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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

al at ~ianttiorere enoel Ueotague Souc
og frGueoe, i Stri0 me0 0cn finite
aonititutiou, at De iuoieOeHoe Sc.
merfniuger, iom IeOiageOe Gjareu5
SunftionsncQteIie iflrIoe oiieHtlIa'
gisrcs poa 5iuif. Gette arou neg
te6e Seuutct at eiterfommr. ,
"a geretningeu serom iremfom
/ guiierne, ierote Sr. Seuu, iom IN.
tet 6au0e bsrt ira Senatet. Ell baoit
Grorc til Scnatet ON at ifaiie ham
Ell i~uIoitGuoig Reicrot al 5orbanO.
liugerne. Roact inaoout buUbe uI'
brig bGnOt isr. og ogian oeuue Or.
ore neqteOe Seratet at citarfommc.
Zen feiieriige Regierings uTite
Sfri6t imgSeiees M me0 oer itsrite
SprnSiug % sGuaiteIie i Selling.
TORS.
Get paaitadcs, at 9remiCrminiiter
Stolupin uSnRnnte Gem til @ice1u,
oeruer. ioroi ban anercSe haoOe
aiort Tia bemerfet iom en- GienSe al
set finIfe SoIf. timber @obrifoii5
Regime uSmerfeSe Fan fla pe6 Seu
Sper. bpormeS ban or6eiSeoe for at
unoertrptfe Sen iiuife 4Suiuiitru.
ton. og iioen Seu SiS bar ban baorS.
noffet ueSblepet at ooertrGSe SIM
lambs 9ope OF Snititutioner,
Z gegpnScIien al moeprreuSe aor
neeteoe ban ianleoes al betale Stat
al fine Rsbler o. fit Snobo, % oa
@pnSisbeSerne tog retslise Striot
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

"SDiternet" bar life foitet r~ogentina
| fontante Serge; bcn er erbperpei
al Sarrimon aleue peo Ell flsgtia
uonpttelie al llnion Baeiftc.9 arcua
arcoit. geb itrGng efonomiif Sor.
poItning pna ale SoIo, oeo ifarpliu.
dig Observation-Disclosures %
6orbebring % 6orIGngeIie al @aucn
bIco bcnne paa iorbauienoc fort Sib
CIT al &c melt IsnnenSe Serubauer /
I2an0et.
s 1900 fipbte Snrriman aonIoS
Gin GittSbnra & Gulf RaiIraao oa
rcorganiIcrcoc Chicago & IItou. :
1901 erbpcrpeSc ban aontroI opcr
Southern Eociiic, IiGeIeSeS peo 9rll.
gen al Union GocificS gobe Gre0it %
u6er fontnrt llSIrq.
Sgioa 9urIiu9tou.S pitemet for.
Icatc @arriman at fao 8lo /. men
bcnue Sang par S. Y. Moraon for
mar for BAN. Morgou fisbte Bur.
Iiugtonbaucu for Rortbern Tuciiic
aomponict, % &arrimlanS NtaaI bIcu
III at iifre iig &ontrol ooer iioit.
nrpnte @ane. Sans 9citrG6cIier /
ocu Hetuiua lebcbc til Ell bitter Strio
mcllcm &arrimon % Souiorter pan
hen enc SIDE % 3. 5. SIN, s. 7.
0torgan % ocrc$ Ilicrc6c paa oen
onben. 0cnne Siuuu9frig i~oroar.
iaaebc FonitCu / Mot 1901. Sarri.
man Iogbe iig orheutIia / SrIen for
at fisre fine W~ooitanocrc tilnpo8.
San o~nIaabe {. gr. Sag moo Rortb.
crn Secllritp 60, iom Sill % bans
<t baobe iaaet 0urnet for oelto be.
ere at funne opercre nteo ISernbanc.
after, for at faa tilbageIcnerct ell
SIump Itticr / Union Raciiic, iom
ban baooe ~oucroragct nGnnte Som.
pant. Wen oct Dl0lp alt1alllncn III.
oeutira; ban oproaeoe life fin Sen.
iiot oo mootte to9e, booo Sill bar
aiaig til at oipc BAN. Gette cr ct al
De p0crit iaa SilfpIoe, bpor Sorri.
man life bar pGrct iitauo til at iptic
tine RIoner iaiennem, on Re6erlueet
bar utpiliomt npret baarot at bprc.
SrnioIertib bapOc ban 10 rigtignof
Serubaner nof, iclu on ban life tit
aontrol puer Rortbern Gaciiic OF
Burlington. &eb lin Geo foutroae.
reoe ban | oct belle oper Ga, 900 WtI.
8nrrimnn blep gift / Ell llng SLIDER
% eiterIaber Tia Suitrll o. ilere
geru. Sans 5ormle iGttcS til 100.
100000 Collars.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14
en- BY %bortpiifet.

NoaIe GreItcr. ser forTeSen pfter
morne Strababicr anfom iii Wonte.
ben I Werico, bar gibct baarreiienoe
@eretninger ON ben Nso 90 GIenoig.
bcO, iom 0en upItg iteoilin0ne Goer.
iusmmcIic bar iremfalht. gpen Ga
Nsccuiion, ser bao6e 1000 Snobpg.
gcrc, er bIeoeu belt uootifet, life ct
eneiIe SuS itoo igier, % De al pc
boerne, Der life itror omfom, bar isgt
til TicIoere, buor mango al Dem Ii0er
6mgers0soen. Spor Ser fsr bar
irugtbort 2ano meo rige aoIiuger
err Ser mi finn ganb. SocriosmnteI.
len onice5 iom oen it6ritc llIpffe.
0icrico uogeuiinSe bar bapt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

Groiesiorcn bar enSUiSere loretta.
get SommcuIiauingcr meqcm oor
Soro oa iaaOnu Sorobuno i europa.
Ser / maHgiol0igc Northumberland er
blc1en oDrtct o. me6 Seniuu I'll Sc
ferItiellige RGriHasitoiie / oisie to
,forOarter pdr Der iugen ppientlig
foriticI. Cliaa | De iorifielige Ell.
ropGiife 2au0e or llo6pttet pr. gcre
s9et gunife GetpbeIig / Se iioite %
Ior. 3 SrIaro apIe0e man / 1888
.25.5 Eui5el 6Dc0e Or. Mere. men
uiobpttet er itoOig bIeOen Sget inbtil
set / 1906 raaeoe SIS 9uib. :
Stcrbritamicn cor u0buttet at SpeOe
Or. Gcre 500 Bulb. / 1854 / 1906
oerimoS 347; / Suitloro 1872
1888 o. 3o.3 9uib. / 1906.
Re0euanisrte SuL Ser nugiper
enfelte Statcr3 gicrnemiuitIige 10.
tutte al Speoe pr. Mere i Siosruur.
met ira 1866 I'll 1907 er ogldu az
Sutcresie. iprlig mar man iammert.
ligncr 0em meo bpao man M for ct
cufelt Mars peotommenoe faIper ct
Dii0oelSdar.
Sermont, tS.5 9uibels; Rep
2lorf 1871; Mthisnu. AS; Sbio.
lit; GaniaS 1879; @iSeoriin 1871;
a2inHciotn. 1876; SllinoiS, 1872; Re
broHo. 1871; SnSiapa. ISL; Cali.
ioruiu 1919; Soma. 12.l; Misiouri.
.t2.2; 1eras. lis; Ipntaua. t0.5;
@irsinia 81.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14
Norac bGSrcr Guuf.

Sra ariitiansiauo teIegraferes sen
lite September:
Zen NootageIie, Tom Or. 6reSe.
ricf Goqf ff peo i'm aufomit til Sri.
~itiarsiarb minbeSe mere ON en- ieier
rig Srigers Siemfomit til lit eget
6olt emo en- SiIien til en- gorger Of
CT fremme0 2ouo poa lin Bel biem.
Gen amerifanife &oIarfarer font
BERTH mco Samperen "ReIdior" ira
Gie6enbaon. Sloffcn bar If ON
Sormioongen, 0n Sfibet faiteoe gu.
fer finn nogle faa SnbeqGngoer ira
ben penteuoc Oscar IL, men aQe-
reoe ii6en Saggrg bapOe gDeus Dor.
gere ipeioet iprig uoopcr Snpet eiter
"WeIhior". Snert eneite Sfib paa
Sonnen bar fIa8imptfet, og ale DIS,
ponible Smaaiorteier bar bIet Ieiet
Ill al brinse 5olf no paa Sapner.
"Weldior~ iaIutereoe 9pen meo
ipu Sfuo, os oenne SiIien beiuareoes
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

oen geIniIie, ban bao6e brret ON.
fattet meb / Sanlnorf.
Seq toffcr e0er," u6taIte ban
for ben Sgrc, iom bites mig peo at
9ioe mig IuleOning til at penbe
biem meO en- OanIf Camper. Stoen
ieg life fam rlaa biem meO Ell amert.
fanif Camper eller ct expeditions
iartsi paSier set be6it at ieg refer
UNDER oanif Stag fra oct 2ano, boor
ieg bar tilbragt iaa lDffelige Gage.
$ bar eiort min Siemreiie iaa bpg.
9elig, at 5orti6enS 2i0elier er CLIENT.
s bar ale. pit eber iom mine 8enner
% fiGnlpet for min Sag. Mfe0 ct
fltlOt Sierte tiger ieg oct oanife SoIf
Sarpel."
Or. Goof, Mtniiter Cyan, og nogIe
al oereS 9erner fisrte no til 9rpg.
gen | tire Iutomobiler. S Sen ieritc
Iao Goof % Socrorllp, iom er bIet
meget gooe 8enner unoer 6iSie 9as
geS SampGr / aisbenbapn. @aoerne,
boor De fisrte, bar ilIoe al SoIf, %
Der og Der breo 5oIfempngoen igiens
mem Bolittforoonen for beore at faa
lie Goof, mems Gamer tilfaIteoe bam
9lomiter.
Sirettsr GoIo iniiitereoe paa, at
Or. GOot ifuIOe itaa paa &omman.
oobroen, ipnIig for ale, mems "Mtel.
dior" Iartgiomt CLEO uOoper Saonen.
90 set 9iorOe ban, mems Sltrraerne
bruieOe til Ififeb tnoe fra 2ano.
GooIo amumoien meoiuIgte "NeI.
dior" til ariitianSiarb. 5oreiperg.
Her efter &abptsplnb3 ombor0 paa
Oscar IL" er itrsmmct ino / Zig
MGugoe, at fun ell 6icroepart al
Dem, JON snifeoe at bore me0, bar
funnel ifafies Slaos.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14
Oerbiemmefra.
Sclcsrahifr 6itcrrctniugcr ira 9urgr,
SanmOrf, suerisc % 6inlauS.
Wcnman gioer tabt.

ct SpcciaItcIcaSom til "9(itcnpo,
ltcn" ira SromSs titeooeIer, at @aI'
ter @elutan bar paaIaat lin ggent
at trpiie Torisinins til aibentuiug
al bans GienoeIe / girgo Ban pau
Ganifscn peo SpitSberaeu iaaueIioul
DC tire Maro. iom ifiIoe bare oper.
pintrct ser.
Gctte tp6er pda, at @eaman MI
bar opgiuct fin EIan out at giere ct
mt Sorisg nrite CONNER paa at
naa Nor6poleu pr. 2uitifib.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14
Sritiif Situntiun / SinIunS.

Sra @eIittaior5 t~eIegraiereS Sen
lite Septcmber: ,
s 6orbol0ct mcIem oct fiuife &c.
not % oen fciIerlige ruSiiife Regies
ring or ser opituuct Ell afllt Srtic.
8rcmierminiitcr StcIupiu bar / Oen
iioite Gio benpttct cnbrer gnleoniua
til at bIanoe tia inO / 6inIan0$ morc
InIigacuOcr,
6orlcocu opcrieuotc Giccauperncr
4. ". Gem. Der INT iruderer iom
@cncralauucrnsr, G5orcns 0cgteIic
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

me6 ipb Sfub ira &riitiansianbs
SGitning. Sfisnt Or. goof er Ell
cipil MonS bIep 6enne S~Gocrsbepiss
ming pitt bam efter ipecieI SrSre fra
Song Saafon.
Saainart Hsgen fra 9anonerne
bar brebct pGf, pilebe uoale Saulps
ioqer, mcb 9perls chile % militGrc
Iutoritcter omborb, fra @rpggeu %
no til "WeIhior", poa bpis Som.
maroobro iaaes Or. Goof peb Siben
al Sr. GoIb, Sirefter for ben ifaubi-
napiif-amerifanife 2inie; Sr. GoIb
bopbc ncrlig Icbinaet lin bersmte
8iGit ira aisFgn5apu.
Sfi6cts SrfeIter ipiHcOc "Star
SpangIeo Banner, i0et ocn norife
Population aif ounborO % meO Dor.
ocrmeiteren iom SrOfsrcr frcmbor
8pens SiIien % SpIoeit til Solarfa'
reretl.
s lin SportaIc uotoItc Or. Goof
lin IterIte Hos oper DC uorife Solar.
farcre. San ilutteoe ioaIeoes:
"Gfterat bupe lGit SperbrupS
BOG siuc0e iea en- M &llte til HorOs
pollen, men bette nGpnte ieg life til
rogcr. Seq bobbe life &o paa mig,
for lea bopbe prepet benne Suite. -
Commander &earp ipnes at barre
lint, foroi ieg life buo on bans I'll.
IaoeIie til at r%eiie."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

til at inoorioe Sfatten. loo Sepr /
al SemmeIigbeo iii Sno6o ouerflptte
til acknowledgements ofiicieae gre.
Iioens, bUorpeo ban mogif ale Stat.
ter.
Get er herfor forfIarIiat, at set
fin'te 6oIf nGrer ct bittert SAB til
BAN.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14


lint, foroi ieg life BAD ont bans Gil.
laoelie til at reiie."
Guuf banIf SGrcsSoftur.
Sra S%ipbenboon t~eIegrafereS ben
90e September:
Or. Srebericf q. Goof blep ioog
al &iebcnbabn8 llnioeriitet frceret
til 9GrcSooftor / NGrpGr al en oper.
moobe oiItingperct SoriamIing, Ser
ibIonbt a~rouprinicu, Erinicsie Nd
rie, 8riuS % Eriniesie 8eorg al
@rGfeuloub. fIcre Miniitre, Or.
Cyan, &optein Soerornp, 8ooI0
9tnuuoicn % ct fort Intol frenrn'
genoe oouife @iOenIfobsmrno.
.Sen bsitibeIige Gambling foregif
Fl llniperiitetetS Solennitetsial. Uni
periitetets ionttIige 8rofcsiorer pg
ct tort alltal Stuoenter mnrihereoe
Il Srocesiion ino / SaIen, mebens ct
OrfeIter ipiaeoe en- al 9eetboperS
Spmionier.
Sbet llniperiitctetS 9leftpr Ragnt-
fifu8, 9roi. GorI Corp, operrafte
Gopf 9pftoroipIomet, u0talte ban,
at Bette por Ben beieite ggresbeoiS.
ming, llniperiitetct fuuoe tilitaa no.
gen Wono. San fomplimeutereoe
Or. Goof for set Wob % Den Selu'
opofreIie, iom bapOe lat BAN iitarto
til at noa frem til, bpor intet Wens
neifc tiOligere bar lat i'm 500. 81
terretningen ON, at en- au6en beremt
BoIarfarer baooe loft bet iamme
Yroblem forriuge6e life | minoite
8rao GoofS georift euer Ben 9gre,
iom tilfpm bom berfor. 8rofeSioren
iIlttteoe meo at erflpre, at 9anmarf
% Be SoreueOe Stater M bIeo ga.
boer | set bste Roro, % bet banife
SoIf bellnoreoe Or. Goof life aIene
for bans 9eOrifter, men ogiaa iorbi
ban bar Imertfaner.
Froiesior @armiug bsitebe fort
9ifaI6 ira SorpiumIingen mc0 en-
Gale til Or. Goof paa Gugelif. boort
ban bpISeoe bam iom bcn fsrite, Ser
bopoe iat i'm 500 poa NorbpoIcn.
s lin SaftetaIe for bet itore gGre,
uOtaIte Or. Goof bIanbt anoct, Of
ban piIbe ienbe &~isbenbapus lluiper.
iitet fine Sbieroattouer % SptegneI.
ier. Seq fan ifafie ale snifeIige
GiOnesbgro ON, at ieg bar pGret peo
RoropOIen. Mer ieg beoer eoer ON
at pente og life granite min geret.
ming bitepis, men | fin SeIbeo. %
peo ierite ~gnIconirg bill ieg paa egen
.9efoitning ieube Ell expedition til
@rsnlano for at bente De TO gifi.
moer, iom fulgte mig iii EoIer, %
IaSe Dem uoipsrge al aruo Rasms.
lem, Ser err 8eroens ltsrite gutoritet
paa oct cifimoiife Sprogs Smraaoe,
eQer en- bpilfeniombeIit an6en ubiI.
oet, piSenifa6elig fpaIificeret ManO.
@lere fan ies life gisre."
Senne Gale biIieoes meo itor ge.
geiitring og Surraraab for Or.
Goof.
en- flor Renneifemasie bar fam.
let uoenfor llniperiitetet % bilieoe
Or. GoQf me0 npe Surraraob, ioet
ban fisrte bort / Ell automobil fam.
men meo Wiiniiter Cyan.
Siloc bcntc De to Gifimuer.
On Or. Goof fit bsre ON GearDs
Gaaitano ON, at De 10 gifimoer, iom
fuIgte 9oof iii 9oropoler, bapoe for.
talt BAN, Eearp, al Goof life bar
Irngcre RorS, emo ban funoe ie
2an6, beilutteSe Goof iig itrar iii at
leie ct 9Th I ajs6enbapn og ienoe
BET til GrsnIanS for at bente De TO
Igifimoer og Iaoe Dem aisipe geret.
5orti. paa SIDE 8.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

SsitHaut SbaefletOn, BEN bersnte
eneelife SpopoIsforer, bar erflpret
Of bun oil sisre nof ct 6oriss paa at
uaa Sgbpolsn.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-14

Seiben mcnem Robert Eearp og
Srebericf Goof og oeres SiIbGugere
OH, bpem Der tilfommcr gGren at at
babe p9ret Ssriteman0 pe0 8olen,
raier mn for flllo 9l9It, og en- mere
opiietspGffenbe Seibe bar bel Ser.
ben aIorig for p9ret gi6ne til.
Den Wistanfe, iom Bearp fanbt
bet paafrGpet at ilpnge uooper Ser.
Den moo Or. Goof, enonu for ban
ielp bapbe prret iItanb til at faa Be-
retningen ON i'm csen Heiie frem for
Sffentliebeoen, bar lat meget onOt
BLOB % belt ben ganIfe 8eroen I to
2eire. Smiblertib bar Bearps grope
@eifploning life formaaet at roffe
De fpnbigite europpiife Soriferes
Sinio til Or. goof. SGrIig be, iom
| De iibite Gage bar pGret iammen
meb Or. Gopf / a%isbenbapn, Der
ibIanot ilige autoriteter iom Sap
tein Otto Sperbriip % aoptein Io.
alt aminbien, or Inarere blet beitpr.
fet / int Sinto til BAN.
Gpof benber biern.
Or. Goof iorIoo / Sreoa9s Sig
benbabn for at penbe biem til ane.
rifa os i~orioore Jig moo Eearps Be
ifpIoninecr. S ben I~nleoning opgap
han tit proiefterebe 9eisg / SriisieI,
Bppr bans Scnner og &eiiefGaer ira
ben belgiIfc SpbpoIsfGrb bapoe for.
bereot fig til at stpe BAN Ell itorartet
Iobtagelie.
Sampercn "Welfior" blep itilet
til 8oabisbeb for at brinee Or. Goof
til ariitiansianb, Bpor ban | 2sr.
bags eif omboro paa Imerifaoam-
peren "Sscar IL, Ser onfommer til
Stem gorf Den 20oe eIler 81 Septcm-
Der.
Sele aisbenbapn bar meot frem
for at iige EoInrfareren SarpeI.
SeIe grpgsen og Stranolinien runot
Sannen bar tort al Wenmcifer, %
ollie Sfibe paa Supnen par Implicit
meb Stag.
&eprRientanter fra set geographic
Gelifab % a~isbenbapns llniperiitet
nor msot frem for at iige bam 6ar.
bel.
en- Sireftsr | oct 0ampifibsiel-
fob, iom eier "WteIhior", bolot en-
Gale, bpori ban taffeoe Sol~oriareren
for Den Sore, ban bepiite 9anmlarf
peo at forlaoe Sanbet meS ct banif
Sfib, Iiseiom ban bar fommet ser.
til unber banif Stag. San erflG.
reoe, at ifisnt WisunSeIie og So.
Iouii banbe isat at tilimubie ban.
bapoe 9anmarf fulo 3iaio til Or.
Goof.
Sybt rsrt taffeSe Or. Goof for al
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08
Prohibition os An Obstacle fs To tue Cause of 7en1perance

ed with the remarkable fact that in 1908, when the prohibition wave had reached enormous proportions. and was wfping out saloons at the rate of 11.00O e year. the American people consumed more, liquor per capita than they did any previous year since 1893. the year 1907 alone excepted.
 The State of Maine has been for many years much exploited as . prohibition Commonwealth. yet Mr. Watson quotes Recorder Wheiden of Portland, as say Ing that there are ct least four hun ,dred men and women who are brought before this court time and again for fntoxicatfon." and by way of comment upon this statement, he says:"Think of itl Four hundred habituais in city from which the liquor traffic Is sup posed to have been banished sixty years ago. During four years up to Jan. l. 1907, in Portland liquors were seized on seventy-five streets and alleys and at 445 different places: and s32 differ ent persons were brought into court for violation of the liqugf law"
 In noting some of the reasons why to be failure MT. Wasson says:
 "Prohibitfon Is an attempt to de- prive men of what they believe to be an inherent right. The question of individual rights Is the underlying issue in this whole controversy. Majority rule. of course, is sound political principle. but 1t is obvious that the application of this principle must be confined within reasonable limits. If a majority has the right to say to a minority: You shall not drink beer. another majority has the right to say to another minority You shall not drink tea. Many experienced physi- clans believe that tea and coffee cause quite as much trouble in the world as alcohol" The use of alcoholic liquors Is and has always been consid- cred not only legitimate as beverage, but 1t is consecrated and hallowed in the most solemn and weighty rite of the Christian Church. "s Prohibition necessarily fails because 1t makes no discrimination between use and abuse {. It arbitrarily makes legal crime of an act which is neither wrong in 1t. self nor contrary to the rights and in- terests of society. Because two or three men use liquor to excess prohi- bition would compel hundred temper ate men to follow the rule of total abstinence. one man IS lame, and. therefore, all his neighbors must use crutches.'
 In the opinion of Mfr. Wasson, "a stringent, harsh, sumptuary law like prohibition could not be enforced un- less 1t had on its side an almost unani- nous public sentiment, vigilant and we'll organized.
 "The prohibition public sentiment is of that cheap. shallow. emotional vari- ety that exhausts itself in all manner of hysterical performances during the campaign. Over against the inherent weakness Of this prohibition sentiment is the public sentiment opposed to the enactment and enforcement of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08
ts .frecss on the social and political

its effects on the social and political life of the community. said:
 The efforts to enforce 1t (prohibi- tion during the forty years past have had some unlocked for effects on pub lic respect for courts. judicial proce- duvs. oaths and law. Legislatures and public servants. The public have seen law defied. whole generation of ha- bitual law-breakers schooled in eva fective through fluctuations of policy. delays, perjuries. negligence and other miscarriages of Justice; officers of the law double-faced and mercenary; leg islators timid and insincere."
 Mfr. wasson does not minimize the evils and abuses that have been al- lowed to grow up and entrench them selves in the liquor trafic. and In his opinion the liquor law should be so framed as to exclude unworthy men from the business. and that In liquor iegisiation two Fundamental principles should be regarded; first, the practi- ca biiity of the legislation, and. second. provision for very large measure of home rule. Mir. Wasson thinks that there should be State rule in matters of general policy and home rule in mat ters of local administration; that the people in each local community, the being probably the best unit. should be empowered to elect their own Board of Excise Commissioners; twelve in number. to serve for term of two years; that this Board should have the powere to determine the amount of the license fee. within maximum and minimum limits fixed by the State: to determine how many licenses should be issued. within max imum and minimum limits fixed by the State. and to determine the question of prohibited days and hours and all other questions of purely local na- ture; that thfs Board should have the power to grant and revoke licenses sub- ject to certain rules of procedure; that the aplicant for licenses to sell in- toxicating liquors should be required to present to the Board certificate of good moral character signed by twelve reputable persons, who should be property owners and residents of the community; that the Board should be required to hold public hearing on all applications fir licenses. thus af- fording remonstants the opportunity of presenting their objections to the granting of licenses to any or all ap- plicants.
 There Is c practical, sensible God fearing way of doing this business. We are in favor of a rigidly regulated and restricted traffic; we are not in favor of prohibition. and Mir. Wasson in his very able and thorough review of the matter has confirmed us in our opinion that the cause of true temperance Is not to be in any sense promoted by the adoption of prohibition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08

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 prohibitory law. This continent fs of very different Kind from the other. There Is nothing frsnxied nor hystsri- cal about 1t. but ft is determined. act i've and persistent. It knows what 1t wishes. and what is more to the point. 1t knows how to set what 1t wishes. It doesn't exhaust itself before election. nor grow indifferent after election" People resent the idea of being held up by lot of hysterical women and meddlesome men who conceive it to be their right and duty to regulate the personal habits of their neighbors." The present hysterical crusade "crsates contention, confusion and bitter strife. It attracts and leads astray many well whose interest in moral( reform. and whose zeal and enthusiasm would. if wisely directed. be of great value to the community. These people become infatuated with c blind faith in the fpower of prohibition to regenerate so- ciety. and they will listen to nothing else" "Prohibitionists not only re. fuse to support. but actively and bit- terly fight against every plan of excise reform that does not go to the extreme. It must be abolition or nothing; their motto is rule or ruin. In their blind zeal they actually rejoice in iniquty. The disreputable saloon is far more to their liking than the decent saloon. for the more disreputable Q saloon the more ambition for the campaign. If all saloons were made decent and or. derly the bottom would soon drop out of the prohibition movement"
 In the opinion of MT. Wasson. Pro hibition must he condemned not only because 1t has failed to accomplish any good. not only because it blocks the way to real reform. but because it is itself the source Of many social and political evils" These evils are sum. marized by Mir. wasson in this way:
 Prohibition has never succeeded in aholishing the liquor tranin but it has succeeded in degrading and demoraliz. ing the trafhc by driving 1t into secret places" License means the open bar room; prohibition means the speak easy" Prohibition discourages de- cent. honorable men from engaging in the business and thus throws it into the hands of the most interruptions and irresponsible men in the commun- ity."
 town on Long Island. one of the best hotels had 70 close its doors shortly af- ter the dry" law went into effect. The proprietor of this hotel was one of the most honored men in the community Within two years after his hotek was closed between fifty and sixty Kitchen saloons were established in the same town" Another objection to prohibi- tion is that it tends to the discourage ment of the use of the lighter alcoholic beverages and to the encouragement of the excessive use of the stronger IT, quors. Another objection to prohfbi- tion Is that 1t creates widespread and habitual law-breaking. "It creates the spirit of iawlessness. It tends to weaken and break down that respec, for the principle of law and order which is SO essential to good citizen ship"
 As illustrating the character and rec ord of prohibition. Mfr. wasson quotes the opinion of Dr. Eliot. late President of Harvard University. who. in sum ming up the call against prohibition in