The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01
Tit for Tat

| Can anyone point out a single temper
| ance law in the United States that is not
the result of omni-partisan effort?
| Minnesota Issue.
We'll, an spOZen," as the down
Fastener would say.
Can any one point to an ounce OF
freight that has ever been delivered
all water, from New York to Sansan
frisco, except by the horn?"
If the logic of Mr.. Ye Editor stands
| for anything it would prove that the
Horn is THE way and, grabbing his
ten pounds of prunes, he would jump
into his two-oar dory and start to
make the perilous voyage, making
faces at the fools who are digging the
Panama canal upon which millions
have already been expended, and
through which not a skiff has yet
passed.
want Il government that will plant a
hope in the heart of every child born into
world and gs every neing
That's great, Peerless One! But
that rotten Democracy to which you
still cling is mortgaged to the saloon
which surrounds hundreds of thou
sands of children, as they enter the
world, with an environment of tempta-
ton and presents them with an inherit
ance of poverty and woe. 1t robs tens
of thousands of splendid men of every
thing worth living for and hence
drives an army of them to suicide.
Such party is no place for such as
you.. You may vote its ticket but you
do not belong to it.
The law enforcement advocates need to
be cautioned against excess OF zeal. II
they go beyond what is reasonable, mere
ly because the letter of the law suits
them. they will make enemies out of
thousands of orderly and sober people,
who would be with them in every demand
that is necessary and proper The result
to be feared is the undoing of all reform
and return to Tide pops bi eoafflon
The editor of the Dispatch wasted
some of his valuable time composing
this paragraph, for he might have
lifted it, almost word for word, from
the utterances of the opponents of
every reform since the world was
young. The anxiety of "our esteemed
contemporary" for the success of the
cause would wiring tears from a
cobble-stone.
We have had during the past year the
parading Southern towns and cities
through the streets, carrying placardS and
banners. singing and praying, and shout
ing nonsense. The idea of having an
election involving a great social and eco
nomic problem turned into such farce!
1t would be laughable. if it were not SO
dangerous and abSurd.-Frcm report OF
the Secretary Of the american Wine
Growers Association.
But the idea of representatives OF
the liquor traffic, the great corrupter
of elections, worrying themselves into
a fever lest "a great social and econ
omic problem" should not receive in
telligent consideration is a screaming
farce.
Madelia, Mimi, Dec. 3.-The village
council has placed thirty-three habitual
drunkards on the blacklist.
And the saloonkeepers in the peni-
Tertiary? And themselves who Ii
censed the saloons on the chain-gang?
And a majority of the voters at the
mourners' bench?
Statistics show, says a London journal
that total abstainerS average 81 years and
% days, habitual drinkers 60 years and
IS days, free drinkers 81 years and So
days, very temperate drinkers SO years
and days. The prohibitionists, there
fore, are likely to die out first
Squeeze all the comfort you can out
of such alleged statistics but we'll
orrivn at vO,lr funeral IN time