The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25

deal in it-then the minority must
bow to the edict. That is republican
government. People who believe in
a certain law have right to have
it voted on. We urge upon the good
people of Waconia, and we know them
to be good citizens from acquaint-
anceship, to be just, law-loving, and
respecting. Do not think the temper
ance movement movement Who'll
" inaugurated by ''cranks!' The
Dakota Alliance is solid prohibi-
ton hody-so is the Iowa Alliance
and the Kansas Kansas has
80, 900 members! But it is not alone
farmers. Read the following from
the representative man among the
great railroad princes:
&c. M. Depew in recent address
before an audience of railroad men
said: twenty-five years ago
knew every man, woman and child in
Peekskill. And it has been study
with me to mark boys started in
every grade Of life with myself, to see
what has become of them. was up
last fall and began to count them
over, and it was an instructive ex-
hibit. Some of them became clerks,
merchants, manufacturers, lawyers,
doctors. 1t is remarkable that every
one of those that drank is dead; not
one living OF my age. Barring few
who re'taken off by sickness, every
one who proved a wreck and wrecked
his family, did it from rum and no
other cause"
Of the class of six young men who
graduated with the editor of this pa
per, five slept in drunkard's graves
before they were IS years of age
and it cannot be said that all of that
talented quintette were weak men!
Every scientist in the world now
knows that alcohol produces a
peculiar condition OF coagulation Of
nervous matter which calls for it's
presence after constant use by dis
eaSed condition.
Sowe are sorry our German friends
have taken this position. We know
well that if such a law should carry
that their sacrifices would be very
great-but the law of God and the
love of humanity call for sacrifice for
human welfare.
This paper cannot help leaning to-
wards better things -and it is GER
tain if all the vast stream of money
that goes down the throat were
turned into more books, more
clothes, more stock, more carpets,
more school, more amusements,
more Christ, more charity, more
food, more comforts, then the chill
dren, the wives, the fathers-all the
world-would be happier and better.
Yet we are not afraid to open our
columns to this discussion if our
friends wish to discuss it. The liber-
ty to vote on a question means a
liberty to discuss. While we cannot
believe that liberty means liberty to
do wrong, or to tempt the weak, or
take comforts from women and chill
dren and home, or to cultivate dis
ease, or to make man unconscious
of evil, las when in a drunken condi-
ton -still, all these views of reform
may be wrong-society may be very
bigoted-very tyrannical-and very
unjustin advocating the abolition of
the use OF liquor. If so, there will be
a change in public sentiment. But
at all events, the people have a right
to vote on the question.
Here are the resolutions:
WHEREAS, At the late Annual
Meeting OF the State Farmers Ali
ance, prohibition plank was
adoptd to submit to the vote of the
people an amendment to the consti-
tuition OF the state forever prohibit
ing the saloon and liquor traffic, and
WHEREAS, Such an amendment will
interfere with our personal rights
and liberties, and is contrary to our
constitution, and
WHEREAS, The liquor license law
now in force ia meeting all the re-
quirements and
WHEREAS, 1t was very unwise and
unnecessary for adopting such a
plank, for it is against the interest
of the farmer, and it only brings dis
harmony in our ranks and greatly
decrease our number, Therefore
RESOLVED, That we, the Waconia
Farmers Alliance, No. SOS, most en-
phatically condemn said prohibition
plank, and we demand a reconsider
alton and a rejection OF the same at
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