Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-30
BISHOP SHANLEY'S LETTER.

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BISHOP ShANLEY'S LETTER.
Com ments on the Recent EPistle Of
the Well.Kn0Wn Churchman Ro.
Earaing the Status Of Prohibition
In This state.
Wshpeton Globe Bishop Shanley's
letter on "Our Unique Brand of Prohibl-
ton" has aroused the prohibs from one
end Of the country to the other. The
usual argument is that the bishop doesn't
know what he is writing about-Is not IN
a position to have knowledge Of the
amount Of liquor sold and drank. If the
critics would give their remarks local
application they might find themselves
in the position they ascribe to Mr.. Shan.
ley. What does the average prohibition.
ist know Of the liquor trafici Very lit.
tie. He cannot get inside information,
because he is the svowed enemy Of the
liquor seller. All he knows is that "the
open saloon does not exist" and that is
sufficient evidence to him that prohibition
is q success.
The Grand Forks Plaindcaler says it
finds this state cursed by law which is
violated openly, fagrantly. and which is
not Of the slightest effect except to In
jure the state reputation sbroad-where
it is regarded IS hotbed of cranklsm.
The Plalndealer says 1t can publish at
any time the location OF 200 open saloons
il the state. and is in possession Of q
steuographic report OF an interview with
the only wholesale liquor dealer who has
ever been asked for his attitude with re.
gard to prohibition, and IN which he says
specifically that the prohibition law was
u god.send to him, for lie now sells more
liquor than ever and sells for cash.
Valley City Patriot The Putriot is not
going to discuss whether prohibition pro
hibits or whether it does not prohibit. 1t
is not going to jump onto Bishop Shan
ley, or the jamestown Alert editor. or l.
G. Wade, or any other person. for ex
pressing an honest opinion. But It SIM
ply rises to remark that, with three men
lying dead aud q stabbipg affair, all dur
ing the past four days. within the borders
Of Barnes county, the debate Is not apt to
be protracted ss to The question. (Which
is the greatest blessing--the prohibition
blind pig or high l,cense2"
Valley City Times. Record The prohi>
bition question is being argued pro and
con in the Fargo Argus aud Jamestown
Alert brought about by letter written
by Bishop Stanley. To read the views
OF those who criticize the bishop one
would suppose that the right reverend
gentleman was opposed to the principle
of prohibition. The Times Record doesn't
See anything Of the kind. Bishop Shan
ley rightly says that prohibition does not
prohibit: but he does not say whether, IN
his opinion, 1t would or would not b .
good thing If it did prohibit.
Langdon Courier. Democrat There is
not city, town or hamlet in the state of
North Dakota IN which Intoxicating llq.
uor IS not sold to. day, and in most cases
as freely and openly as If they were Ii
censed. Bishop Shanley's fearless de.
nuuciation of prohibition, as It is en-.
forced in this state, has created conster~
nation In the ranks of the prohibitionlsts,
as IL is y well-known fact that there is not
a more earnest temperance worker in the
state than the reverend bishop, and none
whose uttersnces upon any question Car.
ries more weight.
Mayvllle Tribune: There is liquid
that is sold over the bar in this city that
resembles beer. 1t is said to taste like
beer, looks like beer, smells like beer,
acts like beer, and yet it's not beer--else
the prohibition law in the form Of q pros.
ecuting attorney would have swooped
down on the vendor thereof and lncar-
cerated him real quick.
Dawson Standard Not only has con.
stitutlonal prohibition proven failure in
North Dakota, but constitutional prohi.
bltion or any other law that attempts to
regulate mans appetite or mans usual
conduct is against the spirit of our iusti.
tutions and will not be long tolerated by
the people.
Bismarck Tribune: Bishop Stanley
answers the many who have objected 10
his anti prohibition as tits letter by say
ing that he has never written q line
against prohibition as theory. 1t is to
prohibition as cold, calm fact that the
bishop objects.