Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-15
Prohibition Press Bulletin.
Issued by W. G. CALDERWOOD,
Minneapolis.

Issued by ". G. CALDERwooD,
Minneapolis.
President Il >cseye!t has th'e atens d
to take the stump for the needed rail
road legislaticu unless congress GETS
busy. Here's hoping that this little
Jolt will wake cur vational legislators
ND. In the meantime, TEDDY the
Terrible night wisely make Il few re-
marks abuu: the waste of lie and
money represented by the whiskey
trust.
3: 'er Wagner ma 6 y glaring umis-
SIGN in his ps.pAlar work on 1.-The
Simple Liie' when,hu fai'ei to draw
lessons from the sS1 eases IT presi
Dental cGmV%.i2n:. According to an
article in the North American Review,
for February, James Buchanan was
elected as the result OF fierce cam
paign that cost $4,000. Abraham
Lincoln in one OF the most strenuous
oanvasses in the history Of the nation
Was made president at the CO.'S OF
800, GOO. whereas, the article states.
s. coo, 0O0 were put in two doubtful
states during the closing days Of the
Mckinley campaign in '96, and tht
total cost to the Republican Committee
probably reached SIS 900, 900. Where's
the frenzied finance artist to show up
the business sag&city of spending
SIS 900, 900 for an cftice that pays
s2O0,0OO?
A bill has been introduced into the
legislature making it necessary to
take out a marriage license five days
before the ceremony. TIE theory is
that it viii relieve the pressure on the
divorce mill. II q law were Introduced
that no saloon license should be issued
for ninety-niue years after the cere
mony it would go {. long way towards
producing the desired results.
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A story which is almost incredible
in its revolving details was told in
the Minneapolis police court by 6
fourteen year old girl who was ar
rested in q state Of beast}y intcxi
cation Sunday. This case is not unique
as there haye been many similar
incidents, but that a civilized country
calling itself Christian, will tolerate
conditions which make these Incidents
SO common that they scarcely have
interest is beyond prehension.
The time will come no doubt, when
people will try to comprehend what
the saloon was like, but more thought
full people will find greater difficult,
in compromising what civilized, and
even Christian, voters we're like who
painted in their haste to legalize the
saloon for presumed financial advan-
tage.
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During January, 1905, in Minnesota,
"Liquor, that's all" has a record OF:
Three cases OF severe freezing, which
will MAIN the fr.z zen,
Five persons frozen to death,
Two mothers, one Ct whom was an
invalid, were brutaily beaten by their
drunken sons.
Que wife in delicate condition was
beat and kicked into insensibility by
the brute in brooches who had sworn
to be her protector and lover.
Three people were murdered.
Four people were assaulted with
dangerous weapons.
Four people were accidentally or
maliciously injured so seriously that
death will probably result.
Two divorces were granted on the
grounds OF drunken cruelty to wife
and children.
Two suicides ard three attempts at
suicide.
Six violent deaths by accident,
delirium tremens, or otherwise.
One unnatural father maze his two
year old babe drunk.
There were divers other cases Of
deviltry too numerous to mention,
including free~for-all fights, assaults
on public officers, ruined virtue, al
exclusive of the army Of "drunk and
disorderly" cases that crowd the
police courts. Nor is the record
above on the more grave cases sup.
posed to be complete. bu7 is CLEANED
from the reaoing OF the papers from a
single exchange table. A total o
sixteen deaths, and four probably
fatal injuries in a single mouth from
Incomplete data gives the startling
probability of 240 deaths OF sufficient,
shocking nature to challenge news
comment within the year, within the
state. But then there are lots o.
people being born, and immigration
into the state is cUnsidera ole.
Homeseekers' Excursions.