The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, May 30, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Textrsara5raaer THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908. 8C " Thoughts For Voters More 111 IBI .. ywmw-u imtmrnaaiuu m st U t t I fc . 7 I ' ' I 1 fifi SOME GENERAL REMARKS DOES THIS LOOK AS IF BUSINESS MEN RESPECTING THE WILD STATEMENTS AND METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE PROHIBITIONISTS TO WIN VOTES To every question there are two Bides, and in the case of nearly every Ono there Is much to be said on each side. The prohibition boosters of this county would have the voters believe that they have all the argument on their side of the question. Suppos ing for a moment that this is so, la It not a strange thing that they faavo to resort to misrepresentation and even falsehood in their propo sanda? If their cause is so just and so Invincible, why do they not con fine themselves to cool statements of incontrovertible facts? The voters of Coos county are amenable to reason, and one ounce of good reason is "Worth a ton of hysteria and red ink. Speaking of red ink calls to mind perhaps as rank a piece of campaign Intemperance as was ever perpetrated ty an organization which professed to bo composed of men who evidently rank themselves as superior mentally and morally to those composing the opposition. The "Red Devil" circular "which was sent broadcast several days ago Is well worthy of study by those who are inclined to look upon the prohibition advocates as models of truth and conscientious desire to help a worthy cause in a worthy manner. At the head.ln red ink is a caricature representing a man shooting a woman in the back as she flees from him, the bcodo depicted being upon a launch. It is impossible not to un derstand that this Is intended to rep resent the shooting of Mrs. Gordon by Holland Andorson a few weeks ago. First let it be remembered that this man Anderson is confined in the county jail awaiting trial for his life on a charge of shooting Mrs. Gordon in cold blood. Then let it be remembered that parties who are re sponsible for this circular attempt to prejudice the mind of the public against him have drawn entirely upon their imagination for the scone. So far as the public know, Anderson makes the claim that he acted in Eolf defense: that the woman had drawn a gun and threatened to shoot him, and it is a matter of evidence that a pistol which she hud carried was found lying on the deck of the launch near where she fell. He is certainly entitled to whatever defense he may have, and no organization, even of preachers who are supposed to serve a JUST God, have a right to circulate an Imaginative picture of the act of killing, which, if it be taken as true would mean without question, Hang him." This fallows how little consideration for real truth and jus tlco these people have where a "sa loon man" Is Involved. Further, this killing Is one of the "four" which tho circular says were caused by liquor in Coos county during the past year. As a matter of fact, there is not a scintilla of evidence that Andorson, when ho committed the deed, was in tho slightest degree uuder tlio in fluence of liquor. With all duo regard to the dead woman's reputation, which has been pretty well shredded In tho police courts of this coast within the past few years, it may bo said that she waB an adventuress who was likely to moot a violent death at uny time, and liquor drinking was only inci dental to her shady career. To lay this tragedy, which tho prohibitionist people, assuming tho function of judgo and jury, pronounco a "brutal Jnurdor," directly at tho door of tho Jiquor dealers Is as unjust as it would bo to lay at tho door of tho church tho brutal murder of his wife ly a preacher in another stato a few days ago. 13 tit still worso Is their course In including tho other tragedy which shocked this community not long ago, whoroby a young and beautiful girl mot her death at tho hands ot a crazed admirer. They KNOW that this tr;:gedy was not caused by liquor. The causes leading up to it were thoroughly aired tit tho tlnio, and they KNOW that tho young man made up his mind to kill tho girl, not sWiiio undor tho Influence of liquor In ho slightest degree, but in his sober, if unbalanced souses. Th.y know that ho had threateuod to take lior Hfo if sho rofusod to marry him. They know that ho was sobor when ho wrote tho lottor to his mother iu Arllli'li lin ifnvn lila vnrHlnn rt IIia ift'i. " -' ARE WORKING TOR PROHIBITION? sons why he would kill her. They know that he was practically sober when he committed the deed. It is true that he had taken some liquor in the evening before the shooting took place; so had a hundred other men in Marshfield; and they know that if he had been unduly under the Influence of liquor the girl would not have allowed him to accompany her home. They know to a moral cer tainty that his determination to kill the girl and himself, rather than live without her would have been carried out that night, exactly as it transpired, if there had not been a drop of liquor In Coos county. Then what justice of truth is there In It in calling it a "brutal murder caused by liquor?" Where are the highly moral perceptions of these people when they attempt such rank mis representation? They say there have been four of these murders "caused by liquor" in the past year. The writer does not call to mind the other two to which they refer, and as he has some regard for the truth, he will leave the reader to bring them to mind and see whether they were "caused by liquor" in the same way as the two here mentioned. But the "Red Devil" contains still more food for thought. Another carl cature, also in red, represents three boys in short pants, aged probably eight to eleven years, standing at a bar and drinking, while another lies on the floor in a drunken stupor. The devil acts as barkeeper and death looks on with approval. And these people profess to advocate TEMPER ANCE! Could anything be more in temperate than such a picture, pre tending to depict conditions with the warning: "Your hoy may be there?" There Is probably not a man In this county who does not know that such a scene has never transpired in a Coos county saloon. They know that It is a pictured He and it Is just as bad for highly moral and religious people to lie as it is for a saloon keeper to do so, and perhaps a little worse, for it involves hypocrisy. It is true that liquor has been sold to minors in Coos, as in every other, county. Sometimes and most often this has occurred through the well- grown minor lying about his age Sometimes, unfortunately, It has been done deliberately, but never in the better class of saloons. However, we already have stringent laws deal Ing with this very offence. Why have not tho real temperance people done something to enforce these laws? No law will enforce itself. If the law against selling liquor to minors could not be invariably en forced, does anyone suppose that any law can stop the older men from ob taining liquor when they want It? If it were possible to Imagine that conditions such as are depicted in this cartoon really existed here, it would bo as much of a disgrace to I. S Smith and D. W. Thurston as to any other man In tho community, for they could not exist In a community of real whlto men. To represent that such conditions are tolerated by tho men who visit saloons Is an insuf iorable Insult to their manhood, nut tho real montal acumen of theso peo pie Is shown when they put out such htutf to influuenco the votes of men who know tho truth. It Is, of course, possiblo that It is only dono to in flame tho zeal of thoso who do not know, but in that caso it leaves them on the other horn of the dilemma Intentional deception. Hut tho Red Devil circular pro fesses to give the profits of tho North Bond danco hall for two years. The writer Is not a defender of the danco hail in any sense, but will ask where these peoplo got their information. One question asked is easily an- swored: "How much do tho haloons, glvo to charity?" They probably glvo ten dollars to charity whore tho churches glvo one. Anyone at all informed on the subject knows this to he true, it is not givon as a slap at tho churchos. It Is simply u bnro fact which is brought out by the quot.tlon asked. Lot anyono start out to rnUo money for a porson in nood, and soo whoro ho will moot tho most liberal rospouso. it will be among tho saloon keepers and tho We, the undersigned business men and property holders ot the city of Marshfield, do most earnestly prot est against the passing of a prohi bition law in this community. NAMES BUSINESS Flanagan & Bennett Bankers ,V- E. E. Straw Mayor W. T. Merchant Merchant E. O. Hall ' Real Estate Archer & Mercer Billiard Parlor J. W. Tibbetts Palace Chop House Geo. Blanchard Accountant O. L. Hopson Gas Co. Collector Arthur H. Agnew Gas Co. Noris Jensen Tailor J. W. Mitchell Merchant David A. Jones Merchant P. C. Levar Printer C. F. McCullom S. S. Agent Arthur McKeown Min. Engineer H. Finell .Merchant Wm. Holland Boat Builders Thomas Rooker . Engineer G. A. Bennett " . Coos Bay News Peter Clausen Shoe Store ( Edwards & Lynch Barbers ' ' .,,',. : Claude Nasburg ' "' ' ' Investments R. Walters J' Capitalist Geo. H. Rohr , "' ' .Tll. ' .:' . Mgr. J. E. Bowman Frye & Lea ;j! ' Marshfield Hardware Co. " Confectionery Herbert Lockhart JT Merchant S. Lando ' . Merchant Rob.-rt Marsdon Jr. ' Billiard Parlors John Preuss ' Druggist E. S. Bargelt Jeweler W. U. Douglas ' ' Attorney at Law C. S. Dodge '; Printer , . W. H. Gamble t " " ; Meat Market A. G. Noah "' Barber T. J. Lewis ' J Undertaker ''VXi Geo. Wasson ' ', '' " 'ral,r C M. McKnlght .;.'' . Lawyer D. A. Curry Barber H. S. Bonebrake t . ' ' .,. Jeweler ; ' J C. H. Hall "'" Sanitary Market .':"". '"'i R. F. Smith ' " Pullman Dining Car ' "!" O. Schetter , .' W. U. Tel. Co. ' ; :, .' I H. W. Skinner ' " '' C. &. O. S. S. Co. ' J. E. Cooper .' Garfield Hotel L. W. Planz Merchant J. W. Davis Cigar Store C A. Howard Cigar Factory VOTE AS FOLLOWS 33S For Prohibition We, the undersigned business men and residents of the City of North Bend, do most earnestly protest against the passing of a prohibition law in this City. The passing and enforcing of such a law, in our opinion, at tho pres ent time, will seriously militate against tho business interests of this community. BUSINESS Clothier Grocery Racket Hi lire 'Dry Goods Barfcir NAMES Ii A. Frey Aug. Hocll'ng Smith & Taylor S. S. jcnn'i.gs 3. I?, r-inesi N. II. Welling F. E. Monroe L Barr W. H. Gamble T. W. Rennie P. N. Reberg E. S. Barze J. A. Jacobson H. E. Burmester C. M. Eyler J. T. McGuire Otto Groke W. A. Ackley Frcnk M. Esiminger Peter Loggie F. Weyerman H. C. Dlers J. Virgil Pugh S. W. Van Zile J. R. Ellerby J. S. Jones L. F. Falkenstein C. S. Wlnsor C. F. Burns H-.ird Guerry & Hollister L. J. Simpson Thomas B. James J. F. Bode, Manager Edw. A. Schultz H. P. Bevler w'-i- .. !. Tailor Paint Houso Jeweler City Meat Market Noith Bend Stables North Bend Hardware Co. North Bend Draying North Bend Furniture Co. Dentist Grocery Berber Cigar Factory Tailor Midget Cafe Inc. Building Material Bakery Real Estate Corner Grocery , ' Furniture North Bend Fish Market Hardware Lumberman Cashier Bank of Oregon Barber North Bend News Co. Lawyers Simpson Lumber Co. City Wharfinger North Bend Manufacturing Co. Wholesale Grocery Gasoline Engine Manufacturer A. E. Shuster Coos Bay Condensing Co. by J. H. Keating makers of "Sunrise Milk" E. Rones C. G. Hockett S. S. Mathews D. D. Dobbins Mrs. L. M. Perry Lucy C. Williams W. H. Greenleaf J. A. Davis J. W. Gardiner A. Whlsnant James Allen Judge Rummell John G. Horn i U' r--M Confectionery Mgr. Coos Bay Mfg. Co. Toy Store Oregon Electric Supply Company Millinery Dressmaking Druggist Dry Goods Insurance Publisher North Bend Shingle Mill Company .Real Estate & Insurance Building Contractor VOTE AS FOLLOWS 339 X Against Prohibition 320 X For Constitutional Amendment 321 Against 33S For Prohibition. 339 X Against Prohibition. 320 X For Constitutional Amendment. 321 Against. men who are known as "drinking men." This is too well known to require further mention. The ques tion Is a boomerang for the prohl bunch. To make It still more bind ing, however, the writer will suggest that on election day the Law and Order League place on exhibition for the edification of the voters some subscription list for a charitable ob ject, which uus ueen circuiaieu iu Marshfield within two years, and on which the name of the present presl ueni oi me league appears lor a Bieuier amount, man umbo 01 me saloon keepers of tho town to whom it was presented or on which the name of the leading ministerial ad vocate of prohibition appears at all. Tho same answer can be given to the question: "How mifch do they con tribute to any undertaking of public benefit?" A statement maao in tne limes provokes n smile: That tho "cam paign Is backed and managed entirely by business men." Entirely! Then whero does tho ministerial union which Is taking such an active part get off? Watch tho streets on Mon day, and see what proportion of the business men are legging it for pro hibition. What about tho largo num ber of prominent business men of tho town who have signed a remonstrance nguiust us passage.' win auyono suppose that they have not the best Intesests of this community as sln- coiely at heart as an itinerant o-now-coiner? It is truo that the prohibitionists seem to hnvo more money to spend at this tlmo thnn ever before, but is that an indication that their cause N just? It occurs to tho writer that tl-eso peoplo wore making nn awful hcwl a couplo of years ago about tho Imaginary fuud that tho saloon mon had ralsod to fight prohibition. A campaign fund was nn evidonco of corruption at that time. Thoro Is no corruption at that time. And right horo may be part of the secret of the extreme activity of our triends at this election. There is sack. Still another phenomenon which without the shadow of a doubt has stimulated the zeal of some of the leading lights on the prohibition side is the wave of prohibition hysteria which, commencing in the south, where there was a very sensible de sire to keep liquor from the Negroes, who haven't tho moral stamina to control themselves, has been sweep ing the country. To a man who has always had an unquenchable itching for political power,, and has always been willing to adopt whatever policy seemed likely to land him on the top, but who has rather run to seed, this may seem like an excellent opoprtunlty to get into a band wagon that is com ing right to the front of the proces sion. A fad which Is certain to run Its course and leave its advocates again stranded on the bar of political . obscurity may look better to such an ono than tho remaining on the ban all the time. It would at least give a tasto of the much desired nectar ot political preferment if it works. In this connection, and touching tho sincerity of some of these people, it will bo recalled that not many months ago tho present president of the Law and Order League was a can didate for mayor of Marshfield, and that just beforo election he had a card in tho Times, over his signature, de nying with a great deal of heat that ho was in favor of closing tho saloons, and heaping vituperative epithets on tho head of the dastardly liar who had started such a report. Ho was so mad that ho was funny. Ho as surod tho saloon men of fnlr treat ment; and if tho writor's memory is not at fault, he sal dpubllcly that ho was not in favor of raising tho sa loon llcenso to ovor fGOO. At that tlmo he wanted all the votes he could got, for mayor, and ho know that the town was full of voters who did not want to see the saloons closed. The sincerity of another prominent campaigner on the prohibition side might be also doubtful if it were generally known that he had ex pressed himself as he did just after the last election when prohibition was an issue. Robert Marsden says that at that time he met Rev. D. W. Thurston on the corner of First and B streets and that they had a few minutes conversation over the result, in the course of which Mr. Thurston expressea nimseit as not oeing in favor of prohibition laws, saying that he considered them "unfair, unjust and dishonest." Mr. Marsden is ready to make affidavit to this If neces sary. So much for the sincerity of some of these leading lights In the cam paign to control men's appetites by law. Eugene has been used as an il lustration of a prosperous dry town. To compare any Willamette valley town with Coos Bay is a great strain on the Imagination, for all conditions are radically and fundamentally dif ferent. In the caso of Eugene this is still more pronounced, for the fact that tho stato university is located there and money from all over the stato flows there for the support of tho students, to say noehing of the stato money that goes to support the university. If the $125,000 appropriation passes, which it should, the resulting boost for Eu gene will undoubtedly bo pointed out as the result of prohibition. Those who have followed the news of the day for several years past know that the movement for mu nicipal Improvement was started in Eugene long beforo tho town went dry. It may also be pointed out that, against Marshfield's $25,000, Eugene's limit of indebtedness Is about 1300,000 and it is upon bor rowed money that theso great im proauci,ts, which aro pointed out as the rosult of prohibition, have been made. Let Marshfield borrow one- tenth of that sum and cash some of her outstanding warrants, and it could not bo said that "no banker would cash them at par." Let Marsh field borrow $300,000 and expend it for municipal improvements, and would these people be willing to credit the results to liquor suppos ing the county remains wet? But the prohibition campaign throughout has been characterized by a wildness of statement on tho re vival order, that would sweep Coos county into the dry column on a wave of hysteria, whether best for the com munity or not, and which might, in cidentally, wash some of tho flot sam and jetsam up into tho blazing light of political power. Will you lose your head and help toward that result? NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR. "S Bids will be received for tho building of a pavilion at Marshfield Fair grounds. For plans, see Walter Lyons, secretary of tho Chamber of Commerce. Bids will be opened at 7 p. m Juno 5th. Fiv nar cent in accompany all bids that they will enter into contract within three days after bids are awarded, and give bonds complete same by July 10th. Right to reject any and all bids is reserved. F. P. NORTON, President. Marshfield Fair Association. BAD ATTACK OP DVSENTEHY CURED. "An honorecTcitlzen of this town was suffering from a severe attack of dysentery. Ho told a friend if he could obtain a bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, ho felt confident of being cured, ho having used this remedy in tho West. Ho was told that I kept it in stock and lost no time in obtaining it, and was promptly cured," says M. J. Loach, druggist of Wolcott, Vt. For sale by JOHN PREUSS. 71. ' ; 44, -tH BMHattCRtl BpPlWi w'