256 HISTORY OF PASADKNA. 



After a long absence (during which speeches were made in the meeting 

 by prominent citizens), the committee reported as follows : 



THK RESOLUTIONS. 



Whereas, Our city's anti-saloon ordinance is being violated both 

 openly and covertly, and also one or more wholesale liquor stores are pre- 

 paring to force themselves upon us, contrary to the spirit and intent and 

 plain purport of our law, therefore, 



1 . Resolved, That we are emphatically in favor of maintaining and 

 enforcing Pasadena's anti-saloon ordinance without change, just as it was 

 when passed upon and sustained by the supreme court of California. 



2. Resolved, That we pledge our influence and moral support, and 

 financial aid if necessary, to the trustees and officers of the city in their ef- 

 forts to enforce the law against all violators, and that we urge them to pro- 

 ceed at once with such enforcement. 



3. Resolved, That this is not a question of any political party's doc- 

 trines or methods, but purely a question of whether a lawful majority of 

 the people shall be permitted to make and enforce the laws in Pasadena, or 

 whether a few shall be allowed to set the laws at defiance and bring repub- 

 lican government into contempt. 



4. Resolved, That we regard every place in Pasadena where intoxi- 

 cating liquors are dispensed contrary to law, as an infamous invasion of our 

 territory by a foreign foe : as a nesting-place of anarchy and outlawry ; as 

 in flagrant defiance of the very ground principles of republican govern- 

 ment. And against any and all such we declare unremitting war. 



5. Resolved, That the aiders, abettors and supporters of such places, 

 whether openly or secretly, are allies of the common enemy, and are help- 

 ing to destroy the peace and safety of our homes, the value of our propert5^ 

 the good name of our city, and the rights of local government. 



6. Resolved, That we regard the threatened opening of wholesale 

 liquor houses in Pasadena as an open declaration of purpose to break down 

 the moral prestige of Pasadena as an anti-saloon city, and that we organize 

 at once for a resolute resistance. 



7. Resolved. That as Monrovia, Riverside, Elsinore, Compton, lyong 

 Beach, South Pasadena, L,ompoc, Orange, and other cities have adopted the 

 Pasadena anti-saloon law, and are sharers with us in the common danger, 

 therefore we signal to these sister towns that we are "holding the fort," 

 and by God's help we propose to hold it till the last rum hole is driven from 

 our borders ; and we call upon them to never let their anti-saloon standard 

 be lowered. 



We would also nominate the following committee, with the recommend- 

 ation that they be empowered to raise, hold and disburse a fund to be known 

 as the " Enforcement Fund," and to co-operate with the city authorities in 

 the enforcement of our prohibitory ordinance: Dr. H. A. Reid, Hon. P. 

 M. Green, Geo. A. Swartwout, Col. W. A. Ray, Prof. C. M. Parker, I. B. 

 Clapp, C. H. Converse, F. D. Stevens, Joseph Barnes, P. G. Wooster, C. C. 

 Reynolds, Geo. C. Hubbard. 



Dexter D. Hill. T. J. Martin. 



J. M. Glass. H. A. Reid. 



H. N. Farey. Committee. 



The report was adopted by a unanimous rising vote, amid rounds ot 



