The Iola register., 1901-10-04

dBdlusU US, Unelr greed ana rapaClty,
1t is comparatively easy to cry
"Throttle the tyrant" and Down with
the enemy of our homes" but this OPP
posing force is brazen, crafty, power
full and organized, ever presenting to
us a solid front Of resistance.
What shall we do?
First learn wisdom OF the enemy.
"Unite" your temperance forces! In
unity, alone, lies our strength. Unite
in solid phalanx, in the name of mu-
nicipal reform and eliminate from
future tickets the scheming politician
of either party. who fails to do his
duty.
Secondly, make determined and per-
sistent effort to unforge the claims
which bind the majority of the people
whose express will is defied and their
remonstrances unheeded by politicians
who fail to properly represent them.
Let the people assert themselves by
demanding a direct vote on all great
public questions. The right of the
majority to rule was affirmed by the
Declaration of Independence Vox Pop
uli Vox Dell Let us ever aim to OBJ
tain more and more the "voice of the
people," (women as well as men peo-
ple) and less and less of the iniquity
of is-representative government.
Next and last-but by no means
least-waste less time and force on
Reformation, and concentrate your
efforts toward Formation.
Don't elect yourselves to act as an
ambulance for the liquor traffic! Let
the town support the paupers they
create by their licensed saloon or un-
licensed joints which ever the case
may be. Not that l exhort you, in
the least, to ignore the claims of the
needy or unfortunate. But while the
| w. G. II. U. has always stood as q
synonym for womanly sympathy and
generosity, would not have you, in
dividually, otherwise. would, that
as an organization, we economic our
funds that we may champion the
course whose watch-word is-Agitate,
educate, organize.
Formation is gained through educa-
tion, which, in my opinion assumes
two important phases-frst the edu-
cation of the child, and secondly, Of
the adult which reaches him, largely
through the proper education of the
child, thus literally fulfilling the words
of Holy -"Behold! little child
shall lead them"
Fail not to give your best efforts to
the child, as yet unspoiled by sin or
led captive by enslaving habit. Be.
gin the lessons early in the day of
prattling childhood; prosecute them
faithfully in the Loyal Temperance
Legion, the school lessons on Temper
ance Physiology, the aptly-prepared
Sunday School lessons and the medal
contests, at once an educator for old
as well as young. Again | warn you,
Do not neglect the little child in your
midst. In the gray morn of this early
century, while yet the mists hang
heavy, obscuring the mental vision
she" stands the central figure of hope
full endeavor. Into his young hands
shall yet be entrusted the fate of a
Nation founded by good men and true.
The "brave boys in blue" through
sacrihcial death, broke loose the
shackles, forged by their fathers, I"
which made the black, a slave. Our
sons and daughters shall yet remove
the chains from those who, by con-
sent of their fathers, are Habit en-
shaved, and powerless to free them
selves.
But let us turn for moment to our
distinguished patient for, as Mrs.
Nation just now moved in her hasty
and impetuous manner she overturned
a Jug, smashing bottle and a mirror.
1t has startled him, consequently his
pulse beats a little faster. 1t is only
a temporary Autter, however, although
| must confess that it really does seem
stronger since he swallowed that last
dose of Anti-Army Canteen. See to il
that remedy is never removed. Here
after see that the w. G. Il. U. is in
stalled as chief nurse, for although
many editors and ministers have oft