The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-11-17
W.CT.U. COLUMN
MRS. EVA NJ MURPHY, Editor
MRS. MARY c. HUFFMAN,
associate Editor


= Our Motto: 1--WE mean to be as =
= pleasant as sunshine. but as per =
= sistent as fate.
The Missouri Issue brings out the
interesting fact that the various brew
cries doing business in St. Louis own,
according TO the assessors books, 332
saloons. In these same books, all the
combined assessment Of these brew
cries amounts to only SS3,99O, a trihe
more than 500 each. There are
plenty Of single saloons worth nearly
that amount.
Massachusetts has a law which holds
a liquor dealer responsible for an ac-
cident to an intoxicated customer.
Many other states have civil damage
laws OF various sorts Il would be
well for prohibition workers to look
these up and apply them whenever
a good opportunity occurs. It is well
to multiply trouble for the traffic in
as many ways as possible.
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Springfield, III, has been struggling
over an ordinance to make the ioca-
ton Of a saloon perpetual in resid-
ence districts when the necessary con-
sent had once been obtained. Mayor
Devereaux cast the deciding vote
which killed the measure at the cOun-
ell meeting on October 80.
Ben Gillette, a BristOn. Conn, sa-
IOOnkeepers recently found a weasel in
his cash drawer, and nigh had a 1T.
Some Of Ben's customers have found
weasels in their boots, and actually
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breed imaginary weaseis, but it takes
the Connecticut high-Icense variety
to breed the real live ones.
A short time ago five American mis-
siOnaries were killed in China by
mob. Immediately the American gov
eminent was informed Of the fact, i'm
mediately il took action. China pays
all damages, Furnishes the perpetra-
tors Of the crime. and pays large
sums to the kin Of the killed. Almost
the same day a person, W d. COker,
crazed by drink, shot his best friend
+ because he would lend him no more
money. then went home, killed his
wife and two children and himself
. This occurred at Newport News, with
in a hundred miles Of Washington.
What has the government done In this
/ case2 Nothing. Nothing, except to
/ reckon up its profits Of this assassina-
+ ton. Both the federal government
and the state Of Virginia are business
partners with the parties that caused
. the crime The inference is plain; it
+ Is far better to be murdered in China
than in Christian America
= I: =
Dr. Frohlich Of Germany, an en-
inent and we'll known lecturer on
. alcoholism, lately made a tour through
a number OF the more important cities
and was everywhere eagerly received
oy the working people. The effect
was that at Breslan the police sup
f.. pressed the meetings. This was not
. because of infiammatory agitation, for
the matter Of the addresses was con-
hned- strictly to the question Of alcO-
holism and its bearings on the situa-
Z ton OF wage earners- At Dresden the
doctor was forbidden 10 speak on the
/ ground that he was a foreigner. at
: rGiel, in Prussia, he was met at the
railroad station by 5000 workingmen.
But-the moment he stepped on the
platform, a paper was handed him or
dering him to leave Prussia and not
to return. No reason given for the
order. 1t is not difficult to find a rea-
. son. In Europe, as in the United
. states, the government and liquor in
( terests are combined, besides the
working people, rid Of the thraldOm
Of the liquor power, might relieve
I themselves from other oppressive
{ powers
The St. Joseph, No, city council
+ has been wrestling Of late with the
question how to cOunteract or nullify
the state law closing saloons on Sun
day. The first ordinance was vetoed
by the mayor, not on principle, but
on technical grounds. The whole
country becomes alarmed when one
/ anarchist sets law at defiance, but a
F. city council can do that and papers
{ take little notice Of the fact