Willmar tribune., 1908-07-29
The PRESSING QUESTION.

AnL IALoolN0 XUE0llUN.
Lake Andrew, July 2O.-It is a
we'll known fact that j. F. Jacob
son. the Republican nominee for
governor, was nominated on an An
tl-Local Option platform. It has
also been asserted that he is pub
ished by Lumber Kings. iron mine
corporations, brewers,l distillers
ana the whole saloon element at
large. Shall we believe it? AS
long as nothing is shown to cor
roborate the assertion we are at lib
erty to believe the most reasonable.
1t is not wise or good policy for
us farmers to help the above ele-
ments; they certainly help them
selves. Four years ago the people
wanted Judge Collins but the Re-
publican state convention wanted
Bob Dunn. But the people turned
him down. Two years ago the Re-
publicans wanted and chose the
Lumber King A. L. Cole, but the
people turned him down. This
year the peoples choice most likely
was q. I. Young. but the Republi-
can state convention says jacobson.
But it may come to pass next
November that the voters of the
state have mind of their own and
run blind mans buff no longer.
What this country wants is no more
imillionaires but more Abraham
Lincolns; no more slavery but more
peace and freedom. Abraham Lin
coin said slavery was wrong, put
up fight for freedom and won an
imperishable laurel crown of honor.
The slaves were set free. The
Abraham Lincolns of today declare
that thralldom and slavery under
the whipIash of the modern liquor
elements is wrong and they have
put up fight for liberty and free
dom, not for the dark slaves but
for the white slaves. And who are
they? They are mothers boy and
fathers joy, the pride Of the fami-
ly and the nations pride-the
young men who by the thousands
yearly are crushed under the wheels
Of the gigantic liquor juggernaut
whose amount OF graves will by
far eclipse the amount Of victims
of the civil war. The Prohibition
banner is swaying over the graves
while the whole nation is on move
and signs of liberty are more visi-
bic and clearer than they ever were
before. It is to be hoped that the
liquor forces will soon meet their
Waterloo. We remember the
wives, mothers and sisters of the
early sixties, the tears. sorrow and
troubles over their husbands, sons
and brothers lost on the btattle-
fields. Bat they died for this
country and under the Union flag
with honor and their graves are
taken care of by this nation in
way that reflects great honor to the
bereaved ones. But what is their
done for the wives, mothers, sis
ters and daughters of today, their
sorrow, tears and misery? What
about the thousands of fathers,
sons and brothers who yearly are
dumped into drunkards' and sui
cides' graves? Does the nation
take care of them ? Is there kept
any records? Put little Union
flag on each soldiers grave and
black ribbon on each grave of those
ruined directly or indirectly by the
liquor traffic and the contrast will
surprise you. Visit our insane
asylums, hospitals and state pris-
ons, and they will tell you horri-
flying story, tell Of the ruined homes,
the broken-up families, the once
beautiful wife and mother bent
over with tears and sorrow; the
daughter and sister bashfully hid
| AA9 away, 1S011uS II1S Wu1DlS1S1l
under the tyranny of the legalized
license liquor system. Foes of
slavery and. lovers of freedom,
homes and families, fall in line.
Be on duty; fight for nation,
country and home.
The Boston Commonwealth, and
anti-slavery paper published by DR..
is. G. Gridley Howe till the begin
ming Of the Civil War, was among
Lincoln's choicest newspapers,
pleading the cause to the people.
The Willmar Tribune, The Re
form, Of Eau Claire, Wis.,, and
dozens Of other Temperance papers
Of this country are the war cry in
struments of the modern Lincolns
of today who will stand by the good
cause until the battle is fought and
the vicotry won.
GABRIEL STENE.