Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-04
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should no; he IN l,eticr financial con
ast,9p; alter RECEIVING tcea-e MONEY
from the -aioone fa OVER IblE-
IN WARS. The reason " at hand
Ne have sow IN oar eosniy I.ll hve
yosag men all seui there by the M
hseaee Of the saloons. As Bose oi
them have any property Whatever
all expenses OF thesr trials mssi be
paid by the people and thai includes
lees fos the attorneys ON both sides.
The case from Ohio Cav will eoes
the most. probably Sl.2,p at the
least. and these costs mus, be paid
by the eouEiy, increasing the county
tax
We wish 10 call especial attention
b. the four cases from GunpIson.
The mlsdmeauor case. for winch the
defendant wss sent 10 Jssl for six
months. viii be comparatively cheap.
as IL will only cost about $3.50 But
u is sale ~ saw that each 1T the
three felony cases will cost not less
than one thousand dollars In other
words IN TWO MONTHS THE
SALOONS OF GUNNISON HAVE
COST MORE THAN THE IL
CENSE MONEY FOR ONE YEAR.
The loss Of the license money
might raise the taxes IN Gesnlsen
for one year. or perhaps two, but
counting the cost year after year
the SALOONS HAVE NOT AND
NEVER WILL PAY THEIR OWN
COST. HOW THEN, CAN THEY
BE EXPECTED TO PAY THE
DEBTS OF GUNNISON?
And in this estimate we have not
counted the hve young men rs
worth anything. If they were your
sons they would he priceless.
WE MUST ACTUALLY PAY
FOR HAVING OUR YOUNG MEN
ASSISTED ON THE ROAD TO
RUIN.
Go over 10 the Jail and see the
SALOONS EXHIBIT. They were
all sent there by the saloons.
n Ossuy - - SsAuua
We iAvite attention 10 the follow
ing quotations from addresses aud
discoarsss Of honosed bishops and
priests of the Catholic Church on
the ssblect Of the saloon evil. This
exhibit Of the opinions Of the minis
sers of religioa might be greatly en-
lsraed 10 inclsde all the great com
msaions of ChristsRdom, but limit
stioss Of space make this impossible.
The question pow before the electors
Of the town Of Gsnnison 10 nod one
W be determined by outside opinion,
however eminent, but by the resi-
dents of this town, on the ground Of
their own personal knowledge Of the
saloon and it's influence here, and its
cost 10 our town and county But
since the nance Of bishops and arch
bishops have been invoked for the
psrpose of making votes, if possible,
lof a continuance of the saloon re-
glme, we qaote-in simple fairness
TO the public-the following state
mehts of earnest and faithful eccle-
sisstics who believe that the saloon
is IN unmitigsted evil and shonld be
abolished wherever public opinion
is against it.
The quotation from Cardinal Glib
bons that Immediately follows makes
it clear that the statement Of his
views given last week in the pro-sa-
loon advertisement in this paper
was imperfect or incomplete.
Whether or not he believes in pro-
hibitlon by state or national enact
ment does not concern us. We have
no such question now to consider.
He does believe in county plohi-
bition, where public sentiment sup
ports it, aud still more emphatically
in town prohibition. The smaller
the voting unit the more effective
the law. Other anti-prohibitlon ut
teraDces quoted in the advertisement
referred TO need, doubtless. to be
interpreted in the same way, for it
is rare indeed that any intelligent
public man today can be found who
opposes local option in town or
county as a unit. Whether
stale prohibition is wise or unwi.e
we will wait before discussing un-
th that question is up. And now
Tor smother and different present-
ment Of the views of eccIesiae.s from
that msde lest week.
Co4l cAhs9s Il am heartily
and Absolutely in favor Of Local Op.
ton with The cosnty as a unit in
e3ectioaA"
AsaAp 6shais The Ca,ho-
lsc cAsscA is sbsolssely and irrevo-