The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-22

shelving the Prohibition amendment.
There are many points IN it which we
feel like especially emphasizing. agree
ing rs they .lo thoroughly with what
the ADVANCE las itrratp.l and reiter-
ate.l about ticism aud big~try. and
giving the views Of Il practical temper
ance msm instead "f an impractical fa-
na,ic. Mr.. Cole can be taken rs the
representative and spokesman of that
large class If temperance men, the in
t+lligrnt and experienced men of the
country. who 90 not believe that mel,
can be made good by legislation, and
who know that there is Il personal lib
erty which fanatics should not be al.
lowed to invade.
We invite especial attention to the
following points n Mr.. Coles speech:
l. mo people who are not slaves
will ever tolerate 4 law of this kind. %
They do tolerate it in some places,
but it leads to hypocrisy, lying, deceit.
espionage, hired spies, perjury and op.
ium eating.
9. "Mr. Child has forgotten the class
that represrnt-temperance men who
are not pr"hibitionists."
Mr.. Child probably had not forgotten
them IT lie is like the Wortl,ingte,1
Prohibitionists he does not admit that {;
man can he temperance man and Op'
pose prohibition. The best citizens Ol
Worthingt"n have for SEINE years orpes
I'll prohibition (wl'icl, has been Il fail
ure here b"t they have, one and ALL
been regularly and systematically de-
n"unce.i as ''Whiskry menu by the pro
,iti"nists. The very women meet to-
g-tl'rr by little church cliques and tea
parties and tongue lash the :yest citizens
as "whiskry men" because they are
not fanatics.
3. "rh-rc are two things hate. Il
diunkart 1T one p,,tl, AMI = man at tie
other who mistakes his liver for l,ls
cnl,S, icIct.'
They not only mistake their liver for
their conscience. lat ,!"y mistake their
clergy n,nn !"r ,h-i, God, their famati
c'>,n t"r th. will "f God. aud force for
Temperatures and pi~,y.
1. ~" men of +,n!ncnce generally
favor ii? No. Where then does its Hd-
v"cacy spring from? From the cler.
.y."
Mr.. Cnle admits that not all the cltr-
gy favor it. y few are enlightened.
But the. great bulk of them arr still so
impracti ical ard fal'ati ical that they DE-.
maud laws to r"foscr their views. not
only "i"m temperance. hut upon every
other matter. They demand laws t"
enforce their view Of Sunday, laws to
enforce their view "f what should ar
should not lie printed and published
laws t" enforce their view of ''blaspl.e
my" and ''"hsceni,y." (hlaspl+my an'l
"l'scrni,y with them being wl.ateve,
views of God, "r religion, or society
are opposed 70 the orthodox view.)
). This experiment has resulted, Sc
far as SURPRISING intpmptrance goes. as
Il failure. Take it in towns where there
are just tw" parties, the liquor party and
the anti.iiqnor party. and condition
of affairs .xists Which is intolerable. ,
If Mr.. Cole had been Il resident ot
Wovt!ington he could not have bette,
described the condition of affairs which
has existed here for ten years where
prohibition has been tried and has bee,
Il failure. WortlingtOn, on account OF
its everlasting strife over prohibition
has gained the reputation Of being {;
psalm singing, sectarian, fanatical
bigoted town, whereas the majority art
rot so. But the bigots and fanatics are
always pushing to the front and, under
our impractical charter. have been able
to give the town the reputation wl,icl
has hIighted its business. WOrthing
ton, however, will end the prohibitio,
charter in i few weeks and with tlit
new railroads will become a busines:
center.
6. "Wherever there has been a un.
l u of State and churcl, it has alway!
uerh frauglt with HARM"
1t was tried in early times III New
England and in modern times IL Utah
and the record. us it always has beer
AMI always will I've. was :, record of im
o. is""n+nt, torture. murder. and in
famous outrage. The people ought i
b. always "n the alert. and whrneve
the Clergy come fO, ward tO ask law!
to enforce their views If religion. ten,
PrraEce, "r WHIT not, take the ALARM
and cpl"~+ them. They knew u" NOR
al"'u, G,M'S will than other men. al,
whe ever they have held power the
lave been among the very h"nli+st an,
c.Wl'*s. 1T rulr,s. Ia our day the
'..",", hnrn ut the stake, but they 81
Gu r the passage If uncn stiiu ion;
laws. like ,:,- infamous C",n>tnrk E>
pass. Il l.y u ''iml' Congress-. and the
they "rgahjZ. ~ society "f blood ',n,,'l
spot, i.unt dow" and impr:snu me-
| Nv AeJVJStNS iS'IS NIc
teeu 10y lAr Cun>til lution.
Railread Bill. The Minnesota Leg
isla'ure will probably pass \ railr"a
law before it adj"urns. It seems th,
4 bill has been framed providing for
bOar,l cf three railrO I'll ct,uInisSi",,+,
I" whom grievances car, l~ referred III,
whose tlSi,l-ss it shall be IT, see th;
such grievances are ri.l,ted. 1t alm
isl,rS the present office Of railroad con
missioner and gives the Governor til
appointment 1T three comm iSsionpr!
This latter feature is open to some Sc
i"ns objections.
The loct"r's Last Happy Resort
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. IL, 1884,
recently had Il very difficult case Of CO,
SUMPTION. l treated it in the mo.
scientific manner l"'ssible. Int to ,
effect; patient grew gradually wors
! 11..t1 rris