Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-04
THE W c 7 I. RESOLVE.
Preamble ara Reso'a'ors Rrghrd,"s
Aboldio~ o. Burd g.r Reward

raj. rr.,'.I''.,. Obi t. c.ty -
Ga,r-svj..r. Aa'.gt rr.H'y. HAVING
for H. I.r, o>. ~ i'-,N,-tru',. T. q, -
terri : 81 aid IT, fart. cratrr 60 tie
temperance rA.-- ia TIL c,y ~
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a. ! :.r..Gao.; IT, vor.l, GLG
Nt"r",s Nrljh,rs tn.rA.ac ;ht
t"mIrr4hcr lutrres; - q: met vita.
anger aGcr T. -; at.
WErr-a. Certain rrcomm'L!s.
: IA. ~ tie grand Jury N IL regent
r,s.lO" III th,- comfy. and crrtS'h
actions IA the IArt %: the state Al.
torn"y - thi. lu!trlnI circuit. ~. our
judgment. a-r ~. nti"ial 4 ~ hr-;
interests ot oar urgan.lIIlUu. AMI the
great temI"rtLcr cAu-- wA.cn 49, ed
very near u oar heart.. and Gale atri
IN the end to Co oar aurh au irrrpIr-
able wrong W. DO 10; feel tia; W. can
he trUr to ourselves, anu the temper.
snc- lni-rr., q oar beloved city couu.
~ and state, hy allowing them To go
unnO'ic-d. aud without entering our
mot -a'nr.t protest. Therefore. be It
Resolved By the Womsn's Chris.
tian Temperance Union ~ 'aines.
vile, IN regular meeting assembled,
thst the sctIon of tie grand jury in its
the county commissioners VI Alschua
county withdraw and do further de.
sis: from Offering q reward for the a..
pr-h-hsion Of and conviction u! any
and oil p-rsUns violating the local
option laws Of Alachua county. Is Diet.
Timen,al TO the very best interests Of
that law. hurttul To the Temperance in.
terest of the city of Gainesville and
AlSchua county. and that Oh. effect Oi
such action will be to virtually par
alyZe the activity OF and render i'm
possible the successful enforcement OF
oar temperance statutes, License
crime. and Get at nauRht the Interests
for which We have so earnestly worked
and prayed We therefore pray the
Honorable County Commissioners to
Tecons der their action in withdraw
ing aid reward, and by every honor.
able ana legal means 10 help us to ell
force the temperance laws. and 60 for.
ever pat down the infamou. whiskry
Irstti.
R-sO!yci. That We do mos, rarne.tly
deny ard even drnOunce the assertion
that oar citizenship has driftrd So very
low, that for the paltry sum ot fifty
dollar they eau BE- induced to purge
Themselves and furnish false testimony
against innocent partic.; bat do a.
cert ,hat lie only way To curb the
Lhgh,iug. bis-tlng evil is by the mot
persistent and vIgIlsnt Efforts that
this reward has been one OF our CREST
--i aii,-. ~ ii- -urc-s. ~ nave 81 FAR
made IN the enforcement 81 our laws
Resolved. That We most parnesily
di.sIyroNc ot the sction OF the Honor.
able states. Attorney 81 this Judicial
ci'cuit. IN his official conduct and ac-
tIon toward our Temperance interests,
Psp' cially IN the case az one Robert
Emerson. colored, charged with vlo.
latlnG our local option Law. and basely
guilty, a. We are abundanily able to
prove who. having had Information
filed against him aud under bond for
appearance at this term ~ our court.
did not appear for trisl. forfeited his
bond, bur e. the contrary. hi. case was
dismissed 10y saIt states Attorney
wiihou; due investigation by the grs:.d
jury and legal indictment fu, sald
crime
We beg 70 FAY however " justice to
SAID Stst"'s Attorney. that the said
Robert Emerson. whlr awaiting tie
action of our grand Jury, had been
tried found guilty aud sentenced 10
Vay ight penalty 10y the United
states Court for selling whiskey with.
out IA uIted states license; but do
also most earnestly protest against the
suspension Of aud the utter abolition
of our local option laws by any court
except those having JurI-dlctlon over
them and We believe by such action
our Temperance cause and interests
have uttered beyond measure. and
that a precedent Las been set IN this
lns,suce which We cannot afford tofol.
low and IN which the Justice Of our
ca.,,. Lh- been sadly defeated