The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-11
w. C.. T.. L. COLUMN.
Approved Nov. Is, 1886.
l.. g. &. LAMAR,
Secretary.
Secretary.

When Kingsbury county is struck on
the temperance question it gives forth
no uncertain sound. There is the ring
of the true metal I'm the determined.
uneGuiYocal utterance of its people
when it comes to the question of having
saloons within its borders.
The following communication to the
Press and Dakotaian, from Mrs. Owen,
president of the Kingsbury county w.
c. L. L., contains graphic account of
the vigorous action taken by that wide
awake body concerning the recent OPEN
ing of liquor house at the county
seat.
May the time speedily come when
not only Kingsbury county but all Of
Dakota VIII spring to its feet and with
one accord ring out the death kDell Of
the hideous liquor monster:
in regard TO that saloon," which
has recently been forced upon the peo-.
Pile Of Kingsbury county under the color
of the five gallon clause" kingsbury
county Woman IS Christian Temperance
Union ut its convention i'm Arlington
unanimously passed the following res0-
lutions
"wHEREAs. In disregard to the thrice ex-
pressed wishes of a majority OF tho people Of
kngsbury county-in disregard to the wish
OF majority Of the people of southern Dakota
in disregard to the terrible woe pronounced
by the Almighty God upon him who puttcth
tae bottle to his neishbor's .,c, ,. two residents
OF our county have within the past week
opened "A libuor house at the counry seat.
Resolved, That we the members OF the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union, In con-
vention assembled do hereby express our In
dignation. dismay and sorrow at such pro-
ceeding and its inevitable sequences to crime.
and sorrow,
Resolved, That while we can but ccrsuro
with utmost severity this act of opening q IL
quor house in the county seat OF our mo II
cause" county by two OF the residents of our
county, we deplore with deepest sorrow the
fact that one of the Oldest residents OF our
county, one who I'm former days faced the can
mons mouth to save his country from threat
ening eva could for the moment so forget the
dreams of his youth as TO be prevailed upon
in the rental of his buiding-to open his doors
TO another and as deadly foe to his country.
his county and his home"
AT a mass meeting at Lake Preston
on the next Sabbath, resolutions SINH
lar in substance, requesting the owner
of the building to terminate the lease
was presented. A rising vote was
called. The response was almost cleo
trical, as the people in the closely
packed church sprang to their feet.
| In response to the call Of the county
w. G.. Il. u. for the observance Of
Temperance Sabbath by mass meet
ing the following Sunday evening. the
Baptist church at De Smet was closely
filled. The same resolutions Of CEN
sure protest and request were offered
and were if possible still more emphat-
ically passed by rising vote, instan-
! taneOus and unanimous. The ball iS
still rolling, a mass meeting is called at
Iroquois; the resolutions will be again
moved. and all of the leading towns Of
Kingsbury will have then spoken in in
dignant protest.
AS to the previous action of individ-
ual in regard to this wholesale saloon''
-keeper-so called-who is looked upon
as tool of the liquor association Of
Wisconsin, the bankers of De Smet
have each refused to let him have
money; draymen have refused to cart
his wares, the editor Of one of the pa
pers has refused TO insert his advertise
ment, and one of the lawyers of the city
offered him on his opening days hum
dred dollars to quit the "business;"
thus far he only exhibits his govern
ment license" and presists. Loads Of
beer. etc, are being cellared.
Among the late-and to our little
city, new and startling -co-incidents,
are occasional nights discordant with
the laughter and songs of loads of tipsy
men; and once, it is said, little child
drunk OH the streets,
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