The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-01-13
'Dryss Look Like winners At
aIoplin.

Ucpihht
Ffank Paisen, who was yp from Jop.
lin the firss OF the week says the local
option campaign down 10 the big min.
ing town is going to be about the bitter
est fight Of the kind eper sees, And he
says he will be migLiily fooled IL the
"drys" are NIT victorious. Where you
found one prohibitionist before Billy
sunday s, revival you now fnd twenty
aud they are all active. While Sunday
didn'toonpert more than 800 voters be
made dry voters out OF many more who
oonpromiseb with their inciination to
quit the broad, easy path By simply
climbing on the water wagon. The
newspapers, both the News. Herald and
the Globe, have failed thus far to, dtfi
nitely commit themselves on the issue,
though it is very eeidenp from their
present tc ne that the drys will get no
help from them. From their original
attitude off extravagant lsudation OF
Billy Sunday tHey haye,steadsly receded
to one of cold 'mas the best man VIM
comment on the situation, suggesting
only too plainly the evident facts in the
case, which,are that bnth are the or.
gans OF interests, whose veal would be
affected by a''dry" victory.
The fight has acquired n new phase
since the clusng of the Joplin pool halls
on Sundays. The game Of pooh is a
1, T., ,,,sN 81 Il
nowadays when Sunday comes they
make Il rush for Webb'Gity that simply
blockades the usual passenger traffic.
They crowd the halls at Webb all day
waiting for possible turn at the tablesr
aud at night there is another rush for
! Joplin. Moreover, men are actually he
ginning to move their famlies'to' Webb
on this account Now, Jopllnitast are
asking themselves, il their miners leavr
JoIlu and go to- Webb City beosuse
| they can play rool there and can't at
home, what wi,l,tbey do il joplin goes
| dry and they can't get booZe,. infinitely
dearer,to their heaPtssthan pool, at home
but can get 1t by going to Webb CitYN
1t doesn't take a professor off mathr-
matics.- 10 figure the answer. They'll
90 to Webb C,ty every SUNDAY, and.
what's more, il they have difficulty in,
getting over there because of crowded,
street cars many Of them will pick up,
bag end beggage..nd move over thare.
It's the same thing they're worrying
about down at Carthage. where looal
option also is coming 10 a, vote. Eo' be-
sure, they're going to have the sarns
kind OF election at Webb City,. but no.
body is burning any midnight oil, tgus-
ing the result. Webb will 60 wet.
Then with all their. own drunks--and
they have plenty already-and with
the reinforcemsnts Of DRINKS, inom JOp
lin and Carthage, won'a Webb City be
a lovely place to spend a quiet Sunday
afternoon? Incidentally, won't JNplir
hDd Carthage be hummipg business
- points with. all thar tnse spendint
8 !! miners going over to Webb to do thei
This side. OF the matter i
4 Bgoing to affsot many votess and needles
\. to say, the wet forces are giving it a.
/, possible publicity As, an argument TO
% the other towns to.stay wet.
,, On the surface it appears that th
W drys, while very strong. are up agains
- two yepy strong adverse circum
:, stances 10 the coldness OF the newspi
b pers and the certainty of wet neigt
5, Dor 10 Webb City. But stay-Bil
b, Sunday is coming back. He is going.
c. spend at least one week in Joplin b
fore tAe electicu, and dating from b
- arrival you can safely bet your ne
summers wages that the old town W
hum with hum that will make Il
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