New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-11-12
THE LICENSE ELECTION.

rIalpI tor TIE llttnSHg OF tlt 81
loon after a trial # Prohibition
lasting two wears Accord n9lI,
licenses will be .SSuer ON JANUARY
| 1911, for the sale of liquor IN
this parish under the provisions OF
the GayShattuck law.
II is now hardly worth while
+, inquire INTO the reasons why
a majority Of 2l3 against the sd
loon has been changed to a ma
joritv Of fifty or sixty agansi
Prohibition. Perhaps the general
diSsat sfactou with financial con
ditions had something to do with
if. General trade dullncSS may
have led people to blame the alb
Scuce Of the saloon for slack bus
mess the nearness Of liquor
supply may have made IT hard to
pronlbil desire to compare the
effects Of contro, under the Gay
Shattuck law w tn conditions I'M
der Prohibition may have had lis
influence; belief that the reduc-
non IN the amount of lquor ac-
lal!y consumed did not justif5
tne ,os, "a revenue may have
played q part; unrest, which rs
apparent in all parts OF the c1lln-
try and is ovetturnlng the exist
ing order Of things on all SIDES,
may have done its share,
l,ut while If is not worth while
TO speculate as to the cHUse al the
reversal Of sentiment on the part
.af the voters of Acadia on the sub
icct of the saloon. it is distinctly
worth while to begin today to re
member some ,hings tn election
and the narrow margin OF vlctol Y
,or the sa,oon teaches. We shall
do well to begin remembering to-
lay and not cease remembering.
We must first remember that
very near half Of the people, OF
Acadia are opposed to the saloon
md that they will demand a
chance again TO register lher VIII
at the polls a,S soon as the Jaw per
mits another election to be held.
We should remember that they
will be ent tied 10 that election II
they ask for it, and they will &c;
IT.
We should remember that the
business men who asked for the
return of the saloon on the ground
thai regulation under license IS
better than the distribu. ION OF
| uuor under Prohibition STAND
GOOD FOR THE SALOON. They
are on is bond, guaranteeing lis
1cod behavior.
We should remember that the
men who voted in the sa.oon dit
so with the distinct understanding
nat the Gay-Shattuck law will be
+ gidly observed.
That means no liquor sold to
minors. as there was when the sa
loon was here before. If minors
get liquor from the saloon unde.'
license the men VINO voted the sa-
loon in will be the first to join
ne Prohibitionists and drive out
the saloon.
It means no gambling rooms. as
there were when the saloon was
here before. If there is gambling
in connection with any sa.oon. the
men responsible for license will be
tne first to join the Prohibitionists
and drive out the saloon.
II means no women selling lis
uOr, and no women hanging
around saloons. If this is per-
mitted the saloon will have to go.
1t means that carous ng indec-
ency. drunkenness. lewdness, dis
turbing the peace must nor oc-
eur, on penalty of Prohibition In
two years.
There is a decent cement in
Acadia parish that has stood good
for the saloon. It is not an en-
v able position to occupy, for the
saloon ennobles no man. 1t is
taken not because any man be-
lieves that whiskey is a good
thing for no man OF sense
stands for whiskey. 1t is taken
because these men differ with the
Prohibit onists as 10 the least OBJ
jectionable way to distribute
whiskey. They believe that since
a certain amount of whiskey IS
bound to be consumed it is better
to regulate its sale and make it
help to support parish, municipal
and state government than to let
it run wild. These men stand
good for the saloon s good behav-
Tor. but they stand for nothing
more. They are responsible and
they have the law back Of them.
If they fail to make good; # The
saloon does not keep within the
provisions of the law; if there is
an appreciate increase in crime
and lawlessness; if there is a
large increase in the amount of
liquor consumed; if the general
welfare of the parish is injured.
the men who have gone on the
bond of the licensed saloon will
repudiate it at the polls when the
next election comes.
And there is no use for any
fairminded man to deceive himself
on that point-therc will be an
other booze election as soon as the
law allows it to be held.
The saloon and its bondsmen
are on trial, and they ght as
well begin remembering that fact
today and never quit remember
ng."
Main Street East End Residence
for sale.-Built a few years ago.
Thoroughly fitted up and we'll