The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
w. G.. r. u. COLUMN.

In an eastern city n lady was one day
passing a licensed saloon when she saw
coming ont OF the saloon a young man
she had known from childhood and in
whose welfare she was deeply interested.
She said TO him; arthur, / wish you
would not go into saloons" "Wby not?"
inquired the young man. because sa-
looms are bad places" she answered. Il
don't think So" was his reply; "my faith
or votes for saloons and he 10 a good
man, and since he votes for saloons in
this city they ought to be good places
for me to visit"
Are there any good men in Madison
who will vote for FALCONS in u city? II
so, do they consider saloons good places
for their sons to visit?
IL a young man becomes a victim OF
be any less because he bought the pols.
onous drsughts in II licensed saloon?
Ii n drunkard strike his wife or child,
will the blows hurt any less because he
became intoxicated in a licensed saloon?
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The revenue derived from thesiniquit-
Gus liquor traffic is what blinds the
eyes OF SO many to see that a license can
rever make Il dlshonorable business,
honorable. This revenue seems of such
Importance hat IN comparison to it
ruined families and lost souls sink into
insignlticance.
Suppose some one should come to
Madison and propose to pay a thousand
dollars into the city treasury on condi-
ton that he might let a number OF mad
dogs loose on our streets. How many
would vote to allow such q course? How
paltry would the license fee look when
one thought Of the havoc those dogs
would cause! Is, however, the bite OF a
mad dog any more than is the desolation
wrought by the liquor traffic? The ga
loon destroys both soul and body while
the bite Of a mad dog could, never ex-
clude one from the City Of Light which
no drunkard can enter.
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Hundreds Of years before the Christ
ian era, a noted writer pronounced a
woa upon "those who call evil good and
good evil.".and "who justify the wicked
for a reward The book in which these
,r~rl, ,ra r,n>rIa1 10 onroptaI kv fho
majority OF the people Of this
city as the inspired word Of the
living God, and a large number profess
to take it AS the guide TO their lives.
How can such, remembering the curse
promised to those "who build a city
with blood" expect to prosper by receiv-
ing license fees? .,.
When Gladstone was chancellor Of the
exchequer, some men engaged iI the
liquor traffic went to him and urged
that their business ought to have more
consideration on account Of Its paying
such a large revenue to the English gov
ernmeDt.
Gladstone's reply was, Gentlemen,
don't worry yourselves about the reven-
ue; give me sober people and We will
have revenue enough and a surplus"
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AL fathers who wish their sons to
grow up to become sober, industrious
men, should vote against license, and all
men who believe that saloons are bad
places for boys should vote against IL
cense and 80 rid our city OF these dan
gerous institutions.
IL saloons are beneficial, then surely 1t
is unjust to demand license and thus
prevent a poor man unable to pay the
license from engaging IN the business;
bat if rum. selling is wrong, no amount OF
license, however high, can ever make it
right.