La Junta tribune., 1912-11-09
WHY FAVOR PROHIBITION.
BY Robert J. sdrdes's.

Now about IN" power OF p4oll"ispss
laws to pr1hib't-fhe laHs ct the
state aiust murder do not entire
B prevent murder. But neyer,ao'o $.
am opposed 10 licensing one murder
cr to every 50 many thousand per
sons. even on petition Of major
ity OF the property owners In the
block that Ve may have all the
murder that is desirable In the com
munity under eise regulations. with
little income for the municipality
| believe In the absolute prohibition
of murder
The laws q the country prohibit.
ing stealing do not entirely prevent
stealing Nevertheless. am oppos'
ed 70 hish license system OF steal
ing. provided that all theft shall b"
restricted to certain authorized
thieves. who shall steal only between
the hours Of say a. m. and 1880
D m. except Sunday. when no steal.
ing shall he done except by stealth.
entrance 10 BE- made IN all cases ON
that day by the back door. and at
the thi.fs risk belloy" In laws
that absolutely forbid theft at any
hour. on any day Of the week And.
on the same ground, and just as
positively. do / believe in the pro-
hibitiou cf the liquor traffic And
never said ] dld not And did
say that ! dIi And do
do say that the brst way 10 make
man temperate man Is 10 teach
him not 10 drink But q saloon Is
not a kindergarten Of sobri"ty Your
town is under no DbllsatIon 10 any
saloon Al that % Is In respectable
ity and perman'r, prosp' rliy, i' has
grown TO be- without the assistance
of the liquor traffic
II is deliberately rlaimei hy SOM.
people who appear 10 be- sare ON
other subjects. that properly 20 ir-
strurt q sober people boz Ways ~ So
briefly, and 20 teach total abstainors
the beauty and yirtrcs Of iempcrauc.
you must license the selling Of liquor
in the town. The man who 1risira'
I'd that idea ought 10 have 1t stuff.
cd and exhibited a. the Panama E1
position. and he should De leaned up
beside it as a part OF tb. exhibit,
As to prohibition IN Pasadena. II
any liquor man thinks there is biz
money and a safe thing IN running a
blind pig" In pnSi Ieua let him
come here and Try a. II he has any
low" for his liberty aud pocketbook. .
however he will do well 10 consult
the fellows who hav. tried Il. " he
can find them We can't They are
in hiding somewhere on, IN the des- I
ert Running" Joint" In Pasa.
d"na is like running . powder mill In
n smelling furnace" It's mi0hiy .r-
citing while Il lasts but n doesn't
last long enough I, b" profitable
II m" saloon men insist on quot
Ing me on this topic let them CON.
nit this 10 memory. that thy may
repeat u a. they need II. I do not
know one good thing about tho ~.
pon Il Is an evil thing that ha,
not one rede"ming thing Ia all It's
history tn commend It 10 good men.
Il breaks the laws of God and man
Il dcsHgratns tho sabbath n. prufane.
ne name Of religion, 70 defilcs pub.
ir order 10 tampl,s under foot
ID" tnudfrrsf feelings of humanity
Il is moral p"stiluucc that bllghts
.hH very himasphsr. 81 town aud
rpnHiry b. is stain upon honesty
, blur upon purity. clog upon pro.
gross a cheek upon the uohlar lm.
pulses. if is au incentive 10 false,
hood, deceit and crime l
search through the history ~
his hateful thing. and rnd one pave
over which some mother can bow
her grateful head and thank God Tor
all tho saloon iii flr her boy There
Is no such record AIl ~ history
Is written m tears aud blood with
smrars Il shame and stains of
crime, and dark blnts of disgrace