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Show ' " .An Explanation. W " x ,i k Editor Banner. Somoof tho remarks $ mado by mo at tho tomporcuce meeting a . 3 , last week havo been construed by somo Ji: of Mr. S. W. Ross's friends to bo of a k ' . malicious character, and as that was tho fl v f farthest from my mind I hasten to ft niako this explanation. I can easily p eeo how it could be so construed but my W only desiro was to answer that portion i, ' of his article published in your paper oj 1 tho week beforo whorcln ho says tho 1 B iloons must closo at midnight. I said ' thoy did not so closo at all times and jfir ' v -vout on to show that tho caso had been ' Lrought up and tho saloon man hud been T fined but for some reason best know to tho prosecution tho gamblers had been i1" f lot off. Now I guess tho prosecution had good reasons for not prosecuting and havo talked with tho Justico and ho informs mo that tho case did occur and tho man loft $25 for his appearance which has boon forflted to the city but tho evidence was not considered good enough to warrout a prosecution against " 4 ' the gamblers. I do not havo any desiro to injure Mr. Ross or any othor man in f tho world. I was and am fighting tho liquor traffic, not men J. Ii. Gmn. |