Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-03-08

voters are only strong minority, when
they get to Bismarck will vote for pro.
hlbitiOn. Sometimes men are sent from
strong resubmission districts who are not
really in sympathy with the public SEM
timent of their county or dlstrict-mcn
who have been strong and active prohibl
tionlsts until they found that prohibition
was unpopular whereupon they pro.
claimed from the housetops that their
eyes had been opened to a new light. In
dlviduals of this class, when they are
sent to the legislature. give perfunctory
support to resubmission. Each one is
careful to see that his name is all right
when the yeas and nays are called, but,
however talkative and contentious he
may have been on oil other matters that
came up--even on those in which his dis
tilct had no interest whatever--he is as
dumb as an oyster when reseubmission
is before the chamber and needs defend
erS.
The resubmlssion republicans Of this
state might as well make up their mind
to one thing: They will never attain
their object as long as they tumble over
one another getting to the polls to vote
for an open or secret prehibitionist be
cause he happens to get republican
nomination tor the legislature They
will be compelled, if they hope to finally
win, to seek the election of Legislators
who will not only vote right at roll call,
but on each and every subsidiary motion,
and who will talk and work in season and
out Of season for the attainment of the
desired object That is the way the pro.
hibltionists do; and they should be
fought with the same weapons. There
ought to be, before another campaign
comes on, u state resubmission league
with sub-leagues in every county in the
state. Frlendliness to rssubmission
and willingness to work for resubmis-
sion should be the test Of every legis-
latve candidate voted for, and no enc
mics IN disgulse-who, if elected, will do
as little as they dare do for the measure
should be indorssd by the league.
Under existing conditions there is every
reason fer professional politicians from
close counties to lean toward the prehibs
when they get to Bismarck If they volr
that way, the we'll organized and fanatic
Il prohlbs Will welcome them home with
open arms; while. if they take the oppo-
site course, there Is no corresponding
welcome and applause on the the part OF
The equally numerous but unorganized
advocates of license. There have been
men IN every session of the legislature
since statehood whose sympathies were
with rssubmission, but whose votes wer..
opposed, because they feared the aggrcs.
sve political force of the prohibition
half of their constituency And this class
of men always will vote with the pruhr.
pi,ionists until they find that the resub.
mlssIonists OF their respective districts
are as well organized and AS wide awak.
As those of the other side.
A great many Of the newspapers, too
ven in counties or districts where the re-
submisslonlsts have q good sized major.
ty--ale either silent on the issue cl
t"sdy to the prQhibs. because they know
that the minority is always in full wal
paint and ready to fight, while the maj jor.
ity seems to imagine that ghost-dancing z
is aggressive warfare.
If resubmisslon Is worth fightlng for, il
is worth organizing for and, unless the
license people of the state intend to take
tight.
Those who believe that very little work
is necessary for the eventual overthrow
of prohibition should not forget that
here are four strong and active forces in
league for it's support. First and forc-
most are the habilual notwithstanding
them being the members of the w. G.
L. U.--whO are honest and conscientiou.
and whose views eught to have The re
sprct OF every resubmissionist. Second
he liquor dealers on the Minnesota side
of the Red river, who believe that license
or local option is n SIN that cries to HEAVIER
for vengeance--in North Dakota. Third
the jug-and-tin-dipper blind-piggers, whs
would be forced out of business If higl
license should again prevail Fourth
and the most numerous. and found prin
clpally In the Rrd River valley, a class OF
voters who approach the polls with {
snnctmonlous look on their face, pro
hibition ballot In their hand, and bottle
of alcohol in their pocket. The latter il
the class that placed"prohibition in the
constitution and fastened the curse O
Notwithstanding upon the agriculture
aborers of the valley--a curse thousant
fold greater than the drinking Of absinth,
is to the people of France.
But, Notwithstanding the strong com
blnation of saints and sinners in its ia
vor, the Record believes that prohibition
could easily be turned down il the resub
missionists would, like their advrrsaries
work only for the election of n members o
the legislature whom they could dc
pend on.