The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-16
Able Men OPP.
pose Present Law

writings Of great men. Individ
uals are not advanced to the plac
es of responsibility il state
church or press without they pos
sess ability and advocate what
the people are INCLINED to think
are fundamentally correct theor.
les of government, the Bible and
the peoples good. Therefore,
men OF well known parts, men
who have been foremost in the
public eye, in the church or in thu
press, are legitimate subjects from
whom to quote in matters affect
ing the common good of the mass.
es of the people, whose interests
it is always the duty of a coun-
try newspaper to promote.
There is nothing selfish in the
promotion of the present cam
paign in this county. Its aims
are not to permit few men to
sell liquor, because Of any person
al or implied interest in their
business or in their fortunes. 1t
Is the conviction Of the better
class Of people Of Idaho county
that the cause Of temperance and
the respect for law and the fin
ances of the county will be bet
ter served through the licensed
and properly restricted drinking
place than through the speak
easy the "blind pig" or the
package" handled by express,
all without the probability of
proper police protection.
In harmony with all this, let
us turn to the advice Of some of
the strongest minds of this great
nation:
President VIM. II. Taft: Moth
ing is more foolish, nothing more
at variance with sound policy
than to enact law which, by
reason Of the conditions surround
ing the communities, is incapable
Of enforcement. Such instances
are sometimes presented by
sumptuary law by which the sale
of intoxicating liquors is prohib-
tied under penalty in localities
where the public sentiment Of
the immediate community does
not and viii not sustain the en-
forcement Of the law"
This is pretty safe logic. The
authority is high. The suggestion
he makes applies directly to Ida
no county. No posted reader Of
this paper will fail to think Of
Cottonwood and its weekly and
almost hourly disrespect Of law
in reading these words Of wisdom
from the President of the United
States. This injunction should
find quick application with the
country people in the exercise of
their franchise, not for any sa-
loon, for any revenue to be de-
rived from a drinking place; but,
first, for a better order of drink
ing places, within police control !;
and second, for the necessity Of
putting q stop to the disobed-
fence Of law.
United States Senator Vest.
III am opposed to prohibition. l
am opposed to it on principle. /
am opposed to it Notwithstanding
the slurs that are made by its
adyocates-that every man who
dares oppose it favors intemper-
Once and is working in the saloon
interest. If you cannot trust peo-
pie, their individual judgment
and their conscience, and their
conviction after discussion, as to
their health and what they shall
drink, in the name of common
sense how can you trust them at
the ballot box with the destiny
Of the country
In all his long and brilliant ca
reer, Senator Vest was bold ex-
ponent of the people. He had an
abiding faith in the righteousness
Of purpose and never failing
confidence in their desire to be
temperate and to abide by all
reasonable statutory amendments.
Count Leo Tolstoi, noted au-
thor and philosopher: why
should there be any prohibition
Of the sale of alcoholic drink 7
Why shouldn't / have the right
to drink what / Like, provided /
do it decently and not to excessf
Because one person makes fool
Of himself is no reason why the
nexts person should be deprived
Of it. The people of America
seem to be tending In wholly
wrong direction in this matter
Tolstoi had his own peculiar,
terse way in expressing himself
m all great oueafions. He never