Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-04

HuRsDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 10
that the use OF intoxicating liquors rs
a drink is the cause Of more want,
pauperism. suffering, crime and public
expense than any other cause, and per-
haps 1t should be said than all other
causes combined. Even those who are
opposed to restrictien oftentimes adj
init this truth. Every state applies
the most stringent legal power to lot
teries, gambling, keeping gambling
houses and implements and tadebauch-
cry and obscenity, and no one ques-
lions the right and Justice Of It, and
vet how small is the weight of woe
produced by all these united when
compared with that which Is created
by the use of intoxicating drinks
alone .
South Cardinals Supreme Court on
Liquor Business. 5Sf
Supreme court Of South Carolina In
State ex rel. George versus Aiken, &c
T.. r. A., 1852, we do not suppose there
is more potent factor In keeping up
the necessity for asylums, penitentia-
ries and jails and In producing pau
perism and immortality throughout the
entire country than liquor, and vet 1t
/ Is argued that 1t is to be placed on the
same footing with the breadstuffs and
other ordinary commodities of life
Kansas Supreme Court Calls Traffic a
Pandora's Box.
Supreme court Of Kansas In State
ex rel. versus Crawford, AZ American
Reports, 1856: Probably no greater
source 8of crime and sorrow has ever
existed than social drinking saloons.
Social drinking is the evil Of evils. It
has probably caused more drunken
ness and has made more drunkards
than all other causes combined, and
drunkenness is pernicious source Of
all kinds of crime and sorrow. It Is a
Pandora,s box, sending forth innumer-
able ills and woes, shame and disgrace,
indigence, poverty and want, social
happiness destroyed, domestic broils
and pickering engendered social ties
sundered, homes made desolate, fami-
lies scattered, heartrending partings,
sin, crime and untold sorrows, not
even hope left, but every thing lost, and
everlasting farewell to all true happi-
ness and to all the nobler aspirations
rightfully belonging to every true and
virtuous human being &; s3a \
indiana's Supreme Court Agrees With
Other States.
Supreme court Of Indiana In 1855,
In Beebe7 versus the State, 6 Ind. $40:
That drunkenness is an evil, both to
the Individual and to the state, will;
probably be admitted; that Its legiti-.
mate consequences are disease and de
struction to the mind and body viii
also be granted; that 1t produces from
fonr-ffths to nine-tenths OF all the
crime committed Is the united testi-
mony Of those Judges, prison keepers,
sheriffs and others engaged In the ad:
ministration or the criminal law who
have investigated the subject; that tax
alton to meet the, expenses Of pauper-
ism and crime falls upon and Is borne
by the people follows as a matter Of
course; that Its tendency Is to destroy
the peace, safety and well being OF the
people, to secure which the first article
In the bill of rights declares all free
governments are instituted, 81 too OBJ
vious to be denied. y s.s
United States Supreme Courts Star
Ting Arraisnment Of Traffic.
supreme court Of the United States
In Mugler versus Kansas, 123 o. s..
POS: 1t is not necessary for the sake
OF justifying the state legislation now
under consideration to array the appaIl
ing statistics Of misery, pauperism
and crime which have their origin in
the use or abuse Of ardent spirits, for
we cannot shut out OF View the fact
within the knowledge OF all that the
public health, the public morals and
the public safety may be endangered
by the general use of intoxicating
drinks, nor the fact estab lished by sta
tistics accessible to every one that the
idleness, disorder, pauperism and crime
existing in the country are In some de-
gree at least traceabIe to this evil
Supreme court OF the United States
in Crowley versus Christensen, 1871 u.
3. SO: by the general concurrence OF
opinion Of every civilized and Christian
community there are few sources OF
crime and misery to society equal
to the dramshop where Intoxicating
liquors in small quantities to be drunk
at the time are sold indiscriminately
to all parties applying. The statistics
of every state show q greater amount
OF crime and misery attributable to the
use Of ardent spirits obtained at these
retail liquor saloons than to any other
source.
Judge Artman's Tribute % Run,s
Power. 81
sIt IS not making the case too strong
/ ID say that 1t is within the knowledge
OF every private citizen OF average In
formation as to current events that