St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-07
was impracticable and

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absurd folly.
Rev. S. &. Smith spoke in most
manly manner for high license, and re-
memDered MIR. Woolley quite affection
ately with scorn and cenSure as cutting
as Gen. Coles.
| consider it quite inconsiderate for man
who has been washed for only few months
TO stand up before you and call men Cow,
ards and "kuaves" who were warm ana
earnest in temperance work when ne was IN
the gutter. Mysteries are not desired IN ais-
cussng this question-peither physical nor
int II ctual High hcense has reduced the
number of saloons in this state about hal!.
All classes of the people. even to the prvml-
nent, are in favor OF the maintenance VI tne
preSent statute.
If Gni one can get up an amendment to the
consolation that will execute Itself. Will De
most ready to support ii AT once.
The trouble with the gentlemen VINO 1aVor
constitutional pr hibition is that thy over
estimate the ease with which they can carry
| ii into effect. .
High license has made every man under Its
| operations olice officer. Since IL went
| into effect there has been less direct corrup-
| ton in pol.iics i'll st. Paul than at any time
| during The tnenty years preceding this time.
| / favor high liz ense.
| The license Inspector tells ME that tnere
will be TWENTY-FIVE less saloons IN nt fauI
| this year than last.
You will never have state prohibition IN
Minnesota until you submit TO martial law,
| have small standing army and Il governor
| who proposes to enforce the law no. matter
| what the private opinions of The different
| comm mites are.
llel eve III county local option.
| wish To correct TWO or three curious mis-
apprehensions which crept into Journal
| usilally accurate in its statements. The rea-
| SONS for local county option seem to me to
| go down 10 the very roots of government
| i he county j. I.atural distributing center
| for pohce power in rural districts. | favor
| therefore the exemption of cities aooNe
| 5.O,iu Inhabitants from local option laws.
| The county commissioners cannot pc
| elecied on the liquor issue, pure and simple,
| because Of the complication III business
interests and the financial polcles, IN
| volved, such as roads, bridges and The ike:
| Local option permits the people 'intranmeled
| To act upon the question. Nobody proposes
To repeal township local option by giving
| local option 10 counties. Ii washington
| county should have the issue presented,
| Saltwater having more than D, % lnhabl-
| lants would not vote on the question at all:
! But if the county should vote i'll favor OF
| license, it would sull be possible for any
township to vote them out. But II the county
| voted against license. then no township
could vote Oh the question. This is the plan
| proposed. .,-..-,-.-
In nv Judgment, one of the things most
needed now is more severity against the
| drunkards We want less of this maudlin
| sentimf 1T toward the drunkard and mr. :
| to mrAe him feel this disgraceful position. l
| would LAT him i'll the chain gang for thirty
| days and set him to breaklag stone. III nad
| had the treatment of Mr.. w oOlley in reforming
| him. l would have set HIM to breaking stone.
The sisters could not st nd this de-
| nunciation of their idol. Fair lips
| parted and Kisses accompanied MIR.
Smith to his seat.
Gen. Nettleton followed him in a
| short speech.
l do not believe in license, high or low, as
| q permanent policy, but do believe in high
license as the pest form of restriction Tn at
we can now enforce. l do not believe that
the people of this state, or any consid srable
portion of them. desire to have high license
interfered with. but do believe that they
desire to see added to this law the right OF
counties to say whether or no saloons snail
exist within them. County local option IS
in no degree autagonistic to high license
The two are in harmony with each other,
Bishop Gilbert came next in a firm
stand for high license. saying very
tersely and emphaticaiiy:
1 want simply to say that the temperance
question of the time is the coming national
issue. / believe most ehiphatieally In the
principle OF high license, and do not be-
lieve in the principle of prohibition.
Rev. Giertsen, of Minneapolis, said:
have nothing to say against high license.
The legislature did its best two years ago
and now | think every friend OF true tenn
perance should say "God speed to this
work. But if the legislature refuses this
year to do more. there will be hundreds OF
us who will go out and work like beavers un-
| iii we do get what we want. There is among
| my people a powerful sentiment in favor of
prohibition. We do not intend to kiss the
| big toe of King Gambrlnus.
The effect OF this last meeting was
tremendous, and is an almost certain
guarantee that new temperance legisla-
| fi0n is not likely to pass this winter.
The temperance committee meets Fri
day afternoon at o'clock.