The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
The County Option Law.
Reasons for voting against it.

l. Under the proposed amend.
ment if it becomes a law. the
question of "License" or ono
License" will be voted upon by
the entire county. If the county
at large votes for emo License,
then mo License can be granted
anywhere within tie county even
IT all the cities, towns and Villages
IN the county should vote for license.
2. If the county at large votes
"for license" such votes .do not
make the county a license county
license cannot be issued anyway I'M
til after the cities and villages again
vote 'sfor ~license'' separately from
the county.
8. Cities, towns and villages
tavoring a no license policy have
home rule, while cities, villages and
towns in favor of license cannot
have home rule.
4. A county wide "No License"
vote fixes . dry policy; it settles
the issue. A county VIE vote in
favor of license fixes no policy; it
does not settle the issue.
5. The proposed law is a pro-
hibition law for the purpose of vot-
ing L the legal saloon and estab-
fishing in its Y 8 tic prohibition
blind pig and groggcry. The cost
of prosecuting these illegal places
will fall on the county and must be
borne by the taxpayers, thus in
creasing the already heavy burden
of such taxpayers.
g.. If this amendment becomes a
law, it means a return to the con-
ditions that disgraced the state un-
der the old prohibitory state law,
Z. The present license laws are
strict. Saloon keepers pay one
thousand dollars license. Of this
four hun dred dollars goes to the
county, and six hundred to the city.
He gives a bond of two thousand
dollars TO insure observance of
license laws. He and his bonds
men are liable for any costs in pros
ecution for violations of the law.
8. Do you want to add to your
taxes, the expense of prosecuting
dives, blind pigs and other illegal
liquor sales?
0. DC you want TO add 70 your
taxes by paying the expense of
holding county wide elections upon
this question every two years?
The total amount of de-
rived by cities in the state where
licenses are granted, amount to Six
Hundred and twenty-five Thous-
and Dollars.
OF this amount Three Hundred
and Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars
is paid into the treasury of the vari-
Gus cities and villages.
Two Hundred and twenty-five
Thousand Dollarsl Just think of it!
AQuarter Of a Million Dollars
goes into the county treasures for
county purposes.
WIN the prohibitionist help you
to make up this enormous sum if
county option carries. OF course
not. You will pay the bill.
Vote No! Vote MOI! Vote No.!
By making a cross in the square be-
fore the word No.
The Anti Saloon League
claims that all that the law
means, is that the people Of
the county shall be given an
opportunity to vote whether
they shall have saloons in the
county or not. This is not
true. The people Of the
county can vote the county
DRY, but they cannot vote
it E In other words,
if the county at large votes
For License, the vote means
nothing, because mo license"
can be granted under such
vote. Option means choice,
but there is no choice here.
The law should be called the
County Coercion Law"
IAN Act to provide for the llcens.
lao, Restricting and Regulation of
the business of the Manufacture
and Sale of Spirituous and lntoxicat.
ing liquors."
This is the title of the County
Option law on the ballot. To vote
NO, make a cross in the square be-
fore the word "NO". thus:
YES