Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
VICTORY.

IA round and round We run,
Truth will ever come uppermost,
Endjustice will be DONE"
Que month ego, our people began to
sgitats The question Of temperance.
The llasor-sellsrs we're then quietly
regaliae their ojfaetoeies With The
aroma Of their sweet scented business.
The taksss Of IN Occasional glaas''
we're slipping their nectar and bsstow.
iik beuisons upon Bsoehus,-the god
Of wine the moderate drinkers we're
making themselves comfortable" by
pouring in their ;daily draught; tho
hbitusl: dfuuk.sdi>wsre beastial;.ing
themselves, abueing. their families,
disregsrdisg tts regulations Of refined
society, and the laws Of he STATE, BY
their sxeessss, their riotiag and their
erines;-whsn suddenly the moral
clements Of the community began to
move,-te take tangible shaps,-to
srystaliss into sententious dsnuneia.
ton Of tho ~hiskey traffic, and to in.
yoke the civil authorities in lid Of ito
'.ppress'on:. The city election occur
ring cppprtusel1 It this time, 1as car
ried BY, fair uejerity in the inter-
sse'of' tsmpsranoe,- sivinx' u six in
the Council, composed: Of nine. mem.
bers,-a Justice of the Peace 4 nd'sev.
sral other officers. This success iu.p;r.
i'ed'tks friends Of reform, and thy
organized for moro" vigorous. work.
Yss, they. orgs~;sse's The. old tenn
peEaucsr union was rejuvenated, II
smother ~.s formed for The young peo-
ple, exclusively, and {. third, BY the
women, for themselves, "a canvass Of
the city was made, for signsrs to q
pledge Of total .abstinsnss,- and anoth,
Or for petitions asking the, City Couacil
MOTTO grant license for my sum lssI
than $500. The Aldermen. held: 81
meeting for the purpose Of receiving |
petitions and hearing an expression Of
the r;s"esntsrtaiosd BY eitissns. That
meeting was = grand opportunity, and
it was ersndly improved. Last Mon
day night tie crisis came. and with it
came mother VICTORY.
President Smith and his colleagues.
Of tho I'd Ward, Messrs. Paden, Kai.
or. also Atherton, Of the Sd Ward,
were eonssisntiously committed to the
theory Of high. license, and made NO
coucealhent Of their sentiments:
while Messrs. Morgan and Cook, pro.
f1's;sg to Be desiross Of fairly repre-.
ssnting their ooustit usats, treated tho
MISTER ~ an open questions; TO- ke Do.
oided, after fairly considering tho VI.
zious~ interests; with which il D. con-,
nscted:
Aesr brief consultation, = vote. v.s 4
hkeo;-s6owiug Messrs. Cook, Smith,
Psdsn; Kaiser. Morgan and Anterior, {
II. favor.of $500 license, and johnson Il
'sain't;,-the vote Standing ok to ono. q
It i dts to Mr. johnson, to ny th.t .
he regards any license ~ : compromise 1
With Evil; and further; that "eildId pal q
aess Of vios"ars more dangerous than *
IN sdp-housss;-hsuos: hts, vote in 4
The negative. -; ..,... +
Il will nov bs.sssu tHaeia the shostE Il
'paes:of thirty days, tds public se,ti- /
nsnt' Of the city has BEEN eemplstsly .
'evolutionissd, and tie control Of tae Il
liapor business vzested from these Who o
engaged in It !; the inevitable rssslt Of u
which willbs to shut the doors Of At
least fifteen saloons. With these of
our hands; it will not b much m ore ,
difficult to keep tho ssst in line than il ;
Vas for Gent Grant to take care Of Lee ,
after IL 4he rsst Of the reb.l horde had /,
been captured; but we must not for. I
get that :'sterual vigi lance i tho price
Of liberty" .... =: i