The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-22
NO-LICENSE n
EDITED By A. MURRMAN,
Who alone - responsible for what
appears under this heading.

eff the Lord be God, follow him,
but if Baal, follow him."
The writer of this column has q meth
cd in his Madness" and u purpose
in his pranks." viz: to get the friend S
of the saloon to stand where they be-
long, and to get the decent citizens to
stand boldly over against them. Zoo
many of the former have heretofore
been pretending to stand with the
churches for business and political
reasons, while some of the latter have
not dared to throw their influence
against the saloon even when they
voted against it.. and for the same
reasons. The agitation has alre ady
unmasked some of the ~pretenders and
today they are known as saloon men:
it has also brought out clearly those
who are heartily opposed to the sa-
loon, upon whom the success OF no.
license will chiefly depend if it carries.
Nothing is worse now than a lack OF
interest, and it is sometimes necessary
to put a tack on a fellows seat 10
make him "sit up and take notice. -
"If the Lord be God, follow him; but
if Baal, then follow him." An indie
pendent voter in q u like this is
either one who lacks principle, or one
who has his price. In losing him we
lose but little. We do not want a
victory which spells defeat. Give us
a fair and open fight, and then If no.
license wins by eve n vote we will
make prohibition prohibit in Milbank
and don't you forget it.
SIT does beat the band how a soil.
tary individual a come into a town,
draw a salary and never pay a cent of
taxes, and yet be permitted to raise
the devil in the community and under.
take to instruct the old settlers and
people generally as to the particular
method and code of morals which they
are expected to adopt and follow
Review.
That's what he gets his salary for,
Mr.. Editor. But why be so severe on
yourself as that? The writer remem-
bers we'll how the editor jumped from
his chair, how he raved in his rage,
and how sulphurous the atmosphere
became by reason of his coarse pro-
family. He was aware of the fact tn at
he had raised a "brain storm" and
but until reading the above item he
u6NcE OuCc SuSpCCUCo ohd IL OAh ~
he had "raised the DEVIL
Come to think of 1.-THE language
used, does give some color to such a
theory, and who is the humble writer
of this column that he should dis
pute it?
The alleged temperance column
of the Review is really becoming quite
humorous as we'll as Infamous. One
~k A. -1f~aonon riunr IN npnyrn tn nj
Christ drank intoxicants is Luke ia.
It reads thus: "And he came and
touched the bier; and they that bare
him stood still. And he said, Young
man. l say unto thee, arise" Yes,
''he touched the bier" but it wasn't
lager. Surely, that's the limit, out
it's no worse than the rest OF it.
DOnnerwetter. :.
Church members of Milbank. and
all who pass as friends of temperance,
dc you know that the man in the street
is questioning your sincerity? And
are you sure that he has no right to
90 so?
A leading democrat who says he is
an old settler, and hence knows the
town we'll, charges the Temperance
element with being afraid that it will
COSG bucu d lCW OOIldIS v CopouoS
this cause in q consistent manner.
A prominent ''~insurgent' names
! some of those more or less prominent
in our ranks, and declares that the
Temperance element" dare not do
anything that is worth while,-that
they IRE really not a factor worth con-
sidering, etc.
While a number of prominent re-
publicans have assured us that the
so-called Temperance men" OF Mil
bank can easily be Influenced by bust
ness considerations, can be bribed by
q good-sized order, or the promise OF
one and that ven some OF those who
pose as friends of temperance can be
depended upon to vote for the saloon
We do not believe everything we hear,
we know that lies are freely told al
such a time as this and that mere sus-
picions are put forth as facts, but are
not some of you giving the ."un-
circumcised' nccasionf ortsaying such
things? The things charged are Ger
tainly true in spots.
There are some of u number
whose temperance professions are not
taken seriously by those in the saloons
nor those ia the churches. and nc
WOnOer, tu0y w uo' Coho ouonAooisos
seriously.
We may, a little later, publish 8
third list of names, q list of those who
are feebly saying Good Lord" il
the ~no-license camp and are also say
ing "GoOd Devil'' to the saloon in
terest. Such a list would happily moi
be a lengthy one, but it would be in
teresting by reason of the prominence
of some of the parties named.
One result of this campaign will.
surely be q better understanding o.
the real conditions; we will know a.
least "where we are at" what we have
to work with and VIII t we have tc
meet. We are taking notes daily
are gathering valuable information
that will come handy later.
No, no: we have not "raised the
devil" yet, but probably will; at any
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