The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
Phone 262 Phone
VOTE YOUR CONVICTIONS.

list UI 'Ntt towns CT SNltCA to the dry" column is for the residents of the town to consid CT and settle within the next few weeks and the question is one which the individual man or woman should decide for him or herself.
 This paper does not presume to dictate 'J any man or woman as to how he or she should vote. It is an insult to manhood or womanhood for anyone to at tempt any such dictation, espe- cially if the voters possess aver age intelligence. Otherwise they should not be voters
 It k. however. the duty of ey cry voter :o be thoroughiy post ed on the merits ot the ques- tion at issue-to thoroughly weigh it's advantages and disad yantages. compare the two and then vote with the one having the prepondeIanee of argument.
 II the use oi liquor has been of benefit tc you, 10 any mem Der of your family or to any of your friends, then vote 10 re- tain the saloons.
 If you know of any young men who were on the high road To hell through praaticine absti- hence but who took to drinking in time to save themselves. then vote to continue the liquor tTaf- fic in order hat other young men may be saved in the same man ner.
 It on the other hand, liquor has worked injury to you to any member of your family or to any of your friend7, then vote 10 banish IL the same as YOU would take steps to banish any enemy of yourself. your family or your friends If you know C. any young men whose futures were Dlign;ed. whose careers were cut short. who, in short, went to hell through the agency of strong drink then vote to re move the same blightine curse from the reach of other young men.
 If you think the continuance of the liquor traffic will be of benefit to your growing sons and daughters. by all means vote for such continuance It is wholly matter of choice which you, yourself, must decide. and see to it that you make such deci- sion of your own volition. Don't vote wet to accommodate some liquor dealer and don't vote dry because some bowling temper ance crank asks you to. De eide the question for yourself. Make up your mind by asking and answering few questions put to yourself and let these be two of them:
 Do my experience and obser vation lead me to believe that the liquor traffic is of benefit to me ill particular and humanity in general?
 Do my experience and obGer- yation lead me to believe that liquor is injurious to me in par tlcular and humanity in general "
 Answer the foregoing ques- tions honestly and base your vote on thA answer. By doing so, you vii be honest with your self and fair with yolr neIgh- hOr.
 Pay no attention to the argu- ment that elimination of the Sa- looms will increase the value of taxable property from fifteen to twenty per cent, and, on the other hand pay no attention to the argument that elimination of the saloons will curtail the revenue for schools. The finan- cial situation will take care of itself the same as it has taken care of itself in every emerger cy in the past. Simply vote az your conscience dictates and you will satisfy yourself by bein5 true to yourself-Stroller White in Douglas Island News.
 MT White could not have ga more nor said it any better if had used every column of his I per. The question of dry" or i've is up to the people, and vixen t time comes they will use t'1eir o, Lest judgment and cast their vot accordingly When the burnt question comes before the peoI this fall they will have the "sa, and after they have spoken" thin will go on just as though nothi, had ever happened. but the New Miner will maintain. if the majo