Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-20
Editor HERALD:--

1AulGOL L1tRALD.---
For the first time in history
since that OF secession. we hnG the
great issue between two political fac
tlons of our country has become set
Tied upon one principle, and that is the
nome agalnstthc saloon, good against
evil, prohibition, or license. of evil.
In the democratic platform, lately
adopted by their state convention at
Huron, Oak, we find the following
words; We eopposed to constitutional
prohibition, and favor in its stead q
we'll regulated license law, which is
accepted by the democracy of the
country, as the best method of con-
trolling the traffic IN Intoxicating
liquors, and lessenlng the evils of in
Temperance.
1t would seem that j body OF educated
men must have been under the intiu-
encs of bad spirits before they could
have been induced to make such
ridiculous declaration, their humanity
temporarily absent
They don't believe in prohibiting
evils, bnt favor licensing them, and
the b est methous Of controlling and
lessening the evils, after they have
licensed them. Thay don't believe in
prohibiting the evils Of intemperance;
neither does satan, Now let us apply
their principle to their other declara-
.ions and seehow their platform fayors
the common welfare of the people
| Again tn ey say: We extend our heart
felt sympathy to the various labor
organization, and to the farming COM
munity in their efforts to improve
their social and financial conditions,
etc. Now as the saloon is one of the
greatest of our antagonists, and op-
posers OF our Social we'll being, our
enjoyment and financial prosperity,
how can they have heartfelt sympathy
for the laborsr and farmer; while
they say that they do not believe in
prohibiting the evils which injure, ed
praye, and ruin them, but favor licens-
ing them and then controlling and
lessening the evils, Were such an
expression to be made by the children
in our public schools, their teacher
would say to them; why children, that
sounds too silly, never say so again.
Then again they say; We acknow-
ledge the great debt of gratitude the
nation owes to the heroes of the late
war. Now it they do not believe in
prohibiting the evils by which these
heroes are enticed and induced to the
loss of their manhood and themselves
and their wives, their children and
their friends, all brought to sorrow
and shame, where does the gratitude
come from and where does it go to?
| Answer; To generals and We'll paid
0 hiceys at from fifty to FIVE hundred
dollars a month, (whether disabled Or
not) as pensions, aad from two to
twelve dollars a month for common
heroes, if badly disabled in the military
service of the U. S. A.
Again they say; We heartily extend
the right hand of fellowship TO all peo'
pie of foreign lands who come to our
new state with the intent to become
true and loyal citizens but they Go not
believe in prohibiting the clorlform1ng
Of them with drugged whiskey and
beer but license the sale though they
murder those who are earnestly labor
ing to prohibit the evils that destroy
their manhood and lmpoverish them
and their families. The devil hlmsnlt
could not have Invented Il platform
much more to his satisfaction. WI
the prohibition democrats submit tt
such a platform? 1t is 3, burlesque OF
their profession of democratic princi'
Dle C. w. HILL.