La Junta tribune., 1911-04-01

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This 10 Duteh).
| Was General Palmer fool when
he laid out Colorado Springs some
forty years ago and inserted . clause
| In each deed to every Iot sold. for
ever prohibiting saloons IN tina,
city. Was he a fool! But before
answering that question let me re-.
mind you thAt COLORADO Springs is
the third city in population and the
second In wealth in the state Of Col
orado. and General Palmer when he
died q few years ago. died Z multi
millionaire. Now answer It.
Was Horace Greeley and the col
ony which he founded fools. when
they laid out aud founded the town
Of Greeley. Colo. and forever prohib-
tied saloons In that city. Remember.
Greeley Is about three times IN.
size OF La Junta and IL = very pros
porous city. Were they fools! |
ask. But I am digre ssing again, so
lets come home.
Who built the La Junta City Hos
pital- Did the saloons do Il! Not
II the court knows himself and he
thinks he does II was built ~
the temperate and temperance people
OF La Junia. All the saloons usual
| ~ do is 10 furnish the derelicts for
the hospital-the floats sailing DER
! life's solemn main" And of course
they expect the temperate and TEN
pcranee people TO care for them and
the taxpayers to bury them.
Just about every boozer wants
some one 10 care for him in his last
sickness and thinks 1t awful II he
is not well cared for and treated like
human being. And all the saloon
people think so too. could give
score of cases TO prove the aboye
statements IL II were necessary.
Society is already burdened al
most to the breaking point trying to
care for these wrecks OF humanity,
these floats. these weak men. What
shall We do with them! Shall we
kill themg That is what the Wild
animals do. That is what some Of
the Indian tribes do. But that Is
not the theory or the method of the
twentieth century among civiliz~i
people. II Intoxicating liquor is sold
at all. let it be sold Ly the drus
stores and clubs under strict ordiI-
ancss for these rarely sell to men
who cannot control themselves, or
better still let the moderate drinksrs
send of and have their liquor ship
ped in and take II 10 their homes Il
man cannot take II to his home. be
had better not lake II al all "Toulh
not. taste not. handle not the IN
clean thing" 10 the teaching of he
scriptures. That has been ny prse-
tice all through life and il has not
killed me.
The saloon Is n nuisancc and ought
to be wiped out Some of the La
Junia saloon keepers have grown rich
from the proceeds OF their bus mess
and now they register huge Kick
because the people do not want hem
back again. The Bible says that
"Jchuran waxed IA, and kicked" and
IL Is supposed that were II not for
the wax and the fat he never woult
have kicked. All same. Sir saloon
keeper.
Ten years ago the saloons here
were warned that II they did not re-
spec, tn. Law that their day Of iuds.
meat Was at hand. but II did no GOOD
Now let them take their medicine
warned them. Matt Daimler warned
them. II Matt Daimler were alive
today l believe he would vote the
dry ticket. ! knew Matt and Vhen
heard OF his death w.p, though
am not used TO wecpisg His sar
no.ie soul and b" had the cour'
age OF his convictions and often crai
ciIcd and denounced their law break
INK methods.
The best people have a good dca
Of patience and forbcaranoc but Wher
they ara thoroughly aroused. thcy
arise In their might and like NJ
avalanche crush. main and drstro,
every thing before thcm. the lnno
cent with III. guilty.
IL would not be difficult for me ts
show Il had time that morr thAt
half OF the cruel and bloody strike,
that hay. taken place In Colorado IL
tho las; fifteen years were caused al
rcctly and indirectly by strong drinl
WHISKY. A Cripple Creek miner Il
my office told me that = miner couls
not live on three and on~-haif to fou