Willmar tribune., 1900-03-28
LAW AND ORDER COLUMN. !!
Edited by the chairman of the Enforce ]
! ment COMMITTEES OF the A. S. League. !
2s-Sssce-:-sscses
ITO BE CONTINUED. ]

.IHEIAAES. SALOON MONEl
(S27,4s7.01) ($5OO0)
Next Tuesday the citizens of Will
mar will be called upon to vote upon
the question whether they will legalize
the whiskey traffic in Wil]mar again
or not. We feel confident that the
verdict of year ago will stand, with
an increased majority. It cannot be
otherwise. Will you tell US that the
splendid public sentiment that has
during the last few months won splen-
did victories -triumphs wrested
through hands which themselves favor
saloons-will abandon the fight and
evacuate positions gained, in coward
]y flight. A thousand times, no!
'***
A saloon victory now means the tri-
umph of the though" element Of Will
mar. The fair name of our city is at
stake. During the past year our city
has progressed-morally ans materi-
ally. Compared with a year ago the
moral status of our little city has been
wonderfully improved. Farmers may
now come to town, do their business
and return in safety. No legalized
dramshop stand open to tempt the
weak and debauch the man with an
appetite for drink. No teams stand
about the streets until late at night
waiting for their drunken masters to-
goad them into frenzied gallop to
their country homes, making the night
hideous to the peaceful people who
live by the roadside. People who
dreaded to visit town before, now come
and 60 home sober. The deep anxiety
of fathers, mothers, wives, brothers,
sisters and children in hundreds of
homes in town and country has been
allayed. The "going to town" is less
dreaded, Shame and modification
haye vanished from many home.
Are the floodgates of temptation to be
opened again. No, a thousand times,
no!
Xxx
Large numbers of buns, tramps and
all manner of tough gentry have given
our city a wide berth during the past
year. They don't thrive in ''dry"
town. More will leave if the people of
the village will say so, and elect a
mayor who will use his police power
as it should be used, Would you in
vite this class of people to infest our
city? No, a thousand times, no!
*x*
The whole blind-pig gang that de-
family opposed and violated the will
Of the people during the past year are
now Except those serving time) work
ing hard for saloons. They now have
become wonderfully solicitious about
"giving the people chance to vote"
simply because they think their threats,
bluster, Dragging and defiance of law
has changed public sentiment. Will
the moral forces of the village sur
render to this contemplate outfit.
No, a thousand times, no!
a"*'r. -" ~. Xxx
The saloon element has already COM
pleted their arrangements to open up
ssaloons. The old stands have been
rented at such figures that show that
such a franchise must be worth some
thing to the owners. Every place but
one is still exactly in the same shape as
when the shameful orgies of the last
night OF the saloons in w illmar were
enacted. The verdict Of the people
has never, been accepted for a minute
by these people. The u. S. govern
ment records at ST. Paul show that
four Of these places have been oc-
cupied by men who have paid retail
! liquor license money to the govern
I! ment: Here is the record: sx,
From Book No 10, II IS. Internal Rev.
Record Of Special Tax Payers and Register
i 1899: Ss m E VI :* *
! Page 439- A: Stabler; business, r.. =. D.
place, Willmar; amount paid. $25; (from
j July 1890, to July 4, 1900;1 issued, July
q 90; Serial No, Of Stamp 81. 81 ssSs:52.
8 Page 390--J ohm r. Mad tson; business, r.
Il s. place. Willmar; from July 1, 1899, to
1 July /, 1901: j amount paid, s25; date Of pay
ment, July 4 1890; serial NJ of Stamp, 4:
Page 271 Andrew "a Klevjer, business
r: L. D. place. illmar; from JULY 1899, to
July 1919oO; D amount paid, sssee5: see ate of pay
|5ment,s July L, 1889; Serial No. Of Stamp,
Z ~, ,T4O III VI
I Page 2l4---.J lanes Hackarson; business. d.
4 %. place, ~ illmar:: from Nov. 1899, to
i July 19OO; amoun paid, SIG 81: date Of pay.
Lment, me Oct. 81, 80; Serial number Of Stamp
104, $50.
r.. T. d. IS an abTeYiation used In the
4 book for retail liquor dealer
Is Men from each Of the four places
4 have been convicted Of Illegal selling,
lin two cases not the partles who paid
the license. this outti are se
sIconfd dent that the viii carry the daJ
SzInext Tuesday hat they have already