The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-03-05
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Editor Democrdts
You and your readers may be pless-
Cd to hear + word ttCTl the Capital WY
0f our State. y saas5 sHf 9sst8t
Within the past few days the quiet
Of our walk has been changed by the
various public doings o. hand. On
the l7th, the State Temperance
Alliancelpresentcd the usuVh array ot
delegates, the regular and time honor
ed (?) speeches from 1.-THE reliable few"
and the usual amount If banOombe
and Eve minutes "spread eagle.n 1t
is not for temperdhce man to pass
upon an intemfefate action of this
honorable bUdv, but there have been
some things done, which IL were bet
ter, had they remained undone. AS
All example we may mention the pro-
team forms temperance may assume
under the efficient touch Of the inter
ested manipulation On the first day
of the session--its 4th annual--some
ons-to curry favor, 1T may be, with
the ladies-offered a resolutien-la-
nenting the evil abroad in our land
tie evil of "sellipg ginn and a cores
ponding drinking and further lament
ing Because some Circuit judges I'm
pose only ten-dollar fines Instead of
1890 imposed upon one law breaker of
this county by a Justice and the only
wonder is that be couldn't fine him
more, The resolution after thus ar
raigning our judges prayed that the
HCrusadersh should stop atsuch judges
doors--and may add-compel these
ungodly meh to fine the transgtessor,
probably until some poor victimshall
cost the cause Of Temperance q thou
sand dollars taxes, and the poor man
his bones, o s4sN sss
Some we'll meaning friend Offered a
resolution that prayer should be made
for the venders of strong drlnhi afid
that fermented wines should bslbanish-
ed from the sacranaental table, This,
! it seems, is more nice than wise, but
it may be we'll, for how many may
have gone to drunkard's grave
because they pressed the holy goblet
to their virgin and virtuous lips. Thus
far we have llad-Intemperance, Pray
er for its votaries, Macedonian cry to
the Crusaders, a resolved change in the
eucharistic wines, and one good mar
allowed that he squeezed the pure
juice out of the grape, put 1t into . bot
tie, and placed the bottle in a tea Eet'
tie and stopped fermentation. One
thought in all soberness, q quart O.
blackberry juice was the beverage fol
such occasions. 4seHla5 det
i Not content with this confusion o
subjects, the committee on politica
action throws fire. brand into thu
camp and cries aloud for County ant
State conventions in the cause Of tenn
perance. Therefore we may expect t.
see the issue between this new resolved
marty and their imaginary foes to b,
nolitical temperance. We can hav,
No fa.rs as r. M s,,ecess. for victor,
shall snrelv ..nereh upon1its banners, }
when th,a Il the distinetiye difference
and Notwithstanding other convention
of other parties each endorse temper
.nea and notwithstanding the fac
that temneronce finds n welcome Of
nantral ss well as partisan grounds.
And deor Editor after IL ali cam
,bo sutFraoe ~ woman-how in plac
Il ,vos. and the resolution carried, by
close vote Of three in its favor, three i
! ~ norot,vo and none ovninst, Ho,
t very nnsninousi t4ss5et
} To spm nm what has been done
some things | favor, but who desire
8 so many "irons in the fire?" Crusadei
Z Woman suffrage, Prayers for ba
! class, New wine In cid bottles, an
: pa,,.;oo, ! oot,o,, 4 III, oso ,vl,o favor n
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