Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

When Kingsbury county is struck on
the temperance question it gives forth
uncertain sound. There is the ring
Of the true metal in the determined,
u~nequivocal utterance Of it's people when
it comes to a question Of having saloons
within it's borders.
The following communication to the
Press and Dakotaian, from Mrs. Owen,
president OF the Kingebury county W..
OF. u, contains a graphic account of
the vigorous action taken by that wide
awake body concerning the recent open
ing of q liquor house at the county seat.
May the tima speedily come when not
only Kingsbury county but ell Dakota
will spring to its feet and with one ao-
cord ring out the death knell of the
hideous liquor monster:
SIN regard to that saloon" which has
recently been forced npon the people of
Kingsbury county under color CT the
give gallon clause" Kingsbury county
Womaps' Christian Temperance Union
at its convention in Arlington unani.
mously passed the following resolutions:
"WHEREAs, in disregard to the thrice
expressed wishes of q majority of the
people OF Kingsbury connty-1n dlsre-
gard to the wish of a majority of the
people of southern Dakota-in disregard
of he terrible woe pronounced by the
Almighty God upon him who putteth
the bottle to his neighbours lips, two
residents OF our county have within the
past week opened a liquor house at the
county seat.
ResoIoed, that we the members CT
Kingsbury county Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, in convention as
sembled do hereby express our indigna-
ton, dismay and sorrow at such pro-
ceeding, and its inevitable sequences
of crime and sorrow.
Resolued, that while we can but cen-
sure with utmost severity this act of
opening q liquor house in the county
seat of our mo license county, by two
OF the, residents of our county, we de-
plore with deepest sorrow the fact that
one OF the Oldest residents of our coun-
ty, one who in former days faced death
NJ the lannon's mouth, to save his conn
try from threatening evil, could for the
moment SO forget the dreams of his
youth as to be prevailed upon-in the
rental of his building-to open his doors
ITO another and as deadly O foe to his
country, his county and his own home
at a mass meeting at Lake Preston
on the next sabbath, resolutions similar
IN substance, requesting the owner OF
the building to terminate the lease were
presented. A rising vote was called.
The response was almost electrical, as
tis people in the closely packed church
sprang to their feet.
In response to the call OF the county
| w. @. T. u. for the observance OF "tem-
perance Sabbath by a mass meeting the
following Sunday evening. the Baptist
church at De Smet was closely filed.
The same resolutions of censnre, protest
and request were offered end were If
possible still more emphatically passed
by a rising vote. instantaneous and
unanimous. The ball ls still rolling, a
mass meeting is, called at Iroquois; the
resolutions will be again moved, and all
OF the leading towns Of KinSshsy will
have then spoken in indignant protest.
As to the previous action ofindividnal
in regard to this wholesale saloon
keepeT-so oalied-who is looked upor
as q tool OF the liquor association of Wis,
%consin, the bankers of De Smet have
each refusedto let him have money
draymen have refueed to cart his wares
the editor of one of the papers has re-
fused to insert his advertisement, and
one OF the lawyers of the city offered
him on his opening days q hundred dol
lars to quit the "business;'' thus far hs
only exhibits his government license
and persists. Loads Of beer etc. art
being cellared.
Among the late-and to our little city
new and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., are
occasional nights discordant with the the
laughter and song OF loads OF tipsy men
and once. 1T is said, a little child DRUM
on the streetsi
MARIE WILLETT OWEN,
Pres. Kingabury 90. VI. s. I. q.
De Smet, Got. 10, 1887.
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