The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
THE PEOPLE AND THE TIGER.

The D-land News doS.sn't look
with favor nn Mr.. Clark anti.
blind tiger" bills. The editor Of
that paper has always claimed t.
be a consistent prohibiti"nist-
has Out-li"rO,lrd HerOd in his de-
V"tinn tU the dry" side. Ger
family no me "xIIrt-d him g. see
s'ESi IN amy act &c our Congress
man, although Rev. ". J. Car
reni"r. IN last week. Christ ian
Advocate. "nd"rs,.s the bills. aud
wants them PASSED. Fro. Co,lring-
ton just ha- ." find fault.-IAk.
City Index.
Brother Tommas of th" Index
i respectfully referred to Con.
gresham Clark's letter published
ia Oh" last issue Il THE News. W.
wanted light. nrt for "urselye.
alone. but for the rest of Mr..
Clark constituents. And W.
get il.
la the -'c"nd plar,. Brother
Tumma-. th. editor II THE News
T. u"t a prOhibitionist-far from
IL. But fer the past six months
Lee ha- teen raising a rumpu- lr.-
cause De- did net like tn 49,. one
fart l"nn at thu Democratic I,ar-
~ made tu tS' the tiger linz,
Nhil' th" other iartion was az
lIlsrt, {" "IS'nly and not"riously
ran all ia" tiger 10 wanted. That
'ungrr~sman clark was also
aNar,. uf this condition !. amply
pr"N-n D., his hitter. when h..
saNs:
1t isaN.ll known fast that
the a\erag' manipulating "f thu
blind tiger j. net yer, nlWh
afraid IT heal courts aud iuries.
bu, lie. H. aN fully afraid If being
CARRIED - jacksonville. Tampa or
somc other pla'-' away frum home.
lev the lnited State marshal. to
l-p tri, Il ia tn. United STATES court
lef,rr Juror Whu are strangers
e. him. aud ia u forum where b.
has nu loS-al pull. II this Till
l.r"m.-- n Law. the keeper # a
blind tiger will have tn dalge
b.th the state aud federal an.
thoriiies. and ia my opinion very
f-w men W"uld ,l'-sirr o. taxi such
rhanep-s.
Twill say il will have the effect,
and within n very short time, IL
giving 9" the people "f Florida in
the dry c"unti'-s hereafter, u prD-
hibii mn that will prohibit, aud |
thus rid eur state 81 the fUulesi
idiot that ever dlsgra~ed any
STAT. and successfully. "IInly, /
and ilagranily violated its laN. /
disr-garled the popular will. and 7
flung drliance 100 th" far-s Of our .
gUsl women and hest men. II
the man who Engages ~ On. busi- !
ness 1T illicit liquor selling vas 7
not afraid of the United Stat-s
officers. he would never pay the
special taxes fer such business,
exact'd by the general govern
ment.
Il believe that majorities
should rule; that the will Of the
people sb0uld be Obeyed; that
defiance Of the Law should not H.
tolerated: and that all laws should
b. enforced; and that the farce
Of prohibition as it is
bring played, should
ease. | intend by this Law il
possible to dissolve the partner.
hip nov existing between the
Of the United States
md the illicit liquor dealer cum
nOnly called the blind tiger,
whether b. j. carrying on his busi-
le-s under the respectable out.r-
Of druggist or whether
le is . miserable boOt-legger
Iround the turpentine camp "
In the third Placr, Brother
commas, THE News may BE- able
d see considerable good in Mr..
lark, who Is Cor used o. beD at
I.art q man of the people. From
IL letter of last week, and from
ther arts Of HE since his cleo ,
I'm, THE News believes that Mr..
lark il making q conscientious,