Bent County register., 1889-03-23
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reform throughout the United States
that appears stronger than ever be
fore. We do not remember of ever
having heard of so general consid-
Grafton of prohibltiqn as has BEEN
the past winter, prohibition or high
license has been considered by nearly
every legislature in the Union, which
with other moral efforts shows the
drift of public sentiment. We do
not believe the prohibition party are
either gaining in strength or mum
bers, but we belive the desire to com
troll the liquor trafc, gambling and
the greater vices is becoming great
er among the masses. II the liquor
men have been careful readers of the
press the past three months, and will
review what they have read from an
nnprejudice stand point, they can ar
rive at no other conclusion than set
forth above. The first question that
naturally arises is, what has caused
this general gnovement, which can
only be answered by sermises. We
believe there is growing demand
to have saloons closed on Sunday.
There are many men il every COM
munity who visit saloons during the
week, that are opposed to open sa-
looms on Sunday, and for the sake of
closing them up on that day would
if they had chance vote for prohi-
bition. We are aware that this sab
ject can be put aside with laugh
and the expression that prohibition
will never carry in Colorado, but it
will not down. The subject with
high license has been carefully con
sldered by our present legislature,
and right now the Denver papers are
demanding that the saloons of that
city be closed on Sunday and at all
times be put under better control.
Leadyille is making war on saloons
and gambling houses, Colorado
Springs has no saloons, and our ex-
changes from time to time indicate
q prohibition tendency and an espec-
ial effort all over the country to close
the saloons on Sunday, these are
facts and it is matter the liquor
dealers should consider as they are,
and we make this prediction, that
unless the closing of saloons on Sun
day doss not become general in the
state, Colorado will be prohibition
state within five years
Judge L. Bradford Prince and Col
). w. Dwyer are the two most prom
inent candidates for the appointment
of Governor of New Mexico, al
though we at this time are an out
slider, by perhaps a mere chance we
believe we can give some of the boys
down there pointer. 1t is this,
Col. Dwyer will be the next governor
of that territory. If this does not
turn out to be SO the present slate
will have TO be broken. Col. Dwyer
is an able man has strong home
backing, gentleman who we haYe
the pleasure of a personal acquain-
tance, and we very much hope for
tune will favor him in this particular
One of our exchanges in adYertis-
Ing the advantages of their town says
that labor can be had at a dollar
day, which we should think was
poor advertisement for the town,
whenever labor will not command
over dollar day, times are pretty
hard, labor Is supposed TO be hard
work of any kind, and town or
country that offers man no better
wages than a dollar a day is ? good
place to leave, not to go to.
If the postmaster general viii hur-
iy up and make change in the route
agents that run between here and
Denver he will receive the thanks
of q good many people, this week
especially the Denver Times has fail
ed to show up until day late several
times and the Republican has missed
a day or tive.
The great number of bills intro
duced in legislature, the published
proposed bills and the comments on
the same, the alterations by amend
ments aud otherwise, SO oonfuses one