Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-09-11

signed a petition to enlOin Il saloon.
That seemed to settle matters. Men
cared more for their lives than the
majesty of the law and they submitted.
All gave up and surrendered to the de-
mon of drink. The saloon held abso-
lutte sway and welded its unmerciful
sceptre with merciless power
Upon this scene of treason. of shame,
of ~wickedness, of degradation there
came two mothers. God bless Mrs. +.
O. Brown. God bless Mrs. A. Il. Com
stock. The saloon keepers could
silence men. but they could not silence
these mothers. The king Of hearts
quails before the bison mother defend
ing her young; so the saloon kecper
quails before the mother who raises me
law as a shield over the head of lrvr
child These mothers did not come n
crusaders. They came in the highest
dignity of womanhood. They did not
come 10 defy law or outrage lawful
rights. They came to maintain the
law. They signed the petitions. They
set the law in motion.
Usually men are gallant, ordinarily
men step tothe side of woman ana pro-
tect her. 1t was not SO here. The
men of Sioux City have lost their gal
lantry. Not AL Of them. but most Of
them. The clergy were true. The
clergy Of Sioux City stepped to the side
of these brave mothers. George {.
Haddock was at their head. lie held
no Office. lie was "A plain nan He
was the servant of Il plain Master. He
was true. howcyer-true to his Master,
true to his Masters purpose, true to
those Christian mothers. Upon him
the threatened death penalty was exc
cutcd. Like towards, they struck him
in the dark. He fell al his Masters
side. but he rose again. His great. i'm
morta, soul arose. Heaven hailed and
welcomed him, and the world sings the
glory of his noble name.
These mothers have begun the work
of putting down this rebellion. The
work, however. is only begun. Last
night | visited several palatial saloons
in Sioux City, and men wearing ele-
giant clothes were drinking and treating
at open bars. AT the side of these
mothers there still stands the faithful
clergy of Sioux City. The chairman of
the Law and Order league Of Sioux City
is a minister. He is also chairman of
the City and County Temperance Al
lance. He heads the war against the
rebellion. 1t is the Rev. James b.
Chase. His house has to be guarded
ever, night. He takes his life in his
hands aS he goes forth with the work
He is Il brave man. He moves right
along. and all the time straight for
ward. May God bless him and give
lin power To conquer.
These whisky rebpllions are not new.
The first rebellion in this country was
the Whisky Rebellion in Pennsylvania
that Washington put down. But a few
years ago there was a general whisky
rebellion against the government tax.
Grant put that down. 1t seems like
only Yesterday when the country was
shocked by the Omaha whisky rebel
lion against the Slocumb law. In that
rebellion Watson b. Smith became a
martyr. All these rebellions have
been put down, and so viii
these Iowa rebellions be pat
down. Sioux City's is not
the only one. There are several quit,
rs bad. Their days, however. are num-
bercd. 1t is no longer Il question OF
license, local option. or prohibition. il
is only Il question of loyalty. and the
people of Iowa will not be long divided
on that question. All they need is 10
be aroused. Already the emlssarieS OF
these rebellions have outraged our best
citizens. They have tarred aud feath.
cred them in Iowa City and stoned theil
houses AT night. They have thrown
dynamite bombs into their houses il
Burlington. They resorted to mob VIC.
lcnce in Clinton. Now they have re
sorted to cold-blooded murder in Siou>
CITY. 1t seems that there has beer
enouAA to arous every loyal heart il
the state. This fight should no Longer
be left to the women and clergy. The
officers of the law should be made K
do thir duty or give way to better men
The people should arise. The peopl,
rho have enacted prohibition should
enforce it. Cocrcive reforms Away
beget rebellious opposition, no matter
how worthy the reform may be. The
authors of coercive prohibition mus
protect its friends. Anything short 0
this is shameful cowardice.
y. M. SUTTON.