The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-03-06

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Our Badge: A knot OF white ribbon
Our Aims: Home protection prohibition of
the liquor traffic, equal suffrage. one standard
OF morals, and the bringing about Of better
public sentiment. ~,4.s sssfg# W
MRS. N c. LIBBY, President,
MRS. LOUISA .ANTHo1NE, Secretary,
MRS. ADA FARNHAM. Treasurer.
The Chicago Tribune recently
published the statement that there
were in Portland twenty five places
where liquor was sold openly
in spite of the prohibition law.
MIR. Pearson, the sheriff of Cum
berland county, in his address
given in Chicago on Washington's
birthday refuted the statement and
said: There were 277 special U.
S. tax receipts in Portland the
night [ took my office and there
were many places selling as 'kitch-
en- bar rooms.'" Stepping to the
chairman, Mr.. Pearson counted
out 500 in his hand and said, INV
hundred dollars shall belong to the
man who will produce evidence
that there is one such place." He
also offered to pay for all wiring if
any man in the audience would
telegraph to the mayor of Port
land for information. He stated
that there were also twenty-five
cities and towns in Cumberland
county outside of the city of Port
land and offered to put up another
hundred dollars if any man would
find an open saloon or bar in the
county. If the readers of this
column will remember this one
item and always remember that
Prohibition prohibits, especially
when there is party to enforce it,
and that one man brought about
the results named above, it may
help you and yours. I will give
gleanings from Mr.. Pearson's ad-
dress. In speaking of George
Washington, first in war, first in
peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen," he said: II some
times pause and think how badly
he would feel if he came back to
visit America at this time and
found from the Atlantic to the
Pacific the countless saloons.
What think you? For thlrty-two
years l have given my best strength
and all my time to the advance
ment of the cause of prohibition of
the liquor traffic. What have you
given or what are you willing to
give for the man of sorrows who
said, I give my life for thee, what
hast thou given for meg What
we give to promote the will of
Our Father on earth we give to
him. ..... ....
For seven consecutive years I
made my own ballot out of a piece
of paper and wrote upon it For
Mayor, Neil Dow When it. was
counted as scattering the first year
[ said, Gentlemen, you have done
me great honor. I want the bal
lot counted scattering for by the
grace of God it is going to scatter
until it SHOWS the liquor traffic
under in Cumberland county,"
This man has what he worked
for and the majority of our votes
will produce the same results, but
in the name of God let US all deter
mine we will have less guilt laid
upon us. Mr.. Pearson organized
la Prohibition party with three
members whom he designated,
'smy wife, my daughter and my
self" You can do that much and
more. Continuing Mr.. Pearson
said: "The second day of last
July the people of Maine assem-
bled themselves together to cele-
brate the fftieth anniversary of
the establishment of the Maine
law, and l tell you, friends, that if
fifty years of a continuous test will
not satisfy the people as to the
law either of it's validity or of it's
worthlessness, nothing can do it.
At the time the Prohibition law
was enacted there were in the en-
tire State five savinrs inct;tu+;onc
representing 100000; to-day there
are ffty-seven savings banks,
twenty-five building and loan asso-
Citations, thirty-seven trust compa-
MES with aggregate deposits of
more than $113,0O0,000. These
are arguments of great force in
favor of enforced prohibition. -
Mrs. Pearson's last words spoken
to her husband were: "You are
now the sheriff. Be a good one,
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