Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-06
MEET THE ISSUE FACE 10 FACE.

MEET THE
 ISSUE FACE TO FACE.
 The City Council of Bisbee is face tc face with a proposition which should be met without any quibbling, oc without any evidence of an attempt t. dodge the issue.
 The issue is the regulation of the saloon business within the corporation limits. and the question involves more than the closing or saloons between the hours Of one o'clock and o'clock z m
 la considering this question of reg ulasion of saloons. O. the regulation Of any other public matter, the geo. graphical situation of Bisbee and Low ell must be considered. It is self eyi- dent that any regulation the city, of Bisbee might attempt would fasI of its purpose with Lowell, an uninccrpor- ated town, at our back door With the present means of easy and con- yenient transportation between the two communities any early closing ordinance. or Sunday closing or5i- nance, would prove to be dead let ter. Lowell is part of Bisbee as much as the residents of upper Tomb stone canyon, and the resultant benefits which the property owners of Lowell and the community at large would receive demand the annextion of the lower end of the district within the incorporated city of Bisbee.
 Before we take any step toward strict regulation (and that is the only kind of regulation that eounts) the community comprising Lowell and Bisbee must be united together in one corporate body. Early closing and Sunday closing of saloons in Bisbee would be FARCE with the same line of business run wide open within five minute street car ride of Main street. Looking at the question from the liquor dealers standpoint. it would be an injustice to compel the Bisbee liquor dealer, who pays license in Bisbee, to close his place of busi- ness at an early hour and on Sunday and leave the side door to Lowell wide open.
 There is a course and a policy in dealing with this question upon which the legitimate liquor dealer and the practical, conservative citi- zsns. who believe in public decency and strict regulation of the liquor traffic, can stand.
 The demand for stricter saloon reg ulation and control is not an innova- tion. It has come to be recognized as a necessity. It is not an experiment. but on the contrary has been adopted by great majority of the towns and cities of tho United States.
 The Review believes the time IS nov for Bisbee to profit by the exam pie of other communities and to inaug Brate saloon regulation and that brand of regulation which will reg uIate. But, owing to the peculiar To-  cation of the city Of Bisbee to the town Of Lowell, We must take due eognizance of this situation.
 The present city council has done great things for Bisbee. It has been @ progressive. council. The many in provements inaugurated by this ad- ministration have filled 6 long felt want and a fitting close to this ad- ministration, one which would merit the applause and commendation of the community would be to grapple with the saloon closing question and the red light district and leave behind them a cleaner, better and greater Bisbee. both morally and physically. I. ANNEXATION OF LOWELL AS
 4 PART OF 5Is5EE.
 2. CLOSING SALOONS FROM I X
 ITO A R.
 3. REVOCATION OF SALOON Ii
 cENsE IN DISREPUTABLe
 QUARTERS.