Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
A Great Victory.

Mr., Editor: Suffer a line from a Mis-
souri, exile as to the recent great local
option victory in Galloway county, Mo.
This, lie it remembered, is one of the
rock ribbed Democratic counties OF the
state. Some months since, the City
council of Fulton, pasaed an ordinance
al the beliest OF the saloons, lowering
the license which the mayor be it said to
his credit promptly vetoed. The two
saloon keepers, hoping to bring things
their way, refused to pay the 5000 Ii
cense, so closed up their saloons. But,
alas! to their great chagrin the thing did
not work as they had hoped, and so in
stead OF the powers that be coming to
their terms the temperance people took
advantage OF the situation and %petitioned
for a local option election, which was
fixed for August "a in the county and
August 40 in in the city. This done,
things began to get lively. Some moral
coward got out a circular which was
widely distributed to the effect that it
was a move designed to injure the "emo-
cratic party. Like all cowardly attacks
the thing was unsigned and was OF course
a lie out OF whole cloth. But perhaps
we onght not to be too hard, as this is
all OF the material the whiskey interest
can command for the fighting Of their
battle. OF course the whiskey and
brewery interests flooded the county
with their old state antitemperance litera-
ture. This, too, was unsigned and the
source from whence it came was design
eddy kept in the background.
A part Of the literature told of the
failure of a temperance reform move
ment in Atlanta some years ago, and
how sick the people got Of the effort,
and how glad they we're to go back to
the licensed saloon, which. it appears to
me in the light of the recent happenings
in Georgia, will have to be withdrawn.
What will they say as to Georgia's over
whelming adoption of prohibition What
a wonder they SO thoroughly tired of the
dear saloon so quickly To their shame
let it be said that three of the papers in
the county were nj and out for the IL
censed saloon, while another was on the
fence, which according to the interpre-
ta,ion Of Jesus, being not for us was
against us. Another had a weak conver-
sion to the cause of local option in the
last days of the campaign, while another
from start to finish was out and out for
local option.
Charles NJ. Hay aud David NJ. Harris,
two Of the brainiest lawyers of the Fulton
bar, backed by all the preachers and the
great bulk of the best men in the city
and county, led the fight for the right
| against the wrong, The women God
bless them), how enthusiastically they
did support the cause. DR.. W. b. Pal
more, the distinguished Methodist lead
er, made a number Of campaign speech
ea.
Prof, Curry, the Baptist negro orator
and educator, Of Urbaua, o., spent a
week working with his people in Fulton,
and as a result the colored ward, which
the saloon keeper boosted that he carried
around in his vest pocket, went almost
two to one in favor OF local option. Prof.
Curry is just the sort Of man for this
sort OF work aud we want most heartily
to commend him. Local talent also GOV.
cred the county. A young" egotistical
lawyer who favored the licensed saloon,
met his brother lawyer who favored local