The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-03-12
VOL. xxvIII. NO. 40.
SYNOpASOF
PROHIBITION

Ffnm an Appearances 1914 will b 4
hislory-nakinR epcch rof the tenn
''eraHce cause IH several states tie
7rohibiti nists are active asd eruert
10 elect entire tickets. The Texas
dry faction of tile denoeat,r
plrty las named Colonel Thnmas q
liall as iis standaFsi-hsarer i, 20
hapfens that the pros are majority
~ leNas. consequently ID looks a
fhough Colonel BalI would 10 wIun.v
n the s;,te priu aries shich A.
ueid IN Jriy Arkansas has tienren.
~ up ar toe liquor business unfil
nat state Is As dry as Sahara In
aearis every section. California l.
soing to make showing that viii
astoni'h ths country. The world il
iast finding GU. that saloons ara
curse to mankind, and gradually bur
surely the u iuor men arr being driv-
IN out 81 business Even the man
Nho drinks for cialbility sake ad.
aits that drink does min lniu,y
me advocates II personal liberty
eanhot point H. single elesatin0
'eatuFe 10 the saloon business Why.
tnen, should anything which IL de-
.iasins be longer Eoleratedg Put the
aoney spent for drink into homes
tnd there viii be no starving ~omen
ioa children and many homes viii IL
established where there are NOS
none.
WIN nine states In the prohibition
column, four more going '.dry'' this
year and 20 states on record having
passed restrictive saloon legislation
tast year, national Legislator see the
Question impending before them far
settlement.
1ust ~her national prahibstlon
WI te seriously proposed, none pro-
iesses TO say. The Anti-Saloon Lea-
cue leaders are not yet ready TO pro-
p"se hill. They propose 20 20 on
Tor fe~ years laying the foundation
in state legislation and placing the
members of congress on record A.
avoring dry laws that are merely
ccntributory 20 the general result.
| The passage OF the jones' Works
excise las Tor this District OF Colusu-
bia and lhe enactment Of the Webh.
Kenyon law to prohibit shipment OF
liquer into prohibition terrltorv were
regarded as excellent years work
by the prohlbitionists booking after
national Legislation.
| Members Of Congress fear this qnes-
tion, and the pressure that will be
brought to bear by the liquor ana
"anti" interests when ID Is seriously
brought before The legislative body.
IN the matter Of partial lsgisItion,
such As has been considered, a few
congressman, regardless 81 personal
views or habits, have had tue cur
age TO stand out against tlss prohi-
bition pleadsra.
Nine states which before January
| l. 1913, enacted prohibition laws
sere Kansas, Maine. North
Dakota, Mississippi, North Carolina.
Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia
and Georgia. They have a popula.
tion OF nearly 10000. coo. The states
the Anti-Saloon Leaguers promise to
aid this year are Idaho, Iowa. yir-
glnia and California.
There are Il states in which 50 per
cent Of the population live In social
sa no-license territory. These are
Florida. Alabama, Arkansas, Colo
rado, Idaho. Indiana. iowa, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, NebFas-
ka, New Hampshire, South Caro-.
ilna, south Dakota, Texas, Vermnt
snd Virginia, which have a popula-
tion OF more than N, 0UO, 900.
There are l3 states in which IS
per cent Of the population live in no.
license territory California.
belayare, Illinois, MArJlaud, Mass
achusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio,
| Oregon, Utah, Washington, aiscon-
sin and Wyoming, Of which the pop
u,ation Is more tnsn y, ts)o, 90. -
| National Week