| Show INSISTING ON prohibition the mesa county colorado citizens have joined in the prohibition work in good earnest and with a willingness that ia commendable at a meeting held there recently the people organized themselves for the purpose of furthering their worthy cause and the chairman submitted the following reasons why they insisted on national prohibition ast 1st because prohibition is the only way known to express disapprobation of bat is hurtful to society and 2nd because the liquor traffic is hurtful to society by encouraging and promoting the habit of drink by demoralizing ladies by poisoning the people by corrupting and degrading politics ard 3rd because years is long enough to experiment with regulation taxation partial prohibition high license local option etc the history of england and america together prove that what henry ware said in 1823 is true there is no man or body of who can strike at alie root but alie legislature of the nation ath because in spite of all the efforts put forth thero is a steady increase of alcoholism ath because the fitful timid and embarrassed barr assed attempts at prohibition in some states and many counties and towns have done much good sufficient to show that when the national and state authorities set themselves to abate the liquor crime they can do it ath because the civilization of our time demands that so monstrous and destructive a business shall be stamped out and we believe alie only great hindering causo to tho success of the work is political divisions among pro |
