Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-26
the ANTI-TREATING BILL.
ROTH SIDES 0F THE CASE
PLAINLY STATED.
Expressions Of opinion From the
Temperate and the Dibu-
lane

Expire SSiOES OF opinion From the
Temperate and the Dibu-
Since the anti treating bill has
become a law, it is quite evident
that here in Carson it has had
a marked effect upon the liquor
business.
The bar-keepers sit idly behind
the counters, and the proprietor IS
perched upon the end of beer
key scanning the street up and
down in the vain hope of seeing a
customer on the horizon with some
friend in tow. Of course the regu-
lar old time devotees Of matutinal
cocktails are on deck at an early
hour, ordering their favorite tiprle,
but is fact worthy of remark that
they are obliged to pay for the
same out Of their own pocket, and
do not depend upon the accidental
meeting with a friend about that
time,
A TEMPERANCE VIEW.
A temperance lady, who had
been quite instrumental in assist
ing the passage Of the bill, thus
expressed herself
Il give God the glory that tnis
law has been passed. 1t will save
many a man from destruction.
Hundreds of men in this town have
ruined themselves and impoverish-
ed their families because of liquor.
They lave dra1 ged out miserable
lives, because poison was sold to
them every day. The saloon keep
ers get all the money that honest
men earn, and all they give them
in return is poison. We temper
ance people are in earnest about
this matter, and we will keep up
the fight, already we have seen the
good effects of it. One woman
told me the passage Of the bill
would save her husband from the
poor house.
FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.
A business man said the follow
ing today:
II am not, strictly speaking, a
temperance man, but [ am opposed
to the universal custom of treating,
I drink when l feel thirsty, and
to tell the truth, that's pretty often,
but l don't like to be slapped on
the back and pulled up to bar
to drink when l don't feel like it.
Also, don't like to feel that 1 am
obliged to walk block or so with
a man and treat him, every time
we have a business transaction of a
dollar or so, or meet on the side
walk. Again, a good many saloons
harbor lot Of old buns, who hang
around and when a gentlemen
comes in to drink with friend.
they swing into line and it costs
sometimes more than man wants
to spend to get rid of them. There
are lots of old chronics, who never
spent a cent for drinks, who are
lush the whole time, and l don't
care to have any tax levied on me
to keep these chaps in liquor. l
like to drink when / feel like it,
and when I want a man to drink
with me, 1 like to ask him. If it
hadn't been for the old bummers
and men who ring in uninyited,
the law would not have been passed,
Then on elections it costs man
the salary of the Office to treat at
every bar he comes to, or he can't
get elected"
"a MAN ABOUT TOWN.
I'm a sort of man about town,
said another, and I drink when
want to. I'm blamed if [ can see
the sense Of law that prevents
me from being social if l feel like
it. The law don't make any change
in me. If I want to treat a friend
I ask him to drink and pay for the
same, and I shall keep right on do.
ing it until I'm arrested. I'll bel
no jury, except it was one Of TEN.
perance cranks, would convict me
Look at these buffers who how
about temperance. They are toe
stingy for any use. Who eve1
hears of EN- doing anything 70,
anybody, anyhow. Of course ]
don't believe in a man being toe
full to attend to business, but l dc
believe in one crowd letting an.