CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-03-24

was never in better condition Formerly could
not eat without suffering very much Immediately
after. but now can eat anything"
been exercised. and that nothing but
the growth of the city largely due to
the desire of many families to have a
home in a city free from open saloons
has made some additional expenditures
quite unavoidable. Even then we have
shown that there is a surplus of
over s3Oo0 for 1897 as real as Mr..
HoweITs vaunied surplus" of 1855 only
the Reform council has not been issu-
ing any bonds
There are other "coId facts" that Mr..
Howell leaves without mention. For
example, he does not remark that for
fhe first time in msuy years the Reform
administration has furnished water
free from sand; that with reduced ex
pense the streets and bridges although
increased in number are in the best
condition ever known, though here the
Tax payers have shown their sense in
nominating the Reform street commits
siuner who has done the work and who
WAS not indebted TO the present Tax
PAYERS for any OF the votes which
elected him That the expense of the
police department is increased under
the Reform administration is true; all
reinforcement of laws is expensive: if no
attempts in that direction we're made
no expense would he incurred. We be-
lieye that Mr. Howell and his friends
of the Taxpayers ticket viii admit that
during the regime OF the saloons the
Reform party as individuals were law
abiding and active in enforcing all the
laws Of state aud city Can the Tax
payers boast OF willingness and de-
sire on their part to assist in the efforts
legally to close Walton & Lloyd'ss The
writer cannot think of single license
advocate who has ever been willing to
help when II we had simply their moral
backing and nothing else we would
soon be rid Of "blind tigers" of any sort
or description. and thereby save the
city the expense of fighting them
Mr.. Howell is also very silent as to
the fact that our city now is the home
of hundreds OF families attracted here
by the absence of open saloons. by the
fact known over Colorado. Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa that the liquor traffic
in Canon is now under the ban of the
law. by the fact that it is only the law
less element of the community which
conducts the blind tigers" or which
sell liquors under false names. He
omits to say that the building of resi-
denccs has advanced under the Reform
administration till one can hardly find
an unemployed mechanic lie omits
to remark on the difficulty which new
comers encounter in finding houses 10
rent Notwithstanding this building
boom. lie fails 10 remark that all pre-
dictions Of depopnlation so freely in
dulged In few years ago don't forget
this. &c is IN important poinU have
proved false lie does not mention the
new stores which have been opened
since the Reform party came into
power taking the rooms formerly used
Z as saloons CaaOn was called 4 dead
towu during the epoch Of licensed sa-
looDs, NJ one can cali i, sueh at the
. pre eut time WHY should We abandon
a system under which We have expert
euced prosperity for fhe old plan long
tti,sl ard found wuittugY Even Mr.
4 Howell left under the saloon regime
aud retuqutd 10 shaFc IN the prosperity
which has followed the accession Of the
Reform party'o power. If he wanted