East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-03

gamblers are busy circulating the re-
port that they have succeeded by their
boycott against the East Oregonian in
inducing "A large number of subscrib-
ers to stop their subscription.
Their committee which canvassed
the town induced very few people to
stop. a few who are timid or weak
kneed and without backbone, had
their paper stopped and now borrow
it or buy it from the newsboys, but
their canvass really proved boom
erang and resulted in many people
coming to pledge us their moral and
financial support and 1t is the latter
which helps to pay our men off each
Saturday night
The American people admire a man
who is not a gutter. They respect
man for hitting hard licks when he
is in a fight. They realize that the
f. o. is in the right in its stand that
the laws should be enforced. They
know that the East Oregonian is
fighting for the upbuilding of the
town and for the betterment of the
moral conditions here and they are
standing Loyalty by it.
one merchant said to the commit
tee which was soliciting a withdrawal
of his business II do not propose to
be dictated to by any one where l
shall advertise or what papers l shall
take. 1t is un-American and l will
not submit to it,"
To show that this boycott was not
unanimous it is only necessary to say
garn. Nolte, O'Hara and many other
of the owners of saloons still take the
East Oregonian because they are
broad enough 10 know that no matter
how much we may differ with them
that we are not in Russia, where free
speech is shackled and that the East
Oregonian has right to its opinions
mad is sincere in its attitude.
one of the saloon men in speaking
to II representative of the East Ore
gonian said, you fellows are playing
h. amt you? SO you think you
can make us obey the law, DO you?
Well. we never have, and we never
will and you will find you can't make
us Majority be hanged! The ma
jority can't take away our right to
Itluht IL llNlll6 as We PiIoSN' II fou
make obnoxious laws we will violate
them and what are you going to do
about it?
Others say, I'VE can control the city
council and the district attorney and
we can accomplish our ends in law
full manner"
These sentiments are not shared in
by the better class of the saloon men,
many of whom would be glad to see
the Sunday closing law applied to the
saloons. One of them said, I'VE need
a day of rest as well as other people.
We would enjoy a day at home with
our families, We don't particularly
enjoy the steady grind of 365 days in
the year"
Every good citizen approves of our
stand for law enforcement. Every
parent who is interested in having his !
children raised 30 that they may be-
come law-abiding citizens and men of !
good character, approves of our
course. Lest some of our friends
think we are losing business we pub
lish the names of those who have quit
on account of their opposition to our
attitude on law enforcement. During !
the same time we have taken in 127
new subscriptions from points in the
county outside of Pendleton, beside !
many i'm town. The letters accompany /
ing the 127 subscriptions are here at
the office for examination of any one.
The following have stopped:
Brollier and Crowner
f. ]. Bacon.