The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-14


Her name ~ feproaeh iier ny
pneriuy amrlia Ia heaVenl Her star
Ia the field 81 blue upon our enun
trY'H banner hlarea out her shame
aud hrHocfhtuu IT, nnnrtitY
why DO the people n Maine toll.
crate thiu nauHeuua condition lie s
cause hot politicians FIND IN Il rich
material Tor their political purposes
and pufppiuhtu II 10 prrnttuafe iheir
rnWef not Tie hhhdwritiuf u on
tho wall aud ~ downfall h limit
neni a. me- last state camfHlad tho
question " reHuhmitting Do hon
HtitutionHl provision was aiadA a
clearly defined Issue. and rfauhinin
stan failed by maturity ii hniy
5000 TIE conscience Of the PEOPLE
IL awakened. they have tired u lhe
Incubus aud the early future will
witness IN annihiliation
And the uuhnnpy iemoratiaatina
ohVefipnco ~ Maine has been hupli
Gated IN kanHna and In every other
state where prohibition has pfdpa
stated M hansful influence
Tho following IL taken from the a.
0 census report for 1907, ftHiistlof II
titluH. Department Of Commerce and
Labor table 50, page aissalg Ia
show the number 81 arrests for
drunkenness and for drunk and dis
orderly ana the ratio 10 popuia .
ton IN the principal cities Of Kan
Hna
Kansas CITY Kan. with a popuia
ton Of efdlt had i,laa arrests. OF
one arrest Tor every % nf pnRula
ton. Topeka. with a population u
Aitti, had IN arrests. or one to
every 40 of population and Wichita
with q population Of ai.iio had / 8ea
arrests, or one 20 every q u popu.
tead from an Interview with Ne
W y Ntnafna. one 81 the leading
manufacturers and business men u
Topeka published recently In the
San Diego tCnll Union
Since tho closing " the saloons In
Topeka, the conditions are most de 70
pIl,oraele, az thsl arc ia every other
ars aware ,he saloons Tor msS 9S
years were conducted under sye
TEN " monthly fines Ia lieu Of the
ltlunf licenses The enforcement af
the prphlblioft Law has been taken
out Of The hands ~ the equity after
ney ang IL lodged with the attorney
nos have u Joints that Know 81
How many more there may be 1 can.
not tell. bot I know thsy esir, These
Joints are the most iisfspuiabiS
places known 10 man located IN q
Nudif city In addiiiep 70
4 hsss are more Than !e clubs where
mere mAni. very man young psn
were contracted immediately unpsr
the eyes " respectable men God
save the mark " Fespnatahliityi
II u 10 true that the dsfii
- nlled with Hlee when men 90
aHtfaY he must he shouting with
Joy and mahinH a continual visit
10 kansas whore prohibition dDes
net pfrsall-sEcept In the statute
ana what u the states Of the
south who're prohibition. In ttfNlfile
GUN. mlnhi - presumed to enjoy
lis greatest strength
Prohibition became operative In
Georgia on January ! year ego
ana u The first year 81 it, regime
there were Att morr place. paYinE
the EpNernmrnt tau for tho sale u
iutnkieantH A. retail than In the
feHf Immediately presiding. Think
% " pfahihltiunisi' lay ias sweet
ureiiun 10 your souls fhaF IT, nne
fesf q your fanatiaal peUD you
hgilied 1850 saiaonH Ia nae state 3
" nav NNNINMnH NrNNHuErN
The city ~ Atlanta To-day has $50
licensed saloons. each pafihE an an
nusi license fee o. 500 u fatien
a prohibition treasury f4cpflseii
10 cell "uesr beet Il - tfHs- ana it
e near heor ~ truth. sa nsas mat
The diCtinetlqn Lies eHiY 10 the same
suf u this tho wufst phase ~ the
situation. tot ever public oftiaiai
q That fair gitY khuWh must Know
u he Possesses the intsiilssuee 10
gpallff hin Tor public trust tflat me
license IL only = blind 3 alaak 10
cover fraud and deception. anil you.
ny prohibition fflsud-Yuu af~.sn-
epafAEiug and fostering aud ptupa
CAiins the hypocrisy
Why only last August. the pfess
y iha eountry heraiasd TO its world
the siFnificantiY interesting fact
that -hlind rlE haa f4ssn ils-
covered in ne Caplinl hutiainf ~ the
state - Georgia In thrse sane
halls who're unif a fss sheft months
hcfufr tho dulrst tones o. the ssrtt-
tnentaiist The hafrahRus 81 the "a 4
uatir and the challenge 81 the blEni
had stunE tho legislative salpHs With
the Virus " Intolerance. fired their
ktafir With passion and warped their
Winds Win prsfudieef Let tan the
,
that fhe may SEQ her 0en shame
AHd TIE people ~ uoufsia are not
eoutsnt' last faii Governor ftahs
Smith was a candidate Tor fsnofsfs
nation with q declaration Ter com
tinurd prohibition a. the tasle PLANK
- he platform. but prohibition
could not save him. and a. ihs "a
rnurnt ~ ~ faiiiciea he suffered
huniiiatinE defeat
ukiahoma. fair hahv sister o. the
family. took prohibition with her
constitution she dared not ap.
pose ne constitutional provision
A. a. entirety. Already she has
discovered hef destructive error and
her legislature has already attempt.
Cd 10 sifanKie the splrit and ist.
tor of TIE inhlhiiidn By snaatins
? state dispeneafY laW. which was
held and highly held unrunstitu.
tiorai BY her supreme court
Alahama has legislative pfohihi-
II vas ny esteemed privilege 10
yisit The cities ~ Mobile. Manirom-
err and birmingham IN February
last. - that am qualified to speak
first handed d conditions there
! charge the fact 10 be that intotl-
eating beverages may be had for
the price 10 either 81 those eitiss. a.
readily a. In this beautiful city o.
yours
met the leading business men
and manufacturers q the state The
men Whose undauntsd enterprise IL
the heart that supplies the arteries
thsi naurish The commercial and In
lifs Of the state u Alabama,
and without exception they ea-
pressed themselves openly asfiantlY
} remembrance against the arcufsrd
burden that has been laid upon
them
nne.haif Of the schools Of Mobile
are closed Tor lack Of revenue due
to the loss ~ license fees
birmingham. that magic city 81
the south, has had an experience
which IL we'll worth considering
There, a. elsewhere IN the state.
the clouds VI desolatian hang over
It's wonderful possibilities Ike a
pail Not that birmingham is not
prosperous for little leaa than fam.
Inc Or pesiiienco could atfiiet Il r.
rsparahly but It, civic life has
warped and thrunk under the blast
Ing Influence of prohibition. The
tale IL beat told by one 81 it. Local
The birmingham Reg
lister, In in Issue Of May last.
says
THE conceivsrs Of the prohibition
movement promised this qepptfy
many things Well they
have prohibition. but what eissf The
Jail Il tnii to nVofflovlnE the raurts
are 10 cnnFested that the judge
have not room 10 oil, lhett u not
room enough to keep the trtintyH
important papers crime II nAniph n I
W on the Increase. ard the
UuIu ftVu IvugNlugH the anuufv Nan.