Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-03
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EDiTEs BY THE YANxTcN WoMAN's uHRIsrIAN
!. TEMPERaNUa Union.
Through tho courtesy OF the editors
Of the Press aud Dakotaian, the w. O..
Il. q. have the use Of one column IN the
weekly and also in Saturdays isaue OF
their daily paper.
Nov let the press, the peoples right maintain,
-JUDGE STORY.
Realizing that the press Is a po-
teat means OF influencing the public
mind, and that upon public sentiment
depends the standard to which
any general good a~ttaine, the
w. Q. T. q. throughout the
country are using ii to advance the
canse to which they are plsaged: j aus
: a..iitsa sssss. .eas Il Q 81 ssa Co n1sa issy
This organization has demonstrated lis
right to exist, also its right to be heard:
So We do not come before you as editors
Of this column as craven
poltroons, but rather in the
strsn~th OF Almighty God who
has led Us "dry shodn through many a
jordan, and many . time .pnt 70 fight
ths armies Of the %aliens.n Yet We would
dear reader, ask some fayors:
First, 4 careful and conscientious con
sideration OF the matter We shall from
t.me to time present.
Secondly, when you are Convinced
that { principles are right and yours
wrong "acquis yourselves like mem aad
lay SO, by ballot or in any other efficient
way.
Third. and lastly. When possible
give W q helping hand.
Mrs. Barker In her lecture ia the M.
r. church Of this city, speaking Of the
work denc by the w. OF. q. in Dakota
tsrritory said that through thsir IN
st~rnmentality FaulS and Hand counties
have expelled the saloons. In
the fall she had organized q
union OF forty members as
Miller, and they in that sparssly settled
country presented d petition Of Ala
women TO the county commissioners
asking them not to grant license. The
ladies in . body presented their case.
The s%aloonists had their lawyer who said,
I represent the taxpayers, SO, and when
through with his argument. the presi.
dent Of union said + also am q tax payer.
(she 10 one Of the heaviest tax payers of
the county and pointing to this lady
and that said they are also taxpayers.
The Sioux City Journal said this young
lawyer received ouch a flashing OF words
that he fed defeated. The commission
crs decided in favor of the ladies and
gave the s~aioonists three months time to
close up their business.
EXTRACT FRoM SAM JONES.
If you want to know my sentiments
on the liquor question, | will say this, I
think liquor is a good thing in it's place,
bnt I believe It's right place is in he'll.
That is my sentiment straight out. Even
take Bob Ingersoll in Chicago. Will
yon let me quote HIM a little? Bob
Ingeraoil says that whisky is Gods
worst enemy and the devils best frisnd.
Now, that il good authority ON that
side. And if an iDfidei viii say thai: OF
whisky, and say II pnbiioly, then, in the
name OF common sense, what ought a
christian to say WHAT ought ali We
preachers to say? Thank God for q
state that ! can call my adopted home
the state of Georgia. 1t has already III
Counties redeemed from whisky. There
are only twenty counties where it IL
still tolerated, and iD twelve months
more We propose to put legs under the
demijohns aud run them out OF those
connties also; and then muthers can
say to their sona: II am dying, but /
can trust you to o grand state, where
there is not a drop OF whisky in It. lave
all your life in the gtate of GEORGIA.
and then You will die lbber."
We'll there are a great many people
who think that they are making prog.
ress in Chicago. The say taey have eot
thu license up to $500 The bIgreat.
fraud in the world tc-,isy Is the ary 81
thege psople-high license! II We ere
going to have liquor at all, let us empty
our pockets of all the profits that il
brings to carse the race. and say TO il.
AYoI caunot be put into our pockets.
You hays got to stop liter sell ii as o
choose; but Won cannot pay us for the
privileges of selling ii, aud thus get onr
endorsement OF your business. And auy
tellov THAI sells it bus got to 20 to tbs