Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-11-12
LOCAL OPTION
ELECTION
heen Interest Being Awakened
Troughout Whitman County
In Coming Campaign

There are bright prospects of a
warm campaign for the local option
election which will be held through
out Whitman county on Tuesday,
November 80, when every precinct
but UniontOwn City, will vote on
the question of retaining or allow
ing saloons within it's borders Each
Of the 13 incorporated towns of the
county is unit" and all of the
country precincts outside of the in
corporated towns form another unit.
If majority of the voters in an in
corpOrated town vote in favor of sa-
looms, licenses must be granted, no
matter what the attitude of the city
council. If majority vot against
saloons, licenses cannot be granted
no matter if the tendency of the
council is wet" This election takes
the saloon question out of politics
and allows the voters to settle it with
out endangering the chances of any
candidate or any issue outside of the
saloon question.
Pullman will vote on the question,
not because it is feared there is dan
out of politics and kill" it for two
years. If a majority of those who
register and vote at this special cleo
ton favor saloons, the city council
will have to grant license 1t there
fore behooves the people of Pullman
to take an intesest in the question
and vote at the special election. The
pledge of the candidates for mayor
and council to not grant licenses
under any circumstances, counts
for nothing, of majority of the votes
cast at the special election are in
favor of saloons The councilmen
will have to grant the licenses.
In the county precincts it is the
same Some farmers who are OPP
posed to saloons say: What is the
use for us to make fight? There
are no saloons in the country and
there will be none. This is a mis-
take. If the country precincts vote
in favor of saloons and the towns
vote against them, all the saloon
man has to do is to simply apply
for license pust outside the city
limits, in the country precincts and
the county commissioners must grant
it. if the precinct votes wet. mus,
instead of having the saloon in the
city, where it would be under better
control and regulation of the council,
it would be in the country where no
such control could be had and it is
generally known that these "coun-
try saloons are the worst dives mag
Unable If the country precincts vote
wet" there is nothing to hinder there
being a number of low dives Just out
side of Pullman, and that would be
worse than having the saloons III
the town.
The farmers are taking an interest
in the fight and are planning TO Doy-
cott the towns which retain saloons,
as reported exclusively in The Her
aid last week. w. f. Hickman, VINO
lisa member of the executive com
rittee of the Civic League and Is
taking an active part in the hght'
was in Pullman Monday. Mr.. Hlck-
man said: The farmers are sign
ing the pledges to not trade III towns
or with merchants who taVor sd
looms and so many of them are SIGH
ing these pledges that the merchants
of Colfax are getting badly scareu'
A bovcott was started on one OF the
drv goods merchants of ColfaX VINO
signed the petition calling Tor lhe
snecial election. Five saloon sym
nathizers visited his store in one day
paid their bills and informed MIN
thew would not rade with him again.
He was frightened, and reported II II
to the committee and we saw TO II
that those who oppose saloons ala
little 'boycotting' and this mer-
chant is delighted with the result,
The saloon sympathizers cannot cry
.hoycott' and charge us win sIarI'h7
!, They showed us how. 49,,
Il saw the Colfax merchant la tC
Saturday and he told me that lhe
neonle who oppose the saloons are
Giving him their trade and he is en-
iovae a better patronage than ne
ager had. He says he has goI a
Ior If new customers who neVe" .ran-
cd With him before. we passeu luz
word around among the tarlheIs'
nearly all of whom oppose the so 1a
Ions and we asked them to give
tbeir patronage to this man. anu