Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19

retail liquor business ..,
tolerated occupations e gu.
brand it as contmban,aa and ~ VII
WEI. 1t has cnlminaa.a,dn &C., op
bolt 1t, welded into our fu avla INTO
We say the saloon ,,,aamont
upon himself the teril a,eeper h
of the law. He was NOT To- lorces
old iowa law. which ~ tra sansde
liquors as any 9TH, treated
a abused j its leniency shan ssfflsiha
satisfied with the original ' My
enabled him to avoid die dis, alaine
poisonous pos N alcoholic liquors. unS' L.
nm ~ OF responsibility al 'I 10 N
He abused the law like n !, ! 70 civ
upon himself the law wli nSs T.,
sponsible for all damages a. maj
the sale of what flow eS i!o"h
satisfied with ', that, but it men, IN. .
owner of the property in in w KsS' y
saloon. Next he abused t tha a
privileges SO that the Two ' s1;, Ii
election laws were forged ans
their insubmissive neck. ano
America has the wors. o.,
the world. Where there is s@ ons
on business principles. md o s
ment of honor and decencr WIN
absolutely devoid of a rei I' ,ae1
and any one of which does ., nnl,
to every community in wh ?osl
Where there is one SALOON "n'cl
responsibility, there are fva v
holes. ' PEI
And what is worse: The SAL,
to all the evil passions Of '1 ,Ss
people. VI '"e
There is absolutely no eleu.,,
in it: For twenty-five yeors |i; !.
growing worse and worse, sinl s u
lower. While public sentin Sia.
matter of drinking has beon S u
saloon has been degencratinnn e't
The greatest crime whiSb j,
system has to answer for is, in "
this: III oa
1t teaches our people to sn.,
before they learn to econom; TpYA
loon is the school of spendtbr;S,.
yates paupers. They who ca N,
to squander money are the Ones nn :,
lives on. 1t teaches our boys i'm
ways of wasting money. Il taua
70 be loafers before they Learn a
thing else, and spendthrifts ha1
can earn q cent themselves,
The town boy is after all ,bo
tim of the saloon. He is caush1
fictitious glare and tiutters aboa, |
ing flame until every yesliec Of
is burned out of him aud he sipt
grave q dissolutc wreck.
1t is the town or the civ Ia
who yields 10 the seductive infne;I
saloon, which creates an appetite /
eatiatlng an artificial thirst, ybiell
lshes i'll every conceivable way
him on with its various gambjm,
until the natural passion for aa1
comes his ruling trai, of cha,acse IA
respectable saloons do not ,olqrI
bling, but the majority do. There
when prominent citizens and bps|
were not ashamed to sit in the opI
q saloon and gamble for monay
card table, in plain sight of lid
public. Public opinion drove M
BILE behind Il screen. and then bep1
tition, and still, in the face Of all !
ress made by public opinion. i
looms keep gaming tables for
aud ignorant. And it is always|
who have the least to spare who
most at the gambling table. Ii ID
We're progressive it ought. unle1
opinion, to become n respectable d
ing place for refreshments and I'd
If it obeyed the laws, it would
man drunk and make no loafers
does not. With q few noble exccE
saloon of the present day is as lo]
graded as public opinion beeoI
and elevated.
This kind of saloon will seN
man as long as he can stand up
it and pay for it. 1t will sell mi
whose eye Is already red and who's
is thick, and who will go I'D
beat his wife and maltreat his chill \
will sell your son and mine if ii
is not watched, and send or
home to us with his brain ON fire
heart rebellions. 1t will do ANTI
everything for money. 1t will DO
for decency, law, honor. order.
And why has the American sd.
tenn become SO low? Because
something degrading and harden
business. SO that only q man wit
heart and q character as firm as
it and retain his man
llcGreyor (IOna) Meas.