Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11

of the state present the following
record: four insane; IS injured; 50
dead.
Several large life insurance COM
panies have opened Total Absti-
hence Departments, giving cheaper
rates to abstainers; this means that
the business Of insuring lives has
found out that a drinker is shorter
lived and greater risk than an alb
stainer.
Mr.. John Maddox Of Minneapo-
lis will debate Mr.. w. G. Calder
wood, secretary of the prohibition
state committee, on Sunday after
noon, March Is, in the Metropolitan
theater, Minneapolis. Mayor Hay
mes of Minneapolis, it is reported,
will act as chairman of the meet
ing. The discussion will be on
wise Regulation versus Prohibi-
ton
Mr.. Maddox seems to be a pref
ty level-headed man, and he has
made study of the question ex-
tending overm any years; Mr.. Cal
derwood, as we'll, knows his side of
the question from the beginning.
1t promises to be the most interest
ing and Illuminating discussion ever
INDUCED in in this state. Admis-
sion free.
Governor Dawson Of West Vir-
ginia thus expresses his opinion of
the liquor traffic: ''Do men talk
Of graft? 1t is the saloon that fur
nishes the scene and atmosphere
where bribery is easy and secure
from interference. Do men deplore
the rule Of corrupt political bosses?
1t is the saloon that rallies the mass
of venal and unpatriotic voters who
constitute the phalanx of the bosses
power. Has crime become rampant
on the streets? The saloon is the
refuge Of criminals. Does vice
seek protection? The saloon effects
the arrangement with the police
men who are familiar with it's dark
secrets and comrades of it's debased
fraternity. Do gamblers wish to
ply their demoralizing trade among
the young? The saloon affords them
not only the shield, but brings
them the susceptible patronage Of
inexperienced youths. Is there a
movement afoot for any measure of
civic betterment? Its opponents
foregather in the saloon, and if any
chicanery can beat the better will
of the majority, the fraud will be
devised in the saloon.'
The St. Paul Record still contin-
ues to find its way into all sections
of the state. We have had inquir-
les something like this: "How is
it that you temperance folks do not
start movement to prevent that
paper being sent out broadcast?
According to postal regulations a
paper is allowed to send out Eek
tras' only to the number of ten
per cent of the bona fide subscrlp-
tion list. - Don't worry; it comes
cheap to us, and the more advertis-
ing they do the less we will have
to do. So far as we are concerned,
we shall never say a word if they
sow Records knee deep all over
the state. The last number like
its predecessors, contained then
name of no person connected with
it as editor or proprietor. A recent
nun Der contained a resolution by
an Evangelical Preachers Associa-
ton Of America" or something like
that; the next issue said it was of
North Dakota. None of our Evan
gelical fl lends know anything about
such an association. Rev. P. A.
Long, pastor at Preston, Mimi.
says: 1.-The above association has
no connection whatever with, and
is Numerically opposed to the
Evangelical Association. | do not
know to what denomination the
above association belongs, but l am
very sorry for the congregations
and the people who entrust their
highest interests. the interests of
their souls, into the hands Of such
men.
The Window Citizen contains the
following significant editorial
"Get out Of here, you dirty whelp,
and go home and sober off," ex-
claimed an editor when drunk with
the mud of the gutter dripping
from his clothes staggered into his
office. The man resented the Ian
guage and threw the ink bottle at
the editor. He was arrested and
fined. But here is the significant
part of it. The man appeared in
court with the weekly paper in his
hand and said: Judge, Pm gull
ty. l swore off drinking-it was
hard work, but I quit 'er cold. l
c+ooro1 oloor of tho co1ooo opI NV