The Goodland republic., 1907-02-22


The ". c. 7. o is in hearty accord
with the sentiments expressed Ia the
editorial IN last weeks issue OF this
paper, viz That Elf there Is rsspon-
sibility for anything there must be
credit Tor duty performed"
The mayor and council has had tbs
responsibility Of closing the joints for
nearly two years noH-the ". c. 7.
q. never did have-and We are more
than ready, we shall be delighted to
give them AL the credit they can earn
in the short time left to them before
their terms expire.
II the mayor and council do not
know that the ". c. T. U. OF this town
would Tar rather be able to say I'VE
/ have a mayor and rOuncu who are
| Loyalty enforcing our prohibitOry, Is
well as other laws" than to say, I'VE
compelled our city officers to enforce
the prohibitOry law" then these Of
hcials do not know the women who
make up the ". c. T. o. Of Goodland.
Why, bless your hearts, we'd like to
be proud Of you!
The ". 9. 7. U. is not a law en-
lforcement organization. It is true
that in some pacess where the officers
failed to do their duty, the women Of
and furnished evidence to convict
I jointists. It IS also true that there
are women among the W. c. 7. q. Of
lGoodland who would not hesitate to
DO this kind Of work, If they could Sc
cure the evidence; but this same edi-
torial article tells you how difficult
this is for the men to do, and every
honest man viii admit that is Il dOub-
| " dffHcuIt for a woman.
As we said before, the responsibility
OF law-enfOrcement never did belong
to the W. c. 7. Z. We are simply a
volunteer force, giving time and mon
| ey to help create temperance senti-
ment in every way we can "Agitate,
educate, organize" are our watch
words. We Of the Goodland ". G T.
U. have tried to do something along
all these lines. We have tried to
keep the subject before the people by
public meetings, by scuring lectures,
and by publishing facts about the evil
results Of drink, and the good results
Of temperate life to the individual
and to the community.
As we have remarked before, we
have been very glad inded to have
the use OF a column in this paper for
this latter purpose. No one knows
better the value Of printers ink, or
realizes more the influence Of a news
paper for good or evil on the morals
Of a community. We have been glad
Of the many good things said on this
question by the editor Of this paper in
the past year OF two especially, and
we believe with him that eff the city
council. or any other authority en-
powered to acti n the Suppression Of
the saloon trafdc, continues to show
its determination to enforce the law,
they will meet with public approval
Perhaps we would qualify the state
ment a little by saying, at least they
will meet with the APPROVAL Of the best
class Of our citizens. For the other
class, 'twouId be better to have their
disapproval In fact, there are few
lav-abiding citizens Of Goodland whom
we would be glad to see get so dis
gusted with the mayor and council,
for enforcing the law, that they would
pick up and leave the town They
have taken the honest earnings Of
some Of our hardest working men
without making return in anything Of
value They have tempted the weak
and easily inf1uenced-the very class
that the city fathers ought to protect
to waste money and time, and foster
appetites and passions that may ulti-
mately unfit them for useful lives.
GoodIand would be infinitely better
OF without these parasites. Here's
hoping that the city council viii ex-
terminate them, root and branch!