Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-06
LOGICAL AMERI=
CAN DOCTRINE
Mayor Rose Made Effective Ad-
dress to 1900 People

} II the record breaking crowd which
greeted Mayor David 5. Rose at
Blackwell pavilion last evening and
sat contentedly and eagerly drink
ing in his eloquent and logical dis
cussion for two hours and thirty min
utes on the subject OF Temperance,
Not Prohibition, is any indication of
public feeling on the subject it Is evil
dent that prohibition will be showed
under by storm of ballots on No
vember nth SO deeply that those
| radicals who would enforce class leg
islation and substitute blind pigs and
bootleggers for law and license will
realize that attempts to interfere with
personal liberty are not acceptable to
the people of Kootenai county. IL
Is estimated that fully 1900 people
heard the speech and hundreds were
turned away. being unable to secure
even standing room. 1t was one OF
the most responsive and enthusiastic
audiences ever assembled In this city
to hear great public question dis
cussed.
An Economic Question.
Mayor Rose opened his talk with
the statement that the question Of
temperance and the consumption OF
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liquors was largely economic. In his
travels over the Pacific coast eoun-
try he had been impressed by the
multiplicity OF our Nndeveloped re-
sources. This northwest country was
rich in natures stores and he would
regret to see step taken on this
question OF prohibition which would
retard its growth and development.
He said that the question of prohi-
bition was not new, but just such
wave swept over the country so years
ago, from 1850 to 1860, and the
same arguments were used then as
now, the same statements that rum
would be swept from American soil
were given to the people by the posi-
tive assurance of the radical advo-
Gates of the cause. Under stress of
that popular wave II statets adopted
prohibition and 3 of these gave 1t
fair trial and the Nnly state that
stood by it was Maine, the others
gradually abandoning It as a failure.
He said that at the present time they
had no prohibition IN Maine and that
under their law liquors were disposed
OF for mechanical. medicinal or art
purposes by an Official commissioner
who acted as bar tender for the city
or village operating under the plan,
and that "the only conceivable art
for which 1t could be used was the
art of being able to carry a large
jag without splitting it," He showed
tthe profits derived by cite and
towns from the sale of liquors and
said that 1t was only necessary to reg
lister your name and state whether
for mechanical. medicinal or art pur-
poses you wished the liquor, and then
You could purchase 1t in quantities
of not less than one pint. so that the
public bar made big sales and large
profits. He had visited such liquor
agencies in the state and they had
more of the appearance of thte typical
barrel house than any thing be could
compare them to-
Drunkenness in Dry States.
The speaker produced statistics
from the census bureau OF the gov
eminent and letters from mayors OF
many large cities proving that there
were more arrests for drunkenness
and crime in the prohibition states
Titan in the license states. He made
comparisons with Milwaukee. his
home city. and in more than a dozen
comparisons the figures were In favor
OF the licensed states and cities He
/ cited the number OF arrests in Iowa
towns and cities. ia Georgia, Tennes
see. and other states. and all we're IA.
! yorable to license and regulation II
the comparisons. He said that lows
had been under prohibition for Z
number OF years and was nov operat
ing under what is known as the mule
law. which placed a ttax on the bust
ness and made IT necessary TO secur,
/ the consent of voters together Will
} other preliminary proceedings. Thu
prohibition Iowa eTades her own pro
! hibition laws.
What Il Local Option?
The speaker said that many PEG