PROHIBITION did not carry in the recent elections in California; but nevertheless, it has made a very profound impression upon the liquor interests. The attorney for the “California Grape Protective Association” has come out with an urgent recommendation, to his clients, of sweeping reforms that they should work for. The saloon must be cleaned up. Drastic laws should be secured against the sale of intoxicating liquors to minors, women, or persons intoxicated. He also recommends that all saloons be closed at midnight and on Sundays. It is a recognized fact that the saloon is one of the worst enemies society has. In the saloon the pickpockets, the thieves, and the highwaymen usually have their headquarters. Not that all saloons are of that character; but many of them are, and the only safe thing for the “California Grape Protective Association” and everybody else is to have the saloons completely closed.