Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-11-10
LOCAL OPTION
ABLY DEFINED
Who the Signers are and the
Reasonableness Therefore
A Clean-Cut Argument ABLY
Presented.

mo advocate OF local Optlor
prohibition in Idaho or any othe
county can take reasonable ex
ceptions to the business men
address just issued upon whicl
we understand is to be based tn
campaign of those who are de
Tending the petitioners for
change in the regulation of tn,
sale and consumption of liquor il
this county.
This statement is sound, clear
cut, dignified and temperate. II
makes some extraordinary prom.
ises. Were it not for the well
known honor and honesty of the
men who made the statement, its
sincerity might be open to ques-
ton. The character O f these
we'll known men, however, pre-
dudes the possibility of question
as to the intents and purposes in
the event local option-prohibition
be abrogated and the licensed,
restricted drinking place estab-
lshed.
The restrictions, the limita-
tons and the regulations to be
placed on these drinking places,
as pledged by those honorable
signers, will gain for the peti-
ti'rers hundreds of votes in this
unity who are in favor of the
drinking place of the brand sug-
gested, but not of the old-time
saloon, free from restraint, be-
hind stained windows, with card
tables, chairs and attendant COM
forts tending to encourage rather
than discourage excessive indul-
gence.
Representing, as the signers
to this petition do, the real finan-
cial backbone of Idaho comfy {
and with the we'll known high
moral standing of the men of the s
state m ent, Idaho county can now
trust conditions to the men who, l
with their names, go behind the {
promises of this address. Their S
promises will be believed and (
their sentiments endol sed by the {
voters of Idaho county on the (
22nd of this month.
This is as it should be, and it (
is hoped that the endorsement, a
Us now seems apparent, will be {
nearly, and substantial. No high v
er compliment could be paid the '
men and no better moral ends
served, than to double the ma
lonty for the licensed drinking
place which was given to this
ial'e doctrine, local option, two il
years ago. With the silent drink h
ing' the back door methods, the O
sending away for the vilest sort n
VI stuff imaginable, the false e
swearing, and attendant disre- 7
sptct OF law, the larger the ma |;
lOrlty for a reversal of judgment. n
we greater the credit to the vo- o
'ers rs of Idaho county.
lnere is no place for bitterness b
u me present local option-pro- "
aiOltlon campaign. Prohibition e.
a sincere belief with some, and is
snare and delusion with 9TH a
u.s. For decades past it has been T
uade political issue in this and
sler countries. Today the con-
sutton for prohibition is on the fl
ha~
Van Public sentiment appears "
.spleased with it's operations, M
'au a higher grade of temper cl
sHe Is being promoted through Of
~ regulation of the traffic by d,
NT people themselves. R
h regulation, strict and certain, tt
s1'es the business within con- lie
i ana thus extremes are avoid fu
and lntemperance minimized,
factions of law observed and
= BUSINESS elevated to a stand m
Ul wa, legality and of decency. Gl
N 9".tnall, thsre are those who tn
'acitly admit that they would fo