Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-28
The Temperance Disc ussion

In an article by Mr.. Rinehart under the head Of
The Open Forum" yesterday morning there an
pears geographical error the location of the Of
flee of the Bsbee Review in Brewery Gulch Bisbee
As matter Of fact the office of the Review is NOT
in Brewery Gulch, but is at some distance from if
The office is o. X street. and on the other side
Of the office is thoroughfare known as Review
Alley A wedge the apex of which is the Bisbee
opera house, separate Review Alley from the Culch
Brewery Gulch,' whatever it might have been
one time has become misnomer The "Gulch"
prooaoiy took its name in the first place from the
fact that there was saloon on each side of the
entrance of that canyon. and for some years there
was no other industry to speak that thorough
fare But now there many thriving business
houses of one kind and another along Brewery Gulcb
SO that now there are saloons along thai
street than may be found in equal distance along
washington street this city. Congress street the
principal thoroughfare of Tucson. These errors of
fact and geography. however are unimportant and
have little or no bearing on the controversy be-
tween Mr.. Rinehart and the Review regarding the
liquor traffic
But, we regret exceedingly The tone of an earlier
article by Mr.. Rinehart in The Open Forum, do
partment that of last Sunday morning in which in
reply to a communication from a writer presumably
OF the Jewish race reflection was made upon thai
race and incidentally its religion both wholly
apart from the matter at issue
we cannot conceive that this diversion from
the argument. which The Republican inadvertently
permitted, will be convincing to either the foes or
TRENDS OF prohibition. But can conceive how
it may detract from of good arguments in
favor of prohibition
All the people who will vote on this question
when the constitutional amendment shall be sub
mtted next November will not be moved by strong
convictions in favor of or against prohibition Many
OF them will have convictions ALL but their
votes VIII count for just much the votes of
an equal number of persons of the strongest con-
Nctions Hundreds of votes will be cast ON either
side by people who will have interest in either
the moral or economic aspects of the question Some
VIII be influenced entirely by their friendships or
enmities for those who favorable to the liquor
traffic or for those who bitterly opposing it,
Such voters will be swayed from one side to the
other by the slightest influence
II many Jews are opposed to prohibition they
nevertheless sober and Industrious people and
among our most desirable citizens; as rule they
enjoy the respect Of the people in the communities
where they live and do business and they have wide
circles of friends among people who are not of their
race and who may not share their views as to
sumptuary legislation The Jewish people in no
community can be indiscriminatey attacked with
out provoking the resentment of many who are
not Jews.
There is so much to be said on the subject of
temperance and the evils of the use Of liquor itself
that there be no words or time to be wasted
on the individual the people. We trust that
throughout the campaign the discussion may be
confined to the real controversy.