Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-24
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INIs UlfNl, lA not written Tor pd]
from auN ~ or clique but at the risk
,r losing friends who honestly differ
iron. me,
speak from a Taxpayers point of
view IN favor VI equal enforcement OIL
ALL the llwf, and square deal 10 all
alike
Ny prohibition friends are prone
90 ovcrluuk the rottcuucsS, crime and.
graft that are In no way connected
with the bOotitggcr have never
bucn, and never VIII be In any way
connected with the liquor traffic. ana
Il surh thing as prohibition were
possible no ono would talk II iOudcr
thlH myself An men admit that
strong drink s harmful unnecessary
Jul uuporular but II has been WITH
III from the very beginning,
Violations Of what is known as the
"Biillps Bll,' are causing unrest with
the concerned as wril MS the ungon.
ccrncd, and the old udage Is, thlt the
fellow who minds his own business
always has steady Job, My record
win show that am In favor of law
enforcement, as we'll as 20 make men
and women better, II Is needless for
me 10 say that I, ~ wyll us the bus.
luess interests Of the country, am IL
favor Of Nigh license, which means
better moruls. higher standard o'
American manhood and q progressive
state
As TO local option. that has always
been and alWay5 viii be. la all the
hiStoty Of the world prohibition never
saved lrunllarl, L. S. senator
John ]. ingalls, vas cmlnenly cor.
rect whom he said that prohibition vas
q great success, tor Il gave the Upper
all the whleRy he wanted. and the
prOhbluohls, all the Law be wanted
But he forgot to say what part the
tax pa,or played. Even the apostle
OF truth, the morning World, OF The
lith inst, says: 1T IL true that II
viii be FOUND utterly impossible to
completely stamp out liquor selling
Did they tell you that before Noyom'
bee 8? Who Is dolrg your thlnking
! want 60 give the bUollcgger cred
II for only one thing, and that Is that
he is smart enough not 60 vote himself
Iout Of business, ana beyond the shad
Ow Of q doubt. enough Of them voted
and Influenced enough others 10 DC
feat high license last November.
4 The question is who won the Vie
tory? often wonder what has b.
come Of that old fashioned word
"tomperOnce." II seems 90 have beer
Dropped from the vocabulary entire
, ~ II is high time that II bo resur
recicd. Perhaps You heard II men
toned AT thc mass meeting Suhda
/. night II YOU can ,tgisIate men IN,
women into Righteousness, ,hcI
l.. Christ died IN vain,
| am proud VI our now. growing
metropolitan city aud, All things con
/, sldetod, believe We are far bolo7
, the average In iaWleszness. 4 shor
time ago all you seard vas "holdups.
II Is o known fact that many sucl
plausible cases are known to be fakes
pure ana simple. Then what can vol
IoNpect from an irres sponsible person
Some lose their money Tor someDod.
lolscsD on O sure thing game In som
Idifc; others on the more rospeCtabl
Board Of Trade or Stock I1rcllangp
land Of course they lose. and rathc
than face the truth they 80 10 tn,
lpolice and "hoiler" "held up" II /
n safe bet that nine out OF ten ar
fakes
We have plcniy OF good, honest, ef
f!c!ent Officers, and al they ask 4
operation ana encouragement.
believe the morning paper wal
m'slnfornod when It said. the SLIM
path leads TO the very church door
II such a condition exists, thcrt
Ishould DC NO delay In calling n gran(
jury together. We all want the law
enforced, bul lei w not stop viii
the bOotlegger. There are plenty o
prominent ta% payers who will sign
10 petition for srand jury or some
thing else, one day 0nd sign re
monstrunce the nest, 70 asked
would llko 10 see o grand Jury tina
lNlll sweep their own Lach YARD first
DO not let us have any more jokes
II want to give the lawyer credit fol
being fiuonclur. Prohibition fur
'nIshcs O fine field for the lawyer Il.
well ua the bootlcyser. He goes afei
ltIG fish When The jolntlsts get firm.
" enIrenchej 1nd get tired OF cough.
ms up the lawyer organizes a Ciy!C
League, and the dear people ore asked
to dis" And they 90 dig. II,
catches thcnl comm md poluu'"
I a speaker SUNDAY night said tha
!oW enforcement required lots of mon,
cy, that Just ay VIC get ready TO swool
down on the boollegger and gambler
ina other crime mcnti0ned) our spe.
ciol atiorney says, walt" Wait untl
We gel 20 the bottom Of this thing. ant
he said they had been six month,
gathering evidence. lie did not say &c
the bottom Of what venture to say
the iDWyor meant the bottom OF your
pocket Ut course yOu saW the par.
ti1l list Of liquor licenses Issued In
lTuls0. out OF the whole list four in
functions were served, namely, the OIL
f, ESchanye. the Moore hotel. the Al.
corn hotel and the Cheyenne Drug
lC0. Why only four? Discrimination
Is what gave rise 10 Socialism.
| But after AL the lawyer IS doing his
country a great service, inasmuch os
The brewer ana distlller pay no taX
or license. III short time they would
have the entire circulating medium
and Mr.. Taxpayer pays the freight.
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