The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-02-10


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WOMEN AND TEMPERANCE r
/ EDITOR ADVANCE: We have just re.
ceived petition requesting MS to get
signers praying the Honorable Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of Minnesota, to use their best
endeayors to have the constitution SO
amended that women may protect their
homes by the use of the ballot on all
questions pertaining to the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating liquors.
We were heartily in favor of this
movement and Spiritualists and Liber-
ais of all shades of opinion have been
laboring for the enfranchisement of
women for many years.: Universal ed
ucation, the basis of universal suffrage
is a prominent feature in the platform
of the Liberal League.
Rev. Joseph Cook only dates the
Women g rights movement back to the
time when the little acorn he calls
Gospel Temperance" was planted six
years ago.
He says he is not irrevocably commit
ted to the defence of women 8 rights at
large. He seems to think it would be
wisdom to experiment and give woman
the right to protect her home by voting
on the temperance question and see
how she behaves in that department.
1t is rather humiliating for women to
be experimental with by the opposite
half of the human family, but we sup
pose they will have to bear it until the
Liberals bury the bible idea, that WON
en- are inferior to men, and ought to be
kept in subsection, because they were
first in transgression, &C., 80 deep in
the rubbish of past ages that not one of
the 20 thousand ministers in the United
States will dare to dig it up, and display
the old relic of barberism in the pull.
pit. The query is, why they did not ex-
pertinent with the slaves before they
enfranchised them?
We are glad Rev. Mr.. Cook and 9TH
ers are beginning to rnb their eyes op.
en- so they can see they have come to a
stand still in trying to fight the mon.
ster intemperance, who is Staying thous-
ands OF our loved ones every year, I'M
til the chains that bind women are bro.
ken. Then she can offer up effective
prayers in the shape of little slip of pill
per thrown into I; ballot box. These
are the kind of prayers that amount to
something. When the Union Army
found it hard matter to put down
the rebellion, then Lincoln proclaimed
the freedom of the slaves. Only few
hard struggles and our boys won the
the victory. We may expect a greater
victory and more blessed results when
women are freed.
LURY A. CRAPsEY.
LETTER FROM a TEMPERANCE
WOMAN.
EDITOR ADVANCE: While the tenn
perance question is being so thorough
ly agitated, l would like to add a drop
in the bucket in regard to the cause in
this place. presume there is not a
man, woman or child in Worthington
that so thoroughly detests intemperance
and the liquor traffic as do, and sim
cerely hope that the efforts being put
forth may prove successful in Suppress
ing the evil. although, fear the right
spirit is not manifested to obtain good
results, neither do I believe we can ev.
er root it out until it Is done by change
of laws and our votes. AS this town
was founded on temperance principles
should like to see it preserved, as
such. Being one of the F. F.'s, I am
convinced that stern measures will
have to be used in graphing with the
monster, for have not mothers, wives and
sisters prayers and tears, the wall OF
orphans and agony of souls that have
implored at the throne of mercy fol
years and years, in behalf of dear ones,
and for the suppression Of the Demon,
seemed to have availed but little. The
response comes slowly. Faith without
works IS dead.
verify believe the time has come
when the women of this land by right
ought to have part in making the
laws that rule our country and voting
upon this all important subject to US.
l would heartily endorse the work Of
our committee in Furnishing the law
breakers in this place, and uprootine
the evil, although not very gigantic,
compared with other towns of its size,
yet it has taken already a great deal OF
loud talk, prosecutions, considerable
money and a good deal of ill feeling, and
the end is not yet.
One trouble with our work is, we
have not consistent Christian and tenn.
perance men engaged in it, and sinners
know it. Men that are prejudiced a.
gainst few and shield equally guilty
men that require watching in business
transactions that they don't get the
best of the bargain. Men that are
bounding drug stores for rum for ma.
laria in their systems which 10 substi.
tute has ever been known to cure. in.
ducing men to break the laws, and,
when on a repentent freak, or sober
might say, make complaint OH them
for accommodating you. If there were
no buyers Of the traffic there would be
no law breakers.
Such men ought not to bear the name