The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-26
vineyards Of his constituents. It was

like that proposed in New England
several years ago when it was proposed
TO cut down the apple trees because
some tramps went begging hard cider
for inebriating purposes. Such law
would destroy 100000 trees in the
State Of Minnesota. ss A.s-~ -.
The first legitimate information
have proceeded the speaker, "of the
manufacture of wine, is when Jesus
Christ made it. He set it before his
disciples and commanded them to
drink Let US follow his example and
lit will do us good. Give strong drink
Ito him that is ready to perish. and
wine to those that be of heavy
hearts. - Laughter.) a.-
iNl Now let US consider whisky and al
Itcohol- that good old American drink.
fi(Laughter) was born in Southern
Illinois several years ago. My father
before me was a distiller, and almost
1.-the first thing my eyes rested on after
II was born was a still. My father
never sat down to dinner without a
bottle of whiskey on the table, and
we all drank it. Ever since can re-
Emember, | have been in the habit of
taking drink Of whiskey, wine or
beer every day. If l have skipped a
day have forgotten it. (Laughtcr. }
They say that whisky kills men and
Ebloats them. 1t hasn't killed me. and
Il ask any member of the House to say
if he thinks it has b]oated me. (Great
laug ter) don't look bloated. Gre.
newed merriment.) Ian, physician,
and have no hesitancy in saying that
whisky is the most vitalizing of stimu-
lants. When a man receives injuries
the first thing a physician does is to
give him little whisky for the pur-
pose of putting his blood in circulation.
Perhaps it may be necessary to pass 4
law to protect those miserable drunk
ards who cannot protect themselves,
but 1t is not necessary to restrain 9th =,
ers of their liberty to take drink
when they want or need it. Temper
ance may be a good thing, but it should
not be carried too far. This bill re-
minds me Of the man who was in the
habit Of getting drunk every night.
When he had got comfortably full he
would try to mount his horse. exclaim-
ipg as he did so, '.God help me!'' But
one night he was not as drunk as
usual, and miscalculated his distance.
falling on the opposite side of the
i ss when he adds9 to his pray er,
1 a. But not quite so much.'' (Great
laugEter) These God and humanity
people had better take care. They
will be helping us too much.
Why, / have seen ladies at a tea
4party-perhaps not drunk, but Ger.
tainly very jolly, from drinking tea.
And yet they come to this legislature
with petitions signed by all whom
they could influence or pulldoze into
signing it-men, women and children,
to the number Of 10000. I haven't
counted them and don't know how cor
rect the figures are, but supposing
there are that number, what does it
amount to? There are 100000 peo-
pie in Minnesota, and we are proposing
to let those 10000 override the Other
100000. How long do you suppose
this large majority will permit this to
60 on! How long will they stand
dictation from the minority! Not
very long, can tell you. They will
soon retaliate, and they will retaliate
in husky manner. If they are real
" DESTROYS of helping the cause of
temperance, let them do as the saloon
keepers do. All over the city-all ov-
er this state-from ii to 2 o'clock you
can 60 into a saloon and get your glass
OF beer and all the lunch you want to
cat for five cents, (laughter), and if
you haven't any money you can sit
down and eat your fill and never be
Aicked ont. myself have seen lots of
men who hadn't a cent go into
a saloon when they we're hungry and
tell the saloonkeeper the fact, and
they wonld be invited to help them
selves from the sumptuous lunch coun-
ter. That's the sort of bidding the
saloonkeepers make for patronage,
Let these temperance people follow
their example and establish places
where a poor devil can get a cup of
coffee for five cents and not be in dang
er Of being kicked into the street if he
asks fol- a piece of bread. daughter
and applause. This is the way to
advance the cause Of temperance. not
by passing such laws as this one. l
tell you this thing won't last long.
There are millions Of dollars worth
OF property tied up in this state that
dont't pay cent of taxes, while the
shanty of every poor man is
taxed to the utmost. The time is
coming when all this property will BE-
taxed. You will force US to do it, and
we will surely do it. o." @o..'@ pr 4
IL The prohibitionists claim that
drinking tends to impoverish the peo-
pie. For Gods sake do you believe
that? Look at the Germans. Many
OF them take piece Of land which