Show DONT CRA ul LICENSE the liquor license question is to come before the city council this evening this is the moc mo c vital question that will coine caune before this bodi tot foi home time it if ins is been beef settled once and the cit has cone on under a no license licence astern stein tor for ov ivr or a bear 3 ear the city has s the revenue sufficient for its epen elenea ep enea cs his been forthcoming cement walks hive been installed in and lettang Letta nl the old bugaboo tit of license licen e being nece necessary sara for the run runn nuit irit of the city can not no be urged as a reison foi returning to the oren saloon there is the moral side ade of this thi question surely surel no man will nill contend that the open saloon tends to tc morality it is harab necessary nece ssan to present an argument on off this phase of the question no one has eer contended that a saloon I 1 is a moral institution the coial side of thy the question is one on which ana an man cin in make a successful stand against the granting of license men hain ba ini sons growing up cannot afford to onen the saloons in ill richfield the city his fought a goo good fight the saloons haie hae been closed oer a vear the moral condition of the eatn fit is better wh think ot of going back to old conditions 7 chis wae of temperance reform is 1 not a temporary temp orar alair it N will 11 continue to grow gronn until there will be no open saloons in america wha wh then should richfield be I willing ail ing to retrograde the modern civilization I 1 is demanding the abolishment of the public drinking brothel the rising un of temperance should find anh neld field with its face towards that sun the state of north dakota has been under prohibition for alveral 3 bears ears judee judae charles A has the fol following loving to siv of tion in thit state otate thirty nears ears of re residence in 11 dakota four of which were spent pent as a prosecutor in intern 6 territorial tonal dins cinder the license Ii ense Bs iii leni tern ani over thirteen last pat paa as a Dr breidi eidi a ludge judge called frequent 13 as I 1 am to hold court in ill parts of the state I 1 hane hae been furnished an opportunity tu to study anith wit care the evolution of both nis la is in Amer american ioan citizen a lover of rm mn countr and hes hei in ili titu tiona I 1 would fail in my duta dut I 1 ovee ove ov e to this and future generations did I 1 not record here sa solemn conviction thit I 1 measured b am true standrd standard the prohibitory prohibit orv wall wal I 1 his has been one of the most useful instruments in bringing to our peor le that areat ent and the now nov 0 0 much enigi measured me insured by tests the license astern has been eigher and found anding T while chile the prohibitory method has not only demonstrated its sul but s to grow crow in ani elTi cienci the prohibitory stam st etri has hai proven ohp th saloonkeepers saloon keepers friend it has driven him out of a disreputable business and given him an opportune to make good in ili other call callines inas it prohibition does docs not always alvia s I 1 prohibit tile violation of law it has ushered in 1 1 brighter d dan for the people of the state who after I 1 fter tn ent nears experience under it do nit care spain again to make lawful the sile of liquor as a beverage dakota has been in the no saloon business lenaer than hag richfield Richlie ld and the felind of keeping i dav nav from old conditions crows with tile the N ears th the saloon is a relic of barbarism let us look to thu the higher phase of civilization and an keep keel aai ana from licensed saloons the richfield cili ita council should not permit old conditions to return alre evera man who is with pait condition kno that this cit is bettar without it hout saloons ali than an with th them gentlemen of the luneil uncil d dont n t arant license to saloons I 1 dont eblin eb ex blish lih pitfalls pit falla for men me to to stal s beasts of them be modern in fit bour our administration nd ind rise to the occasion thit all vill place aou ou among the bir big men ot of the times rhe saloon I 1 is an institution is bound tu to SO go Rich fiLid lii his pled pl ed the armial ru idl ili the helit lor for prohibition we IV hai have e ehorn that a 4 cian ci cin pro g aress vt hout saloons there is not one I 1 single raaon ara on ha h open saloons should be tolerated in richfield the lev who are clamoring cli clin moring noring fo ropen saloons do io so tice because ause of personal interest are prejudiced witnesses of th thit it interest N hf lt list n to them tarm P before taking a step so vital is s this put it UD no to the people and it 11 a manoriti maj can be found in this city ity who favor license licence then will be time enough to open often the salu orts gentlemen the responsibility is too great for ou to assume to grant license the people hac that right and iou should hould place th this s matter squarely before them if it takes tinie time to do this hive hine the of knowing there are no ital interests at take on the ques tion ind it can te ke salele left until the people hane hae an to ateon ote on the question ana an great question c cm fit be safely to the people and this is a ireat areat au estion for richfield |