Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-09-09

literature and with orators: that
their principal reliance will be on
the erstwhile potent Almighty Dol
lara champion once enormously
credited with being able to accom-
plish anything.
IF that be their mainstay they
may as well save their money. For
they cannot save themselves that
way.
The only thing for the wine,
brewery and liquor interests of cali
tornia to do in his crisis is to right
about -face-and that Immediately.
They must at once divorce them
dive; from the designation road
house: from arrogant and corrupt at
tempts at political domination-and
they must give evidence that that
divorce win be permanent.
"They cannot stand before the bar
OF Public Opinion, and crack the
Lash any more over the voter.
Their hope lies in humbly plead
I ing for mercy at the feet of The
People. confcssing their guilt and
promising permanent reformation.
They cannot well go to the Faith
| CT, holding in his good right hand
the potent weapon of the Ballot, and
say, You must vote against this
Prohibition amendment Its passage
would take from us all ou'- property
and leave us wrecked and ruined
And if they do, let them expect
this answer: You ask me TO pro-
tect Your property-to save your dol
lars Where is that which was dear
er to me than all my property, all
my dollars. than everything else
have on earth-almost than my own
| hopes of Heaven-my Son, my Boy?
Your g.eed for dirty dollars sent
him to the devil. Restore to me my
Boy as he was, damn you, and then
| may talk to yOu-but not before.
1 And if they beseech the Mother
| for her vote, may they not expect
her to reply. You men helped. and
protected. and shielded, if you did
not own. a gilded Satan's den that
lured my Girl into its net and drove
Der to ruin and to shame. You met
every cry for vengeance against that
devils trap with a sheer. OF an eva
sion; and each effort to clean it out
: brought from you your powerful in
fiuence with the authorities to give
the den renewed lease of vicious
life.
| And now You beg me to vote
for the protection of your property.
! hut will
rot go To save any property used to
send young girls to hell. | will
need it in November in an effort to
save the pest of all property-the
Girlhood of California;
The brewery, wine and liquor in
terests can tax the distilleries and
the breweries and the wineries until
the cutters run money instead of
| water.
And every dollar the people find
these forces are spending out Of a
defense fund-even in the most legit-
innate way--will create votes for the
prohibition Observation-Disclosures these
interests start in right now to take
their protecting arms from the low
saloon and the dirty dive; unless
they refuse to sell to any law-break
ing saloon or any den inVeigling
young boys to he'll and young girls to
prostitution.
IF the brewery, wine and liquor
interests of California expect the
voters to go thei- way next Novem-
Der, they must approach them with
clean hands-clean hands which they
intend to keep clean.
The Bee has no use for prohibi-
ton 1t does not believe in it, either
as principle or as a policy. 1t cor
siders it unjust in it's essence.
AS a matter of equity, of demo
cratic and inherent right the major-
ty have no more righteous authority
to prevent the minority from drinking
wine or beer-always providing it be
done with sObriety, in moderation
and without disorder-than they
would have to order the same minor
ity not to smoke cigars or to eat
FORK.
.. But, if prohibition be unjust il
its very kernel, it is less unjust thar
the rank injustice which has SC
y strengthened 1.-THE combination Of
wine and beer with boyish crime and
girlish RIGHTEOUSNESS.
. IF these hellish evils are not tt
! be remedied-if the dive, the dead
} fail. the low saloon, the wedding OF
l liquor and lust are not to be cas-
) out Of the traffic-if it is still t,
continue a menace to our boys anC
d a lure to our girls, then the state o
California had better embrace prohi
| bition as the least offending and of
: fensive of two evils, the milder i'll
q justice of two injustices.
$ And. if the beer, wine, and liquo
:, interests should elect not to repen
| and reform, and still prohibition
Il should not win this year-or, if pro
missing to repent and reform. the
should go back to their evil ways
that result would be the Dead Sea
fruit of a victory that would turn t
ashes on the lips; for the battl
would be renewed at the next gen
: eral election, and prohibition the
e would sweep the state of CalifOrni
q lilo p-airia