Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
For ths Aower County Tra"scr;pE.
Senator Page oua tho Ohio Ii
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qaor Law.
Tie Austin Register Of the 22d inst.
has the following, au'onh other things,
relative to the course of Senator Page
on the temperance question
"Ilow Do tho friends Of the Ohio Liquor Law
in thi. county like the course Of their Senator
thereon :"
As one who believes the "Ohio Ii
qaor Law to be the most equitable and
the most practicable law ever enacted
to check the traffic Of alcoholic liquors,
I am compelled to say that, after critic
ally examining the course" Of our
Senator, it meets my unqualified op-
probation. Why is it that some indi-
viduals can never sec any good come
out Of Nazareth? Is it prejudice or
ignorance that blinds the eyes Of some
persons in reference to the course Of
Senator Page? Let US examine his
record in candid and unbiased spirit.
We must remember that Mr.. Page
had not sounded his trumpet on the
temperance question previous to his
entrance upon his senatorial Duties
He had not pledged himself to do this
or do that on the temperance question,
and some who thought him laboring
solely for his own aggrandizcmcnt, vat
icinated that he would be found laboring
for the saloon class. But they were
doomed to disappointment. When re.
morstrances against the Ohio Liquor
Law were pouring into the Senate
Chamber, when leading Republicans
aud proft~sed temperance men were
attacking the "BiIl in every conceiv-
able manner, when the Senator from,
Steele county in presenting remon-
STRANGE against the Bill" signed by
the Mayor, clergy and laity Of Ovation
m, vindicated insoxication on ;mmc.
mortal custom and the Billie, our Sen
atOr was
"Faithfai found,
Among the faithless, faithful only no
Among innumerable false, unmovcd,
unshak:n, aoseduced, unterri6ed,
HE 1nyn1fs. hn la, h:a 1nvn A:s ~AA1 -
The bill introduced by Mr.. Childs
had been rejected at the Temperance
Convention held at Owatonna by vote
Of more than ten to one, so defective
was it in some Of its features. Mr..
Page would have supported this bill,
but thought it could not pass without
some notifications. The statement
that he amended it to death" is ride
ulous and false. The bill vas crippled
by its enemies as they have repeatedly
avowcd, and finally killed by some OF
its friends, through their unskillful
management.
After the I'LL had been deserted by
its author, Mr.. Page was found speak
lag and voting for it; and when he
found it was virtually dead and past
resurrection, he offered an amendment
to the present law, which, in the jdde-
ment Of some, is better than Mr..
Childs' bill. That amendment passed.
Mr.. Evcrts in speech published in
the St. Paul Press, tut which vas never
delivered in the Senate, ridiculcs Mr..
Pages idea Of the temperance question
causing division ia the Republican
party. That Mr.. Page is correct, every
person who reads the newspapers, well
knows.
Straws tel! which way the wind
blows, so does the National Temperance
Convention which recently convened al
Columbus, Ohio, and the many State
Conventions, tell which way public sen
timent is drifting. 1hope the question
Of temperance will not be made polit
ical question, and that tho Temperance
element will sag to the Republican
party, "Betwcen US two, let there b
peace"
Our object in writing this is to COT
rect the false impressions which som
have in regard 10 Senator Pages cours
on the liquor question. We trust thu
the friends Of temperance will not, fro,
prejudice, nor Indifference to duty, r,
f1se to render tribute to whom tribut
is due. JUsTlTIA.
State News.
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