Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
Twin Dakota.

anxious Tor years, anu III Jttsttec oho"A"
have received and would have but tori
the want of honest noble magnanl-
nous statesman, a sorroWtul ana
shameful evidence of political party
prostitution for purely party and sell
fish objects. But now is near at hand
i grave and great duties and responsible
ties devolving upon the voters OF thel
Twin Sisters Of Dakota. The fonnda-1
ton Of their future destiny Is to he
lad. May every stone be an imper.
; ishable granite without flaw or fis-
sure and on these may the super
structer he of polished stone and be a
palace of bbauty of justine of truth
CT virtue and strength. If a state de-
sires TIE name of great grand and
wise con.monwealth she must have
good strong wise laws, that Will sup
press vice, foster virtue, dispel ign"
rance and cultivate moral and useful
! knowledge. Good laws can and d.
exert a controlling lnhuence over cntu
muntiids, states and nations for tfiai
best welfare. And us all know there
are tpi,denr,es III Society that arc de-
I structive and rlinous to everything
prosperous and .;etdful for home sweet
$ home, and the greatness of the state.
. Ii the voter desires the prevention of
all manner Of crime he will Vote fu'
t the prohibition clause to the SinuN
Falls constitution. If he want Ggt'
taxes he will vote for it, if he wishe%
I greater security fp'r his person, Ia
: life. his property he will vote for "
, saloons. If he wishes to mitigate Til
Z anguish, the sorrow, the bitter grirt o
wives and mothers and hush the phi :
.- full cry of helpless innocence, he WI
o vote to criminate before the organ,
] law the entire traffic in liquor lis a be-.
y erage; and Che catalogue of good rra-
: sons for tlis voting are legions.
Every drunkard is a detriment alir
a positive blight to any community:
every saloon is influencing to drums
n mess idleness, poverty and crime Oh
~, of which comes untold mlseries to IT,
:, human family. City and town pless
n for and tolerate them for Che money
.. they pay for their license privilege 70
deal out intoNicaEts to their customefs
nj 1t may be money to the city OF town
"a tut surly avery immoral way of oh
II tanning it, and real loss to the conn. y
le and state. What the solOon mtneS
+. what the city or town makes 10y ii,
!" ,iiabdulical business the drinkers must
H. loose. They receive no value for then
o. money but they do receive for ii dis
II. graced and destroyed manhood. they
II. do receive an influence that tends Z
n, .dleness and neglect of bushes
"a hey receive an incapacity for heint
he useful citizens, they receive low NOR
10 bid, moral dispositions. they receive
al fitness aud inclination for crime an.
az commit it in fearful and tllockln,
on degree III all it's revolving and tiieor,
AN ferns. Aud while the drinkers of in
tp, toXicants receive for their money thes
in appalling evils ana propensities wh;,
ow do their innocent families receive
For an answer go ask their hear
en- crushed wives. inquire of their suffer
lce ing children. 60 look into their woef,
esl nomes and get truthful answer nc
I'VE overdrawn 10y fanatics for prohitiol
OF What does the commonwealth receive
Ito 70 the records Of your Grimm;
courts. where honest tolling tax payer
may learn what drunken debaucher
IN ane cr:tue costs them, We don't 81,
TN there will be no crime with no saloon
DO but dc say there will be much les
YES So say governors of states with pr,
low hibition laws, so say their Grimm;
ana prosecutors, so say, their judges {
on courts, so say their sheriff:, the
wo- papers and their records. Therefor
AIN common sense founded on reason mus
or so conclude. May Dakota's Star as
a northern constellation IN the poltc
I'LL heavens be d true and undeceivln
sea light and guide (as was the star Of ii
nut east) the wisdom of states and nation
ary to find what is their salvation throug
government and prove by eXamp
eousness alone exalteth nation a sta
or q city. May the Dakotas, titus |
exalted and be leagued in the gre;
i, and strong Republic us the purtst az
brightest of her stars, shining with III
49, dl,nmed and unfading splenuor, addil
49,, much hight to the world, dlspplling L.,
w., darkness and revealing the dungt.
which have always overtime wn COVER
ment and nation in carnage and ut,
ruin. The Rum powe. when s.rol
j. enough embracing the makers the sci
lus- and drinkers will ruin any COVER
Ter sneni: it ruins men 1T ruins ONES, az
, bD when they are r:ined every thing eli
49,. is in ruins. The government tn
IAN lives sanction and license to tn
bli- .ower is aiding her dangerous eneln
destroying her own ramparts, plckiI
down her own bastions. a Repuhl
is IN danger when the inflnence OF ru