Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
by John A. Shields, Minneapolis.

PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
by John A. Shields, Minneapolis.
The big debate. Prohibition VS..
Regulation, scheduled for 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the Metropo-
Titan theater, Minneapolis, in which
Mr.. John Maddox, purchasing
agent of the Pillsbury mills, upheld
the Regulation side and Mr.W. G.
Calderwood of the Prohibition
state committee defended the pro-
hibition side, was by all odds the
greatest political moral discussion
not only Of the liquor question, but
Of any question, held in Minnesota
in recent years. Nearly an hour
before the time for beginning the
theater was packed, and still the
people came. When more than two
thousand people had assembled the
doors were closed and thousand
others were turned away. Mayor
J. C. Haynes Of Minneapolis acted
as chairman and introduced the
speakers. Mr.. Maddox started the
discussion and occupied his entire
hour with an elaborate dicusssion of
the unconstitutionality Of Prohibi-
ton. He ably maintained that
government by the majority is mob
rule, holding that the constitution
is supreme. He received a gener-
Gus applause from all sides of the
house. Mr.. Calderwood's introduce
tion called forth great applause,
and it was several minutes before
he was able to begin speaking.
He at once entered upon the consti-
tutional phase Of the question and
swept everything clean before him.
He brought statistics and records
from Jail wardens and judges and
courts. He declared that it was
an affront to the people to hold that
majority rule is mob rule; that this
is a government of the people, by
the people and for the people"
He showed how the principles upon
which constitutions rest are not in
harmony with the legalization of
the liquor traffic; that the consti-
tuition might be torn to pieces and
burned. and still the liberties of
the people be conserved. At the
close of his hour, even those who
differed with Mr.. Calderwood de-
clared that his was one of the alb,
lest discussions ever presented be.
fore Minneapolis audience. The
speeches have been reported and
will doubtless be published soon.
In the meantime, the state commit.
tee has challenged Mr.. Maddox tt
a repetition of the discussion in {
number of Minnesota points.
In 1.-The Battle of the Bottle"
which has recently been running il
the Saturday Evening Post, Mr.
Dickson says of West Virginia
1.-The five wettest counties have All
convicts; the other fifty countie:
> have Alb. One-eleventh of the
counties furnish one-half of the
, convicts.
Prohibition State Convention
June SO, in Minneapolis. 4<
The Brewers are sending out pic
lures Of vacant stores in Kansa:
> City, Kansas, under the heading
1.-The Camera Can't Lie." While
this may be true as to the camera
it surely cannot be said of tn:
Brewers. kansas City Star.
The facts are testified to and cor
: roborated by hundreds of the bes
men in Kansas City that notwith
: standing the recent money disturb
ance business Of every Legitimate
: kind is better in Kansas City thai
it ever was when the joints wer,
running. The only business tina
has declined is the booze traffic ane
possibly there is an empty building
here and there that as yet smells 81
] strongly Of stale beer that no on,
: cares to risk his health and reputa
; ton by occupying it. Now, hon
: estly, wouldn't you or any othel
r decent person rather have a vacan
; building alongside of you than on
: where booze was dispensed AM
, where boozers congregate and carr,
: on their orgies?-Holton, Kansas
F: Recorder.
We have noticed quite recently
: statement credited to DR.. Wiley O.
the U. S. Agricultural Bureau O.
which the liquor interests hav'
made much. He was quoted as say
ing that young men should drinl
liquor, and that it was great ali
to digestion. He says in his deni
al: Il stated that l believed tina
the general effect of alcohol OF
mankind was wholly bad; that i
was bad even in small quantities. ,
: Beginning January l and CLOSING
: March IA. period of "a days, tn.