Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-31

What kind af n saloon does the Mod.
4! License League" propose to give us?
Does IT pr7T"sc 30 give us a saloon SO
'c.cvatc'. that its vices will be virtues and
IL, liquors will not in,oxicate% Will this
league tell MS the respect in which
Il "motcl license" might affect the char
.acter OF the men who hold It and how
lit might change the nature Of the liquors
sold under II? Will this league" tell
as whether a 'model license for n
model drug store" would drive the
bitterness out OF the quininr or the pois
on out Of the ST. chime which might he
sold in it, In ether words, will his
league" tell US whether a ''moiel
]icense' for a leopard would change its
spots, or a model saloon" tor an l.,!iiop.
ian would change his skin? II the lcop
ards SPOT, a"d The l:~tliiopian's skin
could thus be Changed, | can See no rea.
son wiz O "iupdcl license for 4 "modcl
saloon Itignt not change its liquors in
10 harmless beverages and convert it,
patrons INTO sober and judicious persons
OF good reputation and qualify them for
Abe hieIu-t and noble5t avocations and
professions in civilized life.
But if a "niodel license" for a leopard
would not change his spots, and ii a
"'riodel saloon for an I;thiopian would
not change Il SKIN. ! must still insist
chat a "moIel license" for Il s4.oon
would not ch"ugr TIE nature re the
liquor sold al /, nor lie quality OF the
crimes committed lv it.
.iRGUAUENTS rOR OLD SALOON IDLE.
The truth of The matter is that all this
talk, TO the effect that a "model l,ceusc'
would convert a degrading and disgrace
full business into q profitable AID respect
able business is folly. and those WHO in.
Tulgc i'll il a. ter themselves with the
de!uslon tllal the public is easy 70 blind
fold and can be fooled all the time.
The old-fashioned saloon has always
been Supported 10y seven argument, to
Wit, five loves end two fishes vet it has
always produced old fashioned poverty
and oil.fashioncd pain. The "model
saloon MAY try 10 Support itself with
thirteen arguments, to wit, two six shoot.
ers AMI a b'w,c knife, ami it may pro.
tnce n rev kind Of sniicttp,, To I've
known d. ''mu,lel poverty" and model
pam mp to date" SORROWS aud "st,ic,-
ly mouern' slsAlnr, still it will be hard
To appreciate the difrrepce between old
Cash "ned sorrows aud up tO~datr'' aE.
AUCTIONS.
II will be hard to point ont, the respect
III Which one is to be preferred 40 the
other. IN my opinion, q 'moiel saloon
ONE be built in the middle of a piol
81 ground, at least one hundred f,el
SOU re. and the ground shoald be IN.
r.osed by a wall thirty feet high, AID : O
CONSTRUCTED that M human being could
scale It, and 40 bullet penetrate II.
Through this wall there should be bu,
one place to 90 III and out, and it should
he large enough to admit one person
only ut y tlmc-that is. if such "a door
would not violate the Constitution, on
the ground of depriv,ng thirsty folks of
the right to enj " each Others ,ociety
while passing through the hole in the
mall' to the Ill 'rst parlnr
GUAkp STATIONED At ENTRANCE
Assuming THAI such hole in the wal,
would not violate the CONSTITUTION,
suggest that al armed guard should b.
ststhoncd =, is entrance. day aud night,
and their dHi'es should require them tc
permit no Intoxicated PRISON to pass on,
that il IN say, none ut sober person.
should ne permt,sH 10 escape from the
'ia~iet ~sal"un.' This kind OF q saloon
would M u lite aristocr ttic, hut it
Nss'd sasble "bir Is Of q feather to flock