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some %rumbling for state wide pro-
hibition.
OF course. II Is not an adj
mission hat local option has been
q distinctive and miserable failure.
hut Just another little gag TO fool
The "dere peepup'-another item 20
assist In boistering the waning hopes
u some political pack with the In
tent OF landing him IN office and
satisfying the craving a few
~yargarists have for fanatical agita-
ton.
There are very serious defects In
the local option law. We have
slices OF wet and dry territory in
the state.
Authors OF the bill rubbed Their
hands In satisfaction at the passage
OF the measure. and then promptly
forgot H. and have not tried TO see
that IL was enforced.
The rather tumultous pastime OF
enforcement is delegated Z O the
hired minions OF the law. Legisla-
tors, being an astute and wisdom
laden body OF aspiring citizens.
gave them the law, and II is up
to the regular expense account to
see that IL Is obeyed.
surel Why not? Are not the
people doclle and content with hav-
ing a perfectly good local option
law, and don't they have to keep
the BILLS paid in consideration for
having a fine legal instrument
framed and handed TO them by con
siderate and dutiful members OF the
assembly?
Absolutely, Rachel The peo-
pie should not feel ungrateful for
IKE manifold blessings that have
been conferred upon their unre-
generate hadsl
And now that the theory Is
about worn t~hreadbare, statewide
prohibition Is proposed In order to
save 20 posterity the budding genius
OF some greedy political white hope.
lie Is goin' 10 give 'em statewide
probably In the same region OF
the thorax where they got local
option.
Following the same plans and
qualifications that made such as
founding and pronounced success OF
local option. the prohibition details
will probbaly be arranged with
more regard for convenience and
practical purpose. SO thai the dry
and unwashed %proleiariat will be
given a fair opportunity to get SER
vice
Service has been a hard matter
under local option. as there were
a few places whore liquor could not
be purchased.
SIM IL had material advantage
over the open saloon proposition az
Il Is generally several blocks be-
tween saloons. and they do no bust
nofs on sunday Aud while Il Is
bat several steps between those
~"fH"A f"N't W J'e JAANt hhoNh Nc
bo3uegg'ne dumps. the law is such
that ID has seriously destroyed con
tuCuce OF men la each other. and
IL has been necessary to have ere
d%ertals. signed and scaled. be-
fore the rather arbitrary purveyors
OF liquid exhilerator would come
across with the goods. The CON
dition has been very unsatisfactory
But such Is the penalty we have
to pas Tor creating an assembly OF
bucolic w%iseacres and political left
overs o. larger areas
Ia building a censorship over the
mbibing habits Of people at large
they were not considerable enough to
rake the purchase a convenient
lem
II took many years for Kansas
and other states TO so perfect pro
hibitiou that people can get a chas-
err with the original goods. Il is
o fairly effective and less annoy
Ing than ia the crude days of the
experiment
In preparing for statewide pro-
hio ton, just a little attention
should be shown popular demand
Service Is what people require these
days. While. through the benefit
cent operation OF local option, Il is
p-sstble TO buy a drink most any
where. any new regulation should
comprehend more courtesy and at
tention. Why, some OF these boot
leggers are so Indifferent and dis
courteous that one sometimes has
TO wait five or ten minutes for a
drink. We should have a more eff
ficient law than that.
BY way Of suggestion, statewide