The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-15

1t is from this list that the next
mayor should be chosen.
Men prove themselves to be towards
on moral questions in the following
ways:
l. By getting mad at the truth.
2. BY making threats of physical
violence against those who state the
the unwelcOme facts.
3. By talking big about lawsuit
for libel or black when they find
that they haven t even courage enough
to carry out their cowardly threats.
Don't be coward.
Be man.
Nobody cares for your silly rawlings.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Fargo, N. D. is city without
license and also has mayor who is a
foe to the saloon, and who is now
serving his fifth term as mayor. He
will address the citizens of Milbank
on Thursday, March 21st, that is,
next week Thursday, the place to be
announced later. Mayor Johnson
does not claim to be "spell binder"
but the fact that he was the president
of the League of American Munich
palities. an international organlZa-
tion composed OF over 400 cities in the
q. S. and Canada, and the fact that
he has been five times elected mayor
of Fargo gives him special right to
be heard on this or any other subject
that pertains to the civic welfare of
city.
He will quote official figures to show
what has been accompli shed in Fargo
under no-license and will be able to
answer any questions that may come
from those who want the facts in the
case.
Remember the date, Thursday,
March q.
The first of the promised "temper-
ance" articles appearing in another
paper is glowing illustration of the
old saying "a little knowledge is a
of those articles doesn't know concern
ject would fill large volume. What
"tommy-rot.
Where is the law violated most, in
prohibition states or in states where
the traffic is sanctioned by law? Here
| is your answer: In 1899, two thous and
one hundred and ninety illicit dis
6illeries we're seized by the q. S..
marshals, 2lOl of which were destroy
ed and the remainder carried away.
In these raids I'll people were arrest
ed, one killed and three wounded and
what is very suggestiye-every one of
the distilleries seized was in license
state and not q solitary one in any
prohibition state. These figures do
not include 352 more distilleries seized
during the year, all in license states,
but which cases had not been dispos-
ed of during the year.
Such facts are very ''informing.
The boot-legger, the blind pig ahd
the illicit distiller are much more at
home where. license is the rule than
where prohibition is the law.
Listen to Abraham Lincoln-"The
liquor traffic is a cancer In society,
eating out its vitals and threatening
destruction, and all attempts to regu-
late it will aggravate the evil. There
must be no attempt to regulate the
cancer: it must be eradicated: not a
root of it must be left behind. -
What's the matter with Lincoln?
Listen to W. e. Gladstone-''The
liquor traffic is responsible for the in
| Fiction OF more harm upon man than
the three historic scourges, war,
famine and pestilence combined. -
What ails Gladstone?
Listen to the Iron Chancellor"
Bismark -"Unless some thing is done
to check the beer-drinking habits of
the German people it will ruin the
nation.'
| 1t is because of these facts, SO
frankly acknowledged by these great
men, that we mean to oppose the sa-
loon everywhere and always, in spite
of those who are willing to pay a
thousand dollars a year for the pri-
vilege of being the DEVILS door.keep-
ers, and of those who, as citizens, de-
sire to "build the town with blood, y
and of those who. as preachers, are
willing TO prostitute their high calling
| to give comfort to such a business