The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1884-08-30

BY LADIES OF THE SOCIETY.
ear GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE
LAND.

yhf u OW0nS CAr'Sf,an temperance .tHf0"
of Montana, 7vhose First Anniversary
.:us hid IN Helena on august 18TH and
10Th, 1854, send TIKI. following AfteM to
the Citizens Of this Territory:
FRIENDS OF HUMANITY AND Truth: ..-
We appeal to you in behalf Of your own
interests, your homes, and the highest well
fare of our rapidly growing Territory. We
voice not alone the wishes of the Won
ans Christian Temperance Union Of Mon
,ana with it's eight local unions or auxiliary
societies. We voice the appeal of more
than one hundred thousand highminded
and oval women connected with the two
thousand five hundred and eighty-four To-
cal societies scattered through the forty
eight States and Territories, having thir-
teen separate departments and many sub
departments of systemized labor, whose
declaration of principles are:
F1Rsr-Total abstinence from all intoxi-
cants for the individual:
SECOND-Prohibition of the lnanutac-
ture and sale Of all spirituous and malt H.
quors in the States and Territories:
Tn1RD-Temperance franchise for wom-
an equally with man.
I. We ask you to remember that public
sentiment, which rules society, is fostered
in the home life, and that in the homes of
our country are laid the foundations Of our
State and National Governments.
We urge, therefore, the great importance
of intoxicating and practicing the principles
Of temperance in the home Of childhood,
that realm OF life:s formative period where
the mother rules as queen and puts her
tashioniny hand on the future destiny Of
her home and country.
We call attention to the frequent use Of
ntoxicants as medicine, when something
far better, and chea per, are just as easily
obtained, and can be used without any of
the deleterious effects of alcohol.
:. We call to your notice the we'll es-
tab|ished fact, according to actuary reports,
and life insurance tables, that the average
length of life of an incorporate man is less
than twenty years. "Prevention is better
than cure" 1t is far easier to prevent our
youth from becoming drunkards than to
reform our inebriates.
We, therefore, appeal to you for all legi-
innate assistance in securing the introduce
ton of temperance text books in our pub
lie schools, that our children may be in
structed in temperance hygiene.
Z. We point you to the 100000 licensed
dram shops of our country which averages
one place of misery, sorrow, and nursery
of crime to every two hundred Of our pop
uatiolc
We call to your mind that these are all
sanctioned and Endorsed by municipal and
State authorities, under which they are pro-
tected; that we have the most un;mpeach-
able authority for declaring that the rum
traffic causes the levy Of three-fourths Of
all the taxes and produces seven-eighths of
all the crime in our land; and that, by an
ncontrovertible law Of logic, to license the
rum traffic, is also licensing the results Of
that traffic.
We, therefore, ask your help in seeking
to destroy the strength of the liquor traffic
in Montana, by annulling the law which
protects it. ...-.. .~-. a..--..-.......-
!. While the formation Of distinct
Prohibition party may not be rise at pres
ent, we ask your cooperation III endeavor-
ing to secure candidates for the next Terri
toria Legislature who will stand squarely
and unequivocally for temperance, ire
spective of any other party utilization. The
men who will give us laws for the protec
ton Of our homes, our property, and our
lives, are the safest Legislators to care for
the educational, social, and financial inter.
ests of our Territory, all of which are
largely affected by the curse Of intelnper-
ance, and vastly Inconvenience with It
in point of financial expenditure.
8 We ask for your influence in secur-
ing clause in the proposed Constitution OF
onr Territory, now looking towards admis-
sion to the sisterhood OF States, prohibiting
the sale and manufacture of intoxicating
drinks.
The most conspicuous feature Of legisla-
tive temperance work at the present time is
along the line of constitutional amend
ment and the experience OF the States now
engaged in this work teaches Us that our
most favored opportunity is in the first
framing of the State Constitution, and not