The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-09
THE IDAHO COUNTY
REFORM LEAGUES
Presentation of It's Determinations Anent
; the Pending Local Option Pro-
hibition Campaign.

In The pfeSentatlon OF their
views to those who are to vote at
the coming local option prohibi-
ton election, the officers repre-
senting the members of the Idaho
County Reform League, having
in charge the campaign Of the
petitioners upon which the cleo
ton was called, desire the follow
ing, and for that matter, all
which they have to say in de-
Tense OF their position, to be re-
cognized and considered as cum
ulative evidence, to be read and
digested by the voters of this
county in the case to be settled
by the grand jury to consist of
those entitled to vote on Nov. %.
1t will be pleasing to this Idaho
County Reform League, if the
readers Of the various papers
throughout which we are reach
ing the people, will lay aside
these articles and look them over
after election to see that all pied
ges which they make will be com
Piled with to the letter by this
League, which will maintain
organized form until they ac-
complish the moral and financial
benefits which they pledge to the
people Of this county througl
their statement and through the
articles which they present in
comment thereon.
1t is reasonably certain that the
result Of the local option election
two years agoGn Idaho county at
least, was an expression of re-
sentiment on the part of the poe
pie as to the manner of conduct
ing the saloon business in this
and other counties, for many
years past. There is no gainsay-
ing the proposition that the sa-
loon men of this part of Idaho
at least, Lave been careless and
in some cases, criminal.
1t is equally certain that the
results with local option in Ida
no county have been "a disappoint
ment to many, in fact, to quite
all the people who have familiar
lied themselves with real condi-
tons. This is evident from the
signatures attached to the local
option petition through which
the election was called, many of
whom were open advocates two
years ago, of the adoption of To-
cal option. Many others who did
not sign, will vote differently
from before, basing such revers-
al of Judgment on what they have
seen and what they know of ex-
listing conditions in this town, in
other towns and in the country
districts of the county.
But over and above all this,
many votes will be changed, has
ed on the statement of the bust
ness men of the towns and coun-
ty. This statement is guaran-
tee Of better things. 1t serves
to insure better class of saloons
and a strict regulation which
sounds the death knell of the Ii
censed| dive of the past. The
character and standing Of the
men who have signed this state
ment, precludes the possibility
of such infractious of law, moral
ity and decency, as have been
seen and known in the past. The
statement of these men, constitut
ing as they do, the backbone of
the various communities of Ida
ho county, is sufficiently depend
able to warrant the conclusion
that their address is tantamount
to a platform of principles which
will be observed to the letter,
hence the justification of the PEG
pie in reversing their action of
two years ago, which they will
undoubtedly do on the 22nd of
this month.
We have an abiding faith in
the development and developing
resources of our county, and a
just pride In our commercial ad-
vancement along high moral lines
of activity
This is one of the paragraphs in
the statement to the voters of
Idaho county by an organization
of business ben, known as the
"Idaho County Reform League. "
The statement of which this is a
part, constitutes the platform of
the movement which represents
the 1000 signers of petition for
4 a resubmission of the local option