El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

w sOning from cold money rea
cons, saw that booze was ar
economic waste. a nonprodueer, tn,
saloon was doomed. and. so far as z
Paso is concerned. this doom Will b,
sealed January 80 when voters Of tn,
city and county. following the LEAD
Of president Wilson when the latter
signed the local option bill Tor thu
city OF Washington. win 90 to the
polls and say they VIII have no more
Of King Booze. This was the conf
dent Drophesy OF every speaker Fri.
day night at the prohibition rally in
the S4th district courtroom, and en-.
thusiastic applause Indicated the audi
ence felt likewise.
Alcohol was flayed right and left BY
the eloquent speakers appearing al
this meeting and the unanimous SEN
ument was that If Fl Paso wants to
clean up and thereby secure a can
cutting off the source Of all evll-al-
cohOlic stimulants.
A 1IOmenfous Issue.
g. P Putnam, calling the meeting 10
order, said the assembly had been
called to deliberate and plan on one
Of the most mOmentous issues that has
confronted this city IN & number Of
years. The great question confront
ing US nationally and consuming the
best thought OF our president. the
state governors and all the people at
this moment is TO win the war and
how to do It It behOOves Us to fall in
line as citizens and patriots with poll
eies fixed by the president, his cabi-
net and congress- and do as they say
so far as we are able to. in order TO
win the war.
Says Must Clean Up.
we in FL PasO. which we feel Is
the metropolis OF the great southwest,
have shown a disposition to do as we
are asked TO do. We bought more than
our quota Of Liberty bonds and ex-
ceeded our share Of the Rel Cross,
Y N. c. A. and other patriotic cam
paigns. We are now asked to do
something else You know what II is.
01ir mayor, our chamber OF commerce,
our senator. our people, they all know
what il is The request has been made
Of US that we clean up, and we mean
10 do it. What are we going to start
as the most effectuaI step in clean
ing Up?
Somebody started 3 petition asking
that the commissioners commit TO the
sentiment Of the citizens the question
OF local option. This petition took
Ike Wildfire, and now before We are
through, we are going to clean up,
and then we Will get whatever We
ask for.
Do What L. s. Asks.
we must sacrifice. possibly, selfish
interests for the common good We
we're told we could get cantonment
II we cleaned up. I'm not going to
believe that FL Paso Is the worst
place in the United States, but 90 be-
lieTe Il PaSo will do what the United
States asks. The country viii be
military country for several years. We
want Fort Bliss enlarged and We want
10 do everything the United States
asks to have it enlarged
Now as to the women. II there ever
was a fight on Gods green earth
where the women ought TO enlist
themselves. Il IS this Let them do II
with malice toward none, and kindly
feeling toward all"
Name Isaacks Chairman.
Predicting vote OF two to one Tor
prohibition on Jan so. and making
final appeal en- behalf Of the fathers
and mothers Of boys and girls, Mr.
Putnam declared it was n order -
elect a chairman Of the meeting. On
motion Of J. ". kirkpatrick, the citi-
zens unanimously elected judge S J.
Isaacks- who had presented the petit
ton to the county court Judge
lsaacks was then presented BY M
Putnam.
says He's Not aseoundraI.s
Judge Isaacks said that as he was
entering he overheard one man say
10 another There's the scounarel
who started all this" I'm not the
one who started this" the Judge told
the meeting. Years ago whole lot
Of good people, reasoning from 2 /
standpoint Of good morals, concluded /
the saloons sh- uld be abolished. They /
made gallant efforts, but met with 4
little success until in recent years. /
Then business men came to see
reasoning from a business standpoint 1
and that ic ]
where the saloon met its fate. When 1
business men 50 decided, the saloon 4
Eas doomed We ought 10 be ashamed, |
perhaps. that we didn't abolish the /
saloon from a moral standpoint. BuS
men began to see that everything that /
went into a saloon was an economic 7
Half OF states DRY"
Today over one half OF the states
have abolished saloons. over four /
fifths Of the great state Of Texas is /
dry. Not only that, but congress has
voted a prohibition amendment, which 1
when ratified by So states, and that
viii be in a few years, VIII make the 4
whole United States dry.
when this cruel war was thrust on /
Us, president Wilson began to See the 4
function Of saloons and decided that /
Uncle Sans f. hting men should not
have booze It was decided he was
weakened BY alcoholic stimulus. Gen. 1
y
bition is necessary for the American 1
army
Clean Up From Root.
Now Fl PasO is IN every way but I
one the most logical place for a can
Torment. But il was not on the can
Torment list Why2 Senator Huds- !
Deth and mayor Davis we're told at 1
Washington that We must clean up. ]
Now when redblOoded business men
saw the light FL PasO was placed in, |
and began to see that the saloon, from
an economic standpoint they said that
Il We clean up, we have to start at the
root Of the matter, and get rid OF the
saloons On Jan. 30, we VIII rid sa-
looms from FL Paso. and thereby make /
FL Paso greater than ever"
Prohibition Decreases Crime.
Judge Isaacks then showed that To-
cal option has improved business in
Beming and Dallas and decreased
crime there He also urged that to in
sure a thorough cleanup, every voter
cast his vote FOR prohibition in pre-
cinct No. l and in the county. There is /
no choice Of votes, but every citizen
may vote on each proposal
George B. Oliver was then elected