The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-01-29
WRY FACES over law
NEWSPAPERS OF TENNESSEE DISLIKE PROHIBI-
TION MEASURE JUST PASSED

to the Literary Digest which has compiled these
representative newspapers Of that
prohibition law:
Why try force prohibition impossible
to enforce it? This the question which the urban press Ten
nessee Indignantly asking their readers aftermath
OF the Statewide prohibition bill by the State Senate which
practically the establishment Southern
commonwealth under the sign of the full warpcher That the
passage of the bill surprise those sections of Tennessee
tanning Memphis Nashville and Chattanooga evident when
noted that almost the combined and business influence of these
communities actively opposed "he business and
meca interests of these cities almost solid against this arbitrary
and damaging legislation says the Nashville American "Why
should such unfarness and yranna spirit
shown toward the cities asks the Nashville Banner The Chatta
nooga Times pleads that ours of the and taxpayers of
that city unaeaby opposed the passage Of law especially
directed the abdgmen Of their rights govern and control their
own local affairs Every professional organization every labor
ing organization and majority OF the prominent business organ
zation against prohibition Memphis says the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal which goes more at length thus
There in this opposition than the loss of the
city and the injury that will be done to business
Certain that majority Of the people of Memphis
for Statewide prohibition
1--WE believe the leading objection the part those against
prohibition the knowledge Of the fu OF the measure felt
here that public being behind would
The traffic would become outawed public
would not be strong enough to have the law observed
4" hard fight in Memphis enforce the Sunday law
Our political gathering
order whip the saloon people into line the lid put tight
Then when they in line the lid flew off
The Nashville American incensed what it believes
political treacery in the passage Of the bill says part
No question settled until settled right Under the
provisions of the bill which driven through the Senate yesterday
neither right justice, neither prac
icabity.
The frenized prohibition under selfish leadership may
whip their bills through legislative halls but they will have difficulty
If making those whose outraged observe them
so far this newspaper concerned if these
placed upon the atebook matter how unjust they be-
will do part that they enforced but will
the method of their No honest newspaper
1.-The American is Democratic paper There is not one drop
cf yellow blood its veins owned and edited by Democrats
by Tennesseeas whose heartbeat for Tennessee It
adapt condtons Gan submit injustice but the road
not too long night dark for faer the face of the
within its party and the without-that
which been Tennessee and will be again given
the opportunity.
Defeat may through the eachey of members of its
household dshonor by its Those Democrats
who Yesterday forgot the declarations of their party who
voted the principles of George an and Clay Evans
Newell Sanders may lay the atterg JUNCTION their souls that
they right but the uneed Democracy OF Tennessee
them tnderous the next time the ballot
boxes are opened