Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23


jail until they carried me out to the
cemetery. because l think / under
stand the spirit of our institutions,
and this is an inalienable, indestruct-
able right. guaranteed to me by the
organic law, and no man is large
enough and no set Of men is strong
enough by force of majority to de-
prive me of that right If they at
Tempt it. l viii fight them to the
death. This is a personal liberty
and this is the spirit that should an
innate the heart of every man who
processes to be an American"
DO you think prohibition has
made towards out of men?" he was
asked.
Men of moral" he replied. and
physical courage in ordinary affairs
Of life very frequently prove them
selves to be abject towards when
confronted by moral question
which has become involved as a po-
iitical issue. They are afraid they
will loose dollars or friends, or both
by taking an affirmative stand. They
feel that they cannot escape notice
by keeping their mouths shut.
Denies Personal Liberty
In my judgment, if all the prop
erty invested in the liquor traffic
we're destroyed without the slightest
compensation to owners; if public
revenue were stricken down and if
The financial loss would be measur-
ed only by millions, all would be in
significant, when compared with the
damage that would be done to the
one basic principle of a republican
form of government. Every political
Volstoy down, predictel the down
fall of this republic through the frit
Lering away of the personal liberty
Of the citizens. If they may take one
stone out of the foundation, they
may take another or all the stones
of the foundation of an institution,
and when Only one is taken, the
foundation is weakened
Mayor Rose was asked then what
his ideas were about the strict Sun
lay closing In answer he said:
AS to the ACCESSIBILITY of a Sun
day closing law, l would be govern
ed entirely by local conditions. Il
do not believe that religion may be
TAUGHT or1,r l., oloooe. to<,,eo,,ot1a e.,
worship. l believe that there is that
practical religion that is far superior
to a theoretical religion in the re-
suits it brings in happiness, content
ment. and peacefulness. Where
these things exist Christianity must
exist and good order will always
prevail.
Deprive People of Pleasure.
LAS to the ACCESSIBILITY of a Sunday
closing law would be to deprive
large percentage of our people of all
recreation and pleasure. There are
5000 employed in our manufactor-
les and 10000 more employed in our
wholesale and retail houses and Of
les and 10000 more employed in our
that manner during the six separate
days in the week. If each was COM
PEELED to sit on his door step during
the whole of Sunday, it would make
his life monotonous indeed. Our
theatres, parks and places of public
amusement as well as our saloons
are open on Sunday and are patron
lied extensively by the laboring
classes. They and their families may
be found at these entertainments
and at functions they organize among
themselves and they are happy and
orderly and temperate. l cannot re-
member when 1 have seen a drunken
person in Milwaukee and it is mat
ter of universal comment, by visitos
who are strangers and usually close
observers. that there is less drunken
ness to be seen in our city than in
any other city on the continent
Our people have simply learned to
distinguish between liberty and Ii
cense and they enjoy the liberty with
out taking license to do anything that
is wrong How this plan would
work in other cities, do not know
because 1 am not intimately ac-
quainted with the conditions in these
cities, but 1 am answerable for Mil
waukee and these statements can be
conclusively substantiated by anthem
tic public records. would regard
this question as a local one to be
dealt with in a rational way"
Mr.. Rose was then asked if he
thought that the wave of prohibition
was receding and he said: