Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-13
OUR SPLENDID VICTORY.
Comments of Hostile Newspa-
pers on the Supreme
Court Decision.
A Unanimous Agreement That ..We:re
Not So Lonesome as We
Used to Be-
Republican, Dem ocratic, and Mugwump
Admissions of Marked Sig
nifcance.
THE CHICAGO "NEws" pRopHEs1Es.

| THE CHICAGO "NEwS" pRopHESIES.
Instead of demoralizing the Prohibition
lists and driving them back into the Repub-
1ican fold by precipitating an adverse de-
clslon, this Prohibition victory will inspire
them with renewed aggressiveness, and
their ranks will be swelled by thousands of
new recruits. 1t had already ceased to be
case Of Prohibition tail attempting to WAC
| the Republican dog. 1t is now a question
OF whether the Prohibition party will ac-
cept the Republicans or affiliate with them
as an organization under any circumstances.
The anti saloon record in New York. the
bitter vituperation of the party organs for
| the defeat of Blaine. and this SUSPICION of
bad faith in the conduct of these Kansas
cases have created an impossible breach
between the two parties as parties. Moth
ing now remains for the Republican party
out unconditional surrender. Unless it
can effect the impossible and speedily cap
ture the Prohibitionists it NAV save itself
the useless trouble of a NOMINATING CON
vention next year. The only chance for a
real struggle would be afforded by the
good old party" disbanding and its indi-
ylcual members quietly stealing into the
Prohibition ranks. And to this color i
may come at last. The campaign Of 1855
may be fought out solely on the rum issna
as aresult of this decision Chirag0 Do;I
-Ners lhd.).
WE RE NOT SO LONESOME" ETC. EH2
what is nuisance? The court natural
" holds that the State has the mower 70
determine by legislation what constitutes n
nuisance, and to prevent the maintenance
OF anything included in it's definition. Po-
lice law covers the largest sphere of the
NE OF the people, and the State has indn-
Dltable authority under it to do all things
,nat may be necessary to protect the life,
health or morals Of the people. IT is moi
an answer to this to say that any onnrass
sion or injustice may be done under the
pretext OF the police power if fanaticism
controls the State. Fanaticism cannot CON
trol the State unless it is in the majority
ana then 1t ceases to be fanaticism and h.,
comes the State. Thus, upon the eronnd
that the manufacture and sale of linnor is
a pursuit productive of pauperism and
crime, 1t is held that any State may forbid
ana prevent it.-Nep York Mail md E,.-
press (Ifep. and High License).
hAMA CONSERVATIVE WILL NOW JOIN rs
mere mas been, however, heretofore. a
%ell-dehned doubt existing in the minds of
many persons we'll disposed toward nroh;
bition as to whether the State could hot ho
compelled to pay for the property rendered
valueiess by prohibitory ennctments. To
these persons the cost of prohibition seemed
too hi:h it attainable only by the expendi.
tule of millions of dollars in the wav of
compensation to brewers, distillers. hotel
and saloon-keepers. This class of peonla
Will be more likely to advocate and sustain
prohibitory legislation in future, now Tint
this obstacle is removed. The additions to
the prohibition forces from this source will
De considerable, and maybe safely counted
on as permanent.--PhiladeLph.a Times
Qnd., Dem., amd High Liceuse). '"'e
THE ANTI-SALOON ORGAN norc ,-oun
SEEN HAPPY.
=, The decision is a fresh vindication of
the right of self government, and nc such
its soundness is not to be questioned. No
doubt 1t will be accepted as great enconro
agement by the rohibitionists, who are
sadly II need of it just now. Yet it can
not have much practical bearing on the
Issue at large. The Supreme Court has