The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-25

ding extensively IN politics, aud OF
not showing a'proper regard for the
law The Louisville convention eyi
IDENTITY wants to change all this. The
saloon men, II left alone, would prob
| ably prefer to keep cut OF politics,
but the ward politician will not let
him. Not only is the saloon keeper .
vote worth having, but there Is gen
orally little coterie of friends and
customers whom no can influence.
Hence the practical politician pays
court to the saloonisl AMI gives him
q prominence in politics which is GER
ltainly not TO HIS interest But tine sa-
loon in politics can hardly be held &C.
lcountable for the prohibition wave
that has been sweeping over the ooun-
try. The saloon keeper was never
less offensive In politics than he IL
now. He is undeI+backed he lacks
assertion; he feels like man walking
across the Bad Lands OF Dakota
The Louisville convention pro-
nounces in favor of a model license
that will eliminate the evils OF which
there Is complaint. OF course prohih.
itionists are not apt TO near OF any
They want all liduor
blotted out absolutely They wave
aside all the facts and figures thar
may be presented TO show that PRO
hibition has been failure wherever
1t has been tried. Ii attention is called
TO the fact that fifty per cent more
liquor licenses were taken out In Yer
mont and New Hampshire under pre-.
nibiticn than when those states had
discontinued it, the average Prohib-
ZIONIST is. not impressed He simply
axes the fight up to the United States
government
Those persons who nave lispassion.
ltely and scientifically studied the
iqlioI problem have seldom come t.
he conclusion that prohibition is a
PRACTICAL remedy Al the same time
hey see that there are certain evils !
bout the saloon that ought to Do I
bateds The saloon Keeper should /
e compelled to observe the law
gainst selling liquor to minors or to |
runken men. He should be required
keep an orderly plae9 oh pain Of
his license. The dive ought /
be absolutely aboIshed Such re.
trietions should be placed OIL the
'affic,s that the saloon would cease
ntirely to be place where disorde. i
light arise
II the liquor business is to con
nue., the more intelligent Of the deaf
fs realize that the character OF the
lloon must be changed The low
I'VE must be abolished altogether, and
10 saloons that survive had better
AXE up their minds TO respect ths
" even II they question its JUST ,
ass and wisdom II it Should prove ,
be unwise and UNJUST it would
eyitably be repeated. @ st L,
The Prohibitionists have certainly
arduous campaign before them. It
estimated that the livelihood of
bout 100000 people is affected Dy
le liquor business of the United
tates. The brewers, masters ami
stillers pay to the producing sources
5er s350,eo0000 annually. They buyl
'rn, barley, rye, sugar. hops, coal.
mber. aarious Kinds or apparatus
n machinery and they take ont in.
rance premiums ami pay large
MOUNTS to che railroads. This large
m Is outside Of tho actual business
brewing and distilling. In tina,
my thousands OF men are engaged
there are in the sale or liquors. {
re then is a very big interest that Z
viii be hard TO destroy t
The more Intelligent representative; c
this interest have placed them. {
Ives on record at Louisville. They q
DESTROYS Of meeting the demands I
nnblic sentiment II they succeed J
giving the public the model saloon. s
ey will hardly convert the Prohibi
mist, but they win satisfy those con
rvative people who do not believe in
but who do think that t-le .
oon should be reformed Memphis a
mmercial-Appeal. a