Evening journal., 1907-11-04
ANTi-LlcENsE COMMITTEE.
New Castle I'm
lis True Light

Concerning the article published by tho
would much prefer to keep silent but for
the fact il, is so manfestly untrue and
misleading TO the rest Of the State It
does not deceive anyone in this city
Those who live here know how outrage
ously untrue IL SIS aud think of il as on
par with the authors usual utteranccs
one hesitatcs 10 say unfavorable thngs
about home. but when untrue thinss are
said. and that for vicious purposes the
truth must be made known.
No one Will dispute for moment that
New Castle presents the best example Of
just what the saloon is, and what &. does
OF any place IN the state. No other city
or town has a saloon for every Is voter.
We have here the best and the worst tic
saloon can do. And the man who
writes for the license comm ttee would
make the voters believe we have almost
o. paradise. The fact Is we have the wor. t
governed, the worst kept and the most
disorderly large town within the State
IL is impossible 10 make even the citizens
Of our own city believe that Mayor Boyd
no matter what his symnath'es or per-
sonal habits are, ever said there is no
disorder In our city" That there Is dis
order on the street, that there is gambling
and speakeasles IS conceded by every hon
est citizen. That homes are impover shed
and become care and expense to the
county because the father is a drunkard,
this deponent doth know and the trustee
Of the poor will voueh for the fact.
Let them be condemned by their owa
l T..
THE EVENING JOURNAL OF oct ~
1906. the story Of disorder is told under
the general head Were Walking spenl =
easies." After speaking about the atre
Of certain criminal this sentencs Is used;
because Of the presence Of many intox'-
Gated aSen on the streets on Sunday the
officers decided to keep a special watch
/ Mark you. $50 much disorder" and that
on Sunday. The men who were arrested
on that occasion were held for court Did
| they appear7 Who connived with nc
speakeasy then? Was 1t the local optiof'
istY In -this same story the writer says
In all probability more arrests win le
made as there are several speakeasies do
| ing a thriving business here" This Is The
orderly town having no bad effects from
the liquor business.
Why didn't our reporters tell us Of
drunken row, recently, beginn'ns in sa-
loon and continuing on board Of a sh'I
lying off our wharfg Why didn't they tel
| us OF tho disappearance OF a sailor thu
nightY Why didn't they tell as that n
even an investigated was made?
Some months ago IN one OF our saloons
/ there was fight ahd men were literally
stripped Of their clothing. The brutal CO..
test was continued out before pubic gaz
and citizens were obliged TO separate tt
combatants. But there We're no arrest
made Perhaps this was not disorder o
drunkenness in New Castle.
Who does not know that gambling 1
conducted not only In clubs but ~ man
/, public places. IN pleasant weather on
can scarcely take walk on the sabhatl
(, day without encountering a gang Of
gamblers But of course this is not TO b
considered disorder in the orderly city @
New Castle.
former resident ~ Maine on Ociob
i2 1901 LEFT his home and walked Nv
squares 10 the business centre Of the cit
and said TO the chief Of police; II raw
just met FIVE men that In Maine would ]
arrested for drunkenness, but supp1
they were not drunk IN New Castle"
on Saturday night our business street
3 frequently, Is not a safe place for ladie
10 pass. Men using vile language staggei
ing men. and any where else would b
considered drunk. only last Saturday yoi