The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-29

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Such was the condition for years il
Kansas which has been forced promi-
nently to the front. as a case where pro
hibition does not prohibit but with d
Governor with an Attorney General and
with officials who have determined tc
obey and enforce the law. there has
been "a 1ical change III Kansas in the
past two years where prohibition is be
ing enforced as well as the laws against
murder and larceny and other crimes III
Loul
It Is singular that the gentlemen who
have prepared their appeal to Reason
and Common Sense should have re-
ferred to Ben Tilman as being a pro-
hibitionist. This gentleman who repre-
sents the State of South Carolina i'll the
United States Senate was never a pro-
hlbitionist. but as a sensible and prac-
teal man he has recognized the terrible
and damnable effects of the saloon. and
being with the people. has given and is
applying his best thought and his best
work to their welfare.
Recognizing the aii-powerful influence
of the saloon and with ihe view of null
lltylng and destroying the whiskey traf-
fc. Senator Ben Tillman introduced in
the United States Senate recently a bill
the purpose of which is to empower the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
prevent c. o. d. shipments of liquor
into prohibition districts.
In this measure, and as in the sump-
tuary law of South Carolina. he has
risen to the higher plane above the dol
lar. and if it be impossible to prohibit
absolutely, he proposes to restrain the
evil to the minimum.
Of Ben Tillman it may be said that he
is more of sinner than a saint, but he
has reverence for churches and preach
ers. His ideals of morality are not
circumscribed to the dollar He is a
man, tried and true, and if one of two
choices were left to him; if he were
called to side with the mothers, wives
and daughters now aligned on the side
of prohihit tion, and on the other were
the saloon and the pleaders for revenue
from saloons, on which side would he
be arrayed?
In vain have the gentlemen in their
Appeal to Reason and Common Sense"
relied on figures and facts which are
disproved by the record from towns and
cities of the South where the law has
been enforced fearlessly.
In their vain efforts to stem the tide
which Is against them. the gentlemen
who have issued a series of addresses
propose to, regulate the saloon and how,
1. To separate gambling from the
saloon
2. 10 restrict the saloons to certain
districts. to be fixed by the Council.
3. To compel the saloons to observe
the law by giving bond which may be
forfeited after conviction in the court
of last resort, which is the Supreme
Court of louisiana
4. That such judgment shall operate
lpso facto Tin plain United States. in
stantly and without further appeal) in
the forfeiture of the saloons license.
And lastly, to have all the screens
abolished 50 that each and every saloon
shall be operated in full view of the
public. but not one word is said of dives
and groggeries.
Are the gentlemen who propose to
carry into operation all these reforms.
which have been resisted by the saloon.
vested with the legal authority to rep
resent the saloon as their agent in fact2
Why suggest the congregation Of the
saloon in districts to BE defined hereaf
ter by the Council?
Assuming that the saloons were to be
distributed on Texas street. would not
this be all infringement Of the rights and
liberty of the topper who would rather
Ill up in West Shreveport?
But assuming that all the saloons and
dives and grogseries have been located
anywhere in any district, except St.