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TRiejo
AMTI-SALOOri LEAGUE FLOODS
GREAT STATE WITH PAID
REFORMERS
FiM SOOTH 10
Bucko yo Editor Roasts Small
Hobson an. I Patterson Toll-
i Iny Thorn To llolp Lift Up
Ctorgia Alabama and Ten-
msscc Which Really Need
' tfio Light
Mar two provlouo uusucrcaaful at-
tessyU Ih" Anti Saloon Lc.ajiio with
paid gang of icformorc Is trying to
smb Ohio "iiy." lloro lit what llu
Ofclo Valley Times of Cloubenvlllo
OMolthiuki of the icKcmo:
Thn natlonnl rrgauLntio:i of llio
Aatl-Salonu Lcafcuo hi nondln; Into
e r.tnto of Ohio tho Kov. Small of
Uorrlu tho Hon. Richard 1'. Hohann
m Alabama nnd Kx-fiovornor Patter-
mi of Tennessee lu toll tho pcoplo
fcera how to mnnngo tho nffnlni of thin
ajreat atato. Georgia Alabatuu Ten-
smsuu! Look nt tho map! Study tho tnlilcn
if llllternry :uul human depravity
ako compnrlsnnn of thuso filtiton with
Be statu of Ohio on any quuHtlon In-
Wing any matter of Amorlcan civili-
sation or Amorlcan welfnro and do-
arm i no for yotti'Holf whether these
ntlomcn Uev. Bam Small of Georgia
it. Richmond I' llobrton of Alabama
mi fcxllovornor Patterson of Tonnoa-
m might not employ tholr tnlonts
saefc as thoy have to tho amelioration
Of conditionu In tho ululoa from which
tftey como.
Ohio In an enlightened community.
Ohio placoH thn man abovo ovury cthor
ildorntlon.
Ohio Represents America.
Georgia Alabama Toniicssoo do not
teajrusent llio apirlt of America. Thoy
U llvo in an ago that Is dead. Thuy
are decadent communltlon. Tho thliiRu
Met ltfv. Small Mr. Hobnon and Mr.
Fttoroon aro contending for may bo
H very well for Georgia Alabama
esncasoo and KuaHln hut Ohio In
Aacrlca at Its best. Autocratic gov-
ernment for Uuualu Georgia Alabama
ejsid Tennessee lu thu only form nppll-
la to commuultluH whero thu popu-
Alton has boeu kopt In tho darkness
Cathay but thia lu OhioOhio self-
fcillant Ohio iutolliKont Ohio nwalso to
m light and tho llfo of tho twoutloth
atury.
Ohio does not vot: tho Dcmoaratlo
Mckut nor tho llopublli-nii ticket at tho
fcekest of tho bosses. Ohio ban mora
sfcdepondont voter.) than any otato In
uulon. Ohio think:! for herself.
Ohio la ablo to lake raro of horsolf.
' Wo nny unto you Illchmond 1 Hob-
on go back to Alabama and tal;o
eso poor half-Man od children out of
Hu) fRCtorlcu whero the grind l'i de-
stroying tho fnturo citizens of Amur-
tea. You iinuk tho Morrhnac in tho
traits of Santlar.o hut wo warn you
Mt to nlnk tho Alabama.
To Sam Small or (loorr.'.a wo say
nto you put (luorgla ou tho map ns
civilized community and then como
t Ohio and toll uh how jtm did it
t Anti-Saloon League Politics.
' To I2.x-Govornor Patterson of Ton-
iui) wo want to Know how you
suno by that ' l" ' In front of your
ne. Did tho f:n t that wi helped to
itroy livil liberty nnd local solf-
government In 'lonucBsco l.avo any-
thing to do wlth-lt. "ion hao a court-
pointed mayor in Memphis put
eaero by a subservient coutt and in
deflanco of tho c.prohed v. ill of tho
people. Vou hao In Tounrssoo what
fou aro pleased to call prohibition but
rou havo not local solf government;
t either havo you a judiciary that
ares to lift Us licud. Tho Anti-Saloon
mob haw Intimidated your courts
ad Urn utato hau taken proporty with-
at duo procofH. Human slavery Una
an abulUhed within your hordera
jt not by you nor ynur fathera but in
fplto of you and the raco from whluh
you aprluir.
You cannot foist upon Ohio olthor
rnnun nlavury nor any of thoao uuh-
Ikute.i which you bring uudor an-
ikor guise. Ohio demands clean
fiuU and a puro heart. Uhow jour
iua and reveal to uu tho true in-
jrarduosa of your honrto. Wo do not
Wltevo in your sincerity neither do
trust to your judgment. "Fool
rat cast tho beam out of thlno own
then cau'et thou see clearly tho
mate that la In thy brother'u oyo."
-WHAT
ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?"
Ficliigau has tono dry voted to ro
T7 after April 1 1918. The hotels
ftVl harrooma havo boon s vamped
Mill tho query What aro you roIuk to
A7 To silenco further Interrogation
following lt;n haa been pouted iu
Jal Detroit hotola and cafes;
"Don't ask wliat wo aro bo1S to do.
fVhat are you koIii'r to do 7" -Philadelphia
Public Lcdgor.
VH'E MILITARY
V
fit :i - '-'V ffl 'Vu;
t'lioto bj Paul Thompson Now York City.
. Jowspapcc ra ribllahed at the front In Europe. One might think that
they read I o n rt.a but no; thoy arc oxtremely clever In mnlce-up filled
with Ine vt i.J I CM jr. In thlfj picture Is ccon tho aoldior-edltor of a
paper In tito ricich un.s In the Mcuso. .
IP-f YflRK IftllF Vm hTRYDDnuiDiTini)
H I IE MIlTllliilS I5R0HI
FILM MEN ASK CIRCUIT COURT QF APPEALS TO REVERSE
nPftwinM ik mwFn trirhmai nni niWR
DECISION OF LOWER
SUNDAY SHOWS ILLEGAL
IB HUE gHlB8 B VEfiR 11 GOIHUI Mm CBiTieiZED
holography a L- "iig Trade
Picture "."
men L I.
..i'rds Manufacturers Denounco
False Characterizations
Now It la tho motion pletuui Indun-
ry which In bclnjr nttncVed by th
Pndilliltlonktrt. At laal (Urn mat;-
nattofi realize that they were. bing told
tho truth whon tho atatument waa
rtmde r.ome months ago tlmt tho move-
ment to clot motion picturo thoatorr
n Sunday v.aa backed by thn imuio
.rod tlT.l li luiiiA l prohibit the
nu:.ufAt'ltrl:ig of liquor.
A Hpcelil diapntrh from Now Yorlt
:ity to the Daltlmoro l-vonliiR Sun
OHvrlfcCit t .o altuutlon Iu tho motropo
tf. It s?.ya:
"Now Vork mollon-plcturo mon to-
Ty d ilared tho Ioak to movInM-plc-i.
.! ehlbltora will oscoed ?7r.0000i'
nr.unlly In Now York City alono li
bo couit dcflHlon proliiblllng Suiidaj
Urn ehowH U to .-.t&ud.
Wi I fla!t TJaclalon.
"The tovlo tiic-i aro already plan
ling r fl.hi aiahiftl tho declBlon be-
'cro the Curt of Appeals. An appeal
.ria auttinntlcn'iy pa a ntay so that
i movis plfturo lioiuoa will bo cloaod
n Ccndny until tho highest court of
ho cta'.n nrprovou or reotiea the low-
r court's iled'.Ion."
Yot rortaiu tuctloa pieture mauufao
u.o:s co! t'...ao t3 turn out prohibition
vUni. wuiiUy lUplctl'ig a workinatunn
rjlny to dr'nk himaeH to doath and
1M his fr'".!'y in throo reolH. Liquor
n ili mjkioa la always uaud lo ex-
i'oaa; no sronea pro acreenud allow-
!ng tn:a rondltloiia with flrit-chiBB.
;iUlent mn-wifo-beattug worklngmen
.njoying their liquor nud harming no-
i.a'y. It la Jti-t tlilR untruthfulness of tho
nolja wl'.ioli lnodrod an nrlielo bj
'-. F". Dcrioit In Motography In an
-ttf'o cnt'tlod "Typoa Which Are
'ot T.iplcal" which aaya:
"Can anyone offor a logical roaaon
hv Oo ti'tCk-tuts of the film compn
s luai-t upon pwtraylng eortaln
'aa 03 ct people on vbe aerosu ua car-
oat uree initead of real normal ho-
leaf Tbre uas baou a eroat hue
ad cry for realism lu the plcturoa
' by not start ilrht out with a little
udy of teal ll.'o and real conditions
n I real characteristics?
There are tbtoa claaaca which are
p31ally inallgwi'd l.i picture
ro may bo wauy moro but I think
heae tbveo aro tho moHt sinned
-tfonist. They ara the stenographers
;-' juid factory girls.
fhere Aro Qaod 3tenooa.
"1 1'ero muat bo thousands of atom
igraphera attondlng motion picturo
haKtors in fatt It might bu a protty
..ifo oa.lmato to aay that a good half
of the noouilniu audioucou In the mo-
vl'jii picture theaters are mude up of
this claba of working girls and why
(hoy don't rlrc up in open roholllou at
thu iuaulta cast nt thorn from the
aercen Is boyoud coraprehonslon. The
iteuograpbor Ik almost iuvn.-iably
ahown aa a gum chewing frivolous
bopowdared cudHy bedeokod girl
who b'Ui to bu absolutely without
moral standards of ni.y kind she
apom'a all hor tine In the ollVn Plrt-
InK vlth tho men arcclltg lovo niak
lug from her employer goen out to
lunidi with any Tom Dick and Harry
that conns ah ng av J Is a home.broak-
er of the c f hv !. "Choap ind
conrKn" woi It .'ill d iscrl'io tho
t) j r writer fl 1 of t'ic b reon. One
Ur' "i to wo der whit kind of sten
NEWSPAPER
TRIBUNAL HOLDING
Paper Criticizes Untrue Types
Certain Producers Present Workinn-
pgraphers are emp'.oyed In tho film
company nlflroa If this burlciiquo is1
tho typo with which ovory director ai-
pears to bo familiar. jn a lottor t0 tIl0 Clut0r of tJ0 CJn.
"Wliat about all tho ofilclont ro- clnuatl JJnquiror Jnso;di Debar l'rcsl-
fined well educated capable business dent of tho National V .loltsalo Liijajr
llko vomc-u wlio aro tho rule rather Dealers' Association attacked tao
than the exception in thu luiciness btand of Uyan upon problLltian and do-
world toda? It surely would inject clared that prohibition v.. ...out com-
otiglnillty Into a picturo to hco one
I of tlnao ical business women now
and thun inatend of tho usual plcturod In his letter said:
Blx-dollr.i-a-wee!; Ilirt Alr- Jlr.tlI wnB CV0I ft (Ilnnor n
"Nott como tho Klrls in tho factory. Washington Thursday ostensibly oy
i'aeto'loa aro a uecoBoity and will uu- admlrorh among Democratic ofui-la!a
doublodly contluno to osit. Thcro atu mcmbors of Con;rojj. JIo auil'.od
aro many ractorien whero tho condl- him80it of lll0 occasiou to announco
tlons are ideal but from tho acrcon hl8 v;owa oa ccrtaln lUIage(I rjrorms
version of this phaso of tho AmoJcan to whlch hu honc8 t() coamlt tll0 Dcm.
Industry one would ho led to think ocratIc )urty Io n(lvocalC(l IutonaI
that they wero almost ponnl Inatltu- prohibition In his address and urged
tlona nnd the employes worked as tll0 Domocrata of 8 counlry t0 com.
alaxoB undor the most atrocious con-Dt themsolvos to that poli.y. Ho
dlloni' it arguos iu favor of prohibition because
Manufacturers Kick. v ns ho claims It Is a great moral cpico-
"So universal Iiub this depletion be- tIon ftn(1 urcs the oxtonulnullpn of
como no typifying tho 'poor factory lno BalooH.
girl' that at a convention of tho Na- "Mr. Dryan nrguos for tho destruc-
clonal Gannon t Manulacturers drastic " of U'o saloon 113 if that wero nil of
rDoliitioua woro adopted agaiiibt 'un-llo prohibition (piostlon. Hu knows
wutni'il and unauthentic presontu- I'orfcctly woll that what ho proposes
tlcn of couiiltlons In factotleu' nnd ly Iwt nud a very small part
it was ordered that n copy of tho reB- of tho real question. National prohl-
olutloiiH be sent lo tho motion picturo bltlon xncanu a total destruction of tho
producers and exhibitor. Tho man- brewery and distilling businesses in
uracturors said thoy wero tired of see- the United States. Mr. Hryan would
lug motion picturo actresses misrep- bo slow to conflscato private proporty
lescnt factory girls. Thoy woro weary for public benoilt onany other ques-
of seeing girls -llsehargcd thrown into tion and yot in this instanco ho Is
the ni.ey knocked down or otherwise dlt on tho question of compensation
mistreated" for trivial olfonsos. They 1Vempcrance Not Prohlbltlor.
believed those pictures wero iiinilo by Thero g )Ut ono BOHton ot Um B0
a lot or actors and directors who nov ca8d (incstIou Tat
or baw tho Insldo o a factory and flonnl Mlf.controI aml ho .nll!tic0 of
u.uy wero un air io tuo working gin
and tho umployors.
"Nut long ago at a convention of
bank org n lUHolutlou was also passod
oriiiturtiitlfifr Min nAtlnti fi(f.nin trttv.
esty of the bank cashier and bank
president. Those slandorcd custodl-
. . . . .
niiH ol our wealth declared that In
spito of tho ucreeu estlmato there are
thov do
It Ilko -
many honost cnnhlers nnd
not invariably rob tho bank.
u(Un flwi irol flniit i urn nr nlwnvo
Hii.tu tt..mw wv.i.hv vr m nP
earned bailiigs of tho poorer class do
"
not always appropriate for thulr own
use tho estates with which they aro
entrusted. Tho convention also in- . . ' .
sisted that bankers aro not the har- fu'b8 no" al'0'dHbo ' Jostroyod only
doned. worldly vil'Mns thoy are rep with full compensation for the money
resented and do no. mend tho greater Uted n U An ot'or niolhort
portion of their wealth on women 0fPrdUure " "fltn P'ro and
quostionablo ch?ractor. ?
"Mr Bryan makes a strango oxliibl-
Let Types Be True. jon of himself whon ho proposes to
"And can you blame the atenoara- Btte "n1 ho CftIls a great moral
pliers manufacturers and bankers for question by spoliation and cr ica-
objecting? There may bo some poo-90
pie in theeo threo honost profoaalont "Krory dollar invested in brewery
who are aa depleted on the screen butPpPrly ioAay n l Unitod States
It doos not follow that theae charac-" B0 invested undor tho encoura;o-
terlstics are typical. If a compoalte"ent nd fostering care of tho Fed-
typo must bo used to designate theae rl Government which derives ono-
different workers then lot It be a truolrd f lt" annual revonuo from this
typo and not a distorted burlOBque BQutco. To destroy such property
which is an insult to evoryono In thatwtnout compensation to Its owuorB
walk of life oory timo It is showa on1 robbery and Mr. Bryan should
tho screen. If the pictures are going iaow &t robbery by net of Govern-
to bo truo to llfo lot the oharaeterB actnont ' greater crlmo than by act
llko ronl people would undor the clr-0' tht individual.
cumstnuceB. If the dlffereot classes Should le Honeet.
niust bo typified all well and good- -It expcted that human beings
but nt leant tho directors might seowlll rr but Government Ib relied
that thoy do not lose all likeness toupon to ftlwaya Jutt and honegt u
real human beings." j deallaga."
'f' INSUIcTINQ COUNOIL
j fClneinMtl Pott
The oMoat clown la the UnKed
SUta la dead. HoVeve'r we atlll have
Billy Suadar aad the Cincinnati alty
council. r
IS
HE ALWAYS WA8 A DAD FINISHER
New York American.
Poor Dryan; ho didn't even do na
much for Hughes aa IIoobovoU did for
WllBon.
THIS IS CROOEL.
W'niihlnRton Hernld.1
i
William Jonnlnga Dryan denies that
ho is to movo from Nobraaka to North
Carolina. This leaves In doubt the
question aa to which stato will havo
real cauao for enjoying Thanksgiving.
T ncqTnnYQ i mvphi poop
IT DESTROYS LAWFUL PROP-
ERTY WITHOUT COMPEN-
IATING OWNED
President of National Whole
sale Liquor Dealers Associ-
ation Attacks Stand of Com-
moner On "Dry" Legislation
and Declares Temperance
Not Laws Is Needed
pcnsatlon for tho liquor dealer 1j in
reality localized robbery. ?.:r. IXbar
tr0 tenipcranco. ThlB can not bo ftt.
talncd by legislation.
"But If tho American pcoplo who
have for years profited by tho taxes
J"1! tr U' ;rowlB "'"'J""
Jl8trlc8flt0 hc oxtont of ?325.
rfVtft Vln nnmifil v unu- ilnnliln In ilia.
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penso with that income and levy othor
tax08' thero is but ono way to Justly
c'08e "10 lrcHont controversy.
of tho vnst Investment In (listlllory and
b?;cry lroporty usertfor o making
n llniinpo nil nnnnnnMnti it ll ilt inn
o? liquors an occupation which tho
Supreme Court hub rocontly declared
SAYS 1000 CHEN 1 1
leHPOMKI.)
SHERIFF TELLS DETROIT NEWS STAFF CORRESPONDENT
OF PROHIBITION'S FAILURE IN MAINE THE
ORIGINAL "DRY" STATE I
KlIESfflOTIIEBUSISSPOBFITilE
Act As Splos Loo'co'its and Liquor Carriers "Kitchen Bars"
Arc Favorite RoSbrts Officials Powerless to Curb Illicit ;
Traffic Which Debauches Young and Old l
Probably Michigan wouldn't have
rono "dry" last month If tho following
utory had bcon printed in tho Detroit
Nows and other pnpers before Instead
of aftor tho election. Tho Ne.vs has
Just pent George E. Miller a staff cor-
respondent to Maine tho original
"'ry" state. Alter a thorough Invest!-
fition Miller roportcd tha nrohlbltlou
In Maino Is a fallurn. Wtlt'ns from
l'crtlnnd Mo. he says: t
" ou oun fill tho palm of your hand
with water nnd retain it there In plain
s clit as lonv: as you ehoojo to bold
ynir hand still. But It you strike that
palm with your other pa'm whore Is
1 1 o water? You will not havo destroy-
el any of It. It will remain In oxlst-
en) l.u -orc will it be?
"That. hi Sheriff William M
r-mnell of tiin county of Cumberland
" tlio il'u'fatlon I used to uso In the
d ..a v.'ion I vni actively In politics
anl ardently oxpoilng tho fallacy of
prohibition. It is at graphic Uubti-a
t or. Pndor prohiLi'lon you can cloce
tu'o saloon. Hut you can't utop the
trntllc in liquor. Yen only scatter it.
oll multiply tho kitchen bars you
Ftnrt up the bootlegger nnd I know
fnm my own experience and observa-
tion you draw Into tho trade In whisky
and beor numberless children aud
minors.
Prohibition Is Wrong.
"I think fow men know moro about
tho ovlls of intemperance than I. 1
havo been sheriff eight years hi all
If prohibition would stop Intemper-
ance and euro tho ovlls of It I wouli1
no a vrohlbltionlst. But it doc3 not.
Tnmporanco and prohibition are not
';ion.nious tcrtn3. Although I am n
Democrat that Is a point on which 1
do not agree with Mr. Bryan. Ho
cr'eakn as It tho two words meant tho
rpmo thing to him. U'ther ho does
net know or ho Is Inshvero. 1 think
hn doea not knov how tho great mass
of the people live.
"When I was elected sheriff last
t'tno I ran ngalnst a man who had been
crivcpt In trIng to cupprens the traf
sic in liquor. It wrs nlniincd ho had
in. do Portland a dry town. 1 charge 1
during tho campaign that at least 75
Italians were conducting kitchen bars
In tho city. Ho said there wero not
that many. Yot bctwc?n January 1
v. ken I went Into ofiko and thu tlrst
of thu following Mty I had 72 Italians
In court for running that kind of a
bar nud I did not get all of thorn at
that. Tho principal of ono of our
S'-hools iu a position to know some-
th'ng about tho subject Bald nt that
t me thcro woro not less than LOGO
school children onsagod in ono phaso
or another of tho rum business. They
wero used an solicitors spins lookouts
and carriers. 'Blow' was tho word thoy
shouted to each othor on tho approach
of a deputy ahorlff and thoy could pana
tho word through a rt'strict a'most as
fast na by wlrolesu telegraphy. They
made it oxtromoly dlUlcult to detect
tho trndo In liquor through tho kitchen
bar. '
"Thoy talk about a stato constab-
ulary. Wo hnvo tried that onco.
though It was so long ago that I do
not know much about tho way It worh
cd. Hut wo did havo tho Sturgls com-
mission which I Ilattor myself was
provldod largely for my benofit. 1
then was sheriff hero as 1 am now.
That commission wn3 created by tho
stato loglslnturo for tho ostensible pur-
pono of enforcing tho prohibition law.
It had funds nnd n forco of deputies
nud It went Into ovory county In tho
ptato oxcept thin one. I wont bofore
that commission of my own volition
and told them I know they woro play-
ing favorites In tholr prosecutions. 1
said I KNOW and I nm hero to tejl
you. Tho commic3ion did not lost
long although It spont n largo sum ot
money and did not suppress tho liquor
trnfllc.
They Like This Sheriff.
v "I am n temporate man but not a
teetotaler. I havo hold tho vlwv for a
long time that prohibition Is a failure
nnd havo proached my convictions
who: ever I was. I was first elocted
sheriff In 1902 and ran for ro-olectlon
r tho platform that prohibition Is a
falluro nnd was rc-oloctod. That was
In 100 1. In 100C I ran for the third
timo nud on tho snmo platform and
mnklng he snmo arguments nnd again
wps elected this timo by tho largest
majority of all tho county nt tho same
timo golntf Domocrntlc for tho llrat
timo in HO yoars.
"When I apoak of Insincerity I recall
tho action of the ministers of West-
brook a city in this county. Thoy held
a mooting ono evening to discuss the
liquor traffic in their town. I heard
f it and attended. I -was bitterly
abused by tho various speakers who
assured a crowded houso that condi-
tions In WcfV-Mik had never been aa
bad ns the.i. a thoy wero about t
eoncludo thu program I wunt te the
front of tho hall nnd demanded te b
hoard. To my surprise I waa applaud
cd. Permlnslon was given me te yek.
I 3nl'' I had heard tholr cemy'.slats
made In Hint public place but feed
never rceoived a cnmplalut frost aa
one ot them on which I eeuld set aa
my cnppclty ns Mieriff; that I bad ap-
pointed deputies for Westbreek what
instructions to enforco the law Birlm-
gcntly becauso that was what the fcawm
hud voted for It having cast its vete
against me nnd my platform that re-
hlbltlon is a failure. I wanted to giro
thorn w'T.t thoy ka'd voted for as thor-
oughly as I could. 1 told them that
nny citizen anions them who would
como t me with a complaint and facta
on which I could act would get re-
sults r.3 far as tho law would reach.
"Not one of them cither ot that timo
or at any other made such complaint
or offered in-; any assistance In enforc-
ing the ln7 in Wcstbrook. So I say I
nm rcDiludod of tho insincerity of
some of thn prohibitionists.
"I say you could not stop the sale
of liquor in n plaeo llko this if you
had all the money and nil the men
yni could not at work. It simply ean't
be done. You would not get mora than
a spoonful out of n gallon llure la
the water front miles in extent and
hundreds ot motor boats rttre are
the railroads. Aud here aro the atafra
highways with tin state lino oaly twf
3
Pours awv by automobile. When
Inst predecessor was trylnr to enfer
tbn law (here wore half a dor.ta bu-
chines making dally runs te Parts-
mouth each bringing back gnllone ef
II. I believe he caught two automo-
biles while ho was in ofl'.cc. .
He Lctc Saloons Run. I
"It r'mply is not In the hooka to atop
the trallls In the stuff. Thoy enn do
what they like r.nd ay what thoy llko.
I know. Wpv wo havo had more than
C rmendments to tho prohibition law.
trying to make It drastic enough to
become effective nnd It nover haa
rcacVcd anth'ng llko crfectlvoneis. I
1 avc In mind one man here who served
an aggregate ot between flvo and all
yoars in Jail and paid fines of not loa
than an aggregate of $12000. and yeu
could not make him stop. His son li
running a place hero now.
"Uri'or my administration I permit
a certain nijinber of thorn to remain
onen whore I can. soo what they are
dilng. They havo to close at 10
o'clock ovory night which mcana 10-
and not 10:01 nnd thoy know It. Sat-
urday night thoy havo to close at 7:30'
and that mean 7:30. Sunday they
mist bo closed and thoy muat bo
cloaod on every holiday ou alaetlon
day nnd on every other occasion
whoro thore Is nny unusual excite-
ment nnd a crowd In the city ao when
thore Is a circus In town. When there
there wan an oncumpmont of soldiers
hero they wero closed for 10 days.
Thoy obey because thoy know of wkat
will be dono to thorn if thoy do not!
In fact I can closo them all Inside of
an 1 -r at nny time. i
Y Can't CupprcBo Traffic.
"Tun prohibitionists any If you eaa
c'oso thorn for n day or 10 daya er on
Sundays or holidays that provea you
can closo them for good. It does. 1
admit It. But It does not prove that
I can suppress tho liquor traffic which
a3 I understand It Is tho purpose of
tho prohibition law at least in theory.
In practlco I am afraid It la used as
tho plaything of politics more than
ns a real slncero honest agesey for
tho suppression of what Is admittedly
a great ovll against which manklad
has ben and Is struggling. I know
about tho ovll of It. I have seen much
ot It. I know that the man who comes
to tho Jail to servo n sentence for
drunkenness is not tho man who buys
a drink across tho bar of a ealoon.
He is tho bottlo buyer. He drinks
diluted nlcohol and ho la a 'ateady
boardor' at tho Jail. Ho and hia klsd
koep up'the hnlf-plnt trade. ' ;
"I can say much more against the
grog shop drug ntoro than against the
open bar whoro beer and alo are on
draft. Tho saloon I can closo but the
drug store Is open for buslnoss day
nnd night. Soma of them aro at it 30
hours a day. They soli tho half pluta.
They aro tho worst offenders and ths
hardest to convict because they ara
permitted under tho law to have liqiaar
on tho premises. And yet U adrecsti
and carry out what la maailasilr far
tho best Interest of the oostaauai yea
havo to bear the stigma at Mag oelfc
ed a grafter and load yourself up wife
enemies. I am glad to say I aJ
Uraugh aad out of peUtteV i
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 13, 1917, newspaper, January 13, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70211/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.