Semi-weekly herald., 1916-10-05

ciple of fl ;lay at stake in this
election. If, after the prohibitory
law has proved such social, moral
-.sd cecscnic success as to drive the
opposition party into a supporting
party, those VINO fought for II 10
crisis are to oe immediately punlAnast
and those, VINO Il this crisis we're try
ng to XII II or were wholly inactive,
are to be at once rewarded, then this
fact will stand out as danger sig
nal for the next 80 years against any
Independent and beneficent action by
public officials.
There never was an issue more
squarely before people where one
group of leaders for political expedi-
ency sought to promote immortality,
while another party thru devotion to
principle sought to promote morality.
If inaction is to be preferred to &C
ton, what will be the goal, where the
incentive and what the spur to future
beneficent action? The peoples will
cannot continue to be felt if they .illl
themselves dull their only spur t.,
action.
"What forces do our opponents
expect to elevate them to immediate
leadership? Do they expect the "wet"
forces to, whose cause they claim to
have SO recently deserted? Don't they
know that while the open and consis-
tent enemy may be respected, every
one has the right to take the hated
and despised deserter wherever he
may be found and string him up by
the neck. OF course, this only applies
to real deserters, never to mock de-
serters. Watch where the secret in
fluence of the brewery interests is
placed in the coming campaign and
you will be able to decide whether
this desertion is reality or only an
other deception. Do they expect the
dry" forces to elevate them to i'm
mediate leadership? Don't you think
that they ougt to be seasoned for a
while; that they ought to spend some
time as privates first; that they
ought to shoot off at least one cap
uistol on the "dry" side before they
ask to have sewed on the stripes and
shoulder STRIPS of Generals? Today,
Democracy claims to be "dry" as a
Colorado sand lizard. Why? We
drove them to it. Two years ago it
was politically expedient to be "wet."
Two years ago they were "wet." To-
day, it is politically expedient to be
dry" Today they are dry"
"Whatever social, moral and eco
nomic good has come to the state of
Colorado thru the abolishment of the
saloon has not come thru their aud
put in spite of their active opposition.
Two years ago we did not try to get
any votes by false pretense. We
were out in the open. Everyone
knew where we stood. Today W. are
not seeking to be unfair or to deceive
the voter. We are still out in the
open standing just where we stood
two years ago, smashing as hare as
we san the things that we are against.
IN tie white heat of the contest two
years ago, we came to the "dry" side
and the timely and vigorous aid Of
tie great Republican party did mulh
in turning the narrow tide of victory.
'We have passed a law in accord
with the prohibitory amendment,
which has stood the test of the state
courts. We have prevented the active
and energetic opposition from writing
into it such provisions as would open
it to constitutional attack in the Fed
eral courts. Under this law every
single day. We have fought off every
attempt to limit its jurisdiction or
impair its efficiency as we are today
fighting that ridiculous deception, the
Beer Amendment"
'trhis law has not been entirely
free of violations any more than the
laws against murder and robbery, and
Of course has not entirely purged our
state of crime. 1t has reduced in a
little over an eight months period
the number of inmates in the State
Penitentiary from $50 to 719. 1t has
reduced the number of commitments
to our county jails from 3,427 for the
first six months period of 1915 to
2,9o7 for the first six months of 1915,
a decrease of 500. 1t has reduced the
number of arrests in the city of
Pueblo from 1896 for the first eight
months OF 1915 to 1885 for the first
eight months of 1916.
1T shall be our position to continue
TO install vigor and vitality into the
few police officers, iheriifs and dis
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