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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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