The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-20
MOST ABSURD
INCONSISTENCY

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men. o' prohibition is made There
-e 5-o5aa.y zen t1y-za1d uen To
Oklahoma CITY rho can lead any
.s-aa ~ all reds %, Joints Tla-e
,-a selling of liquor .s lo' tic only
..., thing done Practically every
one r, .a..a joints have gambling
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ssoa'-s Laa.oa. sAe7Hee and Dra--
.-aIy ever. other uo2llols cry IN
.5e state
-r nc face o, the fat ,ha. vas,
sU. ~ money have -eer a.Drogri-
a.. .- counties and sta,c .0r the
e.tt.-ucrt o' -be .-Dl H'Icn Law
and .r the face ~ the fat ,ha, muni-
c.al and county officers have made
sa..htl a.'emp, 70 discharge their
dr.y In this direction the whole
taIue sas been d stupendous failure.
What farce i' ia TO assume that
this Is better condition than thai
produced by the open an regulated
Tcalsed saloon. when prohibition
.sa and prohibition preachers an.
LoIucc their enforcement Of this
condition in preference 70 the u
ceused and regulated conduct Of the
liquor business It is the same as
SAYING tha' tncy prefer a condition
of anarchy 10 that Of respectable
government. that criminal Is bet
ter than a man Who obeys the law,
that debauchery Is better than NOR
, aAty, mat deceit, hy|ocrisy and
. perjury are better than righteous
, moss and decency
! The people are tired-yes, disgust
ed with tho conditions created oy
. this a1ortiye am insane enactment
, You can hardly pick up news
!. pacr printed In Oklahoma that does
n no contain an account Of some afro
d cIous crime tha. Is traceable di
rccuy to these "bootIegng' Joints
The intolcrant, unrcasonIng spirit
Of the prolibitI9nist Is rctrOsrCss.Yl
4 and degenerating. It is the spirit
- that moves the mob and causes de-
n struction and disaster
The amen lment to the constitution
=. initiated by the people Of Oklahcnl
p, and upon which vote will be taken
on November sth, proposes to limit
saloons to one for every thousand
, Inhabitants II prohibits the sale OF
liquor 70 minors and drunkard
and then as a further protection
TO the public, II commands tha'
there shall De no screen or Other
thing to obstruct the full view oI
tho interior Of the saloon from the
. street by the public. No chairs, IA
bles or private stalls are permltte
, and under these provisions the peo
pie have a positive guarantee OF
full knowledge OF all things oc
curing inside such saloons.
Today the places wnerc liquor Is
sold throughout be state are only
, limited by the capacity Of the Grim
. inally inclined individuals 10 buy in
any quantity from a pint up. Lq.
uor is sold boy "bootlcggcrs' on the
street and in places hidden away
, from the public and where boys and
Young men can secure access as
easily as the man OF mature years
It is absolutely criminal 20 assume
that such conditions as now exist
- In oklahoma are better than those
OF the limited, licensed and regllat.
a. saloon and It is bid to crime
. to endorse such conditions
Honest prohibtlonists are as thor
oughly disgusted with the conditions
created az are those who are cndors
ing local option and high license
' and by the score these people in
every community are declaring in
= favor Of the proposed bill
4 poll OF Beckham county, which
in 1907 gave majority of 1900
for prIhihtiou, shows tho following
' results: Reports from II precincts