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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1910,
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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
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COMPANY
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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
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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.
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Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi
tion In Union County, which means a
vote for the strict and permanent reg
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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. '
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