The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-03
TIE nnnaL roncEs.
Their Duty ~ Tni. fine in Esisften
to Tetapersua. Rsfsrra.

AfiFtsAas
IL Is nof step backward that has
been taken in the last week. The
cause 81 temperance has no truer,
wiser nor better friends than some Of
those wh0 tack leading part In the
defea; az prohibition ia Rhode Island
and Pennsylvania. Ttey acted dclib-
erateiy. copsciepsiogsiy, pfayerluiiy.
and with larger survey Of facts and q
more accurate Judgment of practical
results than those appear to have pos
seseed wbo counted upon success bat
we're beaten hy nearly .s8fss votes IN
Penney lyania and nearly three to one
. In Rhode Island. Nor have good citl-
xsns any right in their efforts for re-
form 10 ee entirely blind or Indifferent
To impoSSiialsties. it IL no part of
their duty Ia waste the reforming
force 81 the world in attempting alb
snFdities.
Power for good Is sacred trust. for
which leaders or voters have % give
account There is not any TOO much
~ Il in the World at any time, or even
In this favored country. II every
atom of that power Is used In exactly
the right direction and manner. and
at the right time. still there wopli
never he fo8ud too much III Il. The
man who has Only seed enough for
his fertile land. and scat'ers bali of Il
in saampa 2r on rocks. Wastes his
property btt he also roDs others of
bread He Who has no more than
enough ~ the needed remedy 80 pro-
teet Ii threatened city against pesti-
icnce, and throws halt Of IL away out
Of spite, because the city will not
make him sole or chief surgeon. is per-
sDnally guilty If disease sweeps AWAY
pFs~n8s lives. 80 al moral forces
upon which the country must depend
Tor uplifting, trpe progress and re-
W0val 0f eytls which enree mankine /.
he who wastes his force Is guilty
The force which carried canstitu-
tlonai prohibition 81 Rhode Island
would have Suliiced to pass and faith
fully enforce any license law or ether
measure az restraint II WIS thrown
away in an attempt 80 accomplish an
impossihility in that state of crowded
cities and towns. Not only have three
wears been lhfosn away. bat also the
moral and political farcs oi ngn who
viii never command the saale conf
aepee again. Union 81 all sincere
( friends OF temperance IN PennSy lvania
would have passed and thoroughly
enforced any lleense and loca-o1gipu
las whatever, even ii the present
hssh-liceuse law. which produce ex-
eellent results. b not all that Is sisoaisi
i be- lsnt the time. money. mental
effort, and the moral influence an,i
< leadership u u great BODY ~ ciiiseus
we're throws aSay q sacred trust
tossed 20 the winds and never 10 t'e
peRaiuei breamse some chose to be-
lieye Il their duty 60 attempt impossi
biiliies. and others lid nus take the
trouble Ca learn that prohtb;tion was
~ that time an amos .lb.lity
Nos here t. Cccasiou for sober re-
Election. Are tee ffiead> 90 tenn paF
anee "a ffitter away whatever influence
they have in tutnve hy pegsistinx in
divisions which destroy their iuliu.
suee. and in impossible attempts
which makc prscsleai citizens book
upon them With amexsmentf There
j. 40 ase in irving lo hi,ie the fact that
the eaase Of temperance generally Is
fast becoming identified ia the minis
of cemmon ssasn VOTERS With The
Leadership of haiseraxg smpractica-
hles Who wlil not see shat thew arp
damaging the yer, thing thcy profess
tc love Can fhgre nef he a ressue 81
the csase tfpm pahiic censaree VIII
nsa tts sincere Aud Sea@ih'e fFieylsf~
sui,s taeiv EFFORTS hereafter for mea--
ares whsch San - carried, aud a ben
carried can le enforced