| Show LOCAL OPTION IN res response to petitions bearing thousands ot of signatures and coming frev rpm bitens who belong to tova various creeds and part jes and who reside in different parts of tim the territory the house committee on elections bave promised to draw and introduce a local option liquor ble bu the principle of local option Is io eminently democratic and in ih harmony with all forms ot of popular government especially where the power is ostensibly vested in toe the people it is difficult to adduce a son sound d f tAga inot imand no doubt li I 1 the he assembly e te b y api yield to the urgent exis existing sin ing demand and give the territory a local option law but cars care should oe exercised in framing such a statute its aim is to re restrict thi the domain of a monster of vast power and great determination and perseverance and its parts must ther therefore plora be ba strong and well put toge together teer kodela irgin tram the statutes of other states fates which have been tested and perfected would woula be tar far safer to use than a statute prig original insl with the committee the day of originality in the drawing of statutes has nearly gone by and adaptation to Is no now w the almost universal rule the liquor traffic brings burdens not only upon registered voters but rather property taxpayers and therefore a local option law should vest in the latter rather than la in the former the right to say whether or not saloons shall exist in their locality we we would favor the ex x tension of the local option privilege to the smallest legal legai subdivision of tm the territory and the giving of the tha to the property taxpayers of each school district to say w nether buether or not hot ft 4 saloon shall exist within it |
