Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-15
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 12.-(spl)-

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 DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 12.-(Spl)-
 It is not improbable that under the terms of the election as at present constituted they will make no active fight against the prohibitory license, for among them are many who realize that it is inevitable that their trade must go and that fight in the matter would be useless and might have the effect of precipitating their end here. As it is now they will have six months to gather in the harvest from the local green fields and have plenty of time to look for other and fresher grazing pastures.
 A Fighting Element.
 But still there is another and large element among them who still have some mighty easy pickings and they are not going to sit by idly and see their source of easily gotten money slip away from them without putting ur some sort of a fight. This special election is regarded by many as a very pretty little game and the gambler will likely play it well and to the finish This is, of course, realized by the citizens and they will pull all the ropes to get out their full vote. This by the way will not be such an easy thing to do. The gamblers will no doubt be able to poll larger vote proportionate to their strength than the citizens. for various well-founded reasons. This is responsible for the pronounced activity of the citizens committee.
 Some Favor December i. A feature of the election developed today is that the members of the council may be appealed to give the people chance to say when the pro hibitory license shall become effec- tive There is a strong sentiment among the citizens that December 1 would be the more appropriate time to terminate the relations of the city with the gamblers. They sare of the opinion that in giving the gamblers three months in which to wind up their affairs here they would be doing the fair thing by them, and they also think the question of needed revenue would be satisfied with three months more of the gamblers money.
 This feature of the case is, of course, up to the city council. The report brought in by the special committee Saturday night provided that the li- cense if carried should become effec- tive March l. but there were some ob- jections to that from citizens who thought they should have a say as to the time, as well as the general pro position, being voted upon. This morning the matter was being discuss ed and it is not improbable that mem bers of the council will today be seen and asked to let the people vote on the time of the license becoming effective ss we'll as the license itself.
 City Attorneys Ideas.
 Just what the action of the city council will be if this request is brought up to them is problematical. City Attorney Lockwood discussed this phase of the question this morning. though from personal standpoint. Tn my opinion" said Mir. Lockwood, the city will need the revenue of the gamblers until March 1 if the perman- ent improvement of the streets is to continue. I cannot see how that Is | to go on if this source of revenue is cut off. But if I were in the council and l felt that my constituency want ed an end put to the gambling indus try to a greater extent than they wanted the permanent improvements, I would act upon their will in the matter to the extent of not bankrupt | ing the city. I would not go that far under any consideration and rather than be in the position of either bank rupting the city or disobeying the will oI my constituency. I would resign. If the prohibitory license. granting that it carries, becomes effective De cember l. We can pull through all right but there can be no permanent i'm provements."
 Others Talk.
 | Postmaster F F. Caldwell is an ac- tive man in the support of the anti gambling movement.
 My only reason for opposing gamb- ling" he said, ''is that it is leach on the community and generally harmful to the best interests of the city"
 Judge D. A. Richardson is strenu ously opposed to gambling.
 ''It's bad proposition all the way through" he said. "and should not be tolerated for an instant longer"
 
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