The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-04
temperance Notes.

OEVSSSHSVS SS1SSS IS0SSSs
The state convention Of n. d., w.
G. 4. U. will be held at Wahpeton
Sept. 28-29 in the First Congregations
al Church. Miss Lillian Phadys, of
st. Gatharines, Ont, graduate of
school Of oratory, etc And Miss
Della Mae Connett, the popular Y.
secretary of Ohio will be the onlven-
tiOn sneakers.
Delegates to the state convention
will be elected by the local uni0n this
aftern00n.
Prohihition of the liquor traffic is a
live question throughout our oountIy
and in many states has become q live
issue in politics. Minnesota pro-
hibltionists have purchased the big
gest automobile ever seen In the
northwest and will conduct their cam
paign by its means. 1t will carry
campaign speakers, brass band and
male quartette. 1t will visit the most
populous portions of the state with
flying banners-visiting half dozen
towns daily. Pboclaiming political
creed that places manhood above
money" ''The machine is a twelve
passenger brake, of the latest and
most attractive style, fitted with 25
horsepower hydrocarbon motor which
is power enough to run over any road.
1t has wide solid rubber traction tires,
that will give the machine firm foot
ing in sand, and traction power in
mud and on grades. The weight of
the machine, with no load Is about
300 pounds" 1t will carry twelve
persons. 1t is expected to reach 25O
towns by this means. Already appli-
cations for meetings are pouring in.
A quarter of all the evening meetings
possible have been engaged.
A feature of the Illinois prohibition
convention was the subscribing by ten
men Of 800 each, for the campaign
fund. 1900 delegates and visitors were
in attendance ending with an inn
mense mass-meeting addressed by
John G. Wooley and National Chair
man Stewart. The convention parade
preceding the evening rally was
a brilliant "eye opener" to whisky
ridden Peoria. cit was several blocks
long and was Illuminated by candles.
rockets and red fire."
The following dispatch has appeared
in various daily papers recently:
''La Crosse, Wis, Aug. ia meet
ing of approximately 100 sheriffs of
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illi-
nois, will be held at La Crosse during
the present month, for the purpose
Of settling upon some concerted ac-
tion for the apprehension of horse
thieves whose depredations have con-
tinued despite all efforts of officials.
(The capitals are ours). Sheriff Barb
er of this city is active in the matter.
He said today that the rewards now
out for horse thieves aggregate nearly
$1,000. Two more thefts occurred
yesterday. - The thieves are unit
ed and do their work in systematic
manner. And officials despair of ac-
complishing anything by individual
endeayOr.
The New Voice makes the follow
ing deductions upon this official dis
patch made with startling display
heads. in the papers:
"Upon the .supposition that
the editorial utterances of our daily
papers have always been conscientious
expressions of mature opinions, we
may expect straight way vigorous
demand for the repeal Of the laws
prohibiting horse stealing and for the
enactment Of high license and local
option legislation for the regulation
Of that industry We submit, that
from the statements made in that dis
patch, if they are truthful-and they
have behind them the same high au-
thorities from which the public re-
ceives most of it's information regard
ing numerous public questions the
following points are distinctly proved:
l. The prohibition of horse steal
ing is failure.
2. Public sentiment does not sup
port the law.
8. The administration of the law
is ''farce."
4. This 'damnable prohibitory
statute" makes ''criminals and hypo-
critics" of great body of men who, If
the law were repealed and a treason
able license law enacted" would be
respectable citizens.
5. Any man who continues to favor
the retention of the law prohibiting
horse stealing is a bigot and moss
back. And:we further submit that