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X Dry Local Option,
Wet Coos County.
Put a Cross before Dry.
VOTE
320 Yes, allowing cities.
321 X No, to regulate saloons.
Put a Cross before No.
THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREG ON. TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1908.
MAY I ASK?
By Charles Scanlon, Field Secretary
of tho Assembly's Temperance
Committee.
If nioro liquor is sold where there
are no saloons than where there are,
would brewers, distillers and whole
sale dealers, who own about sevonty
fivo per cent, of saloons, pay license,
rent, taxes, insurance, attorney's
fees, and contrlbuto largo sums of
money to Influence tho press, to pub
lish and distribute literature, and in
other ways to obtain licence, all to
lessen the amount of their sales?
Would the liquor men now bo main
taining flvo national organizations,
at heavy expense, to oppose all pro
hibitory measures, if such measures
did not interfere with tho traffic?
Would they keep an expensive lobby
at the national capital to urge tho
restoration of the canteen or army
saloon, and to prevent a prohibitory
clauso in the Statehood bill for Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory If they
were not financially interested?
Are beer wagons and "speak
casles" and "blind pigs" and liquor
agents alone, worse than all these
vils plus tho open saloon? Do not
the records of hundreds of towns
show that saloons do not lessen
these nuisances, but affords addi
tional temptation to drink, and is the
spawning place of tho most degrad
ing vices?
How do saloons help a town? Do
they make better fathers, husbands,
sons or brothers? Do they make
mothers, wives and children comfort
able and happy? Do they help to
liulld up churches and make it easy
for parents to keep children in
school?
Do not saloons mean drunkenness
and docs not drunkenness mean less
steady and less skillful labor? Do
not sober men work more and retain
their earning capacity longer than
drinking men? Do not life insur
ance companies say that an abstainer
is from 30 per cent, to 40 per cent,
"better risk than a drinker? Will
not the business of a town be deter
mined by the amount of goods which
Its citizens can buy and pay for? Is
not the purchasing capacity of a man
limited to his earning capacity? Do
not sober men as a rulo earn more
than drinking men, and do not their
families consume moro and therefore
help business? Is the credit of a
drinking man as good as that of an
abstainer, if not why? Do not all
political economists agreo that the
morals of a bread-winner aro fully as
important a factor in his value to tho
community as his physical and In
tellectual qualities? Can a man buy
heer and beef with the same money?
Who pays the license and all other
expenses of tho saloon keeper? What
would go with that money if it did
not go for liquor?
If it is such a disgraceful thing to
sell liquor that you do not want to
assoclato with tho man who does
it, is it a good thing for you to vote
for him to do a bad thing? If It is a
bad thing to be a drunkard is it a
good thing to license men to make
drunkards? If a saloon is a good
thing why do those who patronize
it desire to bo shielded from view by
screens while they do so, and why
must it be kipt away from churches
and schools and out of residence dis
tricts? Is there anything in logic, morals,
reason, religion or common sense
which says that the church should
throw down her arms and strike her
colors when sin forms a political al
liance? If Christ said ho came not
to regulate tho works of tho devil
hut to destroy them, is It not enough
for church members than they bo as
their Lord?
Is it right to vote for a thing
which no decent man ought to de
fined? Is it right to vote against a
man who advocates licensing a
saloon in your homo town and vote
for a man who advocates licensing
saloons throughout the State and tho
Nation? Is it right to voto against
license when that is tho only issue
and voto for license when it is com
"blned with other Issues?
Is not tho license system the
strong tower to which tho traffic doth
resort in Its ovory time of need? Is
It not "tho revenue which it pays"
which is always mentioned by the
"trade" when this evil is on trial for
its life? Is not license tho most dan
gerous and deceptive expedient yet
tried to defer or defeat tho over
throw of tho traffic? If a thing is so
demoralizing that it must bo prohl-
l)itod on Sundays and election days,
and so dangerous that it must be
bidden in case of riots, flros or othor
occasions of great excitement, ought
it to bo permitted at any tlmo? If
'Mayor Jones in Minneapolis, and
PACTS ABOUT
KANSAS CITY
ITEMIZED REPLY TO PREVARI
CATIONS WHICH LIQUOR IN
TERESTS CIRCULATE.
To tho voters: Everywhere it is
about tho same. Tho policy of those
fighting local option seems to be one
of prevarication. An illustration is
given in tho following about Kansas
City:
190S:
Lie No. 1 City has lost popula
tion. Fact No. 1 Increase for twenty-
two months of Prohibition. 11. ISO.
Lie No. 2 City in slough of debt.
Fact No. 2 Debt reduced under
Prohibition, $411,470.
Lio No. 3 Property valuation de
creased. Fact No. 3 Actual increase $4,-
778,000; assessed valuation, one
fifth of actual $955,000.
Lio No. 4 Building abandoned
under Prohibition.
Fact No. 4 Increase first ten
months over 200 per cent. Increase
1907, first full year of Prohibition,
504 buildings to 944. Largest in
crease of any city in the country for
tho"year and""greatest in history of
the city.
Lie No. 5 That business is lan
guishing. Fact No. 5 Mayor says It's a He.
Postmaster says "Amen!" Merchants
open books and confirm by remark
able increase In business from form
er saloon years. One wall naner
house reported Increase of $6,000
first Prohibition year, largely now
customers.
Lio No. C That tho banks are
crippled from lack of deposits.
Fact No. 6 Actual Increase of de
posits for twenty-two months of Pro
hibition, $3,788,000 over 35 ver
cent.
Lie No. 7 That taxes have been
Increased.
Fact No. 7 City assessment 20
cents LESS for every $100 valua
tion.
Lio No. 8 Fire department de
moralized for lack of appropriation.
Fact No. 8 Appropriation under
Prohibition $3,000 more than under
jicenso and four men added.
Lie No. 9 Tho stores are empty
and rents tumbling.
Fact No. 9 Double headed lie.
The only "stores" empty aro build
ings out of business sections built
for saloons, and but few of these
not occupied by some legitimate line.
Every room occupied by saloon on
principal business street, Minnesota
avenue, twenty-five in three blocks
alone, all rented except one, and
condition of street revolutionized.
Number of saloons closed in June,
190C, 25C. Present population,
100,000.
GOV. IIOCII OF KANSAS
APPEALS FOR PROHIBITION.
Governor Hoch of Kansas, in his
annual message to the legislature,
January, 1907:
Relatively (and everything is
relative in this world) tho prohi
bitory policy has been a great suc
cess in this state. It has been a
great benefit educationally, morally
and financially to tho people. Our
per capita wealth Is over ninety dol
lars nearly three times the avorago
In tho United States and. now where
Is wealth moro equally distributed.
A poorhouse is always a joko in Kan
ms. The devil never invented a big
ger He than that revenue from ille
gitimate sources Is necessary to the
financial success of any town or city.
Such a contention Is an insult to any
community in Kansaa
Governor Folko in Missouri can
closo the saloons on Sunday, is it
not proof that other executivo officers
can enforce tho law if they will to
do so?
Is tho government moro Jealous of
revenue than of justice? Shall wo
prohibit tho slaughter of buffaloes
and license the butchery of babies?
Shall not tho cry of tho child and
tho mother bo poured into tho ear
of tho State, which is tho ballot box,
and tho power of moral suasion bo
supplemented by tho strong arm of
the law? Aro tho devil and his
for-.minions wolghlng our arguments or
counting our votes?
'Shall tho throuo of iniquity have
fellowship with theo, which frameth
mischief by law?" (Ps. 04:20).
Does this look as though
Saloons are a Good Invest
ment for Coos Coimty?
FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS
Total Indebtedness, March 31, 1908 , . $101,045.36
Cost Circuit Court, Jan, 1, 1907 to Mar, 31, '08, 5,092.69
Cost Justice of Peace, Jan, 1 , '07 to Mar, 31 , '08, 976.73
Cost Coroner's Inquests, Jan, 1, 1907 to March
31, 1908, . 654.85
Cost Jail and boarding prisoners, Jan, 1, 1907
to March 31, 1908, 633-51
Cost Insane, Jan, 1, 1907 to Mar, 31, 1908 325.73
Cost Poor and Indigents, Jan 1, 1907 to March
31, 1908 12,273.22
Cost April, 1908, Term of Court, Criminal
cases , $ 4,179.60
THE IMP IN
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL'S Famous
I am aware that there is a pre
judice against any man who manu
factures alcohol. I believe that from
the time it Issues from tho colled
and poisonous worm in tho distillery
until it empties into tho jaws of
death, dishonor and crime it demor
alizes everybody that touches It from
Its source to where It ends. I do not
believe anybody can contemplate the
object without being prejudiced
against the liquor crime. All we
have to do, gentlemen, is to think
of the wrecks on either bank of the
stream of death, of tho suicides, of
the insanity, of the Ignorance, of tho
destitution, of the little children tug
ging at the faded and withered
breast of weeping and despairing
mothers, of wives asking for bread,
of the men of genius it has wrecked,
the men struggling with imaginary
serpents, produced by tho devilish
thing; ;and when you think of the
jails, of the almshouses, of the asy
lums, of the prisons, of the scaffolds
upon either bank, I do not wonder
that every thoughtful man is pre
judiced against this damned stuff
called "alcohol."
Intemperance cuts down youth
in its vigor, manhood in its strength,
old age in its weakness. It breaks
the father's heart, bereaves the dot
ing mother, extinguishes natural af
fection, erases conjugal love, blots
out filial attachment, blights paren
tal hopes, brings down mourning
age in sorrow to tho grave. It prod
uces weakness, not strength; sick
ness, not health; death, not life. It
makes wives widows, children or
phans, fathers fiends; and all of
thein paupers and beggars. It feeds
rheumatism, invites cholera, imports
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ILLJiCjiAL
The Law and Order League of Coos County
pay a reward of $25 to the person furnishing the
first evidence that will lead to the conviction of any
person who shall vote illegally at the election on the
first day of June 1908,
A report of the Grand Jury, filed in the Circuit
Court of Coos County, May 14, 1908, is as follows:
"Complaint has been made to us concerning al
leged irregularity in certain elections heretofore held
within this county,
"It is earnestly hoped that the judges of election
and our officers will see that all Laws regulating
elections are rigidly enforced, and that all violations
thereof shall be vigorously prosecuted,"
The above recommendation will be carried out to
the letter,
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SHERIFF GAGE HAS APPOINTED
EACH OF Til 13 LARGER PRECINCTS
ELECTION DAY FOIt THE PURPOSE
ANY OXE GUILTY OF VIOLATING
Anyone who has re mistered for any precinct, otiher
than the one in which he actually resides will be ar
rested when he attempts to vote.
THE BOTTLE
Speech on the Evils of Intemperance
pestilence and embraces consump
tion. It covers tho land with idle
ness, misery and crime. It fills your
jails, supplies your almshouses and
demands your asylums. It engen
ders controversies, fosters quarrels
and cherishes riots. It crowds your
penitentiaries and furnishes victims
for your scaffolds. It Is tho llfeblood
of tho gambler, tho element of tho
burglar, the prop of tho highwayman
and support of the midnight, incen
diary. It countenances tho liar, re
spects the thief, esteems the blas
phemer. It violates obligation,
reverences fraud and honors Infamy.
It defames benevolence, hates love,
scorns virtue and slanders innocence.
It incites the father to butcher his
helpless offspring, helps tho husband
to massacro his wife and the child
to grind the parlcldal ax. It burns
up men, consumes women, detests
life, curses God, despises heaven. It
suborns witnesses, nurses perjury,
defiles the jury box and stains tho
judicial ermine. It degrades tho
citizen, debases tho legislator, dis
honors tho statesman and disarms
tho patriot. It brings shame, not
honor; misery, not safety; despair,
not hope; sorrow, not happiness, and
with the malevolence of a fiend it
calmly surveys its frightful desola
tion and unsatlated havoc. It poi
sons felicity, kills peace, ruins mo
rals, blights confidence, slays reputa
tion, and wipes out national honor,
then curses tho world and laughs at
its ruin. It does all that and more.
It murders the soul. It is tho sum
of all villainies, tho father of all
crimes, tho mother of all abomina
tions, the devil's best friend and
God's worst enemy.
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GEORGE M. BROWN
Prosecuting Attorney
A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR
AVIIO AVILL HE PRESENT OX
OF IMMEDIATELY ARRESTING
THE ELECTIOX LAWS.
OFFER $7,500
FOR REASONS
Medford People Want to Know
Reasons Why Saloons
Should be Permitted.
In tho Medford Mail of May 8th,
the following reward was offered:
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that tho saloon docs not pro
duce crime.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that tho saloon does not in
crease taxation.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that the presence of tho saloon
does not tend to dcpreclato real es
tate values.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that the illegal selling of li
quor in Lano county is not by liquor
sympathizers in an effort to break
down tho law.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that Prohibit ion is not a suc
cess and a good thing for Kansas.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that the saloon docs not cor
rupt morals.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that the saloon does not pro
duce lawlessness.
$500 reward to any one who can
show that tho presence of tho saloon
does not lose for the town and com
munity many desirable citizens.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that tho saloon does not des
troy the health of tho peoplo.
$500 reward to any one who can
show that tho banishment of tho sa
loon has not been a benefit to Eugene
and Lane county.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that tho saloon Is not a curso
and only a curso to our civilization.
$500 reward to any one who can
show that tho saloon Is a blessing to
tho home.
$500 reward to any one who can
show that tho saloon is not against
every legitimate interest of our
country.
$500 reward to any ono who can
show that tho saloons must not look
to tho boys in our public schools to
supply the ranks of tho 100,000
drunkards that die each year.
$7,500 is a large sum. Let some
ono look Into tho matter.
SAYS DRY TOWNS
ARE NOT WEEDY
Mayor Matlock Proclaims the
Gospel of Dryness at Ore
gon City.
(Special Dispatch to Tho Journal)
OREGON CITY, May 10. Mayor
Matlock of Eugene, fired another gun
last evening in tho Clackamas coun
ty local option campaign. A very
enthusiastic audience greeted the
mayor and loudly applauded him in
his statements. Ho said in part:
"I come to you not as an orator,
but as a farmer of Lane county and
by good fortune, tho mayor of Eu
gene. I como not seeking political
honors, because my best days aro
gone, but I como in behalf of good
government, the elevation of char
acter and good citizenship,
"Eugeno wont dry two years ago
under very unfavorable- circum
stances. Tho mayor of tho city at
that time, a man honest in his con
victions and a good man, too, was
not In favor of it, becauso ho honest
ly believed that thero was not suf
ficient public sentiment in Eugene
to mako tho law effective There
were predictions of falluro on ovory
hand and it was said that our pros
perity would bo trampled In tho
dust.
"But what nro tho facts about Eu
gene today? Instead of grass grow
ing in tho streets wo have paved
miles of them, under prohibition.
Tho 11 empty saloon buildings wero
soon' rented. Eugeno prospered in
splto of tho loss of saloon revenue
Tho last two years havo seen tho
largest Increaso in business and rao
noy In banks, in fact, in bank depos
its, Eugeno stood at tho head of
tho list in Oregon, leaving out Port
land. Wo havo better collections.
Factories and mills aro running full
time Last year wo put up from 200
to 300 dwellings, with an increaso of
population of 4,000.
"Let mo glvo you a fair saiiiplo of
business prosperity in tho caso of my
own son. IIo was doing a business
of $30,000 n yoar. Aftor tho first
year of prohibition it was Incrensod
to $45,000, tho second year to ?G0,
000, and this year It Is largor than
ovor boforo.
"Tho first year of prohibition wo
DOES IT PAY TO
HAVE SALOONS?
By CIIAS. SCANLON
Does it Pay to license a traffic which,
lessens tho demand for tho helpful
things of life, which increases their
cost and diminishes tho ability to
pay for them?
Does it Pay to llcenso a traffic:
which makes men less skilful, less
steady, less reliable; which lessens
endurance, lessens self respect and
tho respect of others, lessens con
fidence, lessens credit, lessens tho de
mand for food, clothing, shelter and.
tools with which to work?
Docs it Pay to licenso a traffic
which breeds idiots, paupers, cri
minals, lunatics and epileptics and
casts them upon society to bo sup
ported by decent, honest, industrious
people?
Docs it Pay to llcenso a traffic
which increases taxes by creating a
necessity for jails, penitentiaries,
asylums, hospitals, almshouses, or
phanages, reformatories, police and
criminal courts?
Does it Pay' to llcenso a thine:
which decreases a man's industrial
efficiency so that tho government re
ports show that 72 per cent of agri
culturists discriminate against him
for using it, and that 79 per cent of
manufacturers, 88 per cent of trades
men and 90 per cent of railroad offi
cials do tho same thing?
Does it Pay to maintain a national-
quarantine against criminal and da-
pendent classes from abroad and:
license 250,000 saloon keepers to
manufacture such products at home?
Docs it Pay to support tho familloa
of saloon keepers and bar-tenders
and pay their rent, tares and insur
ance, and buy luxuries for them in
order to get a few pennies in revenua
and license out of tho many dollars
which they filch from the pockets of
Industry?
Docs it Pay to employ teachers to
teach children the evil effects of al
cohol upon tho human system and
llcenso men to sell a thing which in
flames the stomach, hardens tho
brain tissue, softens and weakens the
blood vessels, impoverishes tho
blood, over works the heart, retards
tho elimination of effete matter,
dims tho eye, dulls the hearing, dis
eases the throat, lungs, kidneys.
liver, nervos, and muscles; the de
mand for which is wholly artificial
and when supplied serves no good
purpose?
Does it Pay to call ministers to
preach tho gospel of love, charity.
honesty, purity, forgiveness and re
demption, and licenso other men to
engage in a traffic which fosters hato,
engonddrs strifo, breeds dishonesty
impurity and destruction?
Doso it Pay to send missionaries to
tho heathen to point out tho way o
salvation, and from tho same port
and often in tho samo vessel send
"liquor damnation"?
Docs it Pay to build a palaco for
tho brewer, hlro servants and buy
silks for his wlfo, and dress your own
wifo in rags, mako her tako in wash
ing to support tho family and finally
send her to the poorhouso wiidury
her In tho potter's field?
Doe- it Pay to levy a tax to sup
port orphans and widows and llcenso
tho murder of husbands and fathers?
Does It pay to llcenso a thing which.
is always and everywhere known to
bo tho onomy of everything sacred
to God and man?
Docs it Pay to maintain on our
coasts 275 Life Saving Stations at a
cost of a little moro than a million
and a half, and out of tho samo poc
kets and under tho samo flag main
tain 250,000 Life-destroying Sta?
tlons at two billions and a half?
Docs it Pay to listen to tho so
phistries and falsehoods oi passion,
prejudice, ignoranco, appetite and
greed, and close your ears to the
voice of conscience, reason, judg
ment, suffering, religion and God?
Docs it Pay to do that which will
blancho tho cheeks with fear and
make you dumb with terror whon at
last you stand in tho presence of tho
Judgo of tho quick and tho dead?
decreased our city debt by $2,000,
besides purchasing a sito for a now
city park, a team and chemical on
glno and hiring an onglneor and sur
veyor and all this at an expense oC
$12,000 over tho last year. No, tho
grass Is not growing In Eugono
streets; they wore paved to tho ex
tent of $15,000 worth during pro
hibition and this yoar wo aro mak
ing public improvements to tho ex
tent of $815,000 and tho building
department shows that $83,000 In
permits was takon out in a month
for dwolllngs alono.
"Eugono has two daily and thrca
wookly newspapers, and all of thorn
aro prospering."
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