Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-10-22
The Other Side of the Saloon Question
May Posted

NNN VNAOij fAOo-pIeoluenL OF tn0
American Federation of Labor, who
says:
II have no sympathy with the state
ment, so often made, that the manufac.
ture and sale of liquor has contributed
to the industrial development of the
nation. On the contrary, believe that
liquor has contributed more to the
moral, intellectual and material dete.
rioration Of the people and has brought
more misery to defenseless women and
children than has any other agency in
the history of mankind"
Mr.. James McEvOy, if you would
have us take your advice and vote for
saloons, please answer this from Tom
Lewis, president Of the United Mine.
workers
Because the liquor traffic tends to
enslave the people, to make them salts
fled with improper conditions and
keeps them ignorant, the leaders of the
trades union movement are called ON
to fight the saloons
Mr.. Ed Rostein, you ask us to vote
for saloons in Salem, but what have
you to say to the words of P. NJ. Ar.
thur, former president Of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers, who
says:
Every friend of the workingman
will vote against the saloon every time
he gets a chance, and to close it up,
not only on Sunday, but upon every
day of the week."
Mr.. +. A. Spencer, you advise us to
vote for saloons, Win you please an
swer Governor William Hodges Mann,
Of Virginia, who says:
The records of our penitentiary
show that the criminal age is below 90.
If I am to judge from the applications
for pardon I am constantly receiving,
from 90 to 95 per cent Of the crimes
for which convicts are confined were
committed while under the influence Of
liquor. I believe that if this tempta-
tion could be gotten out Of the way Of
our young men that it would result in
the greatest benefit to the state from
every point of view"
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Mr.. r. N. Derby when you advise us
to vote for saloons in Salem, I won.
der what you think Of the utterance of
Ex-Governor W. M. o. Dawson, of West
Virginia;
"Do men deplore the rule Of corrupt
political bossesH 1t is the saloon that
rallies the mass Of venal and unpatri
otic voters who constitute the phalanx
Of the bosses' power. Has crime be-
, came rampant on the streetsH The sa
loon Is the refuge of the criminals. Does
vice seek protectonY The saloon ef-
fects the arrangement with the police
mon, who are familiar with its dark Sc
crets, and comrades of its debased fra.
ternity. Do gamblers wish to ply their
, demoralizing trade among the yOungH
The saloon affords them not only the
shield, but brings them the susceptible
patronage Of experienced youths. "
J Mr. s. G.. Hamilton, do you insist on
your advice TO retain saloons in Salem
in the face Of this utterance from so
experienced man as Ex-Governor
) Campbell, Of Texas:
''I believe the saloon is bad thing,
thing from which no good can some.
, Those who vote for a partnership with
IL vote for the crack Of the pistol in
: the saloon, and for all the other crimes
that follow in the wake Of the liquor
traffic Vote for IL IL you will. I
wash my hands Of It, The widows and
/ orphans shall never in the Judgment
day stand up and charge me with the
, iniquities which overlook them through
the saloon"
Hss
Mr.. j, r. Linn, you ask us to vote for
saloons What il your response to this
from Governor Lee Cruce, Of Oklaho.
ma:
"Thc people of Oklahoma are well
satisfied with prohibition, which fact
is proven concmsiyely by the election
returns. The majority at the last olec.
. tion was larger than that at the former
election, This il the best evidence
that the people Of Oklahoma are bet
: ter satisfied with conditions now than
with conditions which prevailed when
the state had open saloons There is
more money in the banks now than
then. The stores are selling more goods
now than then. Real estate is worth
more now than then In both town and
country, There are more miles Of paw
+ ing and sidewalks now than then, and
all Oklahoma Is more prosperous today