Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

as that Will prOOa0ly WHO up OdSK6s- ball. It is hoped that all interested will patronize the entertainment.
 B. A. PIERCE.
 "Citize zen" Agreeswith "Liberar'-- Some
 Editor News: In Liberals" reply communication in your paper last week there appeared a whole lot Of sound reasoning and truisms, and l wish to personally thank Liberal for his frank than I did I would, however. like to inquire why Liberal did vote ''No Lii cense" if he thinks that the town is bet ter off with @ "License" than without one. I confess that as long as rum and intoxicating liquors are manufactured they will be drunk. 1 also admit that there has been some drunkenness on our streets since the, sale of liquor in town was supposed to stop and 1 will also add that those people who were formerly licensed to sell have now ceased to so do and thoroughly believe that each and every one of them has since the first Monday of November been very strict, observed the laws, and not sold any in- toxicating liquors illegally.
 do furthermore admit that there is great neglect on the part the legal au- thorities to enforce the laws both during the regime of Q License and now while the town is "No License" But if "Lib- crab will spend little tune and look up, this matter he will note that the stopping of illegal sale of liquors does not come under the official duties of any of the town officials which he men, tions but is up to the prosecuting at k1,-, NN kl nd lxy hn local deputy -sheriffs or constables.
 The whole trouble with the proper en- forcement of the laws in this respect lies at the door of just such people as Liberal admits that he Is. He says that he is in favor of temperance and critioises the authorities for not stopping drunkenness, etc. As a temperance man what have you ever done. MT. Lib eral, to assist in the furtherance of the tenn mperance movement? There are thousands just like you who say that they think temperance IS good thing, but always leave it to their neighbors to bring about the realization of this good thing. Why don't you come right out and help the prosecuting attorney in se- curing evidence of illegal sales? You would rather hide behind nom-de- plume and laugh at or criticise anye fort that is made to gather evide"ce of illegal sales. One rather striking feat ure of your criticism of the falling of@of business on account of the town having voted "No License" was that you made this criticism 1s 8 representative busi- ness man, and you have not been fair enough to the people to admit that possi- ply the falling off of your business was due to some other reason than the fact kl1ok AloA sc There are certain people in this town who since election, have changed their trade on account of the attitude of diff ferent establishments on this liquor question. I know of 8 great many peo- pie who became so enraged because so and so came out for "No License" that they have ceased to do trading or having their work done at this establishment and l presume that this has worked both ways. It also sometimes happens that politics enters in to the matter of a choice of place for trading, or patronage. A man who has been an out and out demo- crat may suddenly bolt his party and is found hobnobbing with the leaders of the republican party, or vice-versa. Thus enemies are created among his former political allies and they cease trading with him as formerly. This has been especially noticeable where man has been known to go into the private conferences of the leaders of one party and then later enters within the secret deliberations of the opposing party and carries to them information or political secrets entrusted to him in confidence. Should man in business be detected in resOrting to these tactics those whose trust he has violated are quite liable to cease doing him any further favors and see to it that their patronage goes to the other fellow. 1 also know that in the course of time competition becomes keener and people find that they can get better prices at some other place than they have been paying and therefore for one reason or another they stop buying of one concern and go to the other place to make their purchases.
 Liberal" " did it ever occur to you that possibly the reason that your busi- ness has dropped off may be due to some other cause than the one you claim? Is it not true that some other establishment, possibly in some out lying district is now picking up some of your trade? I wonder if it is true that the License peo- pie have heard that you voted "No Ii cense" and are now trying to get even with you for so doing and are therefore trading with the other fellow. I hope that this is not true because I have a lot more respect for a man who has the stamina to come out as you have done and let the whole town know where he stands on this question, than I have for the fellow who hedges on the subject
 One thing in "Liberal's'' last com munication I think is untrue, or mis- leading at least and that is that there is any great amount of drunkenness on our streets since the sale of liquor stopped. I believe that any fair minded person who is in position to notice will admit that the sum total of drunkenness on our streets since November 7th for the en- | tire two and one-half months has not exceeded that of one day before that time. Now one looks around him and notices some dozen or fifteen men abso- lutely sober who while the town was Licensed were drunk most every even ing, and therefore he is rather inclined to disbelieve the statements that there is as much intoxicating beverage drunk