The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01


Il il held. as many refuse TO Join y
because OF objections TO possible
strike duty calls.
AS a further step In his bone dry
legislative program. Rep. Macarthur
has introduced bin regulating the
sale OF liquor In drug stores. This
hits AZ the mixed drinks served at
soda fountains. for Il limits drug
stores TO their own business and
allows them 10 sell intoxicants
only In original packages. not TO be
drumk on the premises. Further. II
compels them to handle only goods
that bear the government stamp.
thus hitting AZ what IL commonly
termed drug store boone" This
feature Is In line with what is
termed pure booze" legislation.
Lieut.-Gov. Dickinson's statement
ON the prohibition situation. referred
20 above, Is as follows:
have noticed an occasional men
ton In the papers that lam, opposed
% so-called bone dry liquor bin.
and am IN favor OF what IL termed
Il
paid but little attention TO these
statements further than 10 say that
| ~ the so-cailed A. :. l. bill Is what
ths voters OF the state asked and
MAJ VIII Re for the best inter.si ~
the state. from the temperance stand
Po'nt. that Is what should be enacted
lHtu law Personally. no bill can
be tca dry for me. Prom what
know % working OF local option In
counties In this state and the atti-
A. al 1
would say all such counties are
ready for the dryest possible Law
that car be made effective. and I am
not ready 70 advocate anything else
For weeks have been getting
various communities tions. all from
those who have been Identified In the
past with the dry movement. ana
sbou, equally divided for and against
q bone dry bill. when I see those
! have SHOWN TO be the sincerest
workers against the saloon IN the
past and now just as sincere In their
various views on this proposition.
gay there must be some good reason
for such stands and before crtttstng
too severely all should be given op-
portunity 20 give reasons I believe
the most reliable Information oh-
tainahie should BE- sought. n this
De the experience OF the Anti saloon
League ia Michigan or what IA has
collected from the working Of laws
tn other states. such things should
he given careful consideration IL
others have anything on the sam
line. that. too. should be earsfsliy
weighed
The Anti-saloon league has led
nearly all the county sights IN thus
state for nine yeara While I hsvc
never been officially connected with
the league. ! have been sent oct IN
~Vr.y one OF these campaigns under
It's direction and have hH1 personal
acqaainiance with practically every
cEv ~ the force during the entire
period / have found them all 20 be
AZ true and as loyal 20 this chosen
work as God ever selected 60 do bis
biddinG To De acquainted with them
as ! have brvB - - know that every
last one has the deepest interest 10
Sc every county in the state dry.
III state a. q whole dry. and 40 rest
until the entire nation ~ DRY and l
believe further that II some other
-i..4t(e accom- pl4Ah- mare IN his place.
Their - not one among them bot
~fst would give ID hts position to-
morrow The deepest Interest for
trc welfare of this move neut has
caused the INTO delve into every corr
Nor &C the country for the past three
months t. get something that ~iIl
give enlightenment on the course
pursue. Absolute sincerity has
prompted them az every turn. They
have called In fine best legal talent.
they hsve Examined the digest ct
d@aV0red 20 err stAiiEe their effort
into the formation os bill that viii
OF enacted into law. be the strongest
pUasibis Temperance Law.
~ snlt "a he bill submitted as
the Anti saloon tD@sEue bill. I am
told from those Uhv have made
thorough examination OF u. that this
bali IL the drysst proposition ever
ss~Fnttts 60 tne luEissatsre OF an1
state IN the union. and would max
.hr present dryest counties In this
STATE 49, arid that present conditions
would maze no comparison. This 81
uet tho Impression throughout the
stat and To- this reason. sever
vriflrtsm should h- withheld until
The pubIc Nearinka Agt sIFen ana
che b4u Or biils fairly Anaiyze
These viii d. hfid a. soon tht
hibit are IN ME. and az which th
puhllc arc invited 20 bo nres~nt ~
UnHlt HHFs nv Nay. I would have
every section ~ the stat" reurr.tnt-
81. Al pEs sent } neither favor rof
opposs as uili. yeCaase have lad
3d. ppportunitS t1 study any and
have no right o. Condemn ~ rritiCi-f.
anything that have not examined
1 DO not thiuk Ties. pIbilc hearing-
should takr tuo form - 0OutcHts,
but rnther that " seeking .nlizhter-
uefnt tn tHg matter ~ this great
movement l don't know and I don s.
believe any one IN TIE skate dVes
know What ~ the best course 70
puraue. ] do. howsser. believe that
IS per cent 81 the members % the
Legislature will never be pcrsusd ed
into voting for anything bat the brst
possible btli for the state.
The people % the state can rest
assured that thes. men are abso-
iutely sincere and under no condi-
tons viii betray the trust imposed
In them. The solution Of this Ques-
tion IL the great problem 20 th4
sion. bat ! am thoroughly Conadent
that after every hrguH1rut ha1 - ..
siftsd and the atmosphere cleared.
the biil viii De for the greatest good
TO the state viii be reported and
that wiil be the bill that will receive
can give support without interfering
With my official duties In the mean
time, let ell have charitable con-
alteration for those whose Integrity
has never been STONED. who have
this question on their hearts moro
than that of any other In all their
lives. who are raeking their nerves
and grasping st every straw OF en-
lightenmsnt that they may give TN
ttate the best temperance law ever
placed on the statute books OF any
state
And TIKI there may be a better
knowledge ~ all propositions. I
would suggest that the services In
the churches ~ the state on sun
day. FEB. ~. be given over 10 this
question. and that the greatest pos
sibie Information be sought and dis
cussions from every conceivable an
gie be INDUCED In I would also
suggest that this b. supplemented By
dom for the men who viii cast tho
yyteR.