Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-10-08
Hold Up A Little.


that are following the leadership and
doing the win of the liquor power
against the plank in the Republican
platform which proposes that con
3Jtutional amendment against the
ioLor traffic shall be submitted The
most able paper joined in this chorus
is the Tribune, published at Lewis
ION. 1t is able but it has lost It's
head i'm this matter. 1t has abandoned
candor, and has adopted that course,
which is always followed by the l-
quor men, of denying that prohibition
anywhere has been of any benefit.
In Its issue of September 22nd 1T de-
livered itself of the following broad
statement:
'Inquiring persons need not, indeed
should not, take anyone's word or
opinion as to the effects of the policy
in its flower and I'm dts ripe FRUITS,
for the country is teeming with the
facts and the experiences that set at
naught all arguments, all hopes and
all faith as to what the theory may
bring forth in practice. Maine has
been oppressed and strangled for so
years by its insiduous workings
Kansas is the most melancholy, most
stunned, most depressed and most
ridden state in the Union, in
spite of it's wealth and variety OF
rare native resources and it's oppor-
tunities for making happy, free and
prosperous commonwealth. Other
states have thrown off the burden
and resumed the normal course OF
human hfe and human activity,
Where did the Lewiston paper get
the informat alton that kansas is the
most melancholy, most Stunned, most
depressed and most tax-ridden state
in the Union in spite of its wealth.
and variety of rare native resources
and it's opportunities for making a
happy, free and prosperous common
wealth.? Kansas has had prohibi-
ton for many years. Throughout a
large part of the state, possibly five
sxtIhs. prohibition has been strictly
enforced for twenty years or more.
During recent years it has been en-
forced in all portions of the state.
The liquor men claimed it could not
be enforced, but the decent people
of the state determind it could and
they have enforced it-and they are
going to continue to enforce it
Kansas is probably the most pros
porous state of the Union. Its peopl
have grown rich That, of course,
is mainly attributable to the fact
that they have had good crops, but
the further fact that no considerable
proportion of the people have squan-
dered their money, their health and
energies in dissipation, has contrib
uted also great share toward the
conditions that now exist.
The people of X "a nsas have
thrived on prohibition. They have a
high standard of manhod in Kansas
because of prohibition. Conditions
in every particular are better becaus.
of prohibition. The people there
routed out this dreadful evil that
undermines the characters of men
leads boys astray. They have routed
out the canker that ate the heart
out of 50 many homes. They are
satisfied with the result because they
find they have higher type of citi-
zenship as a result of Punishment Of
the liquor evil.
In what sense has Maine been stran
gled? To be sure, In some of the
cities of Maine, the liquor law is vi
olated but that Is so because the
state has no adequate law for punish
ment of those who break the anti
liquor statute. In all states where
prohibition has been adopted either
by local option or in any other man.
ner, the people are highly satisfied
with the result, and none but the
liquor dealers and their satellites
find any cause for complaint.
We want to suggest to the Trib-
une, further, that this great issue of
temperance reform Is no longer an
academic question nor Is it confined
to Good Templars' halls or campmeet
ings. 1t has been taken hold of by
the great mass of all the good peopl
of this country, and moreover 1t has
been taken hold of by the hand of
business. There are few localities
the United States where young ma
who drinks can hope to be promoted
IN business. Talk about opposition
There! are great number of vast
business corporations that absolute.