The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-17

and not az q ward TO settle. For III.
staneezna Ward can issue = iieee.ns.,e
for saloon Of itself. Suppose )
bond issue was ordered End the same
placed on the baIlotffer or against,
would the vote OF the ward govern.
or the entire vote Of the city as Z
unit7 If the vote of the ward sheuId
govern then on the question of license
Or no license. the fourth ward should
be entitled 70 the greatest number OF
saloons, as 1t Is the largest ward in
ths city. And yet o. will venture the
assertion lthatif tho people Of the
Fourth ward thought to certainty
there @ouIt be established saloons i'm
their ward. seventy-ffye per cent. of
the people of the ward would yot.
against u and keep them out. So w
wnat right. or to be fair In the pren,is.
es shculd the. Fourth ward vote the
saloon which they object to having lin
their midst into or upon amy other
ward Of the eity7 The Candidate fo-
council of the Republican ticket in
the Fourth ward made an open deeIara.
ticn at the Peoples party convention
CT conference held at the Presbyterian
Church, city convention or confer.
enee nov mind you athat he would
ahide by the will of the People on the
question of for or against license If
1t was submitted on the baIIot.r i
venture there was not voter presen.
who did not accept this statement and
declaration to mean the people of the
city az unit.
II "For License" carries on the
revcnu. basis there ought then
to be some saloons opened up In tn.
Fourth ward and seine more In the
Second ward. ~ a, few thousand dol.
lars In revenue from. this business ia
good for the city a few thousand more
is better. Grant all the licenses posi-.
BILE in order TO get the largest amount
o: rev.nue.
This argument Of revenue for the
city seems to be the leading reat,on
submitted to inc by the adi1erents ia.
voring license. One of these gentl..
men called my attention to the con:
dition of our streets and said he new.
er sa" them SO dirty when we had
the saloons ana the license money t.
keep them cleaned up, and W. surely
would have a better town II we had
saloons.
asked him if he did not think our
city was In prosperous condition
without the saIoon7 His reply was
somewhat evasHe. ! then called hin
attention ;tei the very bad Winter we
hadseone through with, SO much snow,
rain and freezing and such great ex.
eavations being made for new build
inss. the heavyt Iadened wagons sift.
ing their over loaded earth on our
streets. The general Increase of tr1f.
fic and our great office buildings and
department. store runntns%thelr ele:
vators day and might and using 90
much water that we could not spare
enough out of the rush of husEiess
to wash up the. streets and make
them nice ard clean once more like
they were7 when we had saloons. The
gentleman at once had something like
shock and rushed away. before
was ready to let him GO, and | did nor
get through naming the reasons for
the difficulties to be met in keeping
the streets Of our city in better form.
| verify believe sur city is in better.
financial condition without the saloon
license than 1t was when we had the
fcventeen or eighteen saloons. run.
nirg in our city. have not tho
SPICE here to enter into figures prov
ing this suggestion and believe I.
Fa;rmont continues dry another year
we will see such marked and contin.
usd improvements In our civic affairs
that the people at this city will not
entertain the idea of granting license
fer the saloon. Why should a city
Of FIFTEEN thousand people have. this.
institution which does net benefit the
public veal In order that sixteen or
eighteen men may make an easy pro-
fit and living out of the hard earned
m.ney Of toll which should be used
for the welfare and comfort of the
dependent women and children COM
prisinq four.fffths of the population.
Any man of family who remains In
on this question as to his vote would
do we'll and act wisely to consult his
good wife and family and abide their
advice Amy young man casting his
fir tsvote should consult his mother
and sisters and ask them If he shall
help to vote the saloon back In Fair.
mon:.
They are more vitality a,tcrcsted