CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-04-05
BIG MASS MEtIING ENDORSES
ACTION OF HE CITY COUNCIL
Many People Talk Enfof Law Suppression Of Dives
Prominent Spectator.

Last Thursday night the First Pres
people interested in enforcement Of
the law.
The bills calling the meeting stated
that both sides would be heard, but
the casual observer but one man was
present who believed In the protection
Of the dives.
Chairman Pressey. in q short talk,
opened the meeting. and for two
hours earnest men talked for enforce
ment OF Law and The overthrow of
the dives and joints that are % braz-
emily violating the laws In tAis city.
Prof. Eichhorn. with chorus of
thirteen young men. led the singing.
and 1t was good.
The house was packed. and, a. has
been stated. there appeared to be but
In sympathy with all that was said.
That was Joe Walton, the promoter
OF one of the alleged dives.
Joe Walton was the sensation of
the meeting II old Jumbo, Barnum's
heroic elephant. had come to life and
walked down the aisle of the church
that night he would not have created
more surprise or interest than the
presence of the alleged dIve-keeper.
Mr.. Walton was the observed of all
observers.
He was treated with cool consider
alton. He was not pointed out direct
ly In any speech, but every word and
volumes OF red hot denunciation and
expressions of the supremest con-
tempt we're poured into his class
with gatling gun rapidity.
Seldom has man sat voluntarily
and turned and burned through to
the very marrow as Joe Walton did
that night.
He sat through IL all as calmly as
. fence post in rain storm. He ex-
hibited almost ms much feeling In the
matter as an OK would In a slaughter
house. He neither smiled nor frown-
cd. He stood up for prayer, studied
the song book with an uncompre-
hending air and voted in favor OF the
resolutions commencing the city
council for raiding the joints.
He might have been an oyster or
q clam for all the intelligence or in
serest displayed in the proceedings,
and he took the hot iron and sword
thrusts as unfeelingly rs would Pete
Keable's old weather-stained wooden
Indian.
me iheeuns Was iuii VI Ns anu
enthusiasm from ihe start anu nai.
those who wanted to talk did not get
the opportunity. After two hours of
-
closing the dives at auy cost. the
ch,Irman s,vyes,ad tha, owing to the
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meeting 10 ciose.
FOLLOWING are oriei eStracts tron
some of the speeches;
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Rev. Jameson. so let us do ev-
by our business men who are fighting
this curse. Let us stand by our
churches. Let us stand by our news
But whatever seems to be the best
method of the majority, let US adopt
that method as our method and God
will give the victory. for right Is right
as God is God. and what would be
disloyalty would be sin"
Rev. ]. T. Thomas-"I don't believe
in. licensing these thinUg&A AST unli-
censed saloon is better than aSff-
censed saloon because we do not give
tn the thing our oudornemaut- = We
have decided that sometM3x mu1t De
done. II 10 coming ehrof NJ Ws
are itching to do sometlanE. < We1rs
Just longing to have chance. don't
feel like had had n good scrap since
! got out Of the ball team. l don't
believe In doing these things 80 long
~ there Ia anything else to do.
don't believe that we ought to do