Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-23
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CORRESPONDENCE;

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warr.a Blinn on the Municipal Siiu-
aiinn.
To the Rdiior Of the Enterprise.
In your Issue OF Msnh y yol volunteered
your editorial opinion that any 'noris in the
diT-etion of M iieen.s Ia our coming munie-
ipsl election would be effort wasted; and in
your last issue. after the anti'iiesn>e eitiEsns
hsd badly smashed the pr--arTanse.i slate Of
the sais1n party tIsertaIs shouId no, call II
by that maine. but think all understood IL Ia
mean that. and pretty nearly antilieense
ticket had been nominated. yoti. not eohteHI
With the wish of the peopi. as expressed in
that primary. counssiei q modification Of the
ticket 10 insure It's election. That modinea,
tion suggested, of course. meant only one
,hins-si,. the saloons ehanee-ahd ihi.
coming fIoIa a source where the nosald0n
element had -NIsei-d aid and counsel caused
much disappointnsnt and ei,asrin. The tono
Il The ' ssranssasn, ofi.si year. shi.s. you say, ~
.sas q eoinprOnhis- oh the lie-nsc issue.
Hers Is .her- your no-iie-ns- ffieti, take i.-
b ssri siil 6e a siron. ia~ sud order council.
ih1@s Il lGok like such. ah-n they anr adding
S.i Ils s.na.i . SSas1 ,s .aam ~ hss In ~ sui It.
lie schools. where bays doen tn the third
sTaie so in and out af them. direct from,
! neeessiiy OF cro~iins throtish sanss Of iil-r.
ani loai-Fs louhsins on tho streets aFoani
thrni!
DIl anyone ever know saloon that did not
Via .atr lap ssd pr,isri
VIII Il, ne has been proposed by the iie-ns-
party lessen the curse ur the tTnifc or the
Sa.- ut the dTlinkari's family by Ihc saloon
PAVING sI'Stu for hls lrsai protection instead
The ns0st -a,I.irnt luTl.,s have declared that
this IEafiic j. sTuas. that can 1aiy bc iolsr.
ai-d By lcEai -nseih,.ni. but The L'-ic Of the
,s psis iitn il.sSs y ss Ri %9.G p.s. iS'
-nI taken ouI when he olf-Fs-,i tn Iay iH,o the
kinE,s treasury i9oo talents Of i:"ld ,at"Gt
! fi6.1ulsul u tho kins HuuL grant hlui license
Ia tauri-T all his hated .ncmy's Tars. With
unly the nts saloons running now. they must
each sell a, is.i sstsn Su.ih Of RUM TO maize
- p-nsr. AMI IlSins. uhirh s1t,li mean sa1..
u'n for thi. little towns Esi.ts0. at least, less
ior the n,cIehan'. ior so--i. ani other u.cinl
mate channels. 4 Thousand other rvason.
mish ht be- named shy this Ehominabla traffic
should not bc ,ancilonr'i BY the votes OF oar
Hut the great and grand reason 1. bcraufs
u l. sFuns. fnr TOD ha. pronounc-si hi. ~ur
ut-in him that putt.th tic bottle to his neigh
hor'. lips. In this enlightened $50 and coua.
try the han is aii-ady -s-ry uh.rc oa tho rum
seller. and may lie grant that u may bc soon
wAnnrS BISS.
Some two months ago tho ". @. 4. u.
and other ladies were active in securing
signcrs To petition To tho council To 70.
fusc to grant license. But as tho time
Tor the municipal election approached
nothing was heard Of proposition TO
run prohibition ticket. Tho town.
however. seemed TO DO Threatened with
some new evils incident to large tran.
sicnt population. aud citizens who rep.
rcscnicd both license and hbti.iiccnsc.
sought to prevent these evils bv the
nomination Of council which would
combat these metropolitan vices. Hence
the call for tho Business Mems convcn.
iion. The prc.cncc Of large number
of ladies' made 1t practically Prohibi.
iion ns to its results. Thus constituted
II could not hold the support Of num.
Der Of license people who wished to &C.
cure council which would not favor
anything approaching widc-opcn pol.
icy. CThis Ia a real. not nm imaginary
dnngcr.) Hence the modification OF the
,ieket-thc license question not being
raised.
Our only contention with Mr.. Bllnn
and other anti.liccnsc people is TINT the
battle IL being brought on before the
public sentiment is ready to care for the
results. Going into n contest Of this
sort without preparation. withou. know.
ing your strength. is showing zeal and
bravery, but is not that kind OF manage.
men which will produce permanent re.
suits in the direction sought.