Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
Nv Tohn A. Shields MINNEAPOLIS

PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
ny John A. Shields, Minneapolis.
For years and years many pa
triotic citizen has been in the habit
| Of placing his hand impressively on
| his bosom and remarking that he is
| a Republican. If a real, old-line
Republican were to rise from his
grave and line up with the gang re-
Gently in convention in Chicago he
would be very apt to conclude that
he was in the wrong crowd Lin
coin j. Steffens, writing from Chi
cago before the Convention, said:
'"The work Of the convention is
practically done and the delegates
elected by Republican electors not
yet here. When they do arrive
they will not deliberate at all. Most
Of what they will do has been mapped
out and decided upon at Washing
ton"
The latest figures from Birming-
ham, Alabama, show that for the
first five months Of 1907, under IL
cense, there were 4137 arrests, of
which 1853 were for drunkenness.
During the corresponding period Of
1908, under prohibition, there were
2743 arrests, of which 225 were for
drunkenness. In Knoxville, Ten
nessee, the arrests for drunkenness
in the first four months of 1907,
under license, were 824; for the
corresponding period of 1908, under
prohibition, there were 402 arrests
for the same cause, or less than
one-half as many as under license.
| Gov. Hanley of Indiana, who re-
Gently delivered himself of forty
reasons for hating the liquor bust
ness, nominated Mr.. Fairbanks, of
forty cocktail fame, who was left
at home by the M. E. Church, for
President in the recent Republican
convention. So far as we are able
to learn, the governors hatred for
the booze business cooled off con-
siderably for the time being We
have no doubt but that the governor
hates the traffic personally, but he
doesn't hate it much in a Nationa
RonnhI lean Convention
i The party Of thigh morals and
lofty ideals'' has just held a convo-
cation in Chicago, but nothing ir
the line of thigh morals or Iof
ty ideals'' is noticeable in the plat
form, which is fine bunch Of plat
itudes and generalities and none
tary declarations. Lincoln Stetfen$
says: "it will be useful for com
parison to show what the Republic.
an party can un-promise. There
,. are hundreds of patriotic men who
have always lined up with the Re
publican party. holding that thai
party would sooner or later settle
the liquor question. This year is
the most opportune time, but the
platform and the speeches delivered
in the Republican convention made
5 no mention of the business what
/ ever.
The Wholesalers and Retailer!
Review prints the following from
the Brunswick Balke-Collender Co.
> IF prohibition is allowed to grow
the business industries of the whole
, country will suffer losses that will
reach into the millions. In our fac
tory alone it has compelled US t.
lay off upwards Of 800 skilled me
t chanics. - And still they say tina
"prohibition does not prohibit.
i More than fifty men are now de
+ voting their entire time to Prohi
bition work in Minnesota. The
I state committee has been very for
tunate in securing an excellent 10
! of college men for this work. Thu
campaign this year in Minnesot;
will be- prosecuted more vigorousl!
than ever before, and great result
are anticipated. So far as report
: have been received from the men
who started into the field only ;
few days ago, the work is moving
forward more rapidly than ever be
fore.
The recent General Conference O:
the Methodist Church changed it
] attitude slightly with reference t.
+ the liquor traffic. For years thu
church has boldly declared THAT NJ
political party has right to expec
nor ought to receive the support o:
, Christian men so long as it Stands
: committed to the license policy OF
refuses to take an open stant
=. against it," The new declaration
states that no Christian man has F.;
right to vote for a candidate wh(
I is in sympathy with the liquor bust
; ness.
Dozens of the leading daily pa
pers all over the country, heretofore
VIGOROUSLY rank in their opposition
to Prohibition, and whose column.
2 lare filled with LIQUOR advertise