The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-10-21
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CoLUsIS.
a Great Moral Victory
BY W. I. Wiihraw. D. D.

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The Canadian plebiscite Of Sept. %
was the greatest moral ctory ever won
for the cause of prohibition. F,r the
first time ia .le history Of the world over
"a country as large as the whole OF Euro7e
the viii Of the people was declared 10 one
day on this question Every province 10 I
the Dominion. save one. gave majority
in favor Of prohibition. The vote was
mot light one, buta very large one. and .
majority III the time of writing cf 1900
is recorded rs in favor OF the most strin-
gent prohibition OF the manufacture, i'm
portation. or sale not only OF whskey.
rum. and brandy. but Of ale vine, beer.
and cider. When this vote is examined
its true significance will be seen. Itls
the vote OF tle most intelligent. lawabid-
ing, and wel!-to-do portions Of the com
muuity. The people Of maritime prov
iuces. than whom there are 10 more intel
+ ligent ln ibe Dominion. who have had
large experience for years Of local prohi-
+ biiion in many OF their counties AID
know its worth, gave ID very large ma ior-
iify OF about 10000. But this is offset by
the almost solid vote OF the French Ro-
man Catholic population Of Quebec, The
mosl iIiierai- cf The Dominion Thou
sands Of ;hcm eau neither rrad 4 nor write.
and many thousands more can speak no
language but French. aud are completely
under the influence OF their priests. Lend.
inc mcn of their race have. Oh the Sunday
before the pleoisciie. harangued the pvo-
pie from the steps of the churches and
turged them TO vote against prohibition.
= special ground of opposition was that
this was movame-t chiefly insligaied
aud supported by the Protestant Church
es to force yoke of bondage on tine French
Catholic people Montreal. which has
hundreds Of drinking places aud many
great breweries, gave majority of l0,0e,
against prohibition.
The liquor deaiers derive some small
comfort from The TACT that ,he majoriiies
are not nearly So large as al preyiops pro
vncial alehisci,es. when they reached
$4,000 These were held on municipal
lists. in which proper,Y-owuing wamrr
had votes. The vas, majority of the wo
men, bless them ara always on The si5eo
every moral movement that makes foi
the betterment OF hearth and home au,
S native land Their votes were now ex
cluded This was, then. largely AN aca
, demic question IS il could have no pgac
iical effect; now IL has come within tn
sphere OF practical politics, and is ther
To stay The liquor dealers craft was d
danger, and they fought for their ver
lives They had ample funds. and ever
means. the most unscrupulous and il-
gal, was employed Many c-ses of per
- s'natioa OF voters. living or dead TOO
u place. ltisalleced that in Toronto alon
= 2.C00 Of these occurred. We had prob
y b,ion far Que day at east Tayerns
y the Dominion are CLOSED by law on elcciio
days. ln few places this rule was dl
= d-d, and liquor flowed freely In mot
places il was observed. and order prevail
ed In Toronto uol single drunk W;
arrested This. however. left a large an
wen organized set Of workers and war
heeiors at liberty to get in their 0ne worl
y, and they did it very elfrciually
:. Continued in next issue.