of one
nav, of many-of our laws.
We might feel little syTnpafhy for
our jewish pepnlation-than whom, as
ruls. We have no better class If citi-
Zens as regards good order-dia We not
know that ia America, where the Chris
tian sabbath ia 81 generally observed.
they have extended to them the full
protection of our laws and stand social-
ly equal TO any that this - the Nation
which first effec.uRiiy broke away the
barriers that had been maintained
around them by every nation Of E1r0pa.
and has made it impossible for them 90
experience here ere ptrsecntiaus under |
which fbey had suffered for nearly 1850 |
years. We do not believe, a. soule do, |
that our Jewish citizsps, as a Glass, are |
demanding a change IL the law regard |
ing the observance Of our Sunday, al |
though some firms, shroagh mistaken /
policy, have united with the iiqusr ele- |
ment in its assault upoa the Posr |
INTELLIeEScER. We are glad 10 SEE /
that two firms of that nationality
Frauenthal Bros. and J. Strauss & Co.
do not find baslness so dull that they |
canaot Afford to continue an advertise
men; just at the time sDd under cir |
cumstanoes when mon should show
tneir law-bonoring patrons that they
believs good prlnoIVle Is worth somt-
thing even il business wAy. It is fa-
tile tor any citizen TO disclaim belief in
the attempt To boycotte the Posr-
iNTELLToEScER- 1t has been proven BY /
numerous witnesses, business mel who
were interviewed by Mr. Baxter, that
the attempt was made
The principal reason for the Temper
snoe Unions defense of the Pssr In
Is tins: We need a daily
newspaper-we wish to keep this one.
We consider its columns safe reading
for our children, who are beginning to
take interest in local affairs. We had
not the benefit of the publishers So
much in view Rs our own benefit. Il is
3 welcome morning visitor. Ii is favor
able to the maintenance of order in our
community. Our children ind perni-
cious iufi aences thrown around them
outside of home soon enough. Should !,
He voluntarily ALLOW these influences To
entei? We would call the attention of |
all Patrons Of tue ChyDHiclc who have
children TO the n1Dber of saloon ad-
veTtiseuenis which confront the reader
of the SALON column Does IL not look
a. II there is a par nership between the /
paper and vuishey. MANY of our class /
Of people do not take the CbroHieie. We |
wish 10 tell them that not isss tnan 30 |
saloon advertisements, almost in con
tin 10us lInes-tO show their unity and /
strength, We snppose-are sent cut tar |
daily evening reading certainly for |
reading. eise Why arc they placed there
At all? IL would seem that the whole |
city must.be composed of drunkards, If,
as IL is often said, ''the demand creates /
the suppiy;" and these are not over half
the number Of drinking saloons within |
our corporate lImits. aud they must all |
have seven days in the week and nearly |
all The nights. Strange that times are |
so dull here. Stranger still that times /
are ever lively when such a non-pro-
dueing class As saloon keepers must be
supported by tbose who "spepd their |
money for that which Is not bread"
We vish all coed citizens would |
leisurely compare the tvs daily papers
OF Seattle, and decide as TO the re-