Willmar tribune., 1895-03-19
A Word to the TEMPERANCE People
of Willmar Relative to the
Coming cisyEleo-
tion.i@.


The most important point to
keep in view relative to the COM
in%'ontest on the liquor ques-
ton is not to make st a personal |
fight. All law abiding citizens
want the will of tile majority of
the people to he fairly expressed
on this question:. And to get
that personalities must he kept |
out, and the issue alone kept |
clear before the people. Let us
illustrate our meaning. Here
We have, we will assume, two
prominent leaders of the oppo-
site parties. One we will call
"Lice'se" and the, other "No Lii
cense." In the course of the
campaign "No-License" makes
some severe personal criticisms
on "License" the -:d+nunciatiop<
well merited by the worst fea.
lures of the traffic, is perhaps
heaped on the head of a single
individual who is no worse, or
perhaps as bad, as. the Honora-
bIe Lawmakers and the majority
OF people that authorize tile
traffic. He may even be in the
liquor business and yet have
some re'Ieeming features about
him that makes him popular.
Now what happens? The friends
"f "Licpnse' come TO his rescue,
enter into the fight ON his side,
not really to assert their views on
the liquor que<tiol-t|le merit of
that q question is brobably lost
sight OF entilv|y-but to defend
the personal cha1hcter of Ill
re''Se against theSsuppoSel un-
ju>titiaI'le perso'a| attaa.k of
No-Licen$e. .'These again have
other trends, and SO on and 50
on. /
The next thing We see is retail
intinn on the personal character
"f "No-LicenSe." " 'No-License"
is q, mortal anil has his faults,
and they will be paraded before
tn" public. !
Now look at the. # Ght and see
what we have got. A personal
contest n~ to the Popularity Of
the two leaders,. 1rhe merit of
the liquor question is out of
sight. i :. q.
No" todd this fenture in the
toni!y ele.:1i0l.. .l2N tlitf1N keel
in" out on your side all person
alities or local application of
censure of what you may deem
wrong. Remember that the
large majority Of voters are
moderate drinkers, who do not
SEE anything wrong in taking a
drink whenever they feel like it..
Yet those moderate drinkers
will as IL rule vote against the
saloon if you let them alone, be-
cause they realize that the poor
inebriates need protection
against temptation. But draw
on a personal fight and the mod
crate drinker will readily vote
for license without. any conscien.
til u, scruples. Leave personal,
tiles out 10y all means.
Je"s Larson, 70 years Of age
did Friday afternoon, after tive
werk's illness. He WAS born in
Sja11and, Denmark. He partici
pated in the (;erman-Danish war
1849-5O, and distinguished him
self for bravery on the battle
field of listed, for which he was
decorated with the Order Of Dan
nel,rag. We will give full parti
culars of his life next week. Fun
eral occurs Tuesday. 10Th, at ON
O'Clock, at the house and twt
O'Clock ut the Conference church
All kinds of Flowerand Garde1
seeds in bulk or packages, ut tn
Western Union Telegraph office
Litchfel.l had destructive f.,
SUNDAY. The Willmar fire De
partmeMt was called ON and, re
sponded promptly with hose
The trip of twenty-six miles " 1
made III twentv-sevel' minutes
and seve, minutes after their az
rival they were throwing TIVE
streams on the wood pile con
'nining 1900 cords Of wood
The home department were com
pe|lp'l todivide. and were thel
crippled for lark Of hose.
\ slight wreck occurred in tn
yard Monhav, cause'I by No.
backing into the engine of tn
Sioux Falls train, wrpcking tn
forward end of the Ell Yine an
the rear end of the coa,'h. No.