The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-03

| prohibition those who want liquor
for beverage purposes will continue
TO order 1t from a bootlegger or
through mail order house, and
those who do not want 1t for bev-
erage purposes will order it as in
the past as a matter of precaution
for medicinal purposes, and the re-
suit will be that the consumption
of liquor in Oklahoma will continue
TO aggregate a greater amount un-
der prohibition than it would under
the license system.
The only solution of the liquor
problem lies in regulation along the
lines recently suggested in an inter
view by Judge +. NJ. Simonton, of
Tampa. Fla, in which he SAYS:
1T is well known that the saloon
keeper, like men engaged in other
lines of business, will violate the
law when 1t is profitable to do SO,
and whenever he finds that a yio-
lation of the law will result in ir-
reparahle loss to him, he will be
as iaw-abiding as any other citi-
zen in the community
ut seems to me that the number
of saloons should be limited to one
for 1000 or ] 800 people in the com
munity. and only one license should
be issued to one individual, and that
to tho man who actually conducts
or has charge of the business.
When a man either sells liquor on
Sunday, or sells to minors or to
drunken people, or in a>y way vi.
olates the law, his license should be
suspended for ninety days, and let
his saloon be absolutely closed an,
locked up by the sheriff during
that time, and upon a second con
viction of the violation of law, let
his license be Cancelled and him
be forever denied the privilege of
having another license in the state.
This will result In making the
business more profitable. and in I'M
proving the character of the men
engaged in the business. 1t will
eliminate the diyekeeper and law
breaker in the business. or make
him a law-abiding citizen
These suggestions from Judge 81
monton correspond almost Identical
" with the suggestions that the
Model License League is making 10
the various states. and which hay
been adopted in five or six states
and In a great number of munici-
palities.
If saloonkeeper violates law 1t
Is because he finds II profitable
to violate law, but 1t is an ca
matter to prepare saloon license
under which II could not be profit
able to violate law
We think that saloon license
should renew itself after being is
sued as long as the holder obeys law.
provided the people do not forbid
the business by local option or
prohibitio vote, because this would
make the saloonkeeper feel that his
business was a permanent one, ana
he would feel disposed to conduct
permanent business on very much
higher plane than he would Dusl-
ness that ne was only temporarily
engaged in and which he is liable
TO be put out of at the end of any
fiscal year
We also think that licenses
should be limited 50 as to make
IneHl W. go
ly of the opinion that penalties FOR
the violation of law by the saloon
keeper should be mandatory
We do not think that any dlscre-
ton ought to be left with Judge
or a licensing board, but in a saloon
license It should be distinctly pro
vided that conviction by jury OF
the violation of law on the part OF
the holder would suspend the IL
cense for thirty, sixty or ninety
DAYS. and a second conviction would
cancel it forever.
A license of this kind would be
very valuable, and If the penalties
could not be minimized the holder
would have but one thought, ana
that would be to obey the laws
strictly.
This would really bring about
complete regulation of the liquor
traffic. and in such regulation lies,
in our opinion, the only practical
solution of the liquor problem.