Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04

;W. c. T.u. COLUMN. :


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WOULD YOU ROB THE POOR MAN OF
HIS BEER?"
les. Ia rob the poor man of his beer.
And give him coat instead;
I'D put new shoes on his feet
And u hat on top of his head
I'd give his wife a brand new gown.
His children I'd clothe with care:
ia brighten up the fire on his hearth.
Nor leave his cupboard bare
I'd send him to church on Lords day mora
with Intellect clear and BRIGHT
With wife and child looking so neat
In praise OF God to unite
And think at last he would bless my ma me
With work or two of cheer.
That all for the sake of his comfort and
health
had robbed the poor man of his beer.
True Reform.
Clipper: Do not look with scorn at
the poor drunken sot as he reels along
the street. N o matter how bleared and
bloodshot his eyes, how ragged and
filthy his garments, how unsteady his
gait, nor how vile and blasphemus his
words: in the light Of reason and in
the sight of God he is as good as you
are, If you knowingly voted for the
system that made him drunkard.
In 1850, Gov. Burleigh said: "No
state has so little property under
mortgage, according to valuation, as
the State of Maine. There are whole
counties in which there is not a farm
under mortgage, and Maine loans
more money than any other farmiag
state." So much for prohibition.
Law of Minnesota relating to the
duties of saloon keepers and others in
relation to persons under sixteen
years of age:
Sec. 249. A person who admits to-.
or allows to remain in any dance
house, concert saloon, or in any place
where wines or spirituous or malt
liquors are sold or given away, or in
any place of entertainment injurious
to morals, owned kept or managed by
him in whole or in part, any child act
ually or apparently, under the age of
sixteen years, unless accompanied by
it's parent or guardian, is guilty of a
misdemeanor. Any person who shall
suffer or permit any such child to
play any game of skill or chance in
such place, or to be or remain therein,
shall be guilty of o misdemeanor.
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Earnest temperance speakers may
work ever so hard to secure signers
for the temperance cause, and yet find
that very little can be accomplished
as long as the saloons are so plentiful
fpr however earnest they may be-, in
their intentions, nine-tenths of them
are overcome by temptation and they
Fgo back to their old life. So many
say: ''The best way to lessen drink.
ing is to enforce stringent hi gh license
laws and thus regulate the sale o1
liquor" But high license liquo,
makes pledged men just as drunk as
low license liquor does, and the drinks
are obtained just as easily as before
although the law says liquor shall moi
be sold to persons in the habit of get
ting drunk. The law also says liquor
shall not be sold to boys under twenty
one years of age, but saloon keepers
disregard the law, and sell to whom
they please. The temperance people
can not stay in the saloons to see j.
the law is violated, and the saloon.
keepers violate the law every day
The high-licensed saloon has ever
better success than the low as onl,
men with sufficient capital to keep fine
places now bate their hooks to allure
the boys especially. Any law tina
leaves the saloon-keeper with his sho1
open and he behind the counter, leave:
| AAA LII q POo1UlOD w tlOldNc dill le0u
lations. He will sell to whom hf
chooses and pour out whatever tht
customer likes in spite of law and tenn
perance sentiment; and his customers
says Judge Dickey, will perjure them
selves rather than convict them. Hence
the only law that can be we'll executed
is a prohibitory law. The law tha
saws no intoxicating drinks shall bt
sold is simple aft air in the matter
of execution. Some people say tina
a prohibitory law could not he en-
forced successfully. Prohibition re
moves the difficulty of proving wha
a liquor dealer sells and to whom h,
sells it.
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The W. G.. T. u. hold their mex
meeting with Mrs. Mcdonald on Jan
uary 6, 1898, at p. m.
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