Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-08
THE FAmNRR
on PROHIBITION.
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You say why Is Il that the people of
the state Of Maine submit to this?
The people In the state OF Maine have
rested under this burden Of hypoc-
risy until at last they have awaken
cd to the fact that 1t Is an Injustice,
and ! will say to you now that in
September, 1910. when the state
election shall be held In the state OF
Maine that the people OF that state
will arise in their majesty and throw
on this burden that retards the
growth and development Of the
state.
Failure Where Tried. /
Georgia took on prohibition a year
ago last January. have shown you
the results partially on the frst day
Of July OF that year where the city OF
Atlanta was nauseated with the ex-
perience she had had with prohibi- |
ton, passed an ordinance for the
granting OF a sale of near beer, and
so near beer that chemical analysis
could not show the difference between
that and the genuine lager. Today
the city Of Atlanta, in the state OF
Georgia, has Isl saloons from which
the city derives license Of 5000 per
year each; where only on the 18th
day of August of last year, before
prohibition in that state was two
months old. they discovered blind
pig doing thriving business in the
capitol building OF the state OF Geor-
gia. have here the official report
of tho chief Of police of the city of
Atlanta fer 1908, from which 1t APP
pears that there were $3.50 arrests
for disoTderly conduct and 1850 ar
rests for drunkenness, making a to-
tai of 1880 in a city Of 10000
population. ! EaYe here a letter
from the chief of police rnder date
of the 18th of last month, in which
he states: Replying to your favor
Of the 18th relative to this city
granting licenses, beg to advise that
we only license the sale Of near beer,
which contains not enough alcohol
to intoxicate," but enough alcohol to
intoxicate IL, $40 OF their citizens who
were arrested and landed in their
police station. The manufacture and
sale of intoxicants was prohibited in
the state of Tennessee. The law pro-
hibfing the sale took effect in July
and the law prohibiting the manufac-
turing will take effect on January 1st.
This is a tale of prohibition in the
states where It has been tried and
am here to make the statement that
wherever prohibition has been at
tempted 1t has proven to be an abb
ject and utter failure; that instead
OF resulting in the promotion of tenn
perance. instead of resulting in the
suppression of the use OF intOxicants,
instead Of promoting sobriety among
the people, the opposite has been the
result in every instance.
You Will remember a few years
ago our temperance friends, moved
by their zeal, without question act
ing in perfect good faith, went to
the congress of the United States to
secure the repeal Of the so-called can
teen law. You know what the can
teen is. It is the camp saloon. They
besieged congress and against the
protests of the army officers congress
embarked the canteen law. What ia
the canteen law? In the Army and
Navy Life for last April you viii find
two articles bearing on the canteen
law and anti-canteen law. You will
md that every oficer of every depart.
ment in the United States army, in
Guiding Colonel Fred Grant, is In
favor of the canteen except Genera
Miles, and he has retired from army
life. Grant favored theeanteen for thu
selling Of light drinks such as beel
and light wines. If there is any plac,
In the nation where the law ough
to be enforced easily In every depart
ment it Is with the soldiers and stric
dicipline L. enforced easier ther,
than anywhere else. In every depart
ment OF life that law has proven Il
be afailure.
Take the state of Iowa. one o
the pioneer states In prohibition. Il
the year 1885 the prohibition Law
was enacted there prohibiting Ia
manufacture and sale. What Is tn
RESULT Only four years later Henri.
Boies was elected governor Of tha
state, upon the issue OF the enact
ment Of the law that would make pos
sible the selling OF intoxicating bev
erages In the borders Of that state
and the Legislature enacted the mule
law. They cannot grant licenses IN
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