Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26
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Jersey. Connecticut and Massaehu'
sets. II IL a beautiful and resource"
ful part Of our country. Capitalists
interested In the liquor business
some time ago obtained sites for the
erection Of additional breweries. and
are making plans for the extension oil
their diabolical trade. They are. how
ever. waiting to see what action shall
be taken at the constitutional conv"n-
tiDn. when the star Ut Oklahoma
takes its place upon our national flag
the Fourth day Of next July, II that
flag floats over prohibition Oklahoma.
the liquor men will sneak away. for
their business aud the pr0hibi'ory
Law do not flourish together"
On the subiec, Of the army cahte""
| Mrs. Stevens said
The bill introduced for the rsKtor
alton Of the sale Of liqtpr In the
army canteen received little or u"
attention from the last session of eon
gress. The liquor papers coniInu"
To report the appalling effects that
have followed the abolition ~ the
liquor c%anteen.' and TO rail against
the W. c. T. u. aud all others who
favor the retention Of the law. We
should bear In mind that there IL a
great difference between the true
army record and the reports given
out In various ways by some OF the
army officers. A candid review aud
fair comparison Of conditions before
and after the abolition Of the liquor
cantecn make o good showing as a
whole In favor Of the present system.
Not withstanding the fact that some
M the post commanders try To make
the law unpopular by suppressing
the post exchange. 1888. 500 have
been appropriated by congress for the
purpose Of providing suitable build
ings, and this money Is being expend-
ed for that purpose. The oft repeated
statement that low dives and drink.
|. Ing places develop In the vicinity Of
military posts because Of the abolish
ment Of liquor selling In the canteen
IL disproved on the authority Of such
! Officers as Colonel Ray Of Kentucky
and Major Nave Of California, and
by the honest investigators Of the
real conditions. The reports of thos,
who stand at the head of the several
bureaus connected with the war dc.
partment do not contain any evidence
10 indicate that the present law pro.
\ duccs had results
In speaking OF the various meas.
urcs for the control If the liquor traf-
fic Mrs, Stevens said
The G~othenberg. State Control.
D~lsintrrrsted management of the
liquor traffic. and the ~dispcnsary. arc
I dangerous forms OF license. This fact
1 Is so well understood by all temper.
ancc experts that II is not necessary
To do more at this time than to brief.
ly review the rise. progress and fall
OF the dispcnsary system in South
Carolina the n state which has
adopted The plan as II state measure
When the dispensary system was In
troduccd in South Carolina thirteen
years ago, IL had the favor of scmc
OF the best temperance people ot
tile state. but they soon saw their
mistake. Counties which had been
under prohibition had the dispensary
thrust upon them, for 1t was a state
measure and must cover the whole
state. The prohibition counties were
crowded To the wall and the dispen
sary with the state as %bnrkeeper had
control, What has been the result
of this so-called disinterested man,
aSrment OF the liquor business In
south Carolina? Let the pronounce.
mcnt issued by IA committee of the
best citizens Of South Carolina an
s"er this question: The dlspensary
system has created corruption at the
fountain head and In Its branches
drunkenness and murder, woe and
misery have been its products. 4
Wrnic'on~ political machine of gtgan.
tic proportions. with a determined
lobby NJ the seat Of state government.
and u working ring in every county.
the monster has waxrd fat. tnsoIent
and defiant, In eighteen counties the
people have spoken. and In eleven Of
these except two their >oic"S have III
thunder tnnps ,epudiated the system
In other counties they are now ready
TO give expression To their will
The d~ispeusary aud its advocates
are fast losing ground In popular cs-
TEEN, and the prospect is that South