The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-04
WOULD MEAN
CONTINUOUS AGITATION.

The defeat OF the statewide prohibit
ton amendment would mean the con
tinuous agitation OF a subject that some
people are getting mighty tired of.
The success of the amendment would
mean an end OF this prohibition discus
sion. The question would be settled
and SETTLED RIGHT.
In the event OF the amendments de-
feat, the local option article in Florida's
constitution would stand. Section of
that article says:
Section 1. The Board of County Com
missionerS OF each county OF the state,
not oftener than once in every two
years, upon application of one-fourth OF
the registered voters OF any county,
shall call and provide for an election in
the county in which application is made,
10 decide whether the sale OF intoxicat-
ing liquors, wines or beer shall be pro-
hibited therein, the question TO be de-
iermined by a majority vote OF those
voting at the election called under this
Section, which election shall be con-
Quoted in the manner prescribed by law
for holding general elections.
Don't you see, fellow citizens, that in
the event OF the amendments defeat,
the liquor forces of the state, now thoro-
ughly organized, would avail themselves
of the privilege conferred by the above
section and DO THEIR UTMOST TO
ENTRENCH THE SALOON IN
EVERY DRY COUNTY, and there
would be constant agitation OF subject
that some of US are "gettin' powerful
tired of"
The adoption of the amendment would
put an end to this agitation. 1t would
SETTLE 1T RIGHT by putting the
saloon OUT OF BUSINESS and OUT
OF POLITICS.
As a BUSINESS the saloon has no
standing in law or morals
In politics it IS simply the breeding
place of greed, graft and all forms of
public plunder.
1t can be made I business and poliii-
cal outlaw in Flocita ;oc al TINE by the
passage of this aneot1zat n=Kt Tues
day. And mark or Eort-
THE AMENDMENT WILL WIN.
The people all over the Stale are wax
ing up to the importance Of this issue.
The Sanford Herald, one OF the most
influential local newspapers in the state,
has been on the local option side. 1t
awoke to the significance Of this state
wide amendment fight only last week,
when Editor HoIIey in his leading edi-
torial said:
''In the campaign now on for the de-
feat OF the amendment, which means
saloons or no saloons, the editor of The
Herald has been fair and impartial. Be
lieving that local option was the proper
way to settle the question the editor took
that stand and was honest about it. The
Herald maintained at the time that when
the question came up for county cleo
ton the paper would certainly be against
the open saloon in the county.
"Since that time the question has tax
en- different phase and the majority of
the local option sentiment has been di
rected not only to defeat OF the amend
ment, but efforts are being made to call
a wet and dry election in Orange county
and we will be obliged TO wage the fight
all over again. This simply makes the
position of real local optioniSt unten-
able, for il now appears to be question
of saloons or no saloons not only for
Florida, but for our own county as well.
There has never been a good and
sufficient reason for the editor of The
Herald to line up with the saloon and
we do not propose to do it this late in
day.
"Thcrefore The Herald is for the
amendment and against the open saloon
in whatever guise it may assume"
Pass this amendment and there will
be an end to this wet" or "dry" agita-
ton in Putnam county and we will be
enabled to settle down to business-and
DO BUSINESS. The saloon will get
its final-its KNOCKOUT BLOW.