Arizona republican., 1914-11-02


 . will reach these columns
 honorable and legal rights are assail
 ed by extremists evidently so blinded 1 by their fury towards alcohol as to
 be unable to perceive anything but
 evil in everything connected with it. . Alcohol is good servant, having : it's legitimate and absolutely neces- sary employment and as such has , it's rights even before with and !n the prohibition party. For total
 prohibition to charge that every per son or organization holding contrary
 or less rabid ideas than their own
 must therefore be classed with boot , leggers, divekeepers, owners of H. famed houses, publicans and sinners, in contrast with and unworthy of as f sociation with themselves as good
 Samaritans, is but evidence of panic of fear in their ranks, desire
 tc throw dust in the air to clouh | the issue now so near decision Myself and many other druggists
 together with thousands of the vo1ers
 of our state, stand for moderation in
 
 ceptance of God given privileges and
 pleasures to which We are born aud . that it is not incumbent upon us or advisable that we tee-totally deny
 ourselves. or that men and women
 of mature age be circumscribed,
 hedged about, fenced in and pre- {vented from that exercise of will
 which alone can produce strength of character Who, I would ask. in this
 forging of voting forces, dares to be seen or heard in advocacy of tn
 saloon as they are or have been con- iducted? these interests are admit tedly mute. evidently realizing they have no strength to their voice. And vet I venture to invite comparison Of the fair minded between the defen- , sive and offensive methods used by the opposing forces in this battle , for ballots. On one side is eXemph- |. fled moderation in language clear cut statements supported by author ties or statistics, avoidance of per
 s0nal acrimony: while on the other side the very air has resounded With abuse. insults and threats of intlmi- dation and retribution.
 What avails it if in this fight two
 or three opponents should be skin red alive and their hides nailed to a barn door" Others and better men are ready to take their position, , hide and all intact To the charge of being blind pigs and tigers, I need only refer you to such knowledge
 yOu may have of those druggists i'll Arizona. who enjoy your acquairt-
 ance. knowing you will admit there are no more honorable business pr . ] professional men, or as class iany better fitted to accept the re-
 responsibilities to the public entrusted
 to them by the state. than those of
 Arizona.
 That the position occupied by the
 total prohibtionist forces in unten-
 able is amply proven by their ego
 tistical declaration that this amend ment is or was an embodiment of tke wisdom of all the ages (apolo- gies surely due the kaiser; that it is or was free from leaks, loop holes
 or evdsions. i Q. complete in itself.
 Yet their leaders are now engaged i in pulling wool over the eyes "f the voters. endeavoring to persuade 1 them that the amendment will not do as it says it will, that whereas
 if was supposed to hold water, it will
 rot even hold alcohol. that nothing lean interfere with transportation into or through the state and mak- ing inevitable picture of lawyer
 doctors in hopeless disagreement bY
 January next.
 Local exhorters are recently quot ed as saving that alcohol. the most ardent spirit of all. is NOT an ar dent spirit, that that principle which alone gives to brandy, whiskey. gin or rum, their ardent character 'S itself exempt. What sorry specta- | cie of brethren who should be IF accord, now pulling at cross purpos- es. To those who have carefury studied the wording of this amend ment and the circumstances leading up to it's untimely birth. it appears to have been fathered by a few en- thusiasts collected at Phoenix. few being well informed on the subjects involved. and to have had the doubt ful services of two homeopathic aS- couchers who. preferring the use ''f sugar pellets to liquid remedies. con
 cluded to concede to and foist upon the other medicos and pharmacists of this state the use of poisonous ! denatured alcohol in their ignorant belief, as their chief spokesman, Rinehart, publicly stated. that ' could be and should be used for all purposes in which pure grain alco- hol has been employed, excepting l only for beverage purposes.
 Such is the work-such the char acter of advice being fed out to in telligent men and women of Arizona under the plea of freeing our coun- try from the evils of intempSance T.
 That there is a better way, that t is needless that our people be divid- 1 cd into two nearly equal camps an . tagonistic to the other, that medi- um line can be adhered to: that
 the saloon interests can yet be fore
 ed accept purification of their ' business at the hands of an enlight- 1 ened and intelligent people as shal, result in placing their traffic on tna level and on the square with other
 trades. l honestly believe For that
 day and to that end l would cheer \ fully offer any services in my power
 to contribute l assure my fellow ' citizapc (tha oninionc of fpw ono