Show THE QUESTION present city ceniu t ii i fiina liquor iu i v ry t uio wilio wi lio i of tha better cias jf citizens yet that does in do hway with the fact that the misery and desolation caused by tho liquor traffic can only be overcome by our active opposition and it must bo overcome ania vicious and destructive enemy of our homes must bo outlawed must be utterly destroyed to give the people any assurance of security from the awful ravages that this vile poison is perpetrating upon our lives homes and property this fact the people can plainly see and it is becoming more apparent every day all the degradation woe and misery that are brought on the people by this awful scourge is far beyond the possibility of words to express and while we think that we have an accurate knowledge and keen appreciation of the evils of intemperance yet thesa fail to give an adequate picture of the degradation and misery that are brought into tho home of the drunkard wo can have an approximate idea even when we see a mothers woo and the desolation of the wife choso whoso bloated debauched husband deals out blows in return for cries for bread conr police court proves that the saloons are multiplying such incidents as these and this terrible wretchedness caused solely by the drink traffic is constantly on the increase whilo the progressive man may laugh when we make the assertion yet nevertheless it is true prohibition is an inevitable necessity the people must be aroused to n clear apprehension of the doom that awaits our civilization if not soon averted by a moral resolution oa a grand uprising of tho people to put down and outlaw this detestable traffic every department of law morals ehluct tion religion and virtue in being debased our homos are in jeopardy and must be protected by the political power invested in tho ballot but not to screen the curse we have ever maintained and still do so that to sanction with all the safeguards and forms of law to civo a license to a business that BO effectively and treacherously dooms the whole community to suffer the deepest misery is the greatest political blunder that could be perpetrated now that there are laws regulating the drink traffic let those laws be enforce tho people demand it very ovidii it is that they are not a any citizen can testify to who cares to walk pass the places where it is bended vended any hour on the sabbath day when tho boll calling people to religious worship wora hip is by the glasses in tho dives opposite if nothing else can be devised tu help our officers in the enforcement of the law regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors let a law and order league organized the energy of which shall be directed lo 10 a prompt and exact observance of the liquor law to tho enforcement of the ordinance which already prohibits sales one day in seven and six hours in twenty four and sales to minors intoxicated persons and habituated drunkards now that tho election for city officers is near at hand we think it wisdom for those things to be wisely that the people amny go to the polls and know what they are doing |