Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-26

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liquor who wants It, save the
negroes. They are cut out.
zone of the worst features Of the
blind tiger business is the private
house saloons in residence sections
of the city. When we had saloons
proper they were generally restrict
ed to the business portion of town
but now they are everywhere.
CAS- a corrective agency, prohibit
tion in cities is a failure. All it
does is to close up one avenue and
open another.
There is a move on now to re-
peal, or to modify, the present law
in some way so as to deal with the
city problem in different manner.
Limit the number OF saloons and
put them under high license and
strict regulation. That seems to be
the only way Of dealing with the
city problem, with any degree of
success"
/ called upon the Internal Rev
enue agent and learned that 1887
federal tax receipts have been issued
this year in city of about $4,000
population. This one fact is suf-
ficient to show the conditions pre-
vailing in this city. That number
is largely in excess of the licenses
issued under the saloon regime, so
instead of prohibition reducing the
number of places where liquor can
be procured it has increased them.
Further comment as to the nom
effectiveness of the law in Birming-
ham is unnecessary.
arrived in Nashville at o'clock
Saturday night After locating in
the Tulane Hotel, I took in" as
much of the town as could up to a
late hour.
A person walking the streets of
Nashville would never suspect that
the city officials, saloon keepers and
citizens at large had even so much
as heard of the word prohibition"
The word is evidently not found in
the city dictionary. I have studied
the saloon problem in a large num-
ber of cities, and do not recall one
where there are so many high toned
drink emporiums in ratio to the
number, as I found in ;his city
What! such saloons in a prohibition
town." Yes. and running wide
open, without let or hindrance. Well
they sell only soft drinks? Perhaps.
Those l visited were selling some
kind of liquid that was certainly not
sofe, IL color and odor can be relied
upon as circumstantial evidence.
The saloons in prohibition NASH
Vile are selling the genuine article.
In violation of the state wide pro-
hibitory law? Yes, and they are
.reating the law with utter con-
.empt. The saloon keepers are not
he only ones who are thus ignoring
he law. The city officials are maxi
ng no attempt to enforce the law,
md the citizens back of the officers
ire Indifferent to it, and not de-
handing it's enforcement. Why?
Because the majority of the people
# the city are opposed to the law
| law can not, or az least will not /
70 enforced If II does not receive /
he support Of public sentiment.
Jnder the saloon regime, saloons
we're centralized in the business part
# town, as in Birmingham, but now
hey are scattered all over the city
There Is a larger number now than
with an increased amount
( drunkenness.
Rev. DR.. Lotion, pastor of Cen
raj Baptist Church, in his sermon
sunday might, said; do you know
hat people are mourning all over
his town over the prostitution OF
aW mere 10 HVul hih6 90 49,
Jashyille tonight because young
nen are walking the streets drunk
have never seen as many men
runk in twenty-five years have !
cen In Nashville, as have seen the
asst six months"
It, is not necessary to multiply
lords in reference to the operation
Z the law in Nashville. It is not
My dead letter and a failure, but
is being treated with disdain, The
ecple will suffer this condition to
xist for time, hen they will cast
Off. and with the repeal of the
lw will go what good has come to
he small towns and rural sections.
w seeking too much, that is, more
han can be successfully worked.
here is grave danger of losing all.
1t is generally recognized that
he antl-prohibition sentiment is in
throughout the state,
aused by the failure Of the law In
ities,
Among the large number Of peo-
lie with whom l talked in all three
4 the cities, including ministers,
n a