La Junta tribune., 1911-03-18

TO work in the beet fields, intending
To return. are not entitled 10 vote
for the Law says plainly that per
son coming 10 this state for TEN
porary purposes merely and with the
intention OF returning. is not a
legal voter. See Collr rado Election
Laws. page Il.
hope the temperance committee
will look into this matter. LIT
some one who can talk Mexican can
yass the town and get the names Of
every Mexican family and find out
who is not entitled to vote and who
Is. and warn those who are not en-
tilled TO vote to beware OF the ter.
rors Of the Colorado election Law
Section 237l. page 1873, reads as FOL.
lows:
Any pertcn convicted CT any Of
the crimes or offenGes mentioned IN
ts=,ions one, two and seven Of this
act shan be punithed by a fine Of
net MGR. than one thousand do
lars or by Imprisonment in the
penitertisry fer net less than one
or mere than five yelrs, or by bo,r
such fine and imprisonment"
That law would seem TO be SUI
nsisuuy severe and yet many PEI
sons look upon fraudulent voting unr
as a crime lut as Joke Severn.
years ago a stranger in my off
la The presence OF several room,
bgastod that a. the proceeding el,
t.ou ia Denver he cast ten votes tone
iu a precinct a-atust Governor r.a.
body and thy republican ticket and
hu said. \ got dollar a vote aHd
/ made ten dollars mat day, aud
when the election closed our piig.
or manager iold Us 10 get out Of
town as quickly as possible and
We struck the blind baggage and
got OF az Colorado Springs" And
then De- added Those fellows u
Denver are rottcH-rotte TO tls
core" But he did not say that
De was rotten. uh, no. he was al.
right Il was the other fellow WHO
was rotten.
Now the only way TO manage this
class OF people is 10 send them 90
the penitcEtiary FOR a long term oil
years. lvlieyc the pen. .enuary is
guod place Tor some people. his
an cyo-opencr TO them. II gives
them time and opportunity 10 luri.
itaie aud think It stimulates heir
intcllecn aud develops their moral
sense. and enables them to Sc hem
selves as others see them.
The prohilitiou iaw Is Col end
20 the moderate drinkcr u De- had
sense enough to see IT, The only
liquor that can be procured under
prohibition without violating tlr law
Is That which Is shipp,d iu .1 Indi-
yiduals by freight or eGprr-s NoW
ig costs Just as much 20 ship i'm
pure liquor as 1t docs purr liquor.
aud besides the brrwerirs aud i.stil-
lrrs manufacture ycly ItI. impure
liquor, and f-r these tao r.gsons
very little impure liquor is Tipped
10 individuals Ia dry territory The
Indirect effect OF Prohibition then
h 20 make the quality of Liquor
purcr and better. Agitation Improves
the quality OF wa er and it appcars
to have the same effect on liquor.
Il Il In the local saloons wh,r. the
Impure liquor Is manufactured There
is where you get the rotEut and
the foriy.rod whisky never knew
wha, Kind OF stuff forty-rod Ahisky
was until asked red-Hosyd boor.
,or
oh. said be. "its a brand OF
whisky that Is supposed To klH the
victim while he is walking tlrty
rods
I don't wan, any" said. Il
jus, wanted to know"
several years ago. strange room.
I'd at my house aud told me hat
his business was making whisky. /
asked him how h. made Il ana he
said. u have a receipt which rau lie
llled a, any drug store by which !
eau make five barrels of whisky out
OF one barrel Of pure whisky. The
only rcdecming feature about his
gentlemen was that he did not
claim to BE- n miracle. worker This
whisky manufacturer told me- that
he did some business In La Jnnta.
The people who drink this Kind of
liquor simply commit SLOW suicide.
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