The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-23

xer to him. Did the solid men Nf WOr-
thingtOn come t" the aid of these men
No sir. Did the newspaper call on the
people tO give Il helping hand to this
new pm,prpri>eY N" sir. Did the Board
ut Trade have n special meeting To
consider ways aud means to aid these
men? n" sir. These men had about
abandoned the hope If aiding to the
NJ tract" i"i's Vt our beautiful village.
the home like and pleasant place Of
resort that we now have. and am as
snred that they wonld have been CON-
PEELED to fnreQo doing 50 had rot Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Gilbert Anderson, the
sheriff of this county. nObly volunteer
ed to 70 on their boi:ds. 1t required
men who have the interests Of the
pnh <Atssheart to do this, and there
fore tispy did It. They stand hetweaR-
the saloon and the people. and are
gnarantrrs tO the people IN the sum 0f
two Thousand dollars each that the sa-
loon would he al orderly, pleasant and
legally iept place. and one Of which
any citiZ"n might he proud. Without
the aid Of Mr.. Wilson and Of Mr.. An
derson, we would have lost this saloon
and all the pleasure md profit it brings
to the village, to say nothing of the
$13OO.OO of license money that went
into the village treasury, Of course.
there are 4 lot Of prohibitiontsts that
kick and there are q lot of anti-saloon
Republicans that kick, and also a lot
Of Democrats who have not succeeded
in getting a nomination on their ticket
VIII" kick, and there are lot Of fool
farmers" who raise the ridiculous
point that the village gets the $1,000 co
license money, and they are taxed to
pay the $1,000 90 a year legal expenses
in the courts that are caused directly
by the saloon, but all these men are
''chronic> kickers" ard would not be
satisfied if every man in the county
had a saloon AS Il next door neighb0r,
Now, appeal to the wives Of Worth
lngton, is it not your duty to turn out
and work for the two men who hare
been Instrumental in prpvitais Z snctr a
pleasant, hOmelike and elevating re-
sort for your husbands and sOnsr And
| appeal to the fathers of WOrthing-
ton, is it not your duty tn throw bal
| lot for the two men who have, at mucl,
pecuniary risk to themselves made
you assured IF = perfectly unobjection:
able place of resort for your sons, for
the long winter eveningsP OF some
saloons We might he doubtful. hut
when men Of the high character that
is asc'ibod-and justly SOTO Mr.. Will
sol bo,:oine gu arantOrs for the saloon,
all u"ubts should vanish. And whe"
this guaranty is endorsed b the sheriff
of the county-the officer whose expresa
is simply absurd to ssx further ques-
tiOns.
Again, 4 man? opened an establish
ment in this village. where one could
get Z. night cap before retiring, and
something to CUT the phlegm early in
the morning, aud where the students
Ut our schools erAld obtain ! A'tonic
when bOdy and mild, were exhausted
oy hard study. NJ license, and no sa-
loon, we've the rule. at the time, aud
I you will doubtless concur with me and
with Mr.. Wilson that such place Of
rtsort WAS H. necessity, under the cir
cnmstances. 1t is not every one whn
likes to be seem going into q saloon, no
matter how wellit is kept, and no mat.
ter how eminent are the men VINO stand
as guarantors for it. Now, this man WAS
arrested on the aimsy charge that he
had sold liquor to boys. One would
hardly believe that he should be 80
''persecuted." but it is true. No law
yer had the courage to defend him ex
cept Mr.. Wilson. He did 50, and ST.
cured a triumphant acQnittal on the
! ground that no one saw the man pick
up the money that the boy threw on
tho counter for the whiskey. That
night sO,De worthless fellows, having
no respect for the law, or the ''C0nsti.
tuition Of the United States" wrecked
the establishment and drove this ma'
from the town. We thus lost a valua-
ble citizen. aud wherever he goes hi
gives us a bal name, and the injury
to, the community, direct aud indirect
will he felt for MANY day. Mr.. Viii
son, however. did his duty, aud it tl,'
grand jury filled to indict these mob
b"rs and white caps, it was not hil
fault. lie showed his moral ooHrag,
in all this, and it 10 moral et,~raRl
that resists temptation. and It il nsova
courage TO resist temptation that VI
need::fn Il legislator. the railroads try
to bIy them, and the banks try to bH1
them, and the money changers try Il
buy them, and the enEtnrations an,
mOD.'p"lies try to buy them. Whe,
tlIrs. tempters cOme with their temp
tations, We a,e safe Il we have i ma,
; hat eau not be hlugLt.
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