Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05
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Il i said that many respectable citl-
zens and even men protesting Christi
anity own the buildings 10 which dives
and resorts and saloons Of our cities
and villages ara housed. Someone
suggests that their names be revealed
to the public. Good! II the light 10
. good thing for trusts and combines,
it Is . good thing to let shine upon
the baser evils above referred to. The
bats and owls and ground puppies OF
iniquity can i'll brook the lime light
Of publicity. ''They love darkness
rather than light because" they don't
like to get caught at 1t!
Abraham Lincoln was 4 political
prophet and philosopher whose peer
has not been known Ia this country.
In 1872 he said "Turn now to the tenn
perance revolution. Ia It We shall
lind a stronger bondage broken, vi
ler slavery m anumitted, greater ty-
rant deposed; in it more of want sup
piled, more disease healed, moro sor-
row sssuseed; by 1t no orphans starv-
ing, no widows weeping; by 1t none
wounded in feeling, none injured in
interest. Even the dram maker and
the dram seller will have glided into
other occupations and will stand ready
to join all others In the universal song
of gladness. II the relative grandeur
Of revolutions be estimated by the
great amount of human misery they
alleviate, and the small amount they
inftct, then, indeed, will this be the
grandest the world shall ever have
seen."
The Perham Enterprise rises to re-
mark 1.-The experience of the past has
proven conclusively that those who
want intoxicating liquors will find =
way to get them regardless of the law.
1t Is far better from a moral (sic J
standpoint to have licensed saloons
than to drive the business into dark
corners. 1t may be said with equal
truth that experience has taught that
men who want to steal will steal re-
gardless of the law and the present
prohibitory statute compels them to
sneak around nights prosecuting their
business in dark aud out OF the way
corners. Whereas, q good license
law with proper provision that the
thief should not steal after II o'clock,
or on Sunday, or from anybody from
whom he had already habitually sto-
len, or from minors, or from men in
company with women who might get
hystericky, or from Indians or from
idiots would give the stealing business
proper legal respectability and reg
ulation. These extreme fanatical law
makers ought to consult the as ute
editors before spreading on the statute
books such unwise and un-enforcible
legislation.
The man who steals ones money ia
q gentleman and q benefactor com.
pared with him who rifles chastity or
virtue and manhood of honor.
Last year the republican Legislature
of Illinois refused to have anything
to do with the county option bill.
The result was that the people of Iii
nois increased their support of the
prohibition nominees to the -legisla.
ture from 10000 to 100000 and sen,
three prohibition members to the leg.
islature. The senate very promptly
passed the bill and the house that q
year ago would not give the measure
reasonable consideration is now care
fully celebrating on it's terms and
politicians say it will pass. The kind
of petition that makes the legislature
sit up and notice Ia the kind that sends
prohibition to occupy Legislative
seats.