Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
W. G. 7. U. NOTES.

MIR. ROBERT OGDEN, OF Dallas, Tex
ns, IS probably a bright fellow, but he
is d politician, and has been writing
letters, which, for a wire-puller, is a
great blunder. This particular letter
came out in last weeks New York
Voice, and is some fraternal advice as
to the best way to defeat prohibition in
Nebraska. AS a saloon document it
mas only the n fanlt-that it got into
PRINT. We quote from it: keep the
saloon element in the background as
much as possible. They can do quiet
work, and on election day they can
turn out and do the voting. .
High license is better for the wholesale
dealer, as it makes his risks safer.
Loss of revenue to the State
Is a good argument. 4 g Regard
ing the preachers, they are pretty
hard to work, but we did it successful
ly here, but we never would have done
so had we made it a whisky fight. Try
ana. get some n to work on q good
minister; get him to make a sermon
say. you term it temperance but not
prohibition-have it published in the
paper, puff him up, and others will
follow IN line. Try and get a
good, religious journal on Your side"
Mn. Ogden goes on to relate with en-
thusiasm how the Texas amendment
was defeated by making that campaign
n for the liberties of the free Ameri-
can and his constitutional rights, and
then states: Lieutenant Governor
Gibbs laid the plans and worked the
scheme" He advises Nebraska to call
Governor Gibbs in; "but under no cir
cumstances let anything be known Of
this, as he would go as a visitor only,
and would not want to be known, as it
would spoil the good effect" The
writer's charge for this elaborate ad-
vice is only "a bottle of wine in case of
success which is really very good of
Mr.. Ogden"
OF the duty Of the church q temper
ance writer urges: "She must dis
dain to partake of the Intoxicating cup
at the Lords supper; she must refuse
fellowship to all who are engaged in
the business-the distiller, brewer,
shareholder, the saloon-keeper, and
the licensed grocer; she must deny her.
self a share in the ill-gotten gains Of
the accursed business; she must suffer
not q joist, not a brick, not q nail, even
Of her s%anctuaries to be supplied at the
expense of the wrecks Of humanity
which the trade is making; she must,
in o word, throw the entire traffic over.
board as a pest to society, q scourge.
an infamy Of infamies."
Gave Civ Cb,,1o, n;l1-o E1
when we are told that a portion o.
the Glasgow people will go into a pig
sty to w FL in rent-that is, to save
not for prudence but for drink can.
not but believe that in some degre,
there must be here a putting Of caus,
: for effect. / am convinced that tn
: squalor Of the surroundings ofte
> brings about the craving for drink
: that we should drink ourselves if W
. had such blighted, cursed homes a
some of us have SEEN" Sir Charlie
! has made q discovery that is also fore
ing itself upon temperance reformer
in America, and one which must be &C
knowledged and considered ere tn,
death blow can be struck at the liuuo]
business.
In all the discussions as to whether
men shall smoke or not, those in favor
OF it display a remarkable obtuseness
to the fact that the persons who do MOI
indulge have to smell and breathe the
choking air Of narcotic smoke. The
cheerfulness with which this imposition
is practiced approaches to boorishness
in the eyes Of others. If a man coulc
swallow all the smoke, and did not ex.
pect anybody to come within seeming
distance OF his clothes, and could pro
vide for the entire care of himsel
when his health becomes ruined by his
habits, he might then consider the
matter simply from a medical stand.
point; certainly not until then.
Mr.. FL. w. HARDY, OF. Nebraska.
edits a prohibition paper there. Awhile
since he had made himself SO obnox-
ious to the liquor men that they placed
a coffin on his doorstep as a hint OF
what he might expect. Mr.. Hardy
did not, however, die Of fright and use
the coffin, but quietly took it to an
undertaken and sold it; then he gave
the proceeds to the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. All this winter he
has edited his paper from a sick-bed,
with the aid Of q devoted white-ribbon
wife.
A PHASE of the temperance question
which presses for consideration is the
claims Of vegeterianism. It's support
ers urge that there is a distinctly
brutalizing effect in eating meat, part
ly from the unnecessary taking Of life
and partly from the direct action upon
the body. They believe that meat pos
sesses in too great a degree the quail
tiesof a %stimulant, thereby rousing any
latent taste for alcohol.
The Louisville Southern Journal
would by all mean have the United
States send a memorial to the Gear
about Russian cruelties, and suggests
that it would then be in order for the
Car to ask why this Government IL
censes a traffic which kills SO many
thousands of people annually.
The Rev. j. H. Hector is a talented
colored orator, christened the BLACK
Knight" His specially is prohibition,
and he has been speaking with great
,,.o,cc in Nau, Work