Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-05
MAYOR ROSE
VISITS CITY
Will Address People on Prohibition
Question at Blackwell Pavilion

non. DANld y Rose ana ms son,
Earl B. Rose. arrived In the city
about noon time today from Spokane
in company with the committee from
the city who were appointed to meet
the mayor and escort him 10 Occur
d'Alene. the committee being Messrs.
J. T. Carroll and +. w. Tinkle. They
came over the electric line in special
and private car. Mr.. Rose comes to
this city to give but one address and
that one Is 10 be given this evening
at the Blackwell pavilion under the
auspices Of the Business Mems and
Taxpayers League. and VIM speak on
the subject Of Temperance. Not Pro-
hibition.'
The representative OF the Evening
Press was accorded short interview
with Mayor Rose after his arrival in
his quarters at the Hotel Idaho. and
found most pleasing gentleman in
every particular He spoke freely on
the topic now under discussion and is
prepared to give to the people Of this
city some true facts concerning the
Tissue which Is at this time demand
ing SO much attention OF all citizens.
Mr.. Rose has given great thought
to the subject OF temperance and pro-
hibition. He has visited every pro-
hibltion state in the Union and has
spoken in majority Of them. On
his present western trip he is Civ
ing addresses in several Of the cities
which have under way an election on
the local option question.
Wednesday evening he spoke to a
very large crowd in the city OF
Bellingham, Wash. and came from
that city direct to Occur d'Alene
and Immediately after the address
here tonight he leaves for Pocatello.
where he is scheduled to speak to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
This evening he will treat prohi-
bition as a moral, religious and eco
nomic question. and will discuss the
matter of remedy or how 1t can best
be handled and If there be a remedy,
which he will show that there is, he
will point it out in the practical way,
together with personal knowledge,
observations and statistics.
i He has followed and watched the
state of Maine for considerable time
and is prepared to show what that
state has done in the past and of its
true condition today, and what is
true of Maine is also true Of every
other state in the Union. says Mr..
Rose.
+ Mr.. Rose has never visited this
city before. but is very much impress.
ed with what he has seen thus far.
During the afternoon he visited the
Forest cemetery, at which place his
mother and sister are both buried
the former having passed away in the
spring OF 1907, at which time he wal
in the state OF Colorado in the mines
and he did not know Of her death FOL
. some time after she had been in
TERED
} Mayor Rose also has an aunt in thil
city in the person Of Mrs. D. H. Bud
} long, and the latter went TO Spokan'
: last evening to accompany her neph
) ew to this city. and was privileges
: to visit with him all the way from
: Spokane.
: Mr.. Rose will speak at the Black
veil pavilion this evening at O'Clock
: aad preceding the speech there vii
: be band music on the streets and ais
: at the pavilion. The public is cor
daily invited to come and hear tn
speaker, IS he is one OF the mos
noted on the platform today, talk
< ing upon the local option question.
Q Mayor Rose has engagements I
5 MI for several months to come In Al
> parts Of the United States. He
r very soon to speak in Alabama an
/ several OF the adjoining states in the
3 section. and before the winter Is owe
s he may return to the west and Civ
e a series OF addresses in the city Q
d Spokane.