Gunnison news-champion., 1910-04-01

IsIi-
7 he abosc ~ the ..ssalt of having
~ salaons aud shows whaf saloans
co-s. Therefore. NC re-aihrm Cur
iosmer statement fnai the saloons d.
nsa and never have pad tseIr eWn
costs. aud that ti.'. saiean= oi Gan-
ni=on are no exrspfIou o. thIs rule
Ne are soTry D. raa-e - asuch DIS
tre-s ~ the camp 81 q enemv. III Il
NE HAVE TOLD The TEljIH
AND THAT l. NfiN III ia ETS
Let u mske h uasawsus
Beyond a IeradventuFe the
town Viii 20 dry next Tues.
dav h ihere y a faiF vote and a
fab vote The REASON fOr this
Irediction j. thai there are only
iev I,eople IN teNn-tb0-e.
BamslY. " ho directly or indire,t-
N are M the saloon business
who have any Interest In Keeping
the town wei The rest ol he
people of Gunni-on have a con-
inou business. social aud moral
interest even though their views
as TO What makes for this inter
est may have differed Ne csin-
aoi appeal with amy hope 0f sue
cess to those who have II busi-
hess interest ia selling liquor and
encouraging drinking habits. but
why shouldn0t the rest OF fthepeo-
pie get together With the great
bulk oi GunnisOn : citizens the
question j. Just one oi fact-do
oar neighbor towns aud cities
really find the dry regime pro
titable every way. except To sa-
loon proprietors and hangers-on,
or do they not? The truth
must lie on one side or the OF her.
aud there ought 10 he No difficul-
~ M finding out where it lies.
There has been plenty of time
the past five weeks since publica-
ton and discussion began To
prove that the dry" regime is
unpopular and unsuccessful
where II has been tried. ii thai
were the truth. There is nocon-
ct'ivable reason why reputable
and we'll known business men
should not MY in print and ON
the platform thai the no-saloon
regime has worked badly for
their towns, ii that he the fact.
But instead of that they say
with one accord that it works
we'll. Why should not people
who have no business connec-
lions with saloons believe what
they say and act accordingly.
II a jury beexpected To agreeou
the substantial facts in a case
AT law, provided they have no
bias or personal interest. why
should not the larger jury com
posed of the qualified voters of
town, he able to agree ON a ques
tion so broad, and so easily de-
termined, as the question wbeth-
er the saloon system OF man
aging town affairs works we'll
where il is tried Congressman
Bell said AT a public meeting in
Aontrose two or three weeks
ago that eighty to ninety per
cent of the voters OF Montrose
would now vote "drv" iftheques
tion were now being submitted.
There is simply no end OF respon-
slbie testimony to similar effect
as To the working OF the dry"
regime ln the towns and cities OF
the Western slope where it has
been tried.
To come back to the unes-
tion at the beginning of this
paragraph-why should not the
whole body OF our voters. except
the very lew who have a personal
stake In Keeping our town wet"
accept the facts and act a-nrd-
ingly. We do not see whv there
should he any division Of feelinp
or of sympathies ON a PROPOSE
tlon of this kind. The only ones
tton oi Interest To the great mass
81 voters is how does the dry
plan work aud what do We need
10 90 ~ 6unnison to persuade
The other towns and eities Of the
Western SLOPE to send US their
normal students, and to secure
rom an Overwhelmingly dry Veg
'ssa .nre the appropriation We
shall peed in order to orep the
Normal school The vote ought
10 I've Overwhelmingly one wav
:" ue other-"wet" or dry"
a"vfuing to the evide~ce of
isets. The facts are one way or
the other; the facts are easily 10
I 4 ~ Z fix.fx N