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Show A WIIISKV WAR. Shall ttpriiiKvllle Inxnv a Liquor 1 Uru.ti Tli All. Absorbing (Jnmtiou. Spring vii.LK, July 10. Special correspondence cor-respondence Spriugv illo is now torn tips-do down over the question of prohibition pro-hibition vs. high license. There has probably been uo question for several years that has so agitated this quiet farming community as this one. So far there hag been little bitterness engendered, en-gendered, but it has been provocative of a "heap big talk'' which may culminate cul-minate later on in a wordy war II has been brought about in this manner: McClellau & Co presented a petition to the city council asking it to grant them a license to run a saioon. This was met by a verbal protest asking tho council to defer action until a counter petition could he prepared ami circulated rcmon-'trating against it. In deference to the wishes of these people, the application was tabled, where it lies today. The remonstrance remon-strance was handed about from baud to hand for about live hours, and secured over one hundred names. Here is tie situation ami the reasons given by each side for condemning and protesting against tho other: Tho temperance people declare that this has been one of iho most orderly and law-abiding communities in this territory for years, and that the saloons or saloon does not respect the statutes in such cases made and provided that they sell liquor to luinorsaiidconliiiued drunkards indiscriminately, and that the mass of tho people object to having a saloon; which objection should be paramount to all others. On the other side, the peoplo who believe be-lieve that temperance menus to bo temperate tem-perate claim that prohibition does not prevent the salo of intoxicants, in fact that there is more .sold now by stores and druggists than thcro would be if a high license was adopted and tho tratlie regulated. They claim, too, that there is a premium on perjury by a man going to a drug-dore and subscribing subscrib-ing under oath that he wauls liquor for I medicinal use w hen ho really wauls it to get drunk on, besides depriving the towu of the license vv Itich legitimately belongs to it. It is the same old tight that lias been waged for years from Maine to Kansas, ami no nearer adjustment adjust-ment now than it was when il tirsl begun. be-gun. It is not believed thai the I council will grant the license, but there is no telling whatj pressure may bo brought to bear. Two of tho council are unalterably opposed lo it. two favor it under the circumstances, circum-stances, and the remaining three have not expressed themselves. WILL MAKE NO NOMINATION. The Peonies' party held a convention on tho night of tho !Hh. for the purpose j of nominating a candidate for school trustee for tho ensuing three years. James Caffrcy was the chosen one. The Liberals will make no nomination, permitting the Peoples' candidate to be elecled by default. - rtthTAJUNo ton noNKhil uar. There was also a meeting hrdd by tho Mormons on the evening of the ennm .day, for tho purpose of making H.TangehieulH for the celebration of "Pioneer day on tho 24lh July. This was enthusiastically attended and the members decided to commemorate their arrival iu this territory terri-tory in a befitting manner. A committee commit-tee of ten liv e ladies and an equal tii'in-of tii'in-of gentlemen were t-boscn, lo perfect arrangements and formulate a programme. pro-gramme. Mrs. Zcbiiia Almnn, Miss Hannah S. Fried, Aliss Khoda (iroes-beck. (iroes-beck. Miss Lillie ISoyer, Miss Mary Whitehead. Jas. Straw. K. A. Clark, Jas. II. Whitehead, O. li. Huntington, jr., and L. D. CratidaH, were appointed as such committee. |