Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-27
THE ISSUE,

The following editorial from tie
Beacon Light OF Brookings S. ID.
states the Ease of the leading cam
paign issue AS it appears to The
Press. We do not consider Local
Option to be the end of the saloon
license question, for the reason
that the liquor seller does not so
consider it, but still keeps paid
lobbyists in legislatures and
Congress to constantly repeal it,
prohibitive features. And then
there is local option that suits the
brewers-and some that don't.
"From now until election time IN
November, 1908, will he Il crucial
time in the history of the prohibi-
.ionL movement in South Dakota.
These coming months are frllghI
with possibilities II our causn.
or course u regular party work
will 90 on with ever increasing
aggrcS>ivcncss.
''In two counties of the stitc at
the last election Il change OF about
40 votes would have elected the
Prohibition candidates to the state
senate. In both these counties
u men were defeated by the
good men who said. s'If the Pro-
hlbitionist had any chance to be
elected, of course we should vote
for him. but as there is no chance
for him we will not throw our
votes away so they either voted
for the other fellow or staid at
home. The returns proved con-
clusively that we did have fight
ing chance to win. and we believe
that demonstration will bear its
fruits at the next state election,
and if we. as u party. carry ON IA
proper campaign, we can land
several Prohibitionists in the next
state legislature.
SIN addition to our regular
party work there will be IL great
campaign for county option MS tho
citizens of the entire state will
vote upon the county option bill
ut the general election i'm 1908.
The Prohibition State Committee
has demonstrated that it has the
machinery for effective work along
any line, but III organization is
not perfect by any means. If the
state is to be carried for county
option the voters of the entire
state must be reached with the
truth. and n systematic campaign
carried on in each township. 10
to do this it is absolutely necessary
to perfect our organization so as to-
secure an effective chairman in
each county, and precinct chair
man for each precinct. This
means that quite a number will be
called upon to make some sacrifice
of time from ordinary pursuits in
order to help forward this great
great battle. If the call for SER
vice comes to you, are you ready
to answer ''Herc am Il" If the
county option bill becomes a law.
it means the prohibition of the
liquor traffic in threefourths of
the counties of this state. Surely
that is a result very much to be
desired and worthy of sacrifice
even to the extent that it hurts.
If the victory is won it will not be
by the making of great and elo-
quent speeches nor by the writing
of brilliant editorials, tho these all
have their part and a necessary
part in the fight, but the final out
come will depend upon the loyalty,
fidelity and seif-sacri.ice of the
man behind the gun in each voting
precinct of the state, the man who
is willing to consecrate the neces-
sary time and energy to lead our
forces in his own voting precinct
to victory. Give us such u force
and victory is assured"
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