The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-30

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am speaking noes fo ihe lntt Of tla
people Eco rule betgts flal the
larger mH aIwHss eonifoH the
smaller one and t4at everseh
the smaller uuu has a rieht 90 aet
cseepf as restrained bY the larger
unit There ie nn rpUaan Nhv fou
should not have township option as
wei as offs option and county OF
sion aii iH the same state There
is no reason Why tou should mes a'-
lov people eryNhefe To- aef on this
question
'Fairuess" and "Justice" Not Known
to saloon Keepers.
Your falacy a bs. that you alk
about fairness in regard 20 salaouH.
ehereas, IF Won read tHo lexicon ut
tta saloon keeper. there are two
ords that 40 not appear fairness
aad Justice There is no fairness
or justice about tine saloon. and you
might as well understand that these
words can't be used of The liquor
business
A saloon at The best rs @ nuisance
and never tolerated except as a uec-
essary nuisance Nobody defends the
saloon They apologize for &c. but
never defend IT, You can't find a
state ia this Union or part OF a
state where the people asking for a
/ saloon ever urge it as a moral cen
/ ter. an educational institution or an
| economic asset
1t is understood that the saloon
! is not a blessing Go and examine
! the homes of your great liquor dear
! ors the rich ones. and see how near
! tbev are to a saloon Go with pc
titfon and ask them to join with
you in putting a saloon near their
residences. and they are the last
ones to do it. They viii put a saloon
by the house of a poor man and not
only deprive his property of value,
but run the risk of running those
about the saloon, but they do not
put it near their own homes
The saloon is not a good thing
1t is a center of vice and crime II
is the first place a police officer goes
when he is looking for criminal
and IT is the first place closed when
there is a riot in town. 1t is bu-
reau of information on every vice
and only tolerated for fear, If you
close it. you win have something
worse than the saloon.
Why, ! saw a paper the other day
that said that thirty brewers in TINS
city had signed an agreement to
help the city government enforce
laws against disorderly houses. and
one Of the brewers said, We have
demonstrated that the law can be
enforced" Why didn't they demon
strate it before? Most citizens don
have to sign an agreement to help
enfoN the Law. 1t is presumed they
will help enforce the law because
they are law-abiding citizens, 1t was
necessary for the brewers to agree
to help enforce the law in order to
/ take themselves out Of the category
of those who helped to defeat the
law, and when they say We will not
/ deliver goods any more TO these
! houses" it means I'VE have done
it in the past and helped to violate
the law" They are the lawless class
in every community.
The People Should Decide the Lii
cense Question.
Now, my friends, l believe in re-
strictions. l believe, first, that the
| people of community have "A right
to decide whether they want sa-
| loon or not, and then the larger
unit, If it does not want to prevent
a saloon in a locality, has right
to fix restrictions on those who open
saloons in localities. We have those
restrictions in Nebraska and some
OF our towns are dry and some wet.
The town in which | live is dry,
Lincoln, Nebraska, with more than
| fifty thousand people, has not sa-
loon in it, 1t went dry year ago
last spring and, after one year of no
saloons, the saloon interests sub
mitted the question again under our
initiative and referendum, which,
when adopted in Lincoln, the liquor
interest were all against it. They
said the temperance fanatics would
be submitting the saloon question
all the time, but the initiative and
referendum were adopted and the
liquor interests were the first to
use it. They got out their petition