United labor bulletin., 1914-11-21


will be no change, except that every drug store
and any and old place will be open to the thirsty
to quench the fire, and all of it will be without
license or cost to the conductor, except occa-
| sonal fine | believe some drug store proprietors
| dive engineers. rooming house boosters down and
out gamblers etc. etc, had this in mind when they
voted dry Nov. 3, and could nothing ahead but
| big profits for themselves and gala time for
everyone
I don't believe anything OF the kind will pre-
| vail 1t looks to if Colorado and Denver
| citizens were going to face nice, long and eX-
| trenlely dry period, and l base my guess the
man who was elected governor, George a. Carl
| SON He openly and above board took the dry end
and just as openly pledged himself to strictly en-
| force the prohibition law if elected | said all
| along that il there were votes enough IN Colo
| RADIO to elect Carlson there would be enough OF
| the same cast to put on the dry shelf
Carlson was elected and every person who was
opposed to liquor voted for him with belief in his
| promise. True, he might fall down and wink at
| law violations when the time arrives. Doubtless
an effort will be made convince him that it will
be unwise to force the program through, and there
| will be many valid reasons advanced, and there
| certainly can be. ] believe all will fail. have
never met Carlson, spoken to him, and would
not know him if he walked into the office to pay
Il years subscription i'll advance or lick the editor
| ] probably will never meet him But | think !
| know something OF the calber OF the man. He is
| very ambitious. He has been elected governor of
a great state when it looked as il he leading
! ororn hope. He made certain pledges publicly
| He can see before him another term governor
| il he follows out his professions. and then a try
| Tor the senatorship OF Sharoth. which means much
| as a national figure in the United States Just
| about the time when the wet and dry light will
have reached its zenith i'll the nation, and that may
mean the presidency. and that is some climb and
some hope for man OF Carlsons measure. There
| fore. / look for him 90 his limit. He has the
| legislature and will have it eating out OF his hand
| before the jobs are doIed There will be great
| pressure brought bear the members by con
Stituents OF situations and the bulk OF the
members come from counties that voted dry. He
will make every effort to do thorough and e,ni
| plete Job OF the dry game IN Colorado, and VIII
advocate all laws wanted by the followers oi water
and grape Juice, and he will. enforce them to the
| letter even if it takes the militia to do it, and he
likes the militia. He really needs laws to
make all sections OF Colorado as dry year-old
| buffalo chip. The law passed by the special
sion of the Legislature in May gives him the power
to declare any section OF the state that ofends dry
territory. the same now exists IN the northern
and southern coal fields. This is enough to do
any little business that may be necessary to COM
plete his program.
| He may be taken to the high places and tempt
| ed by those interested and OF his own political
| faith but think he will not fall Tor it, The op-
! portunity for himself is too bright on the other
| side Nothing but political oblivion awaits him
should he falter, while he has many chances by fol
| lowing the letter the path he has marked out.
| And say all this. being just as bitterly opposed
| to prohibition today as | the day voted wet.
| And il Carlson should turn his back when
the law is violated regarding the sale OF liquor.
| does any in this Denver town think it would
| end therel Guess again. We have district at
torney who is ambitious politically and that
| is attuncd finely to the public clamor. He would
| have to be reckoned with and he is a goer when
| he gets started and the road is ahead OF him Pub
| liclv he has placed himself record being in
| favor of enforcing the dry law. that we have
voted for it, and his is due for election
or reelection in 1910 few months after the del
uge disappears. So there don't seem to be any bed
| OF ease for the weary along that line The gov
| the law in Denver. or bine there would be new
hand at the bellows. by the simple process OF re
moval No brothers. John Rush would not be 4
| goat for any at such nice little crisis
! And further. The commissioner OF safety OF
| Denver would be called upon by the governor to-
through his position OF sheriff cx-offico, do a
| little business as "A law enforcer Would he
| Well those who know the genial Alex know that
| his pcrceptvc faculties. when ptted against a
| grindstone, just good the gentle
| mems; they tried TO make fall guy out Of him a
| few weeks ago. You know the result There will
| be an election in the early spring OF 1917 for his
i successor. And that will but few months after
the new law has been working. SO. all in all, the
rainbow does not show very plainly for a surcease
| of the dryness that is due to eclipse in 1910
more is the pity
But the greatest reason OF all why the liquor