Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-01


school houses, but make laws onlv =
be broken. There are is places =
Grants Pass wherein some Of ,har
liquor is said to be sold openly NJ
you thing you are doing your dutv,
Yes. as an attorney defepdsa
them in the courts in the local optio,
cases, and gave them value !.
ceived; they have no cause Of com
plant against me. Now Am
through with them. / will not tai.
any more cases from that eleman,
unless know the accused is innocan,
Only last week turned down a %.
of $1,000 offered me in anotha,
county. ! say again am done with
them, and you know what they a..
saying about me now.
"The accusation is brought against
me that II am elected that viii "a.
sign when I set things in order
will not resign.
"They say l have charge of tvo
suits against the city. l want to tell
you that If l am elected mayor tba
l will turn these cases back to INV
clients and return the money SO "a,
paid me, because wont disgrace INV.
self by fighting the city while am
an official of that city. A man CAM
serve two masters. / am the only
one making a sacrifice in this race
If, after making this cleanup talk
l fail in my duty, would be ruined
and this after 25 years residence
here"
The speaker then referred to an
instance where 1t was said at the
council table that certain places were
selling liquor openly, and It was re-
marked by one official that these
places Should be told not to be so
conspicuous In their sales" when
Councilman Herzinger insisted that
complaints be drawn, that he
would sign them and that quickly.
"You don't appreciate Herzinger,"
declared Mr.. Smith, "for what he is
no you do not appreciate him."
The speaker then paid tribute to
womanhood and motherhood. and al
lowed that If the women had the bal
lot in Oregon that Grants Pass would
get cleaning and that quickly. He
continued Regarding my an
nouncement for mayor where l said
would cleanup Grants Pass If 1t bank
rupted the town to do so, want to
say, If you please, that there will be
no bankruptcy, as the violators of the
liquor law will take to the woods
and will be doing them favor to
run them out Of venal business.
II never subscribed to that argu-
ment Of the liquor element that te. ell
inmate the whiskey traffic from
town would injure the business of
that town. And during the last cam
paign made two speeches and told
my hearers this very thing, that do
not believe loss of the liquor traffic
to town or city hurts that city or
town In its growth and development.
II did not aid in making this liquor
law we have, but will see that 1t
shall not be violated. Now Suppose
we had no prohibition law, and a city
council was In office which favored
that law and would refuse to grant
licenses to saloons Then suppose
later the court should declare the
law valid and say you must issue IL
censes. And suppose that regardless
Of the supreme court decision the
Grants Pass council in favor of pro-
hibition would grant no licenses, s,what
would happen Why the liquor ele-
ment would want to lynch them. But
now 1t is the other way when 1t Is in
sisted that the law be respected, the
violators are defiant and insolent and
say "get out of here; am making
money"
DO you believe that the little boys
in this town do not know what blind
pigs are? For Gods sake how long
are we going to allow these things to
continue? And do you know, and
regret to speak Of this, that there are
houses Of Ill fame here-and some
men there are who say they must ev-
ist here. Hear me, are a portion OF
the baby girls born each year to be
set apart for this hellish businessf
Let me tell you that there exists no
vice but what can be eliminated II you
but want 1t eliminated.
"Oh yes, 1t is said again that am
a stoolpigeon for the liquor element
Why I don't think they put me up.