Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-01
oun PUEBLO LET TER.
It starts with Deco ration Day,
Branches or 10 SALOONS and
spirituaiism, and Kinds
With 4th OF July.

PUEBLO, Colorado. May 30lh, 1897.
Decoration day was fittiagly observed
yesterday by the G.. A. II. and the
patriotic c~itizans of this city. A lpe
parade which was participated 10 by
he g. A. r. the w. X. @. the ladies Of
the G A. r., and the Daughters Of
America, the High school cadets. q
company OF state militia, armed and
uniformed, the Jr. O. U A.. A., the
mayor Of The city, and council, c 30.
tachment OF police, the whole closing
with a long line Of carriages and bug.
gies filled with people bearing lowers
for the honored dead.
The cemeteries north Of the city were
visited In the morning and the graves
II the silent sleepers In those ssbivouacs
II the dead" were strewn with flowers
by loving hands. In the afternoon the
cemeteries on the east and south sid "a
we're visited, and the graves Of the
comrades decorated. At night appro'
pirate speeches, reciiations, and The g
A 2. ritual for this occasion were given
At the old Armory hotel on South
Union avenue. The day was beautiful
aad no accidents occurred. We noticed
,early 100 veterans in the line, while ii
n mber OF infrm and crippled veteran.
had places assigned them in carriages
The w. II. @. and the ladies OF the G
A. r., occupied handsomely decorated
-arrlages and made an excellent show.
ing. As these ladies passed the point
Shere the writer stood, a gentleman al
our elbow remarked; "The saying
none but the brave deserve the fir
must be true indeed, for these grizz'ed
veterans, certainly have fac looking
| wives.n
The grand jury which recently con-
vened to examine INFO the alleged vio-
l~stions Of the Sunday law, by s~aIooon-
keepsts, has adj ,urned. Instead OF
finding true bills against each II thu
saloon keepers, II fund but a few ard
these were the small Try ibts. The
keepers of tbs big saloons, and the
gambling halls. went scot free, SO far
as known, although the police, and
the city and county officials whose
business 1t is popularity believed TO be
the strict enforcement OF ell l.ws,
knew that these s-ljors aud gamb log
places were running vide open every
Sunday in-the year.
The fact that the grand Jury could
not disc over the Niger ia the wood
pile, when he was largely 10 evidence
to every one else, proves that The work
ingman OF Pueblo does not want any
Sunday closing Of saloons.
We hear complaints from working
men that they fad themselves pinched
with want, and destitute of the neces-
saries and luxuries OF life, yet these
very men are among the best end most
regular patrons OF tie saloons. They
cannot give the wife a new dress, or
the children shoes. because they need
the money to give the saloon keeper
aud support him 10 comfort and idle
ness. They howl about the injustice
OF the employers. and blame them for
their poverty. While it is no doub,
true that wages are too low in most
cases. yet as a matter of fact there
would, IN most cases, be no real pow
erty il woikingmen would invest their
earnings in food and clothing ard 10
furnishing the home. instead of using
it to keep their bodies saturatt d, and
their brains muddle with strong drink.
A second rate sleight-of-hand per-
former, who comes fortified with
recommendations from two obscure
country preachers, will attempt TO
prove to our people, by the performance
Of a few shop worn tricks that spiritual.
ism 10 a bumbug. 1t is amusing to
read the condemnation Of spirilualism
and cpirit manifestations made by these |
two SIN both bore ecclesstastics refer
red to, who have evidon ly never in
the sui act, LeLce know |
nothing concerning it.
Two OF Euglands greatest living men
Of science, Profs. Wallace and Crookes,
after several years Of patient re. search
and investigation Of spiritual pheuome-
ma, uLdsrthe most tying tests that
science could impose, obtained results
in every phase OF m, diumship, 10 their
own hands. and under their own con-
%ditions, that changed these eminent
men from honest skeptics to believers
10 spiritualism. With intelligent PEG.
Pile the Investigations and results OBJ
aimed by a Wallace and a Crookes;
will command a wider Influence than
will the ''parrot like" talk of obscure
preachers, who In this progressive age
everything their warped minds
understand, to the direct inin-
nee of the devil. The cute stage
ricks Of a sleight-of hard performer
10 more disproye the existence of the
.enuiness OF spirit manifestations, than
would a counterfeit dollar disprove the
xistence of the genuine dollar. Oae
hing these hide bound preachers fur-
'et, there can be no counterfeit unless
GU have the genuine to copy from
.'piritualism Is q demonstrated fact,
it has come to stay.
Pueblo Is 10 have q monster Fourth
I July celebration to which the uni
erse is cordially invited. One OF The
'atures CT the parade will be that each
late in the union will be Represented
the marching column by natives of
states. As each state committee is
etermined that their particular state
lall carry eff the honors, there will be
fnll attendance Of men and women,
ith an abundarce of decorations.
and regalia. An immense dis