The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-01
OUTLINES LIQUOR
MEMS CAMP ALIGN
FOR EASTERN WASH
INGTON SPEAKS OF POLICY To
BE PURSUED BY THE ROYAL
ARCH.

The announced policy of the
Knights of the Royal Arch, an or
ganization of liquor men, cigar
dealers and allied lines, was out
lined at meeting held Monday at
Spokane by William Bachrach, who
eastern Washington district. The
purpose of the organization is to
combat compulsory prohibition. Mr.
Bachrach spoke on the subject of
prohibition or Regulation" He
said:
This is the question to be con-
sidered and passed upon by the
voters of the states and counties and
towns OF this country. Remove the
Objectionable features from the sa-
loon anjprohibition dies a natural
death. The most powerful argu-
ment the prohibitionist can present
is the drunken man reeling from the
doors OF a saloon. Let us, then, as
good citizens, realize he danger that
surrounds the sale of an article that
appeals so strongly to the taste and
passions of so many men, advise and
urge the retailers all over the coun-
try in all their associations to eXpel
any member who sells to customers
who are of Incorporate habits. Not
a drop to a man who cannot control
himself. Let us put ourselves right
as business before our fellowmen.
Let us cut off, root ana branch, the
minors, the drunkard, the tramp, the
criminal, the dance hall and the vi
cious of every class and kind.
We should adopt model license
law and urge every city, town and
county to put it in force. We should
urge the retailers to adopt a strin-
gent code OF bylaws for the govern
meat of their members. When, by
our own efforts, we have stripped our
business Oh all grouna lor Just COM !
plainj, We can as a business appeal
10 the liberal minded for fair treat +,
ment.
Il strongly urge the enactment OF
sound, wholesome laws looking to
the regulation of the sale of liquors,
the restriction of licenses to respect
able man, who will in time raise the
sale of drinks to a position of such
that saloons will be-
come something like clubs for men
OF small means and far from any
Just ground OF complaint. There eX-
lists in every country and every local !
ily class of unfortunate people who |
in their fits of dependency indulge
to excess in strong drink, or if /
drink is no, to be lad, in strong /
drugs. The saloons should refuse TO |
sell them-let not their misery be /
laid at our door. The whole COM /
should not be made to suffer
for the weakness Of a few.
In my opinion, If the situation
is properly put before the people,
they will repudiate any prohibition
measure or any that is not a rea
sonable one. The campaign OF edu-
cation must be commenced at once,
for if you do not, the people will be
misled as in other states, and if you
and delay it will be
TOO late to do any good, for the A.
s. l.. will have accomplished their
object. Their movement is not one
Tor the suppression of the evil nor
S their movement one for the regu-
alton of the liquor traffic. They are
lust what their name implies. They
ire for the prohibition OF the manu-
,acture and sale Of liquor in the Il
,Sate of Washington.
I'VE must through publicity in
orm the people before too late as to /
he real merits involved and the folly (
If the proposition represented TO !
hem and drawn up by the anti-sa- !
Don league. {
LAS matter OF fact, everyone
rave talked with, when they under !
tand the situation, is against it. {
1ire-eating speeches on either side s
will do more harm than good. F;
Threats of drastic laws in case OF ]
lefeat by either side will only {
rouse the passions Of the people. |
What is needed is a calm dis F..
ussion of the question and united '
fort on the part of retail liquor G
Iealers and all good people as pa !
riots, in the most practical AM t
satisfactory way, ,to settle the ques-
ion by the model licensed saloon
the evil, ana strict en-
orcement of the law"