Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
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The county of .jerauid, the neat thing
of greatest interest to il is it's Organi-
zation in relation to which ! wish to
say 4 fe~ words to the people who will
be expected to support the county gov
@rnment hy taxes, citizens who have
come to stay and live by the fruits OF
honest business.
Let us carefully consider the present
and future consequences of ouractlon;
let us i'll every thought and act he
guided by a spirit. OF good will towards
III. and i'll will toward meme let the
consequences OF every public act be
well considered. that it may result in
the welfare Of all affected thereby and
10 the wrong OF none.
Let us dare Ia do r%iglt-dare to he true
Whether our nlImbcrS he many or few
Fora a, God is iust-Loye and Truth are His
power:
md thesa woti-sw i'lwinin the proper hour.
am told that nQ person Will receive
the support Of certain business men of
this county. or Will be allowed to get
the position OF county commissioner OF
}erauld county unless he has first
pledged himself 10 grant license to sa-
looms. Ia all can,lor and seriousness /
Would ash all such men what good
could come to people from Having
saloons at Washington Springs9 Lii
.'ense is aristocratic, autocratic, and a
monarchical principle. 1t has no place
in a peoples government. 1t is anti
democratic. anti-republican and an
Rnti-christian principle. Neither a
democrat, republican, or even a green
hacker can be strictly true to his pro-
fessed principles and support it.
What it is right to do. it is RICH! to
do without paving tribute; and what
it is wrong to do it is wrong to take
money for and consent to its being
done. What is necessary is right; and
what is unnecessary is injurious, and
therefore wrong, Saloons are not only
unnecessary but a serious curse to any
town. county or community. 1t is not
necessary that liquor should be sold by
the drink. and it should never he allow
I'd to be so sold. Saloons are the COM
mon resort Of thieves and burglars,
and are the manufacturing shops of all
kinds of criminals. conceived for no
good. and evil in all their results. One
might as well license horse stealing as
the debauchery which any n may see
in the saloons of the present day. Shall
saloons be licensed in Jerauld county
l., now the question to be answered.
Will not the farmers taxes be high
enough without them: Saloon agents
are already canvassing the county in
favor of saloons; they say that every
commissioner or candidate for commits
Sloner they support shall be positively
pledged to grant saloon licenses. and
ingly; ought not the farmers and 9TH
er taxpayers to be alive to their inter
ests as to whom they support, for they
have an equal right so to do, and not
wait until these denS of debauchery
are established in their midst, to ruin
people and increase our taxes. Better
let saloons and their patrons all go
and all lawyers With them-than have
such deLs. With their dreadful conse-
guences, established i'll Il county.
Farmers Of Jerauld county shall we
organize a Farmers Alliance. the
Grange, or a Farmers Club? Who will
say yes, and print it or cause it to be
published in the HERALD? And what
do You all say about having county
commissioners pledged about the IL
censing of saloons--which way
Would saloons lessen the farmers tax ?
Would they benefit anybody's children?
How many mems wives would be bet
ter off by having saloons in Jerauld
county? How many homes would be
more happy thereby !. How many more
hours Of honest labor would be added
W Diol14Noo' 1IoN lltulF SOUu cl0untS
would it add to it's patrons, or their
wives, or their children? Advocates
OF license tell US through the HERALD
what you think Of these things: please
answer these questions candidly and
in a friendly spirit, and we who are OPP
posed to saloons Will meet you in the
issue manly. Let us, as we are but hui
man, consider and do what is best for
ourselves, Il neighbofs, and the ris-
ing generation about it. C. w JILL.
The Western part of Jerauld County
The following description of the
western part Of Jerauld county, we
take from the Buffalo Herald:
This township, 1876, is in a kind
Of basin at the foot Of the Washington
mills and is a series of beautiful pla-
teaus divided by three principal draws
u valleys which trend almost in par
allell lines to the northeast.through
the township. These draws serve as
drains to the Washington hills and the
plateaus through which they run, and