Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-06
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BY THE ". G. 7. U. OF o I
ATTENTION CHRISTIAN VOTERS! DON'T BE
CAUGHT MAPPING!
Soon the voters Of this town will be
called upon to select the honorable
men who shall, for the coming year
rule our city for veal OF woe. Shall
they be;friends to the home or friends
of the saloon? Shall they be men that
cannot be bought, bribed or scared.
into a lax administration Of such laws
as we have, OF shall they be those who
are in full sympathy with the saloon,
the gambling den, the brothel and all
that caters to the baser man? The
saloon power Of the state has def1ed
the will Of the people, who, at the
election of 1893, declared fora dis
pensary Law, and has compelled us to
remain under the license law of 1897.
Yet they make no pretense of obeying
the law that they themselves demand
shall be the law of the state. The
license law says, sit shall be the duty
of all vendors of malt, spirituous. or
vinous liquors. to keep the windows or
doors of their respective places Of
business unobstructed by screens,
blinds, paint or other articles, and not
have the windows locatedin such man
ner as to prevent the free and unob-
structed view from the main street
into the entire room or place where
any of the : intoxicating liquors are
sold," Is there one single drinking
place in town SO unobstructed?
The law says, mo person, firm or
corporation conducting the business
of retailers as mentioned in Sec. . of
this act shall allow any game of cards
or dice OF billiards OF pool or. any
other game of skill Dr. change whereby
money OF any other valuable thing is
usually ::wagered to be played in the
room or place wherein intoxicating
liquors are sold, or in any other room
adjacent there to, or in the same build
ing or in any manner whatsoever
connected with said liquor business,
or any tables, chairs, or any kind of
of seats allowed in the or apart
ments in which such business is con-
Quoted" Which one of our saloons
comply with that. restriction? The
law says, "All saloons, restaurants,
bars in hotels or elsewhere, and all
other places except drug stores, where
any of the liquors mentioned in this
act, are sold or kept for sale, either at
wholesale or retail, shall be closed on
the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday" Are they SO closed?
1t further adds,:.."And it shall be the
duty of the sheriffs, marshals, CON
stable and police officers to close all
saloon, houses or place that may be
found open in violation of the pro-
visions of this act, and to report
forthwith all violations to the states
attorney whose duty it shall be to
Immediately prosecute for the same"
Have those officers thus fulfilled their
duty? The law says it is unlawful for
vendors of liquors to sell to any man
when forbidden in writing by his
wife to do $50; and in his bond
the liquor seller agrees to SO sell.
Relying upon that law the wife of a
certain drinking man in town sent a
written request to every saloonkeep-
er and every druggist in town that no
liquors Of any kind should be furnish
ed to her husband. For two or three
weeks he was sober, but after that he
was as usual frequently under the
inhuencesof liquor. Indeed it is a we'll
known fact to those who are at all o
versant with existing Incorporate
conditions that the saloon element
have no regard whatever for law only
so far as it is in favor of them; and
never pretend to comply with any
restrictive.measures unless compelled
to by fear of prosecution or by the
strong arm of the law itself, Conse.
when the "strong arm of the laws
protects them instead of protecting
the people, it is no wonder that even
the law the liquor element demand,
should be violated with impunity.
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