The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-13
w. G. r. u. COLUMN.

The w. G. T. u, like every other organ
lied movement, needs the endorsement
Ut the press, without which IL will fail
in its efforts to become q n efficient fac
tor for good in any community. A local
w. G. T. U. is seldom organized in q
town that does not already boast one or
more newspapers. These papers wsrs
established with a large outtay Of money
by their proprietors. II also takes a
large sum to continue to publish a daily
or sven a weekly paper, and the few
women who compose the local unions
can never hope to own papers OF their
own. They can, however, probably with
few exceptions, obtain some space in
their home papers, as the editors Of both
daily and weekly papers have seldom re-
fused to insert freely not only ell notices
Of temperance meetings but also contrib
uted articles in reference to the work Of
the various unions.
In addition to all this, which the edi-
tor of The DAILY LEADER has in COM
mon with his craft practiced for years,
Mr.. Stahl now most generously donates
a half column of his valuable paper
every Saturday to the free use Of the
Madison w. G. r. u, and it remains for
us to prove whether we have the good
sense necessary to improve the oppor-
tunity that is ours, The LEADER has a
large circulation. 1t is read not only in
the homes OF our city, but out into the
country far beyond the city limits, even
beyond the boundary of our state.
Therefore, by being able to speak
through the columns of THE LEADER We
hope our voice will be heard by hun
dreds and even thousands whom W
could reach in no other way, and thus to
gain some friends for the AUS Of right.
eousness from those who are Indifferent
as to which side they are on in the
struggle of the home for protection
against its most deadly enemy-the
legallzed liquor traffic.
w. Jennings Den,orest died in New
York April 8. He originated the idea of
the Demorest Contests, and also fur
nished the money to carry out his plan,
freely giving all the medals, the silver,
the gold, and the diamond.
The following advertisement appeared
in a late number of The Constitution, u
paper published by Mr.. Demorest:
"WANTED-A Boy: A brave, cour-
ageous, manly, hopeful boy; one who is
not afraid of the truth; n who scorns a
lie; one who hates deceit; one who loves
his mother; n who is willing to begin
at the bottom of the ladder aud work
upwards; one who thinks an education
Is worth striving for; one who is willing
to obey his superiors; q who wont do a
dirty act for another boy who Is too
cowardly to do his own meanness; one
who loves to do right because 1t Is right.
Wanted, a boy: a w~hole-souled, earnest,
honorable, square boy.
WANTED, i've hundred thousand BOYS,
as above described, to keep alive the
liquor traffic, legalized by the voters of
this country through their political par
ties. We guarantee TO transform them
into ~loafers, tramps, and drunkards;
WEI make OF them inhuman husbands
and fathers, and finally land them in the
poor house, insane asylum, state peni.
ttopry m - l1chDr1raI I-,L~l,y
graves. ISigned] 2OO,OOO Saloonkeep.
ers."
An old woman who lived across the
waters in q country where law sane
toned the liquor traffic, for years made
her living by selling Intoxicating drinks
to her neighbors. One day she happen
ed tt hear q noted evangelist preach and
his earnest words made such an i'm.
preston on her mind that she deter
mined to live q Christian life the remain
der of her days.
Though the civil law Of her land gave
her a legal right to sell intoxicating
drinks, she felt that by 80 doing she
would violate the divine law of God
whom she now purposed to obey. She
therefore took the jugs containing the
poisonous drafts into her back yard, and
looking at them said: "You and / have
long kept company, but the Lord Jesus
Christ has nov come to abide In my
house, and l know he cannot keep com
pany with such as you, and I choose
him." With these words she broke the
iupe.