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Show u An Appeal to Better Citizenship Wo nro Informed that petitions aro jelng circulated for signature, asking ask-ing the City authorities to call a special election In Juno of this year, to vote again as to whether Wo want wiio open saloon licensed by tho city or not. Wo havo had this quostlon,' settled not long ago, mid hod petitions peti-tions circulated two years ago, but not getting 2G per cent of tho legal voters, no election was called. Wo hopo this will bo tho case agaln( Tho expenso of said election can bo averted by refusing to sign said potl-Uons. potl-Uons. Tho friends of liquor will ask you which you would rather have-well have-well regulated (?) saloons or thoso dives. Wo will answer neither; and if tho friends of morality and good citizenship will unlto and cuforco tho law, we can abolish both. In tho Funk Hill, that lino Just bo-como bo-como a law, proventlng liquor from being shipped into dry territory, we will get additional protection. Wo do not bcllevo that, with or without Ba-loous, Ba-loous, somo men will dcprlvo themselves them-selves of liquor of they can got ltj but Intoxication and the salo of this deadly poison hns been very much reduced re-duced under local option, and with tho Funk Dill a law wo can minimize It much more. Had tho Governor signed tho Wootton Woot-ton Prohibition Dill that pnoacd both Hauacs with such overwhelming majorities, ma-jorities, It would havo mado It still caslor to control tho whisky business, the foundation of nearly all evils. Wo hope tho peoplo will tea to It that not only the LcgLlatlvo membcre nro pledged to this reform next time, but that tho Governor pledge himself, bo-fore bo-fore we cunt our votes for him. Wo do not ngrco with the Governor In the reasons ho sets forth for vetoing ve-toing tho bill, and neither do wo think that he haB been wise in arbitrarily holding this Important measure until un-til the Legislature adjourned, especially espec-ially after promising tho commltteo who waited upou him, so It Is reported, re-ported, that ho would return it before their adjournment. What we want to do is to bo truo and llrm In what wo alrcndy have, and keep at It until wo get what wo want: namely, state-wldo prohibition. Wo should uphold our City Councils, Mayors and Mnrshnls In abolishing the liquor trafuc In our cities. If they aro neglectful or Indifferent, they Bhould be urged to miiko greater effort, ef-fort, and If they will not do so, wo should rectify this nt tho ijoxt election. elec-tion. Wo offer these suggestions as citizens citi-zens of this community, and recommend recom-mend to our peoplo to read carefully and net wisely In nil thoso matters. STEPHEN L. CHIPMAN, JAMES H. CLAItKE. ADEL JOHN EVANS. Alpino Stako Presidency, |