The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-28
TIE KTMBALL GRAPHIC.
Official Paper Of The City and County.
BY c. q. T!NAN.
# a Raa speaks anait But his honest
>esp3ctoas. p2t5y, ,ehers d his boreatg2.
The Gn4rnlo respectfully refers It's

The GeArulc respectfully refers Its
prohibition friends TO thu ,subjolned edi-
torial from the Chicago Inter Ocean en-
Tho result Of the recent elcctiousi in Penn
sylsania and Rhode Island. We do not
believe tass eny Of them are prepared to
say thas the later Ocean is allied with
tho saloon interests. No newspaper in
the Unitsd States has . higher ton or
is more elevatiag in its tendencies.
Like many other eminent newspapers G.
similar standing, the Inter Ocean is a
thorough advocate OF temperance while
81 unbeliever in constitutional prohibit
ton II soys;
And now comes Little RhodY' fol
lowing close upon the heels of her great
sister, Pennsylvania. rejecting prohibi
ton. In the latter state the question
was, shan prohibition be pnt into the
constitution; in the former, shall ii be
taken out? IN both eases tbs answer
was substantially the same. With Off
cial returns from al but two counties the
anti prohibition majority in Pennsylva.
nia was 1855, 000. The vote ia Rhode Is
land was no less emphatic. Three years
ago that state adopted prohibition hv o
yote 10, 600 to $4,000. and now it is
stricken out by a vote Of 80 1856 to 1858.
which is Il larger per cent now against
than thon fer the amendment. Evident
ly there Is 4 strong general action against
prohibition. IL is not to be assumed
that these two states were subject to
any special intlueuce peculiar to them
selves. The bottom fact Of ali is that
the people are losing faith in prohibition
as al agency OF temperance. On the sur
lace il seems to be q specific and untail
ing cure for drunkenness and all its train
attendants. If whjskey, using the term
generally. caunot be had people can not
got drunk or take tho initial steps to
drunkenness This simple proposition
seemed to cover the case aud on the
strength Of it, no doubt, a great many
Rhode islanders voted for the amend.
lacnt who, three years later, voted
against ii. They found that it did not
prohibit, and were convinced that 1t Aid
more harm than good. Whether they
were right or wrong is necessarily a
matter Of opinion, but no one has 8 sight
to inpuga the motive that prompted the
change OF front, and that class Of voters
no doubt hald tAo balance of power.
Rhode Island is a Temperance state, and
if al slaeere friends Of tae cause could
agree upon method OF treatment they
woujd have no trouble in carrying the
day, This change OF view rs 70 the feas-
hiljty eff prohibition Is not a merely ntg-
alive growth cf sentiment. What pro
Aibitiea has lost high license and local
option have gained. II high license
meaAt that anyone could open 4 saloon
enYH here it would rea radically differ.
ant thing. bat tie reel fundamental
piineipla Of whae IS termed high license
]isloeel prohibition. Any city o. county
which has enough temperance sentiment
90 render prohibition effective e9n carry
out the no-Iioersa policy and where there
Is not enough for that high license is
preferable to free whjskcy. There Is no
denying the common ens9 OF this view,
and sime will a%irongthep aud solidtty 1t.