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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1910)
JAbU FOL K MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1910, X I- THE OBSERVER Bruce Dennis, . Edlur and Owner. entered at the postofflce at La Grande second-class matter. Published Pallj Except Sunday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally, single copy.... 6c Dally, ner week . 16c Dally, per month 66c Tola paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom de pl ime Signed articles will be revised aub- ect to the discretion of the edlior. Please sign your article! and save tlsappolntmept. I - u FIIfAL TniXGS TO BE CONSIDERED Dr. Seeman appears In the People's Forum tonlghf with a last appeal to vote the prohibition ticket. The Doctor repeats the oft told story of misery, want and woe caused by the old time saloon. He hitches the Home Rule bill in what appears to us a wrong position, for we do not think that passage of that measure will have a bad effect, but on the contrary we believe It will aid in regulating the Itmtnr traffic n n1Mny ronnmml- bility where it belongs. ' We want to say just a word to re mind the voters of a few thing on this question at this last moment The fight is not to enthrone or perpet- tuate what Dr, Seeman and many oth ers understand the old-time American saloon to be. But it Is to devise bet ter methods of handling the liquor business than now exist, or have ex isted in the past before local option was adopted. Dr. Seeman contenus that prohibi tion 1b the cure for the abuse of liquor while we contend that it . is not. the cure but that stringent regulation is the cure. The editor of this paper was raised under the prohibition ban ner. We spoke pieces at prohibition meetings when a small child, wore the white ribbon and sang in a choruB with prohibition agitators. This all THE LA GRANDE INVESTMENT COMPANY , , ii i 1 i in Tt GEORGE PALMER, Pre, W. L. BREXH0LT8, AssX Cask. F. J. ROUTES, Tlee-Frts. EARL IUJTDEL, U list Cask, F. L. METERS, Caskler. LA GRANDEJNATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON v United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS GE0SS1 FilOSa W. L BKIKHOLTS C C PENlSflTON W. J. CHUSCH F. I METERS CL L. CLEAVER F. J. nouczs m. fierce f. m. btrxit TTttYm tap! mwcM ! facilities we cai wider yei effldeat errlea u anil jnt kitties JM ?t,,r wtMaeftoa. happened in Kansas, and after reach ing the age of seventeen we bse: d that the very liquor we had inno cently been fighting was being sold regardless of the prohibition law. V.'e saw for many years men go down the primrose path under prohibition, and we grew to believe that it was a failure and, a mistake; that it was not possible to enforce a measure of that kind. What was the next thing to do? Turn to another system, and that system is regulation the very system we are offering the people of Union county. and which If they adopt it, this paper will be found striving earnestly to obtain better results than now exist or have existed in La Grande and Union county so far as the sale of liquor is concerned . The case is now up to the people to decide. Each side has made itself plain, we think and tomorrow's vote will mean a great deal to this coun ty. Therefore, do not let prejudice. or agitation take the place of your better Judgment. WHY VOTE FOR IVAXHOE? TeB, why vote for Ivanhoe? Because he is a man among men; because he is square in his prosecu tion. Some may think he has not been, but that thought is fathered by prejudice, for Ivanhoe is on the accused of crime has his friends. If the prosecution makes an honest ef fort to convict UBually many friends of the man accused have a dislike for the man sworn to do his duty. It is so with Ivanhoe, it is eo with every prosecutor that had courage to do right. But, rmember that few districts in the state of Oregon have as strong men for prosecuting attorney as Col. Ivanhoe. Union and Wallowa counties are extremely fortunate' in being able to have the opportunity to vote for ability and honesty combined as they are in Ivanhoe. THE CLOSING DAT. The evidence is in. The arguments have been made. The question Is now up to' the Jury for decision. We be- lieve that the decision when rend: ed will show Bowerman elected gov ernor; that it will show more or less of a Republican victory in all state and district offices and in Union coun ty, it should, and we believe will show the re-election of Republicans run ning for office including Judge Hen ry. , Tomorrow morning cast your bal lots. It will take more time than usu al this year, but cast your ballots Just the same. Whether you are for o: against what the Observer advocates do not be so small and Insipid as to fall to exercise your franchise as a; American citizen. Vote vote right, If you will but II not, vote anyway. , PEOPLE'S FORUM. Things to be Considered on the Eve of the Election. If prohibition does not prohibit, why do the brewerB, the distillers, tho liquor dealers, the saloon keepers fight prohibition and spend thous ands of dollars in the state of Ore gon to keep Oregon wet? If the "Home Rule Association" is a temperance organization why. did the brewer book the "Home Rule" worker? Do honorable men' stoop to such "infamous" business as to send out in their literature and put on bill boards such glaring (falsehoods as those about the search and seizure law? If they misrepresent in this will they not In other things? Are they trustworthy? What kind of a cause needs such support? Look out for the man who sneers at sentiment. Such a man ''is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils." Science Bays that alcohol is neither a food nor a stimulant but -one of the moBt dangerous poisons. Are you go ing to vote to keep open these places where this poison is sold and men destroyed for this life and for the next? You are either for or against the saloon. There is no middle ground. The issue is clear cut. You can not dedge it.' If you vote against prohi bition you are voting for the saloon. You want this source and . ea'use , of crime and poverty and debauchery and all that is evil to be continued. The saloon and the liquor traffic has never been law abiding. They never will be. In the face of the danger of extermination it makes ltd promise to be good, but it never fulfills its promise. And the man who believes ,th!s talk about regula tion at" the present time wants to be fooled. Clarence Darrow said that the sa loon was no financial help to any community. I believe some of our papers said that he was a great stu dent of political economy. I wonder if the saloonitlcs still think he is? But since he has no faith in the sa loon as a financial asset, and since he said men would be better off if they would let liquor alone, do you not think we ought to close up this in stitution? When we remember how many lives it ruins, how many hearts it breaks, how many homes it de stroys, how many reasons it de thrones, how many of God's best crea tures it turns into brutes, how many men, women, and children -it sends to untimely graves, and how many graves it fills with drunkards, we ought to be unanimous in the deter mination to wipe this accursed insti tution off the face of the earth. The prohibition cause is righteous. Being righteous it must triumph. You may defeat it this year, but soon it will prevail. God will hear the cries of the drunkard's wives and children and the prayers of the good people of this fair land. You cannot for ever defeat the right. ' The "Home "Rule Association" in its shameless letters to the voters says: "That neither the farmer nor the city man can have liquor of any kind in his POSSESSION, even in his own house," if prohibition carries. That is a deliberate falsehood. Are those men who send out such state ments honorable men, and do they represent a worthy cause? If there Is anything "infamout'' their con duct Is. It is unspeakably bo. I want to express my appreciation of the many pleasant things that have been said about the "Forum," and thank the Observer for the privilege of addressing the people through its columns on this great issue, and thank the editor for calling the at tention of the readers to the "Forum" ( by his editorials. I trust that through I 4 . righteousness. j If Union county votes "dry" tombr-! row I pledge the most strenuous fight ! for the enforcement of law the coun-; ty has ever seen. Law breakers must tc punished. ' ' - - ' If the unexpected should happen, and the county ' should vote wet, we pledge you a renewed fight for pro hibition', and a hotter one than we have yet had. We are not in it for money, but for conscience sake. Such men never quit When you mark your ballots re member that f ou are determining whether you will be a partner In tht crimes of the saloon. If you vote to continue the saloon you can say every time a man goes ' reeling home to abuse his wife and children, I voted to make that shame and sorrow pos sible, and therefore I am responsible along with the men who made it and Bold it. And so of every evil of the saloon. You can not escape., that con sequence of your vote.. If you. vote for prohibition you can say, "I did 'what I could to put an end to this unspeakable evil." Vote like a man with a head and a con science and heart. . S: W. SEEMAN. J . Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion In Union County, which means a vote for the strict and permanent reg i . i , . . , i i . . . . county Adv. "Gray Dove" Tonight Miss Laura Winston 'in "The Gray Dove'' will commence a week's en gagement at the Steward this even ing. The supporting company, is an excellent one and seven nights of the best stock plays will b9 offered. The Gray Dove is a comedy of mer it and contains a great many clever sayings which are bound to keep the rleabilltles of the audience at the bub bling over point. Miss Winston is credited not only a3 the best leading woman now tour ing in repertoire but is conceded to have the cleverest supporting group of players as well. The list of plays chosen for La Grande is very good as nearly every one Is new here, which same fact affords much relief after having the same old ones year after year, and with the excellent acting all will be well repaid for a visit at the Steward any night. Vote 328 X Yes for Home Rule; vote 343 X No Against Prohibi tion; vote 345 X No Against Pro hibition search law; vote 101 X Against prohibition in Union county. Paid Adv. Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means a vote for the strict and permanent reg ulation of the liquor traffic in the county. Adv. t Notice to Publishers. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office at the City Recorder until Wednesday evening November 9th, 1910 for the printing and binding of five hundred city Charters, also give price on 1,000, the size and style of binding to be as certained at the hecorder's office. By orders of the City Council, Nov ember 2nd, 1910. D. E. COX, Recorder. Nov. 3 to 9. Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means a vote for the strict and -permanent reg ulation of the liquor traffic in the county. Adv. ' Classiied Advertising WANTED Position by a man as cook and wife as helper. Camp pre ferred. 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